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 £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 94 111 116
Rank change year-on-year +17 +5 +46
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 451 502 693
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.11% 2.21% 2.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.29% 2.35% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 351 378 553
10th Percentile £313 £329 £300
25th Percentile £375 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.13% +8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £538
90th Percentile £638 £638 £600
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £455
% change year-on-year -7.50% +9.89% +10.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £20.47 £37.40 £13.13
25th Percentile £21.25 £56.25 £17.39
Median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -65.38% +213.25% -5.68%
75th Percentile £71.25 £73.75 £36.69
90th Percentile £75.30 £75.00 £60.88
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +3.85% +52.94% +6.02%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 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
South East +29 167 £463 -7.50% 55
South West -14 78 £525 -4.55% 39
North of England -19 74 £425 -10.53% 58
Midlands +8 53 £413 -8.33% 39
North West -11 51 £425 -10.53% 28
Scotland +74 50 £420 -6.67% 21
West Midlands +14 35 £400 -11.11% 23
East of England -23 24 £363 -27.50% 25
Yorkshire +2 19 £450 +4.65% 24
East Midlands -1 17 £449 +0.90% 16
Wales +1 6 £433 -17.62% 11
North East +4 4 £438 +9.38% 6
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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.

1 444 (98.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 218 (48.34%) Security Cleared
3 195 (43.24%) VMware
4 189 (41.91%) Windows
5 154 (34.15%) Active Directory
6 144 (31.93%) VMware Infrastructure
7 132 (29.27%) Microsoft
8 130 (28.82%) SC Cleared
9 124 (27.49%) Linux
10 118 (26.16%) Azure
11 110 (24.39%) Windows Server
12 101 (22.39%) DV Cleared
13 97 (21.51%) Social Skills
14 86 (19.07%) PowerShell
15 83 (18.40%) DNS
16 80 (17.74%) Firewall
17 76 (16.85%) DHCP
18 66 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
19 65 (14.41%) SAN
19 65 (14.41%) SCCM
20 59 (13.08%) Public Sector
21 56 (12.42%) Data Centre
22 55 (12.20%) vCenter Server
23 54 (11.97%) Migration
24 49 (10.86%) Hyper-V
24 49 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
25 48 (10.64%) Cisco
26 46 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
26 46 (10.20%) Degree
27 45 (9.98%) ITIL

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 46 (10.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.55%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.00%) Confluence
4 3 (0.67%) Apache
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.67%) IIS
5 2 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.44%) WordPress
6 1 (0.22%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.89%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.89%) Revit
3 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 118 (26.16%) Azure
2 49 (10.86%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (9.76%) AWS
4 29 (6.43%) Entra ID
5 15 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
6 14 (3.10%) OCI
6 14 (3.10%) SaaS
7 11 (2.44%) IaaS
8 10 (2.22%) GCP
8 10 (2.22%) PaaS
8 10 (2.22%) Power Platform
9 7 (1.55%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (1.55%) Amazon S3
9 7 (1.55%) OpenShift
10 6 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (1.11%) Serverless
11 5 (1.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
12 4 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 83 (18.40%) DNS
2 80 (17.74%) Firewall
3 76 (16.85%) DHCP
4 65 (14.41%) SAN
5 27 (5.99%) NAS
6 21 (4.66%) TCP/IP
7 17 (3.77%) LAN
7 17 (3.77%) WAN
8 15 (3.33%) VPN
9 13 (2.88%) VSAN
10 11 (2.44%) Wireless
11 8 (1.77%) iSCSI
11 8 (1.77%) Network Security
12 7 (1.55%) Fibre Channel
12 7 (1.55%) VLAN
12 7 (1.55%) VoIP
12 7 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
13 5 (1.11%) SSL
14 4 (0.89%) Extranet
14 4 (0.89%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.32%) SQL Server
2 10 (2.22%) Power BI
3 7 (1.55%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.11%) MySQL
5 4 (0.89%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.44%) Informix
7 1 (0.22%) Adabas
7 1 (0.22%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.22%) Redis
Development Applications
1 10 (2.22%) JIRA
2 6 (1.33%) Git
3 5 (1.11%) GitLab
3 5 (1.11%) Hudson
4 2 (0.44%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.44%) MSI
4 2 (0.44%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.44%) Selenium
5 1 (0.22%) CA Gen
5 1 (0.22%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 97 (21.51%) Social Skills
2 59 (13.08%) Public Sector
3 29 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (4.88%) Finance
5 13 (2.88%) Manufacturing
6 11 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.33%) Local Government
7 6 (1.33%) Military
7 6 (1.33%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.89%) Banking
10 3 (0.67%) Front Office
11 2 (0.44%) Electronics
11 2 (0.44%) Marketing
12 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.22%) Automotive
12 1 (0.22%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.22%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.55%) Flash
