Infrastructure Support Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Support
UK

The median Infrastructure Support daily rate in the UK is £270, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
30 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 527 503 536
Rank change year-on-year -24 +33 +182
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 63 31 64
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.093% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 22 54
10th Percentile £208 £216 £200
25th Percentile £219 £281 £260
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £340 £356
Median % change year-on-year -20.47% -4.70% -5.00%
75th Percentile £475 £442 £557
90th Percentile £487 £477 £575
UK excluding London median daily rate £267 £330 £300
% change year-on-year -19.09% +10.00% -8.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £29.00 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £40.75 - -
90th Percentile £58.29 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 33,741 30,870 40,353
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 92.72% 93.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,345 18,959 27,051
10th Percentile £298 £300 £281
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,972 954 1,548
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.51 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +40.82%
75th Percentile £58.75 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.41 £73.75 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +77.62%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Support job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Infrastructure Support
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Support in the UK

Infrastructure Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Infrastructure Support
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Support over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Support in the UK

Infrastructure Support
Top 14 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 Support within the UK over the 6 months to 30 December 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
England -10 63 £270 -17.56% 23
UK excluding London -24 52 £267 -19.09% 17
South East +14 30 £260 -15.10% 7
Work from Home +9 21 £244 -39.00% 8
North of England -43 14 £340 +10.57% 6
London -19 8 £513 +32.43% 8
Yorkshire -38 7 £423 +96.51% 3
North West -21 6 £250 -37.50% 2
South West -5 5 £438 +52.17% 1
Midlands -42 2 - - 2
West Midlands -28 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 £350 - 1
North East - 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 December 2025, Infrastructure Support 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 featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 49 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 28 (44.44%) Windows
3 26 (41.27%) VMware
4 23 (36.51%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (33.33%) Linux
5 21 (33.33%) Security Cleared
6 20 (31.75%) ITIL
7 18 (28.57%) Azure
8 17 (26.98%) SC Cleared
8 17 (26.98%) VMware Infrastructure
9 16 (25.40%) Active Directory
10 15 (23.81%) AWS
11 14 (22.22%) Hyper-V
12 13 (20.63%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (20.63%) TCP/IP
13 12 (19.05%) DHCP
13 12 (19.05%) DNS
13 12 (19.05%) Preventative Maintenance
13 12 (19.05%) VLAN
14 11 (17.46%) Azure Certification
14 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Certification
14 11 (17.46%) Network+ Certification
14 11 (17.46%) Server+ Certification
14 11 (17.46%) Service Management
14 11 (17.46%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 10 (15.87%) SCCM
15 10 (15.87%) ServiceNow
16 9 (14.29%) Ansible
16 9 (14.29%) Wi-Fi

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.59%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) Azure
2 15 (23.81%) AWS
3 8 (12.70%) Entra ID
4 6 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (9.52%) OneDrive
5 3 (4.76%) SaaS
6 1 (1.59%) IaaS
6 1 (1.59%) PaaS
6 1 (1.59%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.63%) TCP/IP
2 12 (19.05%) DHCP
2 12 (19.05%) DNS
2 12 (19.05%) VLAN
3 9 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
4 6 (9.52%) 4G
5 5 (7.94%) Firewall
6 3 (4.76%) LAN
6 3 (4.76%) WAN
7 2 (3.17%) SAN
7 2 (3.17%) VPN
8 1 (1.59%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (1.59%) PABX
8 1 (1.59%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (1.59%) Spanning Tree
8 1 (1.59%) VoIP
8 1 (1.59%) Wireless
General
1 21 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 12 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.29%) Finance
4 6 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Banking
6 4 (6.35%) Investment Banking
6 4 (6.35%) Public Sector
7 3 (4.76%) Aerospace
7 3 (4.76%) Local Government
7 3 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.59%) Automotive
9 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) Analytical Mindset
2 6 (9.52%) Onboarding
3 4 (6.35%) Data Centre
3 4 (6.35%) PKI
4 3 (4.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (3.17%) NHS
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (1.59%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (1.59%) Digital Signage
6 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.59%) SCADA
6 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.59%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 28 (44.44%) Windows
2 21 (33.33%) Linux
3 8 (12.70%) Windows 10
4 7 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (7.94%) Windows Server
6 1 (1.59%) Android
6 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (77.78%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (36.51%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (31.75%) ITIL
4 13 (20.63%) Disaster Recovery
5 12 (19.05%) Preventative Maintenance
6 11 (17.46%) Service Management
6 11 (17.46%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 7 (11.11%) Architectural Design
8 6 (9.52%) DevSecOps
8 6 (9.52%) KYC
9 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
9 5 (7.94%) Project Management
9 5 (7.94%) Release Management
10 3 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (4.76%) Customer Service
10 3 (4.76%) High Availability
10 3 (4.76%) Infrastructure as Code
10 3 (4.76%) Mentoring
10 3 (4.76%) Migration
11 2 (3.17%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.76%) Python
2 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 17 (26.98%) SC Cleared
3 11 (17.46%) Azure Certification
3 11 (17.46%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (17.46%) Network+ Certification
3 11 (17.46%) Server+ Certification
4 4 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) SLA
2 1 (1.59%) GDPR
2 1 (1.59%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (26.98%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (25.40%) Active Directory
3 14 (22.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (3.17%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.59%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 10 (15.87%) SCCM
2 9 (14.29%) Ansible
3 7 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (9.52%) Red Hat Satellite
5 3 (4.76%) Terraform
6 2 (3.17%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 26 (41.27%) VMware
3 10 (15.87%) ServiceNow
4 8 (12.70%) Red Hat
5 3 (4.76%) HP
6 2 (3.17%) Cisco
6 2 (3.17%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.59%) Ariba
7 1 (1.59%) Citrix
7 1 (1.59%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (1.59%) SAP
7 1 (1.59%) Splunk
7 1 (1.59%) Veritas
23 Infrastructure Support jobs Nationwide