Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in Central London

Infrastructure Engineering
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 112 123
Rank change year-on-year +36 +11 -24
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 62 63 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 2.52% 1.63% 1.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 1.78% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 43 65
10th Percentile £385 £440 £365
25th Percentile £416 £529 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £670 £700 £575
90th Percentile £702 £806 £675
London median daily rate £518 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -5.91% +7.32% +12.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £84.09 -
London median hourly rate £36.84 £78.80 £35.09
% change year-on-year -53.25% +124.60% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Infrastructure Engineering 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 Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,220 3,539 4,190
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.39% 91.64% 91.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 2,391 3,215
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 40
10th Percentile £19.52 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £22.25 £20.42 £23.44
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £36.50 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £56.15 £88.30 £62.83
London median hourly rate £28.75 £39.00 £35.75
% change year-on-year -26.28% +9.09% +10.96%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Central London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Central London

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Central London over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in Central London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in Central London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 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
City of London +51 59 £525 -12.50% 12
Infrastructure Engineering
London

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (9.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) IIS
3 1 (1.61%) OpenStack
3 1 (1.61%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 29 (46.77%) Azure
2 23 (37.10%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (27.42%) Entra ID
4 11 (17.74%) IaaS
4 11 (17.74%) Mimecast
5 10 (16.13%) AWS
6 7 (11.29%) PaaS
7 6 (9.68%) OneDrive
7 6 (9.68%) Power Platform
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Storage
8 3 (4.84%) SaaS
9 2 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (3.23%) AWS CodePipeline
9 2 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (3.23%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 20 (32.26%) Firewall
2 9 (14.52%) DNS
3 4 (6.45%) MPLS
3 4 (6.45%) Network Security
3 4 (6.45%) WAN
4 3 (4.84%) DHCP
4 3 (4.84%) SAN
5 2 (3.23%) NAS
5 2 (3.23%) SD-WAN
6 1 (1.61%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (1.61%) iSCSI
6 1 (1.61%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.61%) VPN
6 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.90%) MongoDB
2 3 (4.84%) Sybase ASE
3 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.61%) Power BI
4 1 (1.61%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 6 (9.68%) Jenkins
2 5 (8.06%) Git
General
1 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 8 (12.90%) Documentation Skills
3 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.29%) Finance
4 5 (8.06%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (6.45%) French Language
5 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.84%) Banking
7 1 (1.61%) Front Office
7 1 (1.61%) Retail
7 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (48.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Site Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) AWS Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (8.06%) Python Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Architect
4 4 (6.45%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (6.45%) Senior
4 4 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Integration Architect
5 3 (4.84%) IT Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Java Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (4.84%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.90%) Kafka
1 8 (12.90%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (8.06%) RESTful
3 2 (3.23%) AWS CDK
4 1 (1.61%) LAMP
4 1 (1.61%) OAuth
4 1 (1.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.52%) Data Centre
2 8 (12.90%) Distributed Systems
3 5 (8.06%) Algorithms
3 5 (8.06%) Data Structures
4 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.61%) Clustering
5 1 (1.61%) CMDB
5 1 (1.61%) HP Storage
5 1 (1.61%) iPhone
5 1 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.61%) PKI
5 1 (1.61%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.61%) Replication
5 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 27 (43.55%) Windows
2 13 (20.97%) Linux
3 10 (16.13%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (1.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.61%) VMS
5 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (25.81%) DevOps
2 14 (22.58%) CI/CD
3 12 (19.35%) ITIL
4 10 (16.13%) Disaster Recovery
4 10 (16.13%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.90%) Migration
5 8 (12.90%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 7 (11.29%) Microservices
6 7 (11.29%) Task Automation
7 6 (9.68%) Change Management
7 6 (9.68%) Data Migration
8 5 (8.06%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (8.06%) B2B
8 5 (8.06%) Data Loss Prevention
8 5 (8.06%) Identity Management
8 5 (8.06%) Infrastructure as Code
9 4 (6.45%) Agile
9 4 (6.45%) IT Strategy
9 4 (6.45%) Project Delivery
9 4 (6.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) Python
2 9 (14.52%) PowerShell
2 9 (14.52%) Shell Script
3 5 (8.06%) Java
4 3 (4.84%) C++
4 3 (4.84%) Go
5 2 (3.23%) Bash
5 2 (3.23%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.61%) Bicep
6 1 (1.61%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (14.52%) Azure Certification
2 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) SC Cleared
4 4 (6.45%) TOGAF Certification
5 3 (4.84%) Degree
5 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared
6 2 (3.23%) CCNA
6 2 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.61%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 1 (1.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 27 (43.55%) Active Directory
2 13 (20.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (12.90%) Apache ZooKeeper
4 7 (11.29%) Hyper-V
5 2 (3.23%) XenApp
6 1 (1.61%) Docker
6 1 (1.61%) KVM
6 1 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.61%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (20.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (17.74%) Kubernetes
3 8 (12.90%) Consul
3 8 (12.90%) Grafana
3 8 (12.90%) Prometheus
3 8 (12.90%) SCCM
4 4 (6.45%) Ansible
5 3 (4.84%) FortiGate
6 2 (3.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (3.23%) Terraform
7 1 (1.61%) CASB
7 1 (1.61%) Cisco CUCM
7 1 (1.61%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (1.61%) Packer
7 1 (1.61%) Puppet
7 1 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (51.61%) Microsoft
2 18 (29.03%) VMware
3 11 (17.74%) Citrix
4 8 (12.90%) SaltStack
5 7 (11.29%) Okta
6 5 (8.06%) Bloomberg
6 5 (8.06%) Refinitiv
7 3 (4.84%) Ping Identity
7 3 (4.84%) Sybase
8 2 (3.23%) Aruba
8 2 (3.23%) Cisco
8 2 (3.23%) Dell
8 2 (3.23%) HP
9 1 (1.61%) BT
9 1 (1.61%) CyberArk
9 1 (1.61%) IPFX
9 1 (1.61%) Juniper
9 1 (1.61%) NetApp
9 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
9 1 (1.61%) Sun