Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in York

Infrastructure Engineer
North Yorkshire > York

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in York is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 12 8
Rank change year-on-year +5 -4 +5
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 4 3 7
As % of all contract jobs in York 12.90% 5.36% 11.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% 5.77% 11.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile - £320 -
25th Percentile £325 £331 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +6.61%
75th Percentile £375 £350 £388
90th Percentile - £351 -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £350 £350 £450
% change year-on-year - -22.22% +5.88%

All Contract IT Job Roles
York

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in York. 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 York with a recognized job title 30 52 59
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 92.86% 98.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 18 39
10th Percentile - £192 £150
25th Percentile £120 £275 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £300 £325
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -7.69% -23.53%
75th Percentile £506 £351 £525
90th Percentile £665 £533 £655
North Yorkshire median daily rate £425 £338 £400
% change year-on-year +25.93% -15.63% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £10.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate - £10.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -40.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile - £10.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £48.00 £18.64 £19.75
% change year-on-year +157.58% -5.65% -1.86%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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 York.

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in York

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in York

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in York.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in York

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, 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 York region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) VMware