Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 183 222
Rank change year-on-year +30 +39 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 697 872 1,164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.60% 1.45% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.72% 1.54% 1.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 656 856
10th Percentile £310 £331 £310
25th Percentile £375 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +9.76%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £550
90th Percentile £680 £675 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £430
% change year-on-year - +10.47% +14.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 7
10th Percentile £21.12 £40.58 £16.12
25th Percentile £21.25 £57.33 £29.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £63.84 £60.48
Median % change year-on-year -29.51% +5.56% +51.19%
75th Percentile £77.00 £75.35 £67.39
90th Percentile £77.55 £86.23 £68.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £60.55 £62.99
% change year-on-year -62.84% -3.87% +111.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,482 56,783 84,604
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,407 39,621 59,331
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,607 2,111
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.60 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 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
England +24 600 £463 -7.50% 302
UK excluding London +29 450 £475 - 254
London +62 202 £464 -15.68% 69
Work from Home +2 164 £450 -10.00% 165
South East +24 153 £450 -2.17% 58
North of England -8 87 £425 -10.53% 53
South West +19 84 £530 +0.95% 54
North West -16 53 £425 -10.53% 27
Scotland +57 52 £513 +24.19% 17
Midlands -2 43 £400 -10.11% 46
West Midlands +20 35 £425 -5.56% 29
Yorkshire +15 30 £450 +5.88% 19
East of England -13 22 £625 +42.86% 26
Wales +8 10 £600 +9.09% 4
East Midlands -7 7 £338 -23.30% 17
North East +14 4 £438 -16.67% 9

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 670 (96.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 310 (44.48%) Windows
3 267 (38.31%) VMware
4 261 (37.45%) Security Cleared
5 254 (36.44%) Active Directory
6 236 (33.86%) Azure
7 204 (29.27%) Microsoft
8 188 (26.97%) Windows Server
9 183 (26.26%) VMware Infrastructure
10 157 (22.53%) Linux
11 150 (21.52%) SC Cleared
12 136 (19.51%) DNS
12 136 (19.51%) Firewall
13 127 (18.22%) Social Skills
14 120 (17.22%) PowerShell
15 117 (16.79%) Microsoft 365
16 116 (16.64%) DV Cleared
17 106 (15.21%) AWS
18 103 (14.78%) Public Sector
19 99 (14.20%) Migration
20 95 (13.63%) DHCP
21 89 (12.77%) SCCM
22 79 (11.33%) SAN
23 78 (11.19%) DevOps
24 77 (11.05%) Problem-Solving
25 74 (10.62%) ITIL
25 74 (10.62%) Data Centre
26 68 (9.76%) Cisco
27 65 (9.33%) Hyper-V
28 64 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 64 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.87%) Confluence
4 8 (1.15%) IIS
5 5 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.57%) SAS
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) WordPress
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.57%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.57%) Revit
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.14%) Eikon
1 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 236 (33.86%) Azure
2 117 (16.79%) Microsoft 365
3 106 (15.21%) AWS
4 63 (9.04%) Entra ID
5 34 (4.88%) IaaS
6 19 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.73%) SaaS
7 18 (2.58%) GCP
8 17 (2.44%) PaaS
9 16 (2.30%) OCI
10 15 (2.15%) Power Platform
11 11 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.58%) OneDrive
12 10 (1.43%) Mimecast
13 9 (1.29%) OpenShift
14 8 (1.15%) Amazon S3
15 7 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.00%) Azure AKS
15 7 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 136 (19.51%) DNS
1 136 (19.51%) Firewall
2 95 (13.63%) DHCP
3 79 (11.33%) SAN
4 40 (5.74%) WAN
5 32 (4.59%) LAN
6 30 (4.30%) Network Security
7 29 (4.16%) NAS
8 27 (3.87%) TCP/IP
9 24 (3.44%) VPN
10 19 (2.73%) VSAN
11 14 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (1.87%) iSCSI
12 13 (1.87%) MPLS
13 12 (1.72%) Fibre Channel
13 12 (1.72%) Wireless
14 11 (1.58%) VLAN
15 10 (1.43%) SD-WAN
16 9 (1.29%) SSL
17 8 (1.15%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.87%) Power BI
3 6 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.57%) DB2
4 4 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (0.57%) MySQL
4 4 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.29%) Adabas
5 2 (0.29%) Sisense
6 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (2.58%) Git
1 18 (2.58%) JIRA
2 11 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.72%) Hudson
5 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.29%) CA Gen
5 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.14%) VisualWorks
General
1 127 (18.22%) Social Skills
2 103 (14.78%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.61%) Finance
4 41 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (3.59%) Banking
6 21 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.00%) Legal
9 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.86%) Investment Banking
11 4 (0.57%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.57%) Front Office
11 4 (0.57%) Local Government
11 4 (0.57%) Military
11 4 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.43%) French Language
12 3 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.43%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.16%) Flash
