Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Infrastructure Engineer
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Swindon is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 3.92% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £455 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 84 70 120
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.35% 93.33% 96.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 51 72
10th Percentile £307 £208 £155
25th Percentile £371 £398 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £631 £600
90th Percentile £594 £700 £671
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £16.57 - £14.12
25th Percentile £19.79 - £14.36
Median hourly rate £25.15 - £16.50
Median % change year-on-year - - -73.81%
75th Percentile £55.70 - £27.00
90th Percentile £74.03 - £30.25
Wiltshire median hourly rate £24.00 £60.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +166.67% -65.65%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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 Swindon.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in Swindon

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 7 March 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 Swindon region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (25.00%) OAuth
3 1 (25.00%) OAuth2
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) SAML
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (25.00%) Sophos
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) VPN

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon 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 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ARM Templates
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth
1 1 (25.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (25.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Sophos