Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in England

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in England is £588 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 636 760
Rank change year-on-year +93 +124 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer 8 1 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.002% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.002% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 16
10th Percentile £143 - £263
25th Percentile £317 £725 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £750 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +50.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £594 £775 £525
90th Percentile - - £581
UK median daily rate £588 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +30.56% -5.26% +16.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,226 44,888 67,264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,546 31,942 48,134
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,576 1,314 1,782
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.51
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.57 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in England

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 June 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
London - 6 £588 -
South East - 2 £145 -
Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Microsoft 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 England region featuring Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 7 (87.50%) Azure
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
4 5 (62.50%) DevOps
4 5 (62.50%) HP
4 5 (62.50%) vSphere
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (25.00%) SQL
6 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
6 2 (25.00%) Network Security
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
7 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
7 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared

Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (87.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (62.50%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) HP
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft