Infrastructure Specialist Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Infrastructure Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Infrastructure Specialist daily rate in the City of London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 120 129
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +51
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 2 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.11% 0.26% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.28% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile - £164 £454
25th Percentile £525 £290 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +1.01% +16.47%
75th Percentile £575 - £536
90th Percentile - - £545
Central London median daily rate £550 £500 £495
% change year-on-year +10.00% +1.01% +16.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £112.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £112.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,710 1,789 2,312
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.16% 93.03% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,194 1,097 1,655
10th Percentile £340 £360 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £788
Central London median daily rate £533 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -7.39% +2.22% -2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 12 15
10th Percentile £19.94 £14.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £23.21 £22.00 £20.09
Median hourly rate £34.00 £48.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +100.00% -28.89%
75th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £42.38
90th Percentile £51.25 £134.95 £63.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -25.40% +37.25% -21.54%

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Specialist' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Infrastructure Specialist job vacancy trend in the City of London

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Specialist job vacancies in the City of London

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 10 January 2026, Infrastructure Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region featuring Infrastructure Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server

Infrastructure Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware