Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Staffordshire is £338, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 13
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 1.96% - 4.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.15% - 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 5
10th Percentile £226 - £278
25th Percentile £266 - £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 - £369
Median % change year-on-year - - -13.22%
75th Percentile £416 - £380
90th Percentile £459 - £497
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +19.32%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Staffordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 93 63 114
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.18% 98.44% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 30 72
10th Percentile £180 £140 £137
25th Percentile £200 £150 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £300 £372
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -19.34% -21.70%
75th Percentile £491 £495 £503
90th Percentile £710 £579 £592
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £465 £500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -7.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 14 11
10th Percentile - £12.71 £12.26
25th Percentile £13.10 £25.42 £14.71
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.00 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +92.25% -40.55%
75th Percentile £20.50 £37.44 £41.25
90th Percentile - £42.35 £51.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £24.34 £19.00
% change year-on-year +39.61% +28.11% -8.82%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Staffordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in Staffordshire

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Uttoxeter - 1 £200 -
Infrastructure Engineer
West Midlands

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire

For the 6 months to 11 July 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 Staffordshire region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp