Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Infrastructure Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
24 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 40 45
Rank change year-on-year -37 +5 +4
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 8 2 6
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.10% 0.68% 1.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 0.80% 1.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 3
10th Percentile £469 - £624
25th Percentile £522 £463 £660
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £475 £720
Median % change year-on-year +42.11% -34.03% +44.00%
75th Percentile £688 £488 -
90th Percentile £694 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £675 £475 £720
% change year-on-year +42.11% -34.03% +44.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate - - £22.50
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £22.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 650 249 340
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 85.27% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 444 144 218
10th Percentile £319 £220 £375
25th Percentile £400 £412 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £516 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -6.14% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £623
90th Percentile £611 £698 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £477 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -4.70% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 7
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £16.01
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £19.25
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £26.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Sheffield

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

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

For the 6 months to 24 December 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 Sheffield region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (75.00%) Linux
2 6 (75.00%) Splunk
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
3 5 (62.50%) Cryptography
3 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (62.50%) Data Security
3 5 (62.50%) FFIEC
3 5 (62.50%) GDPR
3 5 (62.50%) GLBA
3 5 (62.50%) NIST
3 5 (62.50%) Observability
3 5 (62.50%) OWASP
3 5 (62.50%) PCI DSS
3 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
3 5 (62.50%) SNMP
3 5 (62.50%) SSH
3 5 (62.50%) SSL
3 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (62.50%) TPMS
4 4 (50.00%) Thales
5 1 (12.50%) Ansible
5 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
5 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Confluence
5 1 (12.50%) Firewall
5 1 (12.50%) High Availability
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (12.50%) JIRA

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) TPMS
2 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) SNMP
1 5 (62.50%) SSH
1 5 (62.50%) SSL
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) NGFW
2 1 (12.50%) SMS
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (25.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Linux
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Cryptography
2 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (62.50%) Data Security
2 5 (62.50%) Observability
2 5 (62.50%) OWASP
2 5 (62.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (62.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Build Automation
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) KYC
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) FFIEC
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (62.50%) GDPR
1 5 (62.50%) GLBA
1 5 (62.50%) NIST
1 5 (62.50%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Ansible
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Splunk
2 4 (50.00%) Thales
3 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
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