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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 128 90
Rank change year-on-year -13 -38 +34
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 660 516 926
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.98% 1.97% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.26% 2.20% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 350 678
10th Percentile £313 £318 £300
25th Percentile £408 £394 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% +9.38% -4.00%
75th Percentile £588 £624 £600
90th Percentile £659 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 43
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £26.94 £57.38 £27.50
Median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -45.60% +35.34% -21.85%
75th Percentile £73.01 £70.96 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.20 £112.00 £75.60
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -45.60% +35.34% -21.85%

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 29,172 23,495 33,456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.59% 89.70% 87.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,676 14,439 22,381
10th Percentile £306 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £617 £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 1,836 743 1,976
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.88 £21.00 £16.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% - -
75th Percentile £60.00 £64.50 £61.78
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +7.69%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -33 199 £548 +4.29% 94
South East 0 128 £483 -2.28% 94
North of England -19 121 £481 -8.38% 112
South West +18 103 £555 -5.53% 48
Yorkshire -6 69 £475 +7.04% 44
Midlands -37 47 £450 -5.26% 50
East of England -4 45 £463 -9.54% 29
North West -31 45 £481 -8.38% 51
West Midlands -36 31 £500 +11.11% 31
East Midlands -22 16 £433 -8.95% 19
North East -12 7 £500 - 17
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 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (2.73%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.12%) Apache
4 11 (1.67%) Confluence
4 11 (1.67%) TPMS
5 10 (1.52%) IIS
6 5 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.61%) nginx
8 3 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.30%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.30%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.30%) iPlanet
9 2 (0.30%) JBoss
9 2 (0.30%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.30%) Traefik
9 2 (0.30%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.30%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.30%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.21%) Maximo
2 4 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 224 (33.94%) Azure
2 119 (18.03%) AWS
3 98 (14.85%) Microsoft 365
4 68 (10.30%) Entra ID
5 41 (6.21%) GCP
6 33 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (4.70%) OpenShift
8 29 (4.39%) IaaS
9 25 (3.79%) PaaS
10 24 (3.64%) Azure Monitor
10 24 (3.64%) GitHub
11 21 (3.18%) Serverless
12 20 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (3.03%) Nutanix
13 18 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
13 18 (2.73%) Azure AKS
14 17 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 17 (2.58%) Amazon S3
15 16 (2.42%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 14 (2.12%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 118 (17.88%) Firewall
2 84 (12.73%) DNS
3 55 (8.33%) VPN
4 52 (7.88%) DHCP
5 46 (6.97%) TCP/IP
6 40 (6.06%) WAN
7 39 (5.91%) Network Security
8 35 (5.30%) VLAN
9 34 (5.15%) SAN
10 33 (5.00%) LAN
11 32 (4.85%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (2.73%) SSL
13 17 (2.58%) MPLS
14 14 (2.12%) SSH
15 13 (1.97%) BGP
15 13 (1.97%) SNMP
16 10 (1.52%) Fibre Channel
16 10 (1.52%) NAS
17 9 (1.36%) 4G
18 8 (1.21%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.48%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.52%) MongoDB
2 10 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.06%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 5 (0.76%) Big Data
5 5 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
5 5 (0.76%) Power BI
5 5 (0.76%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.61%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.61%) MySQL
6 4 (0.61%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.45%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.30%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.30%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.30%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (3.79%) GitLab
2 23 (3.48%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.88%) Git
4 18 (2.73%) JIRA
5 3 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.30%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.15%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.15%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.15%) GoCD
7 1 (0.15%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.15%) MLflow
7 1 (0.15%) MSI
General
1 133 (20.15%) Social Skills
2 92 (13.94%) Finance
3 61 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.39%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (4.24%) Banking
7 17 (2.58%) Military
8 15 (2.27%) Legal
9 13 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.36%) Billing
11 8 (1.21%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.06%) Local Government
13 6 (0.91%) Aviation
13 6 (0.91%) Spanish Language
14 5 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.76%) Retail
15 4 (0.61%) Aerospace
16 3 (0.45%) Front Office
17 2 (0.30%) Financial Institution
17 2 (0.30%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 423 (64.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 78 (11.82%) Senior
3 61 (9.24%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 48 (7.27%) Infrastructure Support
5 45 (6.82%) Support Engineer
6 44 (6.67%) Azure Engineer
7 41 (6.21%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 36 (5.45%) Network Engineer
