Senior Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Wales > South Wales

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in South Wales is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 35 40
Rank change year-on-year -6 +5 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.98% 1.12% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.20% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +18.18%
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £550 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +18.18%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 381 251 329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.61% 93.31% 91.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 177 252
10th Percentile £250 £165 £143
25th Percentile £313 £236 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £438
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -8.57% -2.78%
75th Percentile £515 £538 £563
90th Percentile £643 £618 £636
Wales median daily rate £425 £405 £429
% change year-on-year +5.07% -5.66% -4.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 26 22
10th Percentile £12.21 £16.00 £11.80
25th Percentile £15.00 £20.12 £13.59
Median hourly rate £21.25 £24.00 £21.49
Median % change year-on-year -11.46% +11.71% +18.44%
75th Percentile £25.77 £41.25 £52.31
90th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £87.62
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -8.89% +18.42% +4.74%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in South Wales

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in South Wales.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in South Wales

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 21 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
Newport - 4 £550 -
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Wales

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 21 March 2026, Senior 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 Wales region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) DNS
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
3 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) VMware
3 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (25.00%) Sendmail
4 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (25.00%) Veeam
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Veeam