Infrastructure Management Contracts in England

Infrastructure Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Infrastructure Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Management over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 433 576 670
Rank change year-on-year +143 +94 -127
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Management 112 83 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.16% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.18% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 57 65
10th Percentile £163 £363 £368
25th Percentile £350 £444 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £588
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -10.64% +30.56%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £750
90th Percentile £675 £725 £775
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -9.52% -0.94% +21.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Median hourly rate £23.80 £35.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.96% - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £35.50 -
% change year-on-year -32.96% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure Management is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,171 45,739 64,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.26% 90.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,096 32,069 45,706
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.18%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,617 1,773
10th Percentile £12.89 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £37.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% +56.25% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.23
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -

Infrastructure Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Management as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Management in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
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 Infrastructure Management within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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
London +103 37 £475 -10.59% 46
South East +48 31 £465 -7.00% 19
West Midlands +40 16 £550 +27.91% 3
Midlands +35 16 £550 +25.71% 13
North of England +33 15 £650 +20.93% 16
North West +28 13 £500 -4.76% 9
South West +29 9 £220 -70.67% 5
Yorkshire +18 2 £650 -7.14% 6
East of England +8 2 - - 7
Infrastructure Management
UK

Infrastructure Management
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.57%) Confluence
2 4 (3.57%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.68%) CMS
4 2 (1.79%) Apache
4 2 (1.79%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (1.79%) IIS
5 1 (0.89%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (0.89%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.89%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.89%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 41 (36.61%) AWS
2 32 (28.57%) Azure
3 13 (11.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 11 (9.82%) Entra ID
5 10 (8.93%) Amazon S3
6 9 (8.04%) Amazon EC2
6 9 (8.04%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (8.04%) GCP
6 9 (8.04%) GitHub
6 9 (8.04%) Serverless
7 7 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (6.25%) Power Platform
8 5 (4.46%) CloudFront
9 4 (3.57%) Cloud Computing
9 4 (3.57%) IaaS
9 4 (3.57%) PaaS
9 4 (3.57%) SaaS
10 3 (2.68%) Contentful
10 3 (2.68%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (2.68%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 18 (16.07%) Firewall
1 18 (16.07%) VPN
2 16 (14.29%) DNS
3 15 (13.39%) Network Security
4 9 (8.04%) LAN
4 9 (8.04%) TCP/IP
5 7 (6.25%) SAN
5 7 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (5.36%) NAS
6 6 (5.36%) Wireless
7 5 (4.46%) WAN
8 4 (3.57%) DHCP
8 4 (3.57%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (3.57%) iSCSI
8 4 (3.57%) Radio Access Network
8 4 (3.57%) SSL
8 4 (3.57%) VLAN
8 4 (3.57%) VoIP
9 3 (2.68%) DMZ
9 3 (2.68%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.04%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (6.25%) Power BI
3 4 (3.57%) Tableau
4 2 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.79%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.79%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.89%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.89%) Bigtable
5 1 (0.89%) CockroachDB
5 1 (0.89%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.89%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.89%) Metadata
5 1 (0.89%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.89%) MySQL
5 1 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.89%) PowerPivot
5 1 (0.89%) Redis
5 1 (0.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (9.82%) Git
2 9 (8.04%) GitLab
3 6 (5.36%) Bitbucket
3 6 (5.36%) JIRA
4 3 (2.68%) Cypress.io
4 3 (2.68%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.89%) git-flow
5 1 (0.89%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.89%) Octopus Deploy
5 1 (0.89%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.89%) Spinnaker
5 1 (0.89%) TeamCity
General
1 42 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 22 (19.64%) Telecoms
3 20 (17.86%) Finance
4 18 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (15.18%) Public Sector
6 12 (10.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (4.46%) Retail
