Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Infrastructure Engineer
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Stevenage is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 - 41
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 1.41% - 2.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.52% - 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - £143
25th Percentile £225 - £244
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -26.09%
75th Percentile £575 - £538
90th Percentile - - £598
Hertfordshire median daily rate £350 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +26.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £68.25
25th Percentile - - £69.38
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £74.38
90th Percentile - - £74.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate - - £72.50
% change year-on-year - - +45.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 263 156 229
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 99.36% 95.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 31 46
10th Percentile £188 £290 £222
25th Percentile £361 £311 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £485 £470
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% +3.19% -10.39%
75th Percentile £582 £575 £545
90th Percentile £757 - £613
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 81 135
10th Percentile £41.25 £40.00 £38.33
25th Percentile £45.94 £60.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £95.00 £90.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £54.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -16.92% - +8.33%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Stevenage

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 Stevenage.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Stevenage

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Stevenage

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Stevenage over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Stevenage

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Stevenage

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, 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 Stevenage region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

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

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage 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 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) DNS
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
General
1 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (25.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) 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%) Biotechnology
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 1 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 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