3rd Line Infrastructure Support Contract Job Trends in the South East

Third Line Infrastructure Support
England > South East

The median Third Line Infrastructure Support daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 151 203
Rank change year-on-year -57 +52 +19
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Support 3 10 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.051% 0.33% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.36% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 1
10th Percentile £303 - -
25th Percentile £419 £563 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £375
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +53.33% -
75th Percentile £638 £617 £388
90th Percentile - £623 -
England median daily rate £450 £575 £300
% change year-on-year -21.74% +91.67% -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 5,356 2,758 5,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.90% 91.96% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,330 1,818 3,083
10th Percentile £300 £250 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% - -
75th Percentile £613 £600 £615
90th Percentile £710 £663 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 162 479
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.30 £18.32
Median hourly rate £55.00 £32.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -31.58% -1.86%
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.75 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.89
England median hourly rate £47.00 £31.64 £35.96
% change year-on-year +48.55% -12.01% -20.09%

3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Infrastructure Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

3rd Line Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in the South East

3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Support job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Support job vacancies in the South East

3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Support in the South East over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Infrastructure Support in the South East

3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Support job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Support job vacancies in the South East

3rd Line Infrastructure Support
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Support within the South East region over the 6 months to 30 April 2026. 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
Hampshire -30 2 £625 +8.70%
Oxfordshire - 1 £250 - 2
Thames Valley - 1 £250 - 2
3rd Line Infrastructure Support
England

3rd Line Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 30 April 2026, 3rd Line Infrastructure Support 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 South East region featuring 3rd Line Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

3rd Line Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Information Security
3 1 (33.33%) Privileged Access Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft