Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East
Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East
The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the South East is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026.
The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | 91 | 90 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +21 | -1 | +21 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer | 215 | 82 | 95 |
| As % of all contract jobs in the South East | 3.28% | 2.27% | 2.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 3.60% | 2.54% | 2.42% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 127 | 68 | 70 |
| 10th Percentile | £423 | £219 | £350 |
| 25th Percentile | £489 | £264 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £570 | £443 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +28.81% | -1.67% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £605 | £538 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £630 | £591 | £613 |
| England median daily rate | £540 | £472 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.53% | -5.70% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £64.70 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £66.50 | £71.00 | - |
| Median hourly rate | £77.50 | £77.00 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.65% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £78.75 | £83.00 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| England median hourly rate | £75.00 | £32.00 | £60.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +134.38% | -46.67% | -14.29% |
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.
| 6 months to 19 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title | 5,969 | 3,234 | 3,930 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 91.09% | 89.46% | 92.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3,316 | 2,097 | 2,353 |
| 10th Percentile | £278 | £204 | £250 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £500 | £509 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.00% | -1.67% | -0.29% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £598 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £663 | £688 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £512 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.54% | -2.48% | -2.78% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 862 | 306 | 232 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.00 | £13.00 | £16.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £20.43 | £15.65 | £27.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £48.77 | £20.77 | £58.17 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +134.79% | -64.30% | +10.80% |
| 75th Percentile | £71.00 | £50.00 | £74.03 |
| 90th Percentile | £88.00 | £71.13 | £75.38 |
| England median hourly rate | £41.71 | £25.15 | £43.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +65.84% | -41.51% | -6.89% |
Infrastructure Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in the South East
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.
Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the South East.
Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Histogram in the South East
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South East over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.
Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Trend in the South East
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the South East.
Infrastructure Engineer 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 Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 October 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thames Valley | +23 | 124 | £566 | +107.80% | 32 |
| Buckinghamshire | +28 | 77 | £575 | +4.55% | 13 |
| Hampshire | +10 | 66 | £575 | +4.55% | 30 |
| Oxfordshire | -3 | 25 | £250 | -23.08% | 11 |
| Berkshire | -38 | 22 | £575 | +112.96% | 8 |
| Surrey | +2 | 18 | £500 | -7.83% | 8 |
| West Sussex | -25 | 3 | £513 | +7.89% | 3 |
| Isle of Wight | - | 3 | - | - | |
| Middlesex | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Infrastructure Engineer England |
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Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East
For the 6 months to 19 October 2026, 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 South East region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Infrastructure Engineering | 100.0% | 215 |
| 2 | Security Cleared | 58.1% | 125 |
| 3 | SC Cleared | 41.9% | 90 |
| 4 | Microsoft | 35.8% | 77 |
| 5 | Azure | 35.3% | 76 |
| 6 | VMware | 34.4% | 74 |
| 7 | Windows | 30.2% | 65 |
| 8 | VMware Infrastructure | 27.0% | 58 |
| 9 | PowerShell | 25.1% | 54 |
| 10 | Active Directory | 23.3% | 50 |
| 11 | DV Cleared | 22.8% | 49 |
| 12 | Windows Server | 21.9% | 47 |
| 13 | Linux | 20.0% | 43 |
| 14 | Entra ID | 17.7% | 38 |
| 15 | DNS | 15.8% | 34 |
| 16 | Virtual Machines | 13.5% | 29 |
| 17 | Citrix | 12.6% | 27 |
| 18 | DHCP | 12.1% | 26 |
| 18 | Infrastructure as Code | 12.1% | 26 |
| 20 | Microsoft 365 | 11.6% | 25 |
| 21 | Firewall | 10.7% | 23 |
| 21 | IaaS | 10.7% | 23 |
| 21 | VPN | 10.7% | 23 |
| 24 | ITIL | 9.3% | 20 |
| 24 | Terraform | 9.3% | 20 |
| 26 | Problem-Solving | 8.8% | 19 |
| 26 | VMware NSX | 8.8% | 19 |
| 28 | Project Delivery | 7.9% | 17 |
| 28 | vCenter Server | 7.9% | 17 |
| 28 | vSphere | 7.9% | 17 |
Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senior Infrastructure Engineer | 28.8% | 62 |
| 2 | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | 19.1% | 41 |
| 3 | Azure Infrastructure Engineer | 14.0% | 30 |
| 4 | Citrix Infrastructure Engineer | 9.8% | 21 |
| 5 | VMware Infrastructure Engineer | 9.3% | 20 |
| 6 | Infrastructure Security Engineer | 7.4% | 16 |
| 7 | IT Infrastructure Engineer | 6.0% | 13 |
| 8 | Linux Infrastructure Engineer | 5.6% | 12 |
| 9 | Infrastructure Support Engineer | 5.1% | 11 |
| 9 | Senior Citrix Engineer | 5.1% | 11 |
| 9 | Senior VMware Engineer | 5.1% | 11 |
| 12 | 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer | 4.7% | 10 |
| 13 | 3rd Line Infrastructure Support | 4.2% | 9 |
| 13 | 3rd Line Support Engineer | 4.2% | 9 |
| 13 | IT Security Engineer | 4.2% | 9 |
| 13 | IT Support Engineer | 4.2% | 9 |
| 17 | 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer | 3.3% | 7 |
| 17 | 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer | 3.3% | 7 |
| 17 | Infrastructure Services Engineer | 3.3% | 7 |
| 17 | Lead Infrastructure Engineer | 3.3% | 7 |