8 4 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.68%) Legal
9 3 (2.68%) Marketing
10 2 (1.79%) Electronics
10 2 (1.79%) Law
10 2 (1.79%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.89%) Advertising
11 1 (0.89%) Front Office
11 1 (0.89%) Military
11 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (15.18%) Senior
2 13 (11.61%) Analyst
3 12 (10.71%) DevOps Engineer
4 11 (9.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (6.25%) Architect
5 7 (6.25%) AWS DevOps
5 7 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
6 6 (5.36%) IT Engineer
6 6 (5.36%) Lead
6 6 (5.36%) Network Engineer
6 6 (5.36%) Security Engineer
6 6 (5.36%) Support Engineer
7 5 (4.46%) Applications Engineer
7 5 (4.46%) AWS Developer
7 5 (4.46%) Developer
7 5 (4.46%) Senior DevOps
8 4 (3.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (3.57%) IT Support
8 4 (3.57%) Master Data Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.25%) SAML
2 5 (4.46%) OAuth
2 5 (4.46%) OAuth2
3 3 (2.68%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (2.68%) Next.js
4 2 (1.79%) Kafka
4 2 (1.79%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.79%) PySpark
4 2 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.79%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.89%) CSS
5 1 (0.89%) HTML
5 1 (0.89%) Laravel
5 1 (0.89%) Node.js
5 1 (0.89%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.89%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.82%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.14%) Data Centre
3 5 (4.46%) Cloud Native
3 5 (4.46%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (3.57%) Fat Client
4 4 (3.57%) Product Ownership
4 4 (3.57%) Replication
4 4 (3.57%) Thin Client
4 4 (3.57%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.68%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (2.68%) IoT
6 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
6 2 (1.79%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.79%) PKI
6 2 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.89%) Blockchain
7 1 (0.89%) Clustering
7 1 (0.89%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.89%) HP Storage
Operating Systems
1 31 (27.68%) Windows
2 16 (14.29%) Linux
3 8 (7.14%) Unix
4 6 (5.36%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.68%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.79%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.89%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (25.89%) CI/CD
1 29 (25.89%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (20.54%) Agile
3 21 (18.75%) DevOps
4 20 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (16.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 17 (15.18%) Customer-Centricity
7 13 (11.61%) Disaster Recovery
7 13 (11.61%) Migration
8 12 (10.71%) Software Deployment
9 11 (9.82%) Collaborative Working
9 11 (9.82%) Containerisation
9 11 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 11 (9.82%) Project Management
9 11 (9.82%) Task Automation
10 10 (8.93%) High Availability
10 10 (8.93%) Scrum
11 9 (8.04%) Business Intelligence
11 9 (8.04%) Incident Response
11 9 (8.04%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.64%) Python
2 13 (11.61%) PowerShell
3 7 (6.25%) Bash
4 6 (5.36%) Go
5 4 (3.57%) JavaScript
5 4 (3.57%) SQL
6 2 (1.79%) Java
6 2 (1.79%) PHP
7 1 (0.89%) VBA
Qualifications
1 18 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.39%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.82%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (9.82%) Degree
4 7 (6.25%) CCNA
5 6 (5.36%) AWS Certification
5 6 (5.36%) DV Cleared
5 6 (5.36%) MCSE
5 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.57%) CCIE
6 4 (3.57%) CCNP
6 4 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.89%) APMP
7 1 (0.89%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.89%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.89%) PMP
7 1 (0.89%) RHCE
7 1 (0.89%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.36%) Data Quality
1 6 (5.36%) QA
1 6 (5.36%) SLA
2 3 (2.68%) NIST
2 3 (2.68%) PCI DSS
3 2 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 24 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 17 (15.18%) Docker
3 13 (11.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.46%) Hyper-V
4 5 (4.46%) vSphere
5 4 (3.57%) Firmware
6 2 (1.79%) BitLocker
6 2 (1.79%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.79%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 18 (16.07%) Terraform
2 15 (13.39%) Ansible
3 14 (12.50%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 5 (4.46%) SCCM
6 4 (3.57%) Grafana
6 4 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.57%) Prometheus
7 3 (2.68%) SCOM
8 2 (1.79%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.79%) Nmap
8 2 (1.79%) OpenNMS
8 2 (1.79%) SCVMM
8 2 (1.79%) VxRail
9 1 (0.89%) Argo
9 1 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.89%) Istio
9 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.89%) vRealize
Vendors
1 21 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 18 (16.07%) VMware
3 10 (8.93%) Cisco
4 6 (5.36%) Google
5 5 (4.46%) Red Hat
5 5 (4.46%) SolarWinds
6 4 (3.57%) Dell
6 4 (3.57%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.68%) Atlassian
7 3 (2.68%) HP
7 3 (2.68%) Juniper
7 3 (2.68%) SAP
8 2 (1.79%) Avaya
8 2 (1.79%) Brocade
8 2 (1.79%) Commvault
8 2 (1.79%) EMC
8 2 (1.79%) F5
8 2 (1.79%) Forcepoint
8 2 (1.79%) MobileIron
8 2 (1.79%) Proofpoint