Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in West Sussex

Infrastructure Engineer
South East > West Sussex

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in West Sussex is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 14 36
Rank change year-on-year -11 +22 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 25 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 1.37% 9.58% 2.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 9.96% 2.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 24 6
10th Percentile - £209 -
25th Percentile £363 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +5.88% +10.39%
75th Percentile £388 £475 £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £559 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +24.28% - +3.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 131 251 266
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.73% 96.17% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 188 210
10th Percentile £244 £258 £181
25th Percentile £350 £400 £264
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.00% -1.32%
75th Percentile £537 £515 £588
90th Percentile £629 £588 £680
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 7
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.69 £17.60
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% +24.85%
75th Percentile £36.25 £22.75 £22.64
90th Percentile £81.15 £28.53 £24.55
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in West Sussex

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in West Sussex.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in West Sussex

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in West Sussex.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in West Sussex

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Horsham - 2 £375 -
Infrastructure Engineer
South East

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 West Sussex region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Server Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) VMware