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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 133 94
Rank change year-on-year +31 -39 +25
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 944 499 855
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.30% 2.06% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.25% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 647 347 646
10th Percentile £338 £313 £286
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -6.31%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -2.24% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 7 33
10th Percentile £46.80 £40.31 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £53.22 £45.00
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +13.90% -15.58%
75th Percentile £78.75 £136.88 £63.75
90th Percentile - £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +16.06% +13.90% -12.45%

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 34,754 22,136 31,448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 91.24% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,164 14,481 20,585
10th Percentile £320 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,141 934 2,241
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.41 £12.87
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.41 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.06 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.41 £36.02
% change year-on-year +49.60% -21.13% +0.06%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -8 250 £550 +4.76% 114
North of England +1 201 £490 -6.67% 81
South East +2 192 £514 -2.10% 95
South West +5 120 £539 -5.27% 52
Yorkshire -8 110 £427 -18.76% 19
Midlands -8 101 £450 +12.50% 49
North West -10 67 £575 +9.52% 49
West Midlands -25 63 £525 +52.17% 29
East of England -2 58 £475 +0.26% 26
East Midlands -1 37 £450 - 19
North East -6 26 £600 -7.69% 13
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 62 (6.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.59%) Confluence
4 13 (1.38%) Apache
5 7 (0.74%) TPMS
6 6 (0.64%) IIS
7 5 (0.53%) CICS
8 4 (0.42%) SAS
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.21%) nginx
10 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.53%) Maximo
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 303 (32.10%) Azure
2 164 (17.37%) AWS
3 89 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (7.31%) Entra ID
5 67 (7.10%) GCP
6 63 (6.67%) GitHub
7 48 (5.08%) IaaS
8 46 (4.87%) Azure DevOps
9 44 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (3.81%) PaaS
11 34 (3.60%) SaaS
12 33 (3.50%) OpenShift
13 32 (3.39%) Azure AKS
14 29 (3.07%) Serverless
15 28 (2.97%) Azure Monitor
16 24 (2.54%) OCI
17 23 (2.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 22 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
19 21 (2.22%) AWS Lambda
20 19 (2.01%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 137 (14.51%) Firewall
2 124 (13.14%) DNS
3 76 (8.05%) DHCP
4 58 (6.14%) VPN
5 47 (4.98%) Network Security
6 45 (4.77%) SAN
7 43 (4.56%) WAN
8 35 (3.71%) VLAN
9 31 (3.28%) LAN
9 31 (3.28%) TCP/IP
10 25 (2.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 24 (2.54%) BGP
12 23 (2.44%) NAS
13 22 (2.33%) SD-WAN
14 20 (2.12%) OSPF
15 18 (1.91%) BIG-IP
15 18 (1.91%) Wi-Fi
16 17 (1.80%) SSL
16 17 (1.80%) VXLAN
17 16 (1.69%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.71%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.85%) DynamoDB
3 8 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (0.74%) Metadata
4 7 (0.74%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.74%) Power BI
5 5 (0.53%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.42%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.42%) DB2
6 4 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.32%) Pentaho
7 3 (0.32%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.21%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 47 (4.98%) GitLab
2 36 (3.81%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.07%) Git
3 29 (3.07%) JIRA
4 6 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.11%) GoCD
6 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.11%) Introscope
6 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.11%) MSI
6 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 143 (15.15%) Social Skills
2 85 (9.00%) Finance
3 79 (8.37%) Public Sector
4 52 (5.51%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (4.03%) Banking
6 29 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.33%) Military
8 17 (1.80%) Legal
9 13 (1.38%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (1.27%) Retail
11 10 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.74%) Billing
14 6 (0.64%) Marketing
14 6 (0.64%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.42%) Front Office
16 4 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 623 (66.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 149 (15.78%) Senior
3 112 (11.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 58 (6.14%) Cloud Engineer
5 55 (5.83%) Azure Engineer
6 50 (5.30%) Network Engineer
7 41 (4.34%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (4.24%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (4.24%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (3.92%) VMware Engineer
10 35 (3.71%) Automation Engineer
11 32 (3.39%) Architect
11 32 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
12 29 (3.07%) IT Engineer
12 29 (3.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (3.07%) Support Engineer
13 27 (2.86%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 27 (2.86%) Infrastructure Support
13 27 (2.86%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (2.75%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.75%) REST
