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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 137 90
Rank change year-on-year -14 -47 +41
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 609 544 910
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.92% 1.91% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 2.15% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 377 654
10th Percentile £311 £325 £310
25th Percentile £400 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £605
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 36
10th Percentile £26.13 £27.22 £22.13
25th Percentile £29.00 £58.20 £29.75
Median hourly rate £34.00 £63.14 £50.59
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +24.81% -5.44%
75th Percentile £75.70 £70.94 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.50 £108.18 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £56.25
% change year-on-year -45.60% +11.11% +5.14%

All Process and 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 28,126 25,301 32,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.70% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,616 22,141
10th Percentile £301 £311 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,807 836 1,442
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.98 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 -39 198 £550 - 99
South East -5 123 £470 +4.44% 195
North of England -10 105 £472 +10.94% 160
South West +13 85 £558 +1.36% 114
Yorkshire -6 56 £475 +26.67% 86
North West -9 46 £472 +7.89% 64
East of England -1 42 £425 -29.17% 90
Midlands -34 40 £438 -16.67% 126
West Midlands -21 31 £454 -27.44% 69
East Midlands -20 9 £433 -13.50% 51
North East -6 4 £466 - 12
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 47 (7.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.79%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.97%) Confluence
4 11 (1.81%) Apache
5 9 (1.48%) IIS
6 7 (1.15%) TPMS
7 3 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.33%) iPlanet
8 2 (0.33%) JBoss
8 2 (0.33%) nginx
8 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.33%) Traefik
8 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (0.99%) Maximo
2 4 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 223 (36.62%) Azure
2 129 (21.18%) AWS
3 90 (14.78%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (11.82%) Entra ID
5 35 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (5.58%) GitHub
7 33 (5.42%) GCP
8 31 (5.09%) IaaS
9 28 (4.60%) Amazon S3
10 27 (4.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 27 (4.43%) PaaS
11 26 (4.27%) OpenShift
12 24 (3.94%) SaaS
12 24 (3.94%) Serverless
13 23 (3.78%) Azure Monitor
14 22 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (3.45%) Amazon EC2
16 20 (3.28%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (2.96%) Azure Sentinel
18 17 (2.79%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 125 (20.53%) Firewall
2 88 (14.45%) DNS
3 60 (9.85%) TCP/IP
4 58 (9.52%) VPN
5 53 (8.70%) DHCP
6 41 (6.73%) WAN
7 36 (5.91%) VLAN
8 35 (5.75%) Wi-Fi
9 31 (5.09%) LAN
9 31 (5.09%) SAN
10 30 (4.93%) Network Security
11 28 (4.60%) SSL
12 13 (2.13%) MPLS
12 13 (2.13%) Wireless
13 10 (1.64%) 4G
13 10 (1.64%) Fibre Channel
13 10 (1.64%) NAS
14 9 (1.48%) iSCSI
14 9 (1.48%) SD-WAN
14 9 (1.48%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.99%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (0.99%) Power BI
4 5 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.82%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.66%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.66%) MySQL
6 3 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.49%) Big Data
6 3 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.49%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.49%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.49%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (5.58%) Jenkins
2 33 (5.42%) Git
3 26 (4.27%) GitLab
4 17 (2.79%) JIRA
5 5 (0.82%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.49%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.33%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.16%) CMake
8 1 (0.16%) GoCD
8 1 (0.16%) Gradle
8 1 (0.16%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.16%) MLflow
8 1 (0.16%) MSI
8 1 (0.16%) Rational DOORS
General
1 137 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.46%) Finance
3 62 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (9.85%) Public Sector
5 28 (4.60%) Banking
6 27 (4.43%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (2.13%) Military
9 9 (1.48%) Local Government
9 9 (1.48%) Retail
10 8 (1.31%) Legal
10 8 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 7 (1.15%) Billing
12 6 (0.99%) Aerospace
12 6 (0.99%) Aviation
12 6 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (0.99%) Spanish Language
13 5 (0.82%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 390 (64.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 92 (15.11%) Senior
3 72 (11.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (8.05%) Infrastructure Support
5 44 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (7.22%) Support Engineer
6 43 (7.06%) Network Engineer
6 43 (7.06%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (6.90%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 36 (5.91%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 30 (4.93%) Cloud Engineer
10 27 (4.43%) VMware Engineer
11 26 (4.27%) IT Engineer
11 26 (4.27%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
13 21 (3.45%) Automation Engineer
13 21 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
14 18 (2.96%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
14 18 (2.96%) Security Engineer
14 18 (2.96%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.46%) Middleware
1 15 (2.46%) REST
