Infrastructure Consultant Contract Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Consultant
England > South East

As of 24 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Infrastructure Consultant daily rate in the South East.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 169 197
Rank change year-on-year -11 +28 +51
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Consultant 3 3 4
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.068% 0.081% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.087% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £361 £555
25th Percentile - £378 £609
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £413 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -41.07% +16.67%
75th Percentile - £419 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £419 £539
% change year-on-year +31.34% -22.27% -8.30%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,980 3,432 4,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.29% 92.86% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,585 2,153 3,017
10th Percentile £219 £235 £205
25th Percentile £400 £400 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £606
90th Percentile £675 £675 £682
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 127 235
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.73 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £26.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -22.73% +46.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.62 £66.34
90th Percentile £82.70 £71.51 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%

Infrastructure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Infrastructure Consultant job vacancy trend in the South East

Infrastructure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Consultant job vacancies in the South East

Infrastructure Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Consultant job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Consultant job vacancies in the South East

Infrastructure Consultant
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 Infrastructure Consultant within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Thames Valley -9 2 - - 2
Buckinghamshire - 2 - -
Surrey - 1 - -
Infrastructure Consultant
England

Infrastructure Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Infrastructure Consultant 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 Infrastructure Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Akamai
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
2 1 (33.33%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
2 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Imperva
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
2 1 (33.33%) Okta
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics

Infrastructure Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) AWS
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Akamai
2 1 (33.33%) Nutanix
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Database
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (33.33%) VMS
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 1 (33.33%) Change Control
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (33.33%) Contract Negotiation
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (33.33%) Presales
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
1 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) RMADS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (33.33%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) CrowdStrike
1 1 (33.33%) CyberArk
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Imperva
1 1 (33.33%) Okta
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Proofpoint
1 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 1 (33.33%) Splunk
1 1 (33.33%) Tenable
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) Zscaler