Infrastructure Design Engineer Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Design Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Design Engineer daily rate in the UK is £561, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 555 559 625
Rank change year-on-year +4 +66 +213
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Design Engineer 2 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.008% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.008% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £490 - -
25th Percentile £517 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £405 £550
Median % change year-on-year +38.52% -26.36% -26.67%
75th Percentile £606 - £620
90th Percentile £632 - £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £561 £405 £550
% change year-on-year +38.52% -26.36% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 30,009 35,817 46,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.96% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,949 22,029 31,957
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,585 1,680 1,499
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.99
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%
75th Percentile £52.50 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.11% +2.86% +98.86%

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Design Engineer over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Design Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Design Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Design Engineer
Top 4 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Design Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
UK excluding London +9 2 £561 +38.52% 1
England +6 2 £561 +38.52% 3
North West -9 2 £561 +38.52%
North of England -27 2 £561 +38.52% 1

Infrastructure Design Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Infrastructure Design 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 featuring Infrastructure Design Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Signage

Infrastructure Design Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Signage
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google