2 3 (0.67%) .NET
3 2 (0.44%) AWS CDK
3 2 (0.44%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (0.44%) LAMP
3 2 (0.44%) Middleware
3 2 (0.44%) Pandas
4 1 (0.22%) JSON
4 1 (0.22%) Redfish
4 1 (0.22%) REST
4 1 (0.22%) Web Services
4 1 (0.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.42%) Data Centre
2 26 (5.76%) PKI
3 17 (3.77%) Private Cloud
4 14 (3.10%) Clustering
5 11 (2.44%) Driving Licence
6 7 (1.55%) Grid Computing
7 6 (1.33%) Replication
8 5 (1.11%) Hackathon
9 4 (0.89%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.89%) Fat Client
9 4 (0.89%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.89%) Thin Client
10 3 (0.67%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (0.67%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.44%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.44%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.44%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 189 (41.91%) Windows
2 124 (27.49%) Linux
3 110 (24.39%) Windows Server
4 38 (8.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 37 (8.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 36 (7.98%) Windows Server 2019
7 35 (7.76%) Windows Server 2016
8 29 (6.43%) Windows 10
9 28 (6.21%) Unix
10 14 (3.10%) Windows XP
11 13 (2.88%) AIX
12 11 (2.44%) Mac OS
13 10 (2.22%) Ubuntu
14 9 (2.00%) VMS
15 7 (1.55%) Windows 7
15 7 (1.55%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (1.33%) Solaris
16 6 (1.33%) Windows Server 2008
17 5 (1.11%) CentOS
18 4 (0.89%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 444 (98.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 66 (14.63%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (11.97%) Migration
4 45 (9.98%) ITIL
5 38 (8.43%) Agile
6 37 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
7 30 (6.65%) DevOps
8 26 (5.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 23 (5.10%) Infrastructure as Code
9 23 (5.10%) Project Delivery
10 21 (4.66%) Performance Tuning
11 20 (4.43%) Server Management
12 19 (4.21%) High Availability
12 19 (4.21%) Virtual Environments
13 18 (3.99%) Change Management
13 18 (3.99%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 17 (3.77%) Customer Service
14 17 (3.77%) Project Management
14 17 (3.77%) Storage Management
15 15 (3.33%) Converged Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 86 (19.07%) PowerShell
2 25 (5.54%) SQL
3 22 (4.88%) Python
4 10 (2.22%) C#
4 10 (2.22%) Java
4 10 (2.22%) VBScript
5 7 (1.55%) Bash
6 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.44%) C
7 2 (0.44%) C++
7 2 (0.44%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.22%) Bicep
8 1 (0.22%) Natural
8 1 (0.22%) Perl
8 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 218 (48.34%) Security Cleared
2 130 (28.82%) SC Cleared
3 101 (22.39%) DV Cleared
4 46 (10.20%) Degree
5 32 (7.10%) CCNA
5 32 (7.10%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (3.55%) CCNP
9 13 (2.88%) MCSE
10 8 (1.77%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.33%) RHCE
12 5 (1.11%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 5 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.89%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.89%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.89%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.66%) SLA
2 8 (1.77%) NIST
3 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (0.67%) GDPR
3 3 (0.67%) ISO 9001
3 3 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (0.44%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.44%) QA
5 1 (0.22%) COBIT
5 1 (0.22%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 154 (34.15%) Active Directory
2 144 (31.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 49 (10.86%) Hyper-V
4 44 (9.76%) VMware ESXi
4 44 (9.76%) vSphere
5 22 (4.88%) VMware NSX
6 19 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (3.33%) XenApp
8 12 (2.66%) Docker
9 9 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (1.55%) KVM
11 6 (1.33%) Firmware
12 3 (0.67%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.44%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.22%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.22%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 65 (14.41%) SCCM
2 55 (12.20%) vCenter Server
3 28 (6.21%) WSUS
4 25 (5.54%) SCOM
5 16 (3.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (3.55%) NetBackup
6 15 (3.33%) Terraform
7 14 (3.10%) EMC NetWorker
8 11 (2.44%) Ansible
9 9 (2.00%) Kubernetes
9 9 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (1.77%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (1.11%) Nessus
11 5 (1.11%) SCSM
12 3 (0.67%) VxRail
13 2 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.44%) Grafana
13 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Clustering
13 2 (0.44%) WMI
13 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 195 (43.24%) VMware
2 132 (29.27%) Microsoft
3 48 (10.64%) Cisco
4 34 (7.54%) Red Hat
5 31 (6.87%) Citrix
6 30 (6.65%) Dell
6 30 (6.65%) Veeam
7 25 (5.54%) HP
8 22 (4.88%) Palo Alto
9 21 (4.66%) Symantec
10 18 (3.99%) Oracle
11 16 (3.55%) 3PAR
12 15 (3.33%) EMC
12 15 (3.33%) Juniper
13 14 (3.10%) Brocade
13 14 (3.10%) Extreme Networks
14 13 (2.88%) Ivanti
15 12 (2.66%) IBM
16 10 (2.22%) CA
16 10 (2.22%) SolarWinds