Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £275, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 25 22
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 1.20% 1.80% 2.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.42% 2.03% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £378
25th Percentile £263 £575 £467
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £600 £631
Median % change year-on-year -54.17% -4.95% +27.85%
75th Percentile £288 £625 £792
90th Percentile - - £879
South West median daily rate £575 £525 £550
% change year-on-year +9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 141 197 174
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.43% 88.74% 99.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 122 137
10th Percentile £263 £201 £209
25th Percentile £410 £313 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £675 £588 £650
90th Percentile £715 £606 £730
South West median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 33 14
10th Percentile £14.87 £12.30 £31.59
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.50 £37.50
Median hourly rate £21.01 £25.00 £50.75
Median % change year-on-year -15.96% -50.74% -2.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £40.00 £60.13
90th Percentile £67.50 £58.60 £69.02
South West median hourly rate £33.67 £55.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -38.78% -12.70% +30.52%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Somerset.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Somerset.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Somerset

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bath - 1 - - 4
Infrastructure Engineer
South West

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Somerset region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Wireless
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wireless
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
2 1 (50.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNA
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft