Infrastructure Support Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Infrastructure Support
South West > Somerset

The median Infrastructure Support daily rate in Somerset is £300, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 30 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.52% 2.01% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 2.31% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £288 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -
South West median daily rate £363 £288 £595
% change year-on-year +26.09% -51.68% +2.15%

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 169 173 188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.56% 86.93% 96.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 111 113 134
10th Percentile £213 £201 £161
25th Percentile £313 £270 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £478
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -5.76% -0.52%
75th Percentile £675 £599 £625
90th Percentile £715 £649 £720
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £538
% change year-on-year -2.44% -4.65% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 30
10th Percentile £31.62 £12.50 £32.28
25th Percentile £41.33 £13.25 £39.63
Median hourly rate £60.00 £30.50 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +96.72% -41.22% +3.78%
75th Percentile £66.25 £57.81 £64.48
90th Percentile £70.00 £64.38 £65.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +9.09%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in Somerset

Infrastructure Support
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in Somerset

Infrastructure Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Support job vacancies in Somerset

Infrastructure Support
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 Support within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Yeovil - 1 £300 -
Infrastructure Support
South West

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Infrastructure Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Infrastructure Support 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) PABX
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow