Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the South West is £538 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 80 76
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 83 96 114
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.59% 2.65% 3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 2.86% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 72 86
10th Percentile £375 £270 £300
25th Percentile £488 £425 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £457
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% +15.01% +23.38%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £547
90th Percentile £650 £723 £609
England median daily rate £463 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.50% +11.11% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £65.18 - -
25th Percentile £67.31 £82.00 -
Median hourly rate £72.75 £84.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.39% - -
75th Percentile £76.31 £86.00 -
90th Percentile £77.33 - -
England median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £62.99
% change year-on-year -65.38% +3.20% +62.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,986 3,354 3,539
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 92.50% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,903 2,516 2,534
10th Percentile £208 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +9.29%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £658
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 400 267 205
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £50.62 £17.50
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £47.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +38.30% +10.59%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.11
England median hourly rate £36.31 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -19.32% +100.00% +0.36%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
Wiltshire -7 29 £530 -3.64% 15
Bristol +22 22 £488 -7.14% 12
Devon +8 13 £600 +155.32% 6
Gloucestershire +1 12 £500 - 16
Dorset +4 4 £650 +23.81% 1
Somerset +7 3 £600 - 5
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South West region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 83 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 66 (79.52%) Security Cleared
3 42 (50.60%) VMware
4 39 (46.99%) SC Cleared
5 36 (43.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 35 (42.17%) Firewall
7 28 (33.73%) DV Cleared
8 26 (31.33%) vCenter Server
9 19 (22.89%) vSphere
9 19 (22.89%) Public Sector
10 18 (21.69%) Data Centre
10 18 (21.69%) DNS
11 17 (20.48%) Windows
11 17 (20.48%) Service Management
12 16 (19.28%) ITIL
12 16 (19.28%) Cisco
12 16 (19.28%) Active Directory
13 15 (18.07%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
13 15 (18.07%) CCNA
13 15 (18.07%) Azure
13 15 (18.07%) Private Cloud
13 15 (18.07%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (16.87%) VMware ESXi
14 14 (16.87%) Linux
15 13 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (15.66%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
16 12 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
16 12 (14.46%) Resource Management

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (12.05%) Confluence
2 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (6.02%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.61%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (1.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Azure
2 8 (9.64%) Entra ID
3 5 (6.02%) Azure Logic Apps
3 5 (6.02%) Dynamics 365
3 5 (6.02%) Power Platform
4 4 (4.82%) AWS
5 3 (3.61%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (3.61%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (3.61%) PaaS
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (2.41%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.20%) IaaS
7 1 (1.20%) Nutanix
7 1 (1.20%) OpenShift
7 1 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (42.17%) Firewall
2 18 (21.69%) DNS
3 11 (13.25%) Network Security
4 9 (10.84%) VSAN
5 7 (8.43%) DHCP
5 7 (8.43%) SAN
6 6 (7.23%) NAS
7 4 (4.82%) SD-WAN
7 4 (4.82%) WAN
8 3 (3.61%) BGP
8 3 (3.61%) NGFW
9 2 (2.41%) Skype
9 2 (2.41%) TCP/IP
9 2 (2.41%) Unified Communications
9 2 (2.41%) VLAN
9 2 (2.41%) VPN
9 2 (2.41%) Wireless
10 1 (1.20%) IPv4
10 1 (1.20%) LAN
10 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.02%) Power BI
2 4 (4.82%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 10 (12.05%) JIRA
2 2 (2.41%) Artifactory
3 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
General
1 19 (22.89%) Public Sector
2 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.46%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.61%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.41%) Local Government
5 2 (2.41%) Military
6 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.23%) Flash
2 1 (1.20%) .NET
2 1 (1.20%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (21.69%) Data Centre
2 15 (18.07%) Private Cloud
3 10 (12.05%) PKI
4 8 (9.64%) Clustering
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 1 (1.20%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.20%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (1.20%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.20%) NHS
5 1 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.20%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (20.48%) Windows
2 14 (16.87%) Linux
3 10 (12.05%) Windows Server
4 6 (7.23%) VMS
5 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (3.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.41%) Unix
7 2 (2.41%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.41%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (1.20%) Windows 7
8 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (20.48%) Service Management
3 16 (19.28%) ITIL
4 15 (18.07%) Cybersecurity
5 13 (15.66%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (15.66%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 12 (14.46%) Resource Management
7 11 (13.25%) Penetration Testing
8 10 (12.05%) Agile
8 10 (12.05%) Containerisation
9 9 (10.84%) Vulnerability Scanning
10 8 (9.64%) Critical Thinking
10 8 (9.64%) Load Balancing
11 7 (8.43%) High Availability
11 7 (8.43%) Infrastructure as Code
11 7 (8.43%) Mentoring
11 7 (8.43%) Migration
11 7 (8.43%) NsoIT
11 7 (8.43%) System Testing
11 7 (8.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) SQL
2 5 (6.02%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.82%) Bash
4 2 (2.41%) C#
4 2 (2.41%) Java
4 2 (2.41%) Python
5 1 (1.20%) C
Qualifications
1 66 (79.52%) Security Cleared
2 39 (46.99%) SC Cleared
3 28 (33.73%) DV Cleared
4 15 (18.07%) CCNA
4 15 (18.07%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (12.05%) Degree
6 9 (10.84%) CCNP
7 7 (8.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 6 (7.23%) Master's Degree
9 4 (4.82%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (3.61%) NIST
2 1 (1.20%) NIST 800
System Software
1 36 (43.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (22.89%) vSphere
3 16 (19.28%) Active Directory
4 14 (16.87%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (13.25%) VMware NSX
6 6 (7.23%) Hyper-V
6 6 (7.23%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (6.02%) Docker
8 2 (2.41%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.20%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (31.33%) vCenter Server
2 6 (7.23%) Ansible
2 6 (7.23%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 4 (4.82%) SCCM
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Clustering
4 2 (2.41%) Puppet
4 2 (2.41%) SCOM
4 2 (2.41%) WSUS
5 1 (1.20%) Failover Clustering
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (1.20%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.20%) Terraform
5 1 (1.20%) VxRail
Vendors
1 42 (50.60%) VMware
2 16 (19.28%) Cisco
3 15 (18.07%) Microsoft
4 12 (14.46%) Atlassian
5 8 (9.64%) Fortinet
6 6 (7.23%) CA
6 6 (7.23%) Dell
7 5 (6.02%) Veeam
8 2 (2.41%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.41%) Splunk
9 1 (1.20%) Oracle
9 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.20%) Veritas