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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 119 93
Rank change year-on-year -15 -26 +32
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 757 540 890
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.02% 2.22% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.44% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 374 650
10th Percentile £325 £321 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £534 £484
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +10.34% -3.25%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £41.06 £53.22 £37.21
Median hourly rate £64.12 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +2.58% +35.34% -26.32%
75th Percentile £75.70 £70.96 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £200.00 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £63.73 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +1.97% +35.34% -25.05%

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 32,321 22,086 32,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.81% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,717 14,513 21,645
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,977 834 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.67 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.40 £77.41 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.47%

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 March 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 March 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 March 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 -25 228 £550 +4.76% 91
North of England -22 155 £482 -8.29% 97
South East -10 145 £500 -6.98% 101
South West +6 117 £550 -2.22% 56
Yorkshire -15 94 £463 -11.90% 33
Midlands -45 56 £450 +12.50% 42
North West -28 55 £491 -6.48% 54
East of England -17 42 £475 -13.64% 30
West Midlands -53 29 £485 +38.43% 30
East Midlands -18 27 £450 - 12
North East -20 6 £500 +36.99% 10
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 55 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.25%) Confluence
2 17 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.59%) Apache
4 10 (1.32%) TPMS
5 8 (1.06%) IIS
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.40%) nginx
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.26%) CICS
8 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Maximo
2 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 248 (32.76%) Azure
2 112 (14.80%) AWS
3 95 (12.55%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (9.64%) Entra ID
5 54 (7.13%) GCP
6 49 (6.47%) GitHub
7 42 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (5.02%) IaaS
9 35 (4.62%) PaaS
10 31 (4.10%) GitHub Actions
10 31 (4.10%) OpenShift
10 31 (4.10%) Serverless
11 29 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (3.04%) Azure AKS
13 22 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
14 21 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (2.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (2.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 20 (2.64%) Nutanix
16 17 (2.25%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 123 (16.25%) Firewall
2 89 (11.76%) DNS
3 61 (8.06%) VPN
4 52 (6.87%) DHCP
5 40 (5.28%) Network Security
6 37 (4.89%) WAN
7 32 (4.23%) LAN
7 32 (4.23%) TCP/IP
8 30 (3.96%) SAN
9 26 (3.43%) Wi-Fi
10 23 (3.04%) VLAN
11 17 (2.25%) MPLS
11 17 (2.25%) SSL
12 13 (1.72%) SSH
13 12 (1.59%) BGP
13 12 (1.59%) NAS
13 12 (1.59%) SNMP
14 11 (1.45%) Fibre Channel
14 11 (1.45%) iSCSI
15 9 (1.19%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.06%) DynamoDB
3 8 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.06%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.66%) Big Data
5 5 (0.66%) Power BI
5 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.40%) MySQL
7 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.26%) DB2
8 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 36 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.96%) GitLab
2 30 (3.96%) JIRA
3 25 (3.30%) Git
4 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.13%) GoCD
6 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.13%) Introscope
6 1 (0.13%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 143 (18.89%) Social Skills
2 89 (11.76%) Finance
3 64 (8.45%) Public Sector
4 54 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.02%) Banking
6 32 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.64%) Military
8 18 (2.38%) Legal
9 13 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.06%) Billing
10 8 (1.06%) Retail
11 7 (0.92%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.53%) Front Office
13 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 467 (61.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (12.95%) Senior
3 75 (9.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 58 (7.66%) Azure Engineer
5 46 (6.08%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 41 (5.42%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (4.62%) Network Engineer
8 34 (4.49%) VMware Engineer
9 31 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
10 29 (3.83%) Infrastructure Support
10 29 (3.83%) Support Engineer
11 28 (3.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 25 (3.30%) Architect
12 25 (3.30%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 25 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (3.30%) Platform Engineer
13 24 (3.17%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 22 (2.91%) IT Engineer
14 22 (2.91%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.30%) REST
2 16 (2.11%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.85%) SOAP
4 11 (1.45%) OAuth
4 11 (1.45%) SAML
5 9 (1.19%) OAuth2
5 9 (1.19%) OpenID
6 8 (1.06%) Kafka
7 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (0.92%) LDAP
7 7 (0.92%) Web Services
8 5 (0.66%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.66%) Middleware
9 4 (0.53%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (0.40%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.40%) Pandas
10 3 (0.40%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.28%) Data Centre
1 40 (5.28%) PKI
2 39 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (3.83%) Public Cloud
4 28 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.17%) Replication
6 22 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 22 (2.91%) Private Cloud
7 20 (2.64%) Enterprise Storage
8 17 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.72%) Clustering
9 13 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
11 6 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (0.79%) CCTV
11 6 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
11 6 (0.79%) DataPower
11 6 (0.79%) Mainframe
11 6 (0.79%) Operational Technology
11 6 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 237 (31.31%) Windows
2 132 (17.44%) Windows Server
3 129 (17.04%) Linux
4 25 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.38%) Unix
6 17 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 16 (2.11%) Windows 10
8 15 (1.98%) VMS
9 14 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.79%) CentOS
11 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (0.40%) Android
12 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.26%) Debian
13 2 (0.26%) SUSE
13 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (19.95%) DevOps
2 136 (17.97%) Infrastructure as Code
3 125 (16.51%) CI/CD
4 103 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (12.02%) Migration
6 82 (10.83%) Agile
7 72 (9.51%) Containerisation
8 68 (8.98%) Platform Engineering
9 67 (8.85%) ITIL
10 63 (8.32%) Cybersecurity
11 62 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
11 62 (8.19%) High Availability
12 59 (7.79%) Infrastructure Automation
13 54 (7.13%) Project Delivery
14 48 (6.34%) Observability
15 44 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (5.15%) Cloud Security
17 36 (4.76%) Change Management
17 36 (4.76%) RBAC
18 34 (4.49%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (17.57%) PowerShell
2 116 (15.32%) Python
3 56 (7.40%) Bash
4 28 (3.70%) SQL
5 27 (3.57%) Bicep
6 23 (3.04%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.45%) C#
7 11 (1.45%) Java
8 9 (1.19%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.19%) PHP
9 7 (0.92%) Ruby
10 5 (0.66%) Perl
11 4 (0.53%) C++
11 4 (0.53%) Go
12 3 (0.40%) Groovy
13 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.26%) JCL
13 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 262 (34.61%) Security Cleared
2 156 (20.61%) SC Cleared
3 105 (13.87%) DV Cleared
4 33 (4.36%) Azure Certification
5 31 (4.10%) Degree
6 25 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 23 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.77%) CISSP
9 19 (2.51%) CISM
10 15 (1.98%) CCNP
11 14 (1.85%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.85%) CCNA
12 12 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.32%) FFIEC
15 9 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
18 5 (0.66%) GIAC
18 5 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.36%) NIST
2 24 (3.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.51%) GDPR
4 17 (2.25%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.45%) SLA
7 10 (1.32%) GLBA
8 8 (1.06%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.53%) QA
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.40%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 168 (22.19%) Active Directory
2 146 (19.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (8.85%) Docker
4 60 (7.93%) Hyper-V
5 42 (5.55%) vSphere
6 36 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.98%) VMware NSX
10 10 (1.32%) NFS
11 8 (1.06%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.79%) Firmware
12 6 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.40%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.40%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.26%) QEMU
14 2 (0.26%) SRDF
15 1 (0.13%) Postfix
15 1 (0.13%) UAG
15 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 154 (20.34%) Terraform
2 127 (16.78%) Kubernetes
3 82 (10.83%) Ansible
4 66 (8.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 52 (6.87%) SCCM
6 32 (4.23%) vCenter Server
7 28 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (2.64%) Grafana
9 16 (2.11%) Prometheus
9 16 (2.11%) Puppet
10 11 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.32%) Istio
11 10 (1.32%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.32%) VxRail
12 9 (1.19%) SCOM
13 8 (1.06%) Packer
13 8 (1.06%) Red Hat Satellite
13 8 (1.06%) vRealize
14 7 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (0.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 227 (29.99%) Microsoft
2 190 (25.10%) VMware
3 45 (5.94%) Cisco
4 38 (5.02%) Citrix
5 35 (4.62%) ServiceNow
6 34 (4.49%) Red Hat
7 33 (4.36%) Dell
8 32 (4.23%) Google
9 31 (4.10%) NetApp
10 29 (3.83%) Fortinet
11 27 (3.57%) Veeam
12 23 (3.04%) Splunk
13 19 (2.51%) Palo Alto
14 18 (2.38%) IBM
15 17 (2.25%) F5
16 16 (2.11%) Thales
17 14 (1.85%) SolarWinds
18 13 (1.72%) Aruba
19 12 (1.59%) Oracle
20 10 (1.32%) Juniper