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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
24 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 141 93
Rank change year-on-year +46 -48 +16
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,108 511 891
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.55% 2.04% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.99% 2.23% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 718 341 673
10th Percentile £350 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -0.70%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £599
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 5 32
10th Percentile £38.58 £52.79 £38.36
25th Percentile £58.43 £55.38 £46.18
Median hourly rate £72.54 £72.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +0.06% +32.12% -24.31%
75th Percentile £78.75 £200.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £72.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +0.06% +32.12% -24.31%

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 37,051 22,887 31,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.28% 91.38% 85.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,430 14,787 20,644
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £730 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £502 £525
% change year-on-year +2.09% -4.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,322 1,108 2,367
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.78
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.00 £26.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.36% -30.26% +8.14%
75th Percentile £68.55 £55.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +7.14%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 +20 322 £550 +4.76% 97
North of England +13 259 £500 -4.76% 98
South East +12 210 £514 -6.55% 77
South West +25 128 £539 -4.22% 68
Yorkshire 0 123 £450 -14.29% 27
Midlands +5 116 £463 +15.63% 48
North West +1 92 £525 - 56
West Midlands -17 74 £525 +31.25% 28
East of England -3 55 £475 +3.66% 23
North East +2 51 £600 -7.69% 18
East Midlands +9 41 £450 - 20
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 54 (4.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.71%) Confluence
3 18 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 10 (0.90%) CICS
5 9 (0.81%) Apache
6 5 (0.45%) WebSphere
7 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.36%) SAS
7 4 (0.36%) TPMS
8 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.18%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.18%) IIS
9 2 (0.18%) nginx
10 1 (0.090%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.090%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (1.08%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.18%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.090%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Maximo
2 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.090%) Primavera
2 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.090%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.090%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 364 (32.85%) Azure
2 196 (17.69%) AWS
3 98 (8.84%) GCP
4 85 (7.67%) Entra ID
5 82 (7.40%) GitHub
5 82 (7.40%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (4.96%) IaaS
8 53 (4.78%) GitHub Actions
9 44 (3.97%) SaaS
10 39 (3.52%) Azure AKS
11 35 (3.16%) PaaS
12 34 (3.07%) OCI
13 29 (2.62%) Azure Monitor
14 26 (2.35%) Serverless
15 24 (2.17%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 21 (1.90%) OpenShift
17 18 (1.62%) Amazon EKS
17 18 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
18 15 (1.35%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 158 (14.26%) Firewall
2 152 (13.72%) DNS
3 91 (8.21%) DHCP
4 64 (5.78%) VPN
5 56 (5.05%) Network Security
6 51 (4.60%) SAN
6 51 (4.60%) WAN
7 46 (4.15%) VLAN
8 40 (3.61%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 36 (3.25%) TCP/IP
10 33 (2.98%) BIG-IP
11 32 (2.89%) BGP
12 30 (2.71%) SD-WAN
13 28 (2.53%) LAN
13 28 (2.53%) OSPF
14 26 (2.35%) VXLAN
15 25 (2.26%) Ethernet VPN
16 24 (2.17%) SSL
17 22 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
18 20 (1.81%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (0.72%) DynamoDB
5 8 (0.72%) Power BI
6 7 (0.63%) Metadata
6 7 (0.63%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.54%) Db2
7 6 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.45%) Big Data
8 5 (0.45%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.45%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.36%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 61 (5.51%) GitLab
2 50 (4.51%) Jenkins
3 49 (4.42%) JIRA
4 27 (2.44%) Git
5 8 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.090%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.090%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.090%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.090%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.090%) CMake
6 1 (0.090%) GoCD
6 1 (0.090%) Gradle
6 1 (0.090%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.090%) Introscope
6 1 (0.090%) MLflow
6 1 (0.090%) MSI
6 1 (0.090%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.090%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 161 (14.53%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.03%) Finance
3 82 (7.40%) Public Sector
4 47 (4.24%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.06%) Banking
6 40 (3.61%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (2.08%) Military
8 21 (1.90%) Legal
9 16 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.35%) Retail
11 14 (1.26%) Aerospace
12 13 (1.17%) Telecoms
13 10 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 10 (0.90%) Marketing
14 9 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.54%) Billing
15 6 (0.54%) Law
16 5 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 754 (68.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 197 (17.78%) Senior
3 154 (13.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 88 (7.94%) Cloud Engineer
5 65 (5.87%) Azure Engineer
5 65 (5.87%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 51 (4.60%) Network Engineer
7 47 (4.24%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 42 (3.79%) DevOps Engineer
9 38 (3.43%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 34 (3.07%) Architect