1 15 (2.46%) SAML
2 14 (2.30%) ARM Templates
3 13 (2.13%) OpenID
4 8 (1.31%) Kafka
4 8 (1.31%) OAuth
5 7 (1.15%) GraphQL
6 6 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
6 6 (0.99%) OAuth2
6 6 (0.99%) YAML
7 5 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
7 5 (0.82%) RESTful
8 4 (0.66%) ADO
8 4 (0.66%) gRPC
8 4 (0.66%) NumPy
8 4 (0.66%) Pandas
8 4 (0.66%) SOAP
8 4 (0.66%) Web Services
9 3 (0.49%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.91%) Hybrid Cloud
2 35 (5.75%) Data Centre
3 32 (5.25%) Replication
4 27 (4.43%) PKI
5 22 (3.61%) Onboarding
5 22 (3.61%) Private Cloud
6 18 (2.96%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.13%) Cloud Native
8 12 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.64%) Clustering
10 9 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.31%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (1.15%) NHS
13 6 (0.99%) Equities
13 6 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.99%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 224 (36.78%) Windows
2 138 (22.66%) Linux
3 120 (19.70%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.78%) Unix
6 20 (3.28%) Windows 10
7 15 (2.46%) Ubuntu
7 15 (2.46%) VMS
8 10 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 8 (1.31%) Windows Server 2016
9 8 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.15%) Android
11 5 (0.82%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.82%) CentOS
12 4 (0.66%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.49%) SUSE
13 3 (0.49%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.33%) Debian
14 2 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.16%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (20.69%) DevOps
2 120 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (18.06%) Infrastructure as Code
4 103 (16.91%) CI/CD
5 78 (12.81%) ITIL
6 69 (11.33%) Migration
7 59 (9.69%) Containerisation
8 57 (9.36%) Agile
9 56 (9.20%) High Availability
10 54 (8.87%) Infrastructure Automation
11 51 (8.37%) Disaster Recovery
12 47 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
13 45 (7.39%) Observability
14 42 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
15 35 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
16 32 (5.25%) Project Delivery
17 30 (4.93%) Change Management
18 28 (4.60%) Stakeholder Management
19 27 (4.43%) Analytics
19 27 (4.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (18.88%) Python
2 106 (17.41%) PowerShell
3 55 (9.03%) Bash
4 26 (4.27%) Java
5 25 (4.11%) SQL
6 21 (3.45%) Bicep
7 15 (2.46%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.30%) Go
8 14 (2.30%) Perl
9 7 (1.15%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.99%) C++
10 6 (0.99%) Ruby
11 5 (0.82%) PHP
12 4 (0.66%) C#
13 3 (0.49%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.33%) Groovy
15 1 (0.16%) Scala
15 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.16%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 183 (30.05%) Security Cleared
2 121 (19.87%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.02%) DV Cleared
4 42 (6.90%) Azure Certification
5 36 (5.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 33 (5.42%) Degree
7 19 (3.12%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
9 16 (2.63%) CISSP
9 16 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (2.46%) CISM
11 12 (1.97%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.97%) CCNP
11 12 (1.97%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (1.81%) CCNA
13 9 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (1.15%) FFIEC
15 6 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.99%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 5 (0.82%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.12%) GDPR
2 16 (2.63%) NIST
3 12 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.81%) PCI DSS
4 11 (1.81%) SLA
5 8 (1.31%) Cyber Essentials
6 7 (1.15%) GLBA
7 6 (0.99%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.49%) QA
8 3 (0.49%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.33%) COBIT
9 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 149 (24.47%) Active Directory
2 111 (18.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (11.00%) Docker
4 59 (9.69%) Hyper-V
5 29 (4.76%) vSphere
6 19 (3.12%) Virtual Machines
7 18 (2.96%) VMware ESXi
8 11 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
8 11 (1.81%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.99%) NFS
10 3 (0.49%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.49%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.49%) Firmware
10 3 (0.49%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.33%) QEMU
11 2 (0.33%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.33%) Tivoli Directory Server
12 1 (0.16%) etcd
12 1 (0.16%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 147 (24.14%) Terraform
2 91 (14.94%) Kubernetes
3 84 (13.79%) Ansible
4 63 (10.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 56 (9.20%) SCCM
6 23 (3.78%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (3.61%) Grafana
7 22 (3.61%) vCenter Server
8 16 (2.63%) Prometheus
9 15 (2.46%) FortiGate
10 14 (2.30%) Red Hat Satellite
11 13 (2.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (1.31%) Dell DRAC
13 7 (1.15%) vRealize
14 6 (0.99%) CASB
14 6 (0.99%) Istio
14 6 (0.99%) Nessus
14 6 (0.99%) SCOrch
15 5 (0.82%) Packer
15 5 (0.82%) VxRail
Vendors
1 202 (33.17%) Microsoft
2 157 (25.78%) VMware
3 40 (6.57%) Palo Alto
4 38 (6.24%) Cisco
5 37 (6.08%) Red Hat
6 35 (5.75%) Google
7 29 (4.76%) F5
8 27 (4.43%) Dell
9 22 (3.61%) IBM
9 22 (3.61%) Veeam
10 21 (3.45%) Citrix
10 21 (3.45%) ServiceNow
10 21 (3.45%) Splunk
11 16 (2.63%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.63%) Oracle
12 14 (2.30%) Fortinet
12 14 (2.30%) Zscaler
13 13 (2.13%) Aruba
14 12 (1.97%) NetApp
14 12 (1.97%) SolarWinds