Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
South West > Somerset

The median Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Somerset is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Somerset 0.55% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
South West median daily rate £350 £425 £675
% change year-on-year -17.65% -37.04% -

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 167 164 179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.27% 87.70% 96.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 115 118
10th Percentile £194 £200 £158
25th Percentile £225 £256 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% - -10.00%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £588
90th Percentile £662 £674 £690
South West median daily rate £523 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.55% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 28
10th Percentile £23.09 - £30.50
25th Percentile £34.33 £12.50 £45.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £16.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +275.00% -69.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £62.25 £47.50 £60.82
90th Percentile £67.70 £59.50 £65.00
South West median hourly rate £28.79 £65.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -55.71% +15.06% -8.15%

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Somerset

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 5 November 2025, Microsoft 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 Somerset region featuring Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Sentinel
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Patch Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Hardening
1 1 (100.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (100.00%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft