Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends in England

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 163 118
Rank change year-on-year +80 -45 -29
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,460 490 648
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.14% 1.77% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.70% 1.94% 2.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 903 322 459
10th Percentile £363 £300 £325
25th Percentile £450 £376 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.48% +1.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £600
90th Percentile £699 £668 £688
UK median daily rate £547 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +9.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 10 17
10th Percentile £33.64 £25.70 £51.06
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.25% -54.29% -
75th Percentile £86.08 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £40.16 £86.80
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +131.25% -54.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,415 25,251 27,687
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.00% 86.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,982 16,042 16,911
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.71% -2.64% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,873 1,537 1,195
10th Percentile £13.88 £14.39 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +63.02% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £47.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.35 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.86 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +54.51% -40.82% -

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 30 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 30 September 2026. 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
London +51 439 £550 +3.97% 527
North of England +68 338 £522 +4.40% 256
South East +24 284 £560 +20.43% 208
North West +47 159 £538 +7.50% 147
Midlands +49 152 £481 +3.49% 126
South West +31 144 £575 +3.60% 130
Yorkshire +33 125 £500 - 68
West Midlands +22 108 £525 +12.30% 78
East of England +29 86 £528 +34.82% 69
North East +10 65 £600 -7.69% 43
East Midlands +17 42 £450 -3.23% 48
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 61 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 33 (2.26%) Confluence
4 12 (0.82%) Apache
4 12 (0.82%) CICS
5 9 (0.62%) SAS
6 7 (0.48%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.41%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.34%) nginx
8 5 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.068%) JBoss
12 1 (0.068%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.068%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.068%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.068%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.068%) Houdini
7 1 (0.068%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.068%) NUKE
7 1 (0.068%) Revit
7 1 (0.068%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.21%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.068%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 492 (33.70%) Azure
2 265 (18.15%) AWS
3 163 (11.16%) Entra ID
4 133 (9.11%) Microsoft 365
5 111 (7.60%) GCP
6 91 (6.23%) GitHub
7 86 (5.89%) IaaS
8 67 (4.59%) OCI
9 66 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
10 57 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.08%) SaaS
12 40 (2.74%) PaaS
13 38 (2.60%) Azure Monitor
14 33 (2.26%) OpenShift
15 30 (2.05%) Azure AKS
16 28 (1.92%) Power Platform
17 26 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
17 26 (1.78%) Azure Sentinel
18 22 (1.51%) AWS CloudFormation
19 20 (1.37%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 242 (16.58%) DNS
2 230 (15.75%) Firewall
3 144 (9.86%) DHCP
4 97 (6.64%) VPN
5 92 (6.30%) Network Security
6 82 (5.62%) TCP/IP
7 66 (4.52%) WAN
8 64 (4.38%) SAN
9 62 (4.25%) VLAN
10 48 (3.29%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 42 (2.88%) BIG-IP
12 41 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (2.74%) LAN
14 36 (2.47%) SD-WAN
15 34 (2.33%) BGP
16 32 (2.19%) SSL
17 28 (1.92%) OSPF
18 27 (1.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
18 27 (1.85%) VXLAN
19 26 (1.78%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.51%) Oracle Exadata
2 22 (1.51%) Power BI
3 21 (1.44%) Data Lake
4 20 (1.37%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.23%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.16%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.96%) Metadata
7 14 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 13 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.62%) Pentaho
11 8 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.41%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.27%) Snowflake Schema
15 3 (0.21%) Data Mining
15 3 (0.21%) Db2
Development Applications
1 75 (5.14%) GitLab
2 59 (4.04%) Git
3 57 (3.90%) JIRA
4 56 (3.84%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.27%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.068%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.068%) MLflow
10 1 (0.068%) Terragrunt
General
1 251 (17.19%) Social Skills
2 156 (10.68%) Finance
3 104 (7.12%) Public Sector
4 89 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.90%) Banking
6 56 (3.84%) Documentation Skills
7 30 (2.05%) Telecoms
8 23 (1.58%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.23%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.16%) Military
11 16 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.03%) Retail
13 13 (0.89%) Law
14 12 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.75%) Automotive
15 11 (0.75%) Legal
16 10 (0.68%) Marketing
17 6 (0.41%) Billing
17 6 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 906 (62.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 289 (19.79%) Senior
3 223 (15.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 157 (10.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 118 (8.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 93 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
7 74 (5.07%) Network Engineer
8 72 (4.93%) Lead
