Infrastructure Support Specialist Contracts

Infrastructure Support Specialist
UK

The median Infrastructure Support Specialist daily rate in the UK is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 573 711 853
Rank change year-on-year +138 +142 -185
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Specialist 9 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.002% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 1
10th Percentile £295 - -
25th Percentile £435 £425 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile - £475 -
90th Percentile £506 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £370 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -17.78% -10.00% +47.06%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Support Specialist in the UK

Infrastructure Support Specialist
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +130 7 £500 +11.11% 3
London - 7 £500 - 1
Work from Home +128 6 £500 +11.11% 1
UK excluding London +57 1 £370 -17.78% 5
Scotland - 1 £370 - 3

Infrastructure Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Infrastructure Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 8 (88.89%) SCCM
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 7 (77.78%) VMware
3 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (77.78%) AWS
3 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (77.78%) ServiceNow
3 7 (77.78%) Windows 10
4 6 (66.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (55.56%) SLA
5 5 (55.56%) Time Management
5 5 (55.56%) ITIL
6 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
7 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
8 1 (11.11%) WSUS
8 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
8 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
8 1 (11.11%) Network Management
8 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
8 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
8 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
8 1 (11.11%) Public Sector

Infrastructure Support Specialist 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) AWS
1 7 (77.78%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 5 (55.56%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 7 (77.78%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
2 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Time Management
3 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (11.11%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (55.56%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
2 7 (77.78%) ServiceNow
2 7 (77.78%) VMware