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 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 2.46% - 3.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.56% - 3.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £425 - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Somerset median daily rate £623 £275 £600
% change year-on-year +126.64% -54.17% -4.95%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 117 18 28
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 100.00% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 17 22
10th Percentile £406 £538 £425
25th Percentile £427 £620 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £715 £578
Median % change year-on-year -34.27% +23.81% -16.30%
75th Percentile £603 £873 £600
90th Percentile £730 £940 -
Somerset median daily rate £523 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -5.00% +22.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - -4.23% -
75th Percentile - - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £23.08 £14.50
% change year-on-year +149.13% +59.17% -71.84%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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 Taunton.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend 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
Daily Rate Histogram in Taunton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Taunton over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Taunton

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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 Taunton region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) Qualys
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Tenable
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Qualys
2 1 (33.33%) Tenable