Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Infrastructure Engineer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Portsmouth is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 30
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 11 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 3.32% - 3.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.40% - 4.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £409 - £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.00%
75th Percentile £575 - £450
90th Percentile £588 - £493
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £575 £492
% change year-on-year - +16.87% -1.60%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 324 191 198
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.89% 97.95% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 128 84
10th Percentile £350 £200 £400
25th Percentile £461 £209 £448
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £514 £568
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.43% +13.50%
75th Percentile £625 £556 £678
90th Percentile £685 £625 £850
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 33 78
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.66 £51.06
25th Percentile £41.85 £32.94 £53.40
Median hourly rate £55.00 £50.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -12.82% +4.27%
75th Percentile £64.40 £55.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £69.74 £63.00 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £57.35
% change year-on-year -5.00% -12.82% +9.24%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Portsmouth

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Portsmouth

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
3 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
4 4 (36.36%) GCP
5 3 (27.27%) Google
6 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
6 2 (18.18%) AWS
6 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (18.18%) DevOps
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
6 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Automation
6 2 (18.18%) ITIL
6 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
6 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Python
6 2 (18.18%) SaaS
6 2 (18.18%) Terraform
6 2 (18.18%) VMware
6 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (18.18%) Windows
6 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
7 1 (9.09%) Agile
7 1 (9.09%) Change Management
7 1 (9.09%) Dell
7 1 (9.09%) Dell DRAC
7 1 (9.09%) DHCP
7 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 1 (9.09%) DNS

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) GCP
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) DHCP
1 1 (9.09%) DNS
1 1 (9.09%) Firewall
1 1 (9.09%) TCP/IP
1 1 (9.09%) VLAN
General
1 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (9.09%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
1 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
2 1 (9.09%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) CI/CD
2 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (18.18%) DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (9.09%) High Availability
3 1 (9.09%) Logistics
3 1 (9.09%) Office Automation
3 1 (9.09%) Operational Stability
3 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) Security Cleared
2 6 (54.55%) SC Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) MCSA
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Google
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 1 (9.09%) Dell
3 1 (9.09%) Fortinet
3 1 (9.09%) Remedy