11 33 (2.98%) Support Engineer
11 33 (2.98%) VMware Engineer
12 32 (2.89%) Infrastructure Support
12 32 (2.89%) IT Engineer
12 32 (2.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (2.62%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 29 (2.62%) Security Engineer
14 28 (2.53%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 27 (2.44%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.26%) REST
2 14 (1.26%) SOAP
3 13 (1.17%) ARM Templates
4 12 (1.08%) LDAP
5 11 (0.99%) OAuth
6 10 (0.90%) JSON
6 10 (0.90%) Middleware
7 9 (0.81%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.81%) Kafka
7 9 (0.81%) OpenID
8 8 (0.72%) SAML
8 8 (0.72%) YAML
9 7 (0.63%) Flash
9 7 (0.63%) Web Services
10 6 (0.54%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.54%) RESTful
10 6 (0.54%) WSDL
11 5 (0.45%) AWS CDK
11 5 (0.45%) Keycloak
12 4 (0.36%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 116 (10.47%) Data Centre
2 73 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
3 52 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 45 (4.06%) PKI
5 43 (3.88%) Public Cloud
6 38 (3.43%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.62%) Enterprise Storage
8 24 (2.17%) Replication
9 23 (2.08%) Private Cloud
10 19 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.44%) Clustering
12 15 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.26%) Management Information System
13 14 (1.26%) Virtual Team
14 12 (1.08%) Data Protection Act
14 12 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
15 11 (0.99%) Enterprise Cloud
15 11 (0.99%) Mainframe
16 10 (0.90%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 295 (26.62%) Windows
2 184 (16.61%) Windows Server
3 171 (15.43%) Linux
4 37 (3.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (1.53%) Apple iOS
5 17 (1.53%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.44%) Unix
6 16 (1.44%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.35%) Android
8 14 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (1.17%) Ubuntu
10 10 (0.90%) zOS
11 9 (0.81%) CentOS
12 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.63%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.63%) VMS
14 6 (0.54%) Debian
15 3 (0.27%) AIX
16 2 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (20.58%) Infrastructure as Code
2 219 (19.77%) DevOps
3 192 (17.33%) CI/CD
4 125 (11.28%) Problem-Solving
5 122 (11.01%) Migration
6 104 (9.39%) Agile
7 96 (8.66%) High Availability
8 95 (8.57%) Platform Engineering
9 77 (6.95%) Infrastructure Automation
10 76 (6.86%) Containerisation
11 72 (6.50%) AI
12 71 (6.41%) Zero Trust
13 67 (6.05%) Disaster Recovery
14 66 (5.96%) Project Delivery
15 63 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (5.51%) ITIL
17 60 (5.42%) Validation
18 55 (4.96%) Observability
19 52 (4.69%) Site Reliability Engineering
20 51 (4.60%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 170 (15.34%) Python
2 161 (14.53%) PowerShell
3 68 (6.14%) Bash
4 46 (4.15%) SQL
5 34 (3.07%) Bicep
6 21 (1.90%) Java
6 21 (1.90%) Shell Script
7 20 (1.81%) C#
8 10 (0.90%) ActionScript
9 8 (0.72%) Go
10 7 (0.63%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.54%) JCL
12 5 (0.45%) PHP
12 5 (0.45%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.36%) Groovy
14 3 (0.27%) C++
15 2 (0.18%) C
15 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.18%) Ruby
15 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 402 (36.28%) Security Cleared
2 257 (23.19%) SC Cleared
3 154 (13.90%) DV Cleared
4 42 (3.79%) Degree
5 32 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (2.35%) Azure Certification
6 26 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (1.99%) CISSP
8 19 (1.71%) CCNA
9 18 (1.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 17 (1.53%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.26%) CISM
12 12 (1.08%) CCNP
12 12 (1.08%) MCSE
13 8 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.63%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.63%) VCAP
15 6 (0.54%) RHCA
16 5 (0.45%) MCSA
16 5 (0.45%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (3.07%) NIST
3 24 (2.17%) QA
4 16 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.17%) NCSC
6 12 (1.08%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.90%) SLA
8 8 (0.72%) GDPR
8 8 (0.72%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.63%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.36%) GLBA
11 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.27%) PMO
13 2 (0.18%) GRC
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 19650
14 1 (0.090%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.090%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.090%) FedRAMP
14 1 (0.090%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 195 (17.60%) Active Directory
2 188 (16.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (7.13%) Hyper-V
4 71 (6.41%) VMware ESXi
5 62 (5.60%) Docker
6 59 (5.32%) vSphere
7 39 (3.52%) Virtual Machines
8 34 (3.07%) VMware NSX
9 23 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.35%) NFS
11 11 (0.99%) BitLocker
12 9 (0.81%) Firmware
12 9 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.45%) GPFS
14 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.18%) SRDF
15 2 (0.18%) UAG
15 2 (0.18%) Varnish
15 2 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 216 (19.49%) Terraform
2 147 (13.27%) Kubernetes
3 124 (11.19%) Ansible
4 56 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
5 45 (4.06%) vCenter Server
6 28 (2.53%) SCCM
7 22 (1.99%) Grafana
7 22 (1.99%) Prometheus
8 20 (1.81%) Puppet
9 19 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (1.62%) WSUS
11 12 (1.08%) Nessus
11 12 (1.08%) Packer
11 12 (1.08%) SCOM
12 10 (0.90%) Argo
12 10 (0.90%) vRealize
13 9 (0.81%) vMotion
13 9 (0.81%) VxRail
14 8 (0.72%) Istio
14 8 (0.72%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 256 (23.10%) VMware
2 245 (22.11%) Microsoft
3 66 (5.96%) Cisco
4 65 (5.87%) Citrix
5 49 (4.42%) F5
6 46 (4.15%) Google
7 42 (3.79%) ServiceNow
8 39 (3.52%) NetApp
9 37 (3.34%) Palo Alto
10 28 (2.53%) Veeam
11 27 (2.44%) Red Hat
12 25 (2.26%) Dell
13 24 (2.17%) Aruba
14 23 (2.08%) Arista
15 22 (1.99%) Fortinet
16 18 (1.62%) Oracle
17 15 (1.35%) IBM
17 15 (1.35%) Juniper
17 15 (1.35%) SolarWinds
18 14 (1.26%) Tenable
375 Infrastructure Engineering jobs in England