2 5 (0.72%) .NET
3 4 (0.57%) AWS CDK
3 4 (0.57%) JSON
3 4 (0.57%) POSIX
3 4 (0.57%) YAML
4 3 (0.43%) Jinja
4 3 (0.43%) LAMP
4 3 (0.43%) NETCONF
4 3 (0.43%) Redfish
4 3 (0.43%) RESTful
4 3 (0.43%) XML
4 3 (0.43%) YANG
5 2 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.29%) LDAP
5 2 (0.29%) Middleware
5 2 (0.29%) SAML
6 1 (0.14%) OpenID
6 1 (0.14%) Twisted
6 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.62%) Data Centre
2 32 (4.59%) PKI
3 26 (3.73%) Replication
4 20 (2.87%) Private Cloud
5 16 (2.30%) Clustering
6 13 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.29%) Client/Server
8 9 (1.29%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.29%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.72%) Fat Client
9 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (0.72%) NHS
9 5 (0.72%) Thin Client
9 5 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.57%) NVMe
11 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 310 (44.48%) Windows
2 188 (26.97%) Windows Server
3 157 (22.53%) Linux
4 63 (9.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 63 (9.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 55 (7.89%) Windows 10
6 46 (6.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 38 (5.45%) Unix
8 33 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (2.30%) Windows 7
10 13 (1.87%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.87%) VMS
11 12 (1.72%) AIX
11 12 (1.72%) Windows XP
12 10 (1.43%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.15%) CentOS
14 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.86%) Data ONTAP
16 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (96.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 99 (14.20%) Migration
3 78 (11.19%) DevOps
4 77 (11.05%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (10.62%) ITIL
6 59 (8.46%) Agile
7 45 (6.46%) Infrastructure as Code
8 42 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
9 35 (5.02%) Disaster Recovery
10 34 (4.88%) Project Delivery
11 31 (4.45%) CI/CD
12 23 (3.30%) Storage Management
13 22 (3.16%) Change Management
14 21 (3.01%) Containerisation
14 21 (3.01%) Server Management
14 21 (3.01%) Virtual Environments
14 21 (3.01%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 20 (2.87%) Computer Science
15 20 (2.87%) Customer Service
15 20 (2.87%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (17.22%) PowerShell
2 55 (7.89%) Python
3 35 (5.02%) SQL
4 17 (2.44%) Java
5 16 (2.30%) Bash
6 13 (1.87%) Perl
7 11 (1.58%) C#
8 10 (1.43%) VBScript
9 6 (0.86%) C
10 5 (0.72%) Ruby
11 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
12 3 (0.43%) JavaScript
12 3 (0.43%) Korn
12 3 (0.43%) PHP
12 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.29%) Bicep
13 2 (0.29%) C++
13 2 (0.29%) Go
13 2 (0.29%) Natural
Qualifications
1 261 (37.45%) Security Cleared
2 150 (21.52%) SC Cleared
3 116 (16.64%) DV Cleared
4 50 (7.17%) Degree
5 47 (6.74%) Cisco Certification
6 45 (6.46%) CCNA
7 25 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (3.44%) CCNP
9 20 (2.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 19 (2.73%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.87%) MCSE
12 8 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.86%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.72%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.57%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (1.15%) NIST
2 8 (1.15%) SLA
3 6 (0.86%) QA
4 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (0.57%) GDPR
4 4 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 3 (0.43%) NCSC
6 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.14%) COBIT
7 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 254 (36.44%) Active Directory
2 183 (26.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 65 (9.33%) Hyper-V
4 61 (8.75%) vSphere
5 52 (7.46%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (5.02%) VMware NSX
7 22 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (3.16%) XenApp
8 21 (3.01%) Docker
9 8 (1.15%) XenDesktop
10 7 (1.00%) Firmware
10 7 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (0.57%) GPFS
11 4 (0.57%) NFS
11 4 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.29%) KVM
14 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.14%) vCloud
14 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 89 (12.77%) SCCM
2 64 (9.18%) vCenter Server
3 54 (7.75%) Terraform
4 41 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (5.31%) Ansible
6 35 (5.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 34 (4.88%) Kubernetes
8 31 (4.45%) WSUS
9 19 (2.73%) SCOM
10 13 (1.87%) NetBackup
11 12 (1.72%) EMC NetWorker
12 11 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
13 10 (1.43%) Puppet
14 6 (0.86%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.86%) vRealize
14 6 (0.86%) VxRail
15 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
15 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
16 4 (0.57%) Nessus
16 4 (0.57%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 267 (38.31%) VMware
2 204 (29.27%) Microsoft
3 68 (9.76%) Cisco
4 56 (8.03%) Veeam
5 49 (7.03%) Citrix
6 33 (4.73%) HP
7 32 (4.59%) Dell
8 29 (4.16%) Red Hat
9 23 (3.30%) Palo Alto
10 20 (2.87%) Juniper
10 20 (2.87%) Oracle
11 19 (2.73%) Symantec
12 18 (2.58%) EMC
13 17 (2.44%) Brocade
14 16 (2.30%) 3PAR
14 16 (2.30%) Aruba
14 16 (2.30%) IBM
14 16 (2.30%) ServiceNow
15 15 (2.15%) CA
15 15 (2.15%) Google
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