Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £465 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 120 124
Rank change year-on-year +28 +4 +30
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 449 507 658
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.18% 2.12% 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.36% 2.25% 2.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 391 521
10th Percentile £312 £325 £281
25th Percentile £375 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £470 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.07% +4.49% +23.23%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £655 £650 £600
UK median daily rate £465 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.01% +11.11% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 6
10th Percentile £20.73 £27.88 £15.15
25th Percentile £21.25 £46.88 £29.18
Median hourly rate £22.50 £59.03 £62.99
Median % change year-on-year -61.88% -6.29% +111.72%
75th Percentile £47.50 £63.89 £67.70
90th Percentile £73.95 £65.00 £68.02
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £61.62 £47.34
% change year-on-year -63.48% +30.15% +18.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
South East +38 155 £450 - 66
North of England -4 85 £425 -10.53% 42
South West +18 82 £537 +2.19% 66
Scotland +73 53 £475 +10.12% 19
North West -8 51 £425 -10.53% 21
Midlands +2 43 £400 -10.11% 46
West Midlands +16 35 £425 -5.56% 27
Yorkshire +9 30 £415 -2.92% 15
East of England -10 22 £625 +47.06% 32
Wales +4 10 £550 - 5
East Midlands -6 7 £338 -23.30% 19
North East +12 4 £438 -16.67% 8
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 434 (96.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 199 (44.32%) Security Cleared
3 192 (42.76%) VMware
4 190 (42.32%) Windows
5 157 (34.97%) Active Directory
6 141 (31.40%) VMware Infrastructure
7 133 (29.62%) Microsoft
7 133 (29.62%) Azure
8 117 (26.06%) SC Cleared
9 114 (25.39%) Linux
10 110 (24.50%) Windows Server
11 100 (22.27%) DNS
12 95 (21.16%) Firewall
13 93 (20.71%) Social Skills
14 92 (20.49%) DV Cleared
15 80 (17.82%) PowerShell
16 79 (17.59%) DHCP
17 71 (15.81%) SAN
18 66 (14.70%) SCCM
19 63 (14.03%) Data Centre
20 62 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
21 60 (13.36%) vCenter Server
22 57 (12.69%) Migration
22 57 (12.69%) ITIL
23 55 (12.25%) Cisco
24 53 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
25 51 (11.36%) Hyper-V
26 48 (10.69%) VMware ESXi
27 47 (10.47%) Public Sector
28 46 (10.24%) Degree

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 40 (8.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (3.34%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.00%) Confluence
4 4 (0.89%) SAS
5 3 (0.67%) Apache
5 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
5 3 (0.67%) IIS
5 3 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.45%) WordPress
7 1 (0.22%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 12 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.89%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.89%) Revit
3 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 133 (29.62%) Azure
2 53 (11.80%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (9.35%) AWS
4 29 (6.46%) Entra ID
5 16 (3.56%) IaaS
6 15 (3.34%) OCI
7 12 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
7 12 (2.67%) SaaS
8 11 (2.45%) GCP
9 10 (2.23%) OpenShift
10 9 (2.00%) PaaS
10 9 (2.00%) Power Platform
11 7 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (1.34%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (1.11%) Amazon EC2
13 5 (1.11%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (1.11%) Mimecast
13 5 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 4 (0.89%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 100 (22.27%) DNS
2 95 (21.16%) Firewall
3 79 (17.59%) DHCP
4 71 (15.81%) SAN
5 27 (6.01%) NAS
6 24 (5.35%) TCP/IP
6 24 (5.35%) WAN
7 21 (4.68%) LAN
8 19 (4.23%) Network Security
9 15 (3.34%) VPN
10 14 (3.12%) VSAN
11 12 (2.67%) iSCSI
12 11 (2.45%) Fibre Channel
13 10 (2.23%) Wireless
14 9 (2.00%) VLAN
14 9 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
15 7 (1.56%) VoIP
16 6 (1.34%) SSL
17 4 (0.89%) OSPF
17 4 (0.89%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (5.57%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.00%) Power BI
3 6 (1.34%) MySQL
4 5 (1.11%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.89%) DB2
5 4 (0.89%) Elasticsearch
6 3 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.22%) Adabas
7 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (2.45%) JIRA
2 6 (1.34%) Git
3 5 (1.11%) Hudson
4 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.45%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.45%) Selenium
5 1 (0.22%) CA Gen
5 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 93 (20.71%) Social Skills
2 47 (10.47%) Public Sector
3 27 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (5.79%) Finance
5 13 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
6 12 (2.67%) Banking
7 8 (1.78%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.89%) Military
9 4 (0.89%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.67%) Front Office
10 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
10 3 (0.67%) Local Government
10 3 (0.67%) Retail Banking
11 2 (0.45%) Legal
