Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Infrastructure Engineer
Somerset > Taunton

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Taunton is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 13 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton 4.00% 3.33% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.00% 3.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £600 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £413 £600 £425
% change year-on-year -31.25% +41.18% +41.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 25 28 37
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 93.33% 97.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 20 35
10th Percentile £500 £414 £571
25th Percentile £520 £500 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £575 £685
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -16.06% +19.76%
75th Percentile £741 £600 £732
90th Percentile £900 £641 £780
Somerset median daily rate £500 £450 £460
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £12.45 £13.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% - -
Somerset median hourly rate £42.58 £30.50 £51.89
% change year-on-year +39.59% -41.22% +3.78%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Taunton

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, 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 Taunton region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton 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:

Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ESRI
1 1 (100.00%) F5
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware