Infrastructure Support Contracts in London

Infrastructure Support
England > London

The median Infrastructure Support daily rate in London is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 379 464 571
Rank change year-on-year +85 +107 -106
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support 21 18 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.12% 0.072% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.075% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 25
10th Percentile £209 £325 £314
25th Percentile £309 £372 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +12.50% -21.57%
75th Percentile £500 £469 £450
90th Percentile £522 £494 £665
England median daily rate £375 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +5.26%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,560 23,906 36,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.67% 95.05% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,921 17,459 27,030
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 281 404
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.98 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.17 £22.63 £23.75
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +7.12%
75th Percentile £46.59 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Infrastructure Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Support in London

Infrastructure Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Support in London

Infrastructure Support
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Support in London over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Support in London

Infrastructure Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Support in London

Infrastructure Support
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 13 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
East London - 4 £500 -
Central London +35 2 £385 -
Infrastructure Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Infrastructure Support 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 London region featuring Infrastructure Support in the job title.

1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
1 11 (52.38%) Windows
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
1 11 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 10 (47.62%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (47.62%) Windows 10
2 10 (47.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 9 (42.86%) SCCM
4 8 (38.10%) Firewall
4 8 (38.10%) Windows Server
5 7 (33.33%) VMware
5 7 (33.33%) Citrix
5 7 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (33.33%) ServiceNow
5 7 (33.33%) AWS
6 6 (28.57%) Bloomberg
6 6 (28.57%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 6 (28.57%) Refinitiv
7 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (23.81%) ITIL
7 5 (23.81%) SLA
7 5 (23.81%) Time Management
8 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
9 3 (14.29%) Azure
9 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
9 3 (14.29%) Banking
10 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
10 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (9.52%) SQL Server

Infrastructure Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (14.29%) Azure
3 3 (14.29%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Firewall
2 1 (4.76%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (4.76%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 5 (23.81%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.52%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (52.38%) Windows
2 10 (47.62%) Windows 10
3 8 (38.10%) Windows Server
4 2 (9.52%) Windows 7
5 1 (4.76%) Linux
5 1 (4.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Disaster Recovery
1 10 (47.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (28.57%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 5 (23.81%) ITIL
3 5 (23.81%) Time Management
4 1 (4.76%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (4.76%) Customer Service
4 1 (4.76%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (4.76%) Investment Management
4 1 (4.76%) Open Source
4 1 (4.76%) Order Management
4 1 (4.76%) Project Delivery
4 1 (4.76%) Project Management
4 1 (4.76%) Prototyping
4 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
4 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (52.38%) Active Directory
2 7 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (42.86%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (52.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) Citrix
2 7 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 7 (33.33%) VMware
3 6 (28.57%) Bloomberg
3 6 (28.57%) Refinitiv