12 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.22%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (4.68%) Flash
2 4 (0.89%) POSIX
3 3 (0.67%) .NET
3 3 (0.67%) Redfish
4 2 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.45%) LAMP
4 2 (0.45%) Middleware
5 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.22%) JSON
5 1 (0.22%) REST
5 1 (0.22%) Twisted
5 1 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (14.03%) Data Centre
2 24 (5.35%) PKI
3 18 (4.01%) Private Cloud
4 14 (3.12%) Clustering
5 11 (2.45%) Driving Licence
6 9 (2.00%) Client/Server
7 6 (1.34%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.11%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.11%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.11%) Thin Client
9 4 (0.89%) NVMe
10 3 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.67%) NHS
10 3 (0.67%) Replication
10 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.45%) IVR
11 2 (0.45%) Tandem
11 2 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 190 (42.32%) Windows
2 114 (25.39%) Linux
3 110 (24.50%) Windows Server
4 42 (9.35%) Windows Server 2012
5 39 (8.69%) Windows Server 2016
5 39 (8.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 36 (8.02%) Unix
7 34 (7.57%) Windows 10
8 25 (5.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 14 (3.12%) Windows XP
10 12 (2.67%) AIX
10 12 (2.67%) Windows 7
11 9 (2.00%) Ubuntu
11 9 (2.00%) VMS
11 9 (2.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 8 (1.78%) Mac OS
13 7 (1.56%) Windows Server 2003
14 6 (1.34%) Data ONTAP
15 5 (1.11%) CentOS
16 3 (0.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 434 (96.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 62 (13.81%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (12.69%) ITIL
3 57 (12.69%) Migration
4 40 (8.91%) Agile
5 37 (8.24%) DevOps
6 34 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
7 23 (5.12%) Project Delivery
8 22 (4.90%) Change Management
8 22 (4.90%) Server Management
9 21 (4.68%) Customer Service
9 21 (4.68%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (4.68%) Storage Management
10 20 (4.45%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (4.23%) Virtual Environments
12 18 (4.01%) Computer Science
12 18 (4.01%) High Availability
13 17 (3.79%) Project Management
13 17 (3.79%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 16 (3.56%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 80 (17.82%) PowerShell
2 30 (6.68%) Python
3 28 (6.24%) SQL
4 15 (3.34%) Java
5 11 (2.45%) Bash
6 10 (2.23%) C#
6 10 (2.23%) Perl
6 10 (2.23%) VBScript
7 4 (0.89%) C
8 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.45%) C++
9 2 (0.45%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.22%) Bicep
10 1 (0.22%) Elixir
10 1 (0.22%) Go
10 1 (0.22%) Natural
10 1 (0.22%) Ruby
10 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 199 (44.32%) Security Cleared
2 117 (26.06%) SC Cleared
3 92 (20.49%) DV Cleared
4 46 (10.24%) Degree
5 42 (9.35%) CCNA
5 42 (9.35%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (5.35%) CCNP
7 18 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (3.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 10 (2.23%) MCSE
10 7 (1.56%) Azure Certification
11 5 (1.11%) AWS Certification
11 5 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 5 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (1.11%) Master's Degree
12 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (0.89%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.89%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.89%) VCAP
13 3 (0.67%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.00%) SLA
2 8 (1.78%) NIST
3 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.67%) GDPR
3 3 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
3 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 3 (0.67%) QA
4 2 (0.45%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) COBIT
5 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 157 (34.97%) Active Directory
2 141 (31.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (11.36%) Hyper-V
4 48 (10.69%) VMware ESXi
5 45 (10.02%) vSphere
6 24 (5.35%) VMware NSX
7 21 (4.68%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (4.45%) XenApp
9 11 (2.45%) Docker
10 7 (1.56%) XenDesktop
11 5 (1.11%) Firmware
11 5 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
12 4 (0.89%) GPFS
12 4 (0.89%) KVM
12 4 (0.89%) NFS
12 4 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 66 (14.70%) SCCM
2 60 (13.36%) vCenter Server
3 28 (6.24%) WSUS
4 19 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (4.01%) SCOM
5 18 (4.01%) Terraform
6 16 (3.56%) NetBackup
7 14 (3.12%) EMC NetWorker
8 11 (2.45%) Kubernetes
9 10 (2.23%) Ansible
10 8 (1.78%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Clustering
12 4 (0.89%) Veritas Storage Foundation
12 4 (0.89%) VxRail
13 3 (0.67%) Nessus
13 3 (0.67%) vRealize
13 3 (0.67%) ZABBIX
14 2 (0.45%) Kibana
14 2 (0.45%) logstash
Vendors
1 192 (42.76%) VMware
2 133 (29.62%) Microsoft
3 55 (12.25%) Cisco
4 33 (7.35%) Citrix
5 32 (7.13%) Veeam
6 29 (6.46%) Dell
7 26 (5.79%) HP
8 21 (4.68%) Symantec
9 20 (4.45%) EMC
10 19 (4.23%) Oracle
11 18 (4.01%) Brocade
11 18 (4.01%) Palo Alto
11 18 (4.01%) Red Hat
12 16 (3.56%) 3PAR
12 16 (3.56%) IBM
13 15 (3.34%) Juniper
14 14 (3.12%) Extreme Networks
15 12 (2.67%) Ivanti
16 11 (2.45%) Atlassian
17 10 (2.23%) CA