2 16 (1.69%) SOAP
3 13 (1.38%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (0.95%) LDAP
4 9 (0.95%) Web Services
5 8 (0.85%) Kafka
6 7 (0.74%) Flash
6 7 (0.74%) OAuth
7 6 (0.64%) Middleware
7 6 (0.64%) OpenID
8 5 (0.53%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.53%) JSON
8 5 (0.53%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.53%) SAML
9 4 (0.42%) ADO
9 4 (0.42%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.42%) RESTful
9 4 (0.42%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 73 (7.73%) Data Centre
2 55 (5.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 43 (4.56%) PKI
4 36 (3.81%) Public Cloud
5 34 (3.60%) Cloud Native
6 29 (3.07%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.86%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.75%) Replication
9 25 (2.65%) Private Cloud
10 20 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.69%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.59%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.27%) Clustering
14 10 (1.06%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.85%) Mainframe
17 7 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.74%) Enterprise Cloud
17 7 (0.74%) Mobile App
18 6 (0.64%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 270 (28.60%) Windows
2 163 (17.27%) Windows Server
3 156 (16.53%) Linux
4 26 (2.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (2.01%) Ubuntu
5 19 (2.01%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (2.01%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.80%) Apple iOS
7 15 (1.59%) Android
8 13 (1.38%) VMS
8 13 (1.38%) Windows 10
9 12 (1.27%) Unix
10 9 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.85%) CentOS
11 8 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (0.74%) Debian
12 7 (0.74%) Mac OS
13 5 (0.53%) zOS
14 2 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (20.34%) DevOps
2 186 (19.70%) Infrastructure as Code
3 168 (17.80%) CI/CD
4 129 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (11.12%) Migration
6 94 (9.96%) Agile
7 84 (8.90%) Platform Engineering
8 81 (8.58%) High Availability
9 79 (8.37%) Containerisation
10 76 (8.05%) Infrastructure Automation
11 70 (7.42%) ITIL
12 68 (7.20%) Disaster Recovery
13 61 (6.46%) Zero Trust
14 57 (6.04%) Project Delivery
15 52 (5.51%) Cybersecurity
15 52 (5.51%) Observability
16 50 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 46 (4.87%) Technical Leadership
18 44 (4.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 44 (4.66%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 138 (14.62%) PowerShell
2 134 (14.19%) Python
3 57 (6.04%) Bash
4 38 (4.03%) SQL
5 33 (3.50%) Bicep
6 20 (2.12%) Shell Script
7 19 (2.01%) C#
8 16 (1.69%) Java
9 10 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.06%) PHP
10 6 (0.64%) C++
10 6 (0.64%) Ruby
11 5 (0.53%) Go
12 4 (0.42%) Groovy
12 4 (0.42%) JCL
13 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 352 (37.29%) Security Cleared
2 226 (23.94%) SC Cleared
3 134 (14.19%) DV Cleared
4 40 (4.24%) Degree
5 27 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.54%) Azure Certification
7 22 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.80%) AWS Certification
8 17 (1.80%) CISSP
8 17 (1.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 15 (1.59%) CCNA
10 14 (1.48%) CISM
11 12 (1.27%) CCNP
12 9 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.74%) FFIEC
13 7 (0.74%) MCSE
14 6 (0.64%) RHCA
15 5 (0.53%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.53%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.28%) NIST
2 26 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.69%) QA
4 15 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.59%) GDPR
4 15 (1.59%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.27%) SLA
6 10 (1.06%) NCSC
7 7 (0.74%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.74%) GLBA
7 7 (0.74%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.21%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.11%) PMO
10 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 170 (18.01%) Active Directory
2 167 (17.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (8.26%) Hyper-V
4 67 (7.10%) Docker
5 54 (5.72%) vSphere
6 44 (4.66%) VMware ESXi
7 30 (3.18%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (2.75%) VMware NSX
9 21 (2.22%) NFS
9 21 (2.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.95%) BitLocker
11 7 (0.74%) Firmware
11 7 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.53%) GPFS
13 3 (0.32%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.32%) Sendmail
13 3 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.21%) Postfix
14 2 (0.21%) SRDF
14 2 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 187 (19.81%) Terraform
2 150 (15.89%) Kubernetes
3 112 (11.86%) Ansible
4 58 (6.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (3.60%) vCenter Server
6 32 (3.39%) SCCM
7 20 (2.12%) Grafana
8 17 (1.80%) Prometheus
8 17 (1.80%) Puppet
9 15 (1.59%) WSUS
10 14 (1.48%) Single Sign-On
11 12 (1.27%) SCOM
12 11 (1.17%) Packer
13 10 (1.06%) Nessus
13 10 (1.06%) Progress Chef
13 10 (1.06%) vRealize
14 9 (0.95%) Argo
14 9 (0.95%) VxRail
15 8 (0.85%) Istio
16 7 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 231 (24.47%) VMware
2 222 (23.52%) Microsoft
3 62 (6.57%) Cisco
4 58 (6.14%) Citrix
5 44 (4.66%) NetApp
6 36 (3.81%) Palo Alto
7 35 (3.71%) F5
7 35 (3.71%) Veeam
8 31 (3.28%) ServiceNow
9 29 (3.07%) Google
10 28 (2.97%) Red Hat
11 26 (2.75%) Dell
12 25 (2.65%) Fortinet
13 19 (2.01%) IBM
14 18 (1.91%) SolarWinds
15 17 (1.80%) Arista
15 17 (1.80%) Aruba
16 16 (1.69%) Oracle
16 16 (1.69%) Splunk
17 11 (1.17%) Thales