Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Reading

Infrastructure Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Reading is £260, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 82 84
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 +1
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 10 12 3
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 1.52% 1.10% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.63% 1.22% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 1
10th Percentile - £477 -
25th Percentile £255 £603 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £605 £500
Median % change year-on-year -57.02% +21.00% +0.50%
75th Percentile £275 £656 £525
90th Percentile £475 £788 -
Berkshire median daily rate £270 £380 £413
% change year-on-year -28.95% -7.88% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 615 987 992
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 90.14% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 431 543 657
10th Percentile £325 £342 £235
25th Percentile £450 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £525
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +9.05% +4.90%
75th Percentile £606 £650 £620
90th Percentile £650 £700 £689
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 25 12
10th Percentile £14.50 £48.18 £58.98
25th Percentile £14.75 £56.25 £61.04
Median hourly rate £28.50 £63.15 £64.31
Median % change year-on-year -54.87% -1.81% +26.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £100.00 £69.56
90th Percentile £81.00 - £75.23
Berkshire median hourly rate £26.33 £61.28 £61.79
% change year-on-year -57.04% -0.83% +77.10%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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 Reading.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Reading

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Reading over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Reading

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, 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 Reading region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (70.00%) OneDrive
3 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 7 (70.00%) SCCM
3 7 (70.00%) ServiceNow
3 7 (70.00%) Windows
3 7 (70.00%) Windows 10
4 6 (60.00%) 4G
4 6 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
5 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (20.00%) RBAC
5 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (20.00%) SLA
5 2 (20.00%) Validation
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (10.00%) Commvault
6 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
6 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
6 1 (10.00%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
6 1 (10.00%) Migration
6 1 (10.00%) NetApp

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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 7 (70.00%) OneDrive
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) 4G
1 6 (60.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (10.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (10.00%) iSCSI
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) FlexPod
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) RBAC
2 2 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 7 (70.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (70.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (20.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Commvault
3 1 (10.00%) NetApp
3 1 (10.00%) VMware