Infrastructure Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 - 198
Rank change year-on-year - - +29
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 4 0 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.081% - 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% - 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 10
10th Percentile £532 - -
25th Percentile £576 - £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £421
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.94%
75th Percentile - - £449
90th Percentile - - £475
England median daily rate £573 - £431
% change year-on-year - - -11.10%

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 4,509 2,809 5,171
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 92.52% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,880 1,788 3,179
10th Percentile £273 £238 £205
25th Percentile £406 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £607 £601
90th Percentile £690 £670 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 118 413
10th Percentile £13.99 £18.50 £12.83
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.18 £18.00
Median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.25% +8.94% -5.56%
75th Percentile £75.00 £62.64 £62.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year - +2.94% -17.10%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Infrastructure Operations 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 Operations Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 March 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 - 4 £600 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 4 £600 - 1
Infrastructure Operations Engineer
England

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, Infrastructure Operations 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 Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Citrix
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop

Infrastructure Operations Engineer 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) High Availability
1 3 (75.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCA
1 1 (25.00%) CESG Certified Professional
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Citrix