9 66 (4.52%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (4.04%) Architect
10 59 (4.04%) DevOps Engineer
11 49 (3.36%) Security Engineer
12 48 (3.29%) VMware Engineer
13 43 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
14 39 (2.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 36 (2.47%) Support Engineer
16 35 (2.40%) Test Engineer
17 33 (2.26%) Infrastructure Support
17 33 (2.26%) IT Engineer
17 33 (2.26%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (21.85%) Terraform
2 30 (2.05%) ARM Templates
3 25 (1.71%) REST
4 22 (1.51%) Kafka
5 15 (1.03%) YAML
6 14 (0.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 13 (0.89%) OpenID
7 13 (0.89%) SAML
8 12 (0.82%) 802.1X
8 12 (0.82%) JSON
8 12 (0.82%) Middleware
9 11 (0.75%) LDAP
9 11 (0.75%) OAuth
10 10 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (0.68%) Loki
11 8 (0.55%) .NET
11 8 (0.55%) ModSecurity
12 7 (0.48%) SOAP
12 7 (0.48%) Web Services
13 5 (0.34%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 156 (10.68%) Data Centre
2 104 (7.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 74 (5.07%) Cloud Native
4 62 (4.25%) PKI
5 58 (3.97%) Public Cloud
6 54 (3.70%) Onboarding
7 44 (3.01%) Replication
8 36 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
9 35 (2.40%) Private Cloud
10 30 (2.05%) Management Information System
11 28 (1.92%) Enterprise Cloud
12 27 (1.85%) Linux Command Line
13 26 (1.78%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
15 22 (1.51%) Clustering
16 21 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
17 19 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
18 18 (1.23%) Product Ownership
19 14 (0.96%) Virtual Team
20 13 (0.89%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 391 (26.78%) Windows
2 283 (19.38%) Linux
3 263 (18.01%) Windows Server
4 61 (4.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.58%) Unix
6 19 (1.30%) CentOS
6 19 (1.30%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.30%) VMS
6 19 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.16%) Android
7 17 (1.16%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.96%) AIX
8 14 (0.96%) Rocky
8 14 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.82%) Mac OS
9 12 (0.82%) zOS
10 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (0.34%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (26.30%) Infrastructure as Code
2 303 (20.75%) CI/CD
3 297 (20.34%) DevOps
4 201 (13.77%) Migration
5 187 (12.81%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (11.51%) Platform Engineering
7 141 (9.66%) Continuous Improvement
8 138 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
9 133 (9.11%) Agile
10 125 (8.56%) Infrastructure Automation
11 107 (7.33%) Observability
12 106 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
13 105 (7.19%) AI
13 105 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
14 104 (7.12%) ITIL
14 104 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
15 102 (6.99%) High Availability
16 97 (6.64%) Project Delivery
17 86 (5.89%) Cloud Security
17 86 (5.89%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 248 (16.99%) PowerShell
2 245 (16.78%) Python
3 117 (8.01%) Bash
4 71 (4.86%) SQL
5 61 (4.18%) Bicep
6 38 (2.60%) Java
7 17 (1.16%) C#
8 16 (1.10%) Go
9 15 (1.03%) ActionScript
10 14 (0.96%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.68%) C++
12 9 (0.62%) Perl
13 7 (0.48%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.34%) C
15 5 (0.34%) JavaScript
15 5 (0.34%) JCL
16 2 (0.14%) COBOL
16 2 (0.14%) Korn
16 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 560 (38.36%) Security Cleared
2 341 (23.36%) SC Cleared
3 215 (14.73%) DV Cleared
4 61 (4.18%) Degree
5 46 (3.15%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.12%) Cisco Certification
6 31 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.92%) AWS Certification
8 22 (1.51%) CISSP
8 22 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 19 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.23%) CCNP
11 17 (1.16%) CCNA
12 14 (0.96%) VCAP
13 12 (0.82%) PMI Certification
14 11 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
14 11 (0.75%) MCSE
14 11 (0.75%) PMP
15 10 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.42%) QA
2 36 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.51%) NIST
4 21 (1.44%) NCSC
5 18 (1.23%) SLA
6 16 (1.10%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.68%) PMO
9 9 (0.62%) GRC
9 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.55%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) IASME
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.068%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.068%) GDPR
System Software
1 279 (19.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 270 (18.49%) Active Directory
3 113 (7.74%) Hyper-V
4 82 (5.62%) vSphere
5 75 (5.14%) Docker
5 75 (5.14%) VMware ESXi
6 62 (4.25%) Virtual Machines
7 36 (2.47%) VMware NSX
8 30 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (1.16%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
11 14 (0.96%) NFS
12 13 (0.89%) Firmware
13 11 (0.75%) KVM
14 6 (0.41%) oVirt
15 5 (0.34%) BitLocker
15 5 (0.34%) Ceph
15 5 (0.34%) GPFS
15 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 201 (13.77%) Ansible
2 188 (12.88%) Kubernetes
3 88 (6.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 51 (3.49%) SCCM
5 41 (2.81%) vCenter Server
6 37 (2.53%) Grafana
7 32 (2.19%) Prometheus
8 22 (1.51%) Puppet
9 20 (1.37%) Argo
9 20 (1.37%) Nessus
9 20 (1.37%) WSUS
10 17 (1.16%) NetBackup
10 17 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
11 15 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
11 15 (1.03%) Progress Chef
12 14 (0.96%) Data Guard
12 14 (0.96%) SCOM
13 12 (0.82%) Packer
13 12 (0.82%) VxRail
14 10 (0.68%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 373 (25.55%) Microsoft
2 348 (23.84%) VMware
3 85 (5.82%) Cisco
4 60 (4.11%) F5
5 58 (3.97%) Citrix
5 58 (3.97%) Oracle
6 51 (3.49%) NetApp
7 46 (3.15%) Google
8 43 (2.95%) Red Hat
9 42 (2.88%) Veeam
10 41 (2.81%) Palo Alto
11 29 (1.99%) ServiceNow
12 26 (1.78%) Dell
13 23 (1.58%) Arista
13 23 (1.58%) Aruba
13 23 (1.58%) Tenable
14 19 (1.30%) CyberArk
14 19 (1.30%) Juniper
15 18 (1.23%) Commvault
15 18 (1.23%) IBM