9 35 (5.30%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 34 (5.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 29 (4.39%) Cloud Engineer
12 28 (4.24%) VMware Engineer
13 27 (4.09%) Security Engineer
14 25 (3.79%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
15 24 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
16 23 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
17 22 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
17 22 (3.33%) IT Engineer
17 22 (3.33%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 19 (2.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.42%) SAML
2 15 (2.27%) ARM Templates
3 14 (2.12%) OpenID
4 12 (1.82%) REST
5 11 (1.67%) OAuth
6 9 (1.36%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.21%) Kafka
7 8 (1.21%) LDAP
8 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (0.91%) Middleware
9 5 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.61%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.61%) NumPy
10 4 (0.61%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.61%) Pandas
10 4 (0.61%) RESTful
10 4 (0.61%) SOAP
10 4 (0.61%) Web Services
10 4 (0.61%) YAML
11 3 (0.45%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 33 (5.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (4.85%) Data Centre
3 31 (4.70%) PKI
4 27 (4.09%) Onboarding
5 26 (3.94%) Replication
6 22 (3.33%) Private Cloud
7 20 (3.03%) Public Cloud
8 17 (2.58%) Cloud Native
9 15 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.67%) Clustering
11 11 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
12 10 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (1.21%) NHS
15 7 (1.06%) Product Ownership
16 6 (0.91%) Management Information System
16 6 (0.91%) Operational Technology
17 5 (0.76%) CCTV
17 5 (0.76%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 236 (35.76%) Windows
2 140 (21.21%) Linux
3 127 (19.24%) Windows Server
4 28 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (3.03%) Windows 10
6 16 (2.42%) Ubuntu
7 15 (2.27%) Unix
7 15 (2.27%) VMS
8 13 (1.97%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (1.97%) Windows Server 2019
9 10 (1.52%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (1.06%) Android
10 7 (1.06%) Apple iOS
11 5 (0.76%) CentOS
12 4 (0.61%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.30%) Debian
13 2 (0.30%) SUSE
13 2 (0.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
13 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (19.24%) DevOps
2 122 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (16.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 105 (15.91%) CI/CD
5 83 (12.58%) ITIL
6 74 (11.21%) Migration
7 68 (10.30%) Agile
8 63 (9.55%) Cybersecurity
9 61 (9.24%) Containerisation
10 56 (8.48%) Disaster Recovery
11 54 (8.18%) Platform Engineering
12 52 (7.88%) High Availability
13 50 (7.58%) Observability
14 46 (6.97%) Infrastructure Automation
15 43 (6.52%) Project Delivery
16 35 (5.30%) Continuous Improvement
17 34 (5.15%) RBAC
18 33 (5.00%) Analytics
18 33 (5.00%) Cloud Security
19 32 (4.85%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 100 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 90 (13.64%) Python
3 43 (6.52%) Bash
4 24 (3.64%) Bicep
5 20 (3.03%) SQL
6 19 (2.88%) Java
7 15 (2.27%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.21%) Perl
8 8 (1.21%) PHP
9 7 (1.06%) Go
9 7 (1.06%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.91%) Ruby
11 4 (0.61%) C++
12 3 (0.45%) C#
12 3 (0.45%) Groovy
13 2 (0.30%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.30%) Scala
14 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.15%) VB
14 1 (0.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 212 (32.12%) Security Cleared
2 122 (18.48%) SC Cleared
3 92 (13.94%) DV Cleared
4 40 (6.06%) Azure Certification
5 38 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (4.39%) Degree
7 22 (3.33%) CISSP
8 21 (3.18%) Cisco Certification
8 21 (3.18%) CISM
9 14 (2.12%) AWS Certification
9 14 (2.12%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (1.97%) CCNP
10 13 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.82%) CCNA
11 12 (1.82%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (1.67%) FFIEC
13 9 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.91%) GIAC
16 5 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.39%) NIST
2 22 (3.33%) GDPR
3 18 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.58%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.67%) GLBA
6 11 (1.67%) SLA
7 9 (1.36%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.45%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.30%) Data Quality
9 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.30%) NCSC
9 2 (0.30%) QA
10 1 (0.15%) COBIT
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 19650
10 1 (0.15%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.15%) RMADS
10 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 151 (22.88%) Active Directory
2 133 (20.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 64 (9.70%) Docker
5 35 (5.30%) vSphere
6 23 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (2.12%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (1.36%) VMware NSX
10 8 (1.21%) NFS
11 5 (0.76%) BitLocker
11 5 (0.76%) Firmware
12 3 (0.45%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.30%) QEMU
13 2 (0.30%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.30%) Tivoli Directory Server
14 1 (0.15%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.15%) UAG
Systems Management
1 135 (20.45%) Terraform
2 104 (15.76%) Kubernetes
3 72 (10.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 69 (10.45%) Ansible
5 57 (8.64%) SCCM
6 28 (4.24%) Single Sign-On
7 23 (3.48%) vCenter Server
8 20 (3.03%) Grafana
9 15 (2.27%) Red Hat Satellite
10 14 (2.12%) Prometheus
11 12 (1.82%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 11 (1.67%) FortiGate
13 10 (1.52%) Istio
13 10 (1.52%) VxRail
14 8 (1.21%) Dell DRAC
14 8 (1.21%) SCOM
15 7 (1.06%) AirWatch
16 6 (0.91%) CASB
16 6 (0.91%) Nessus
16 6 (0.91%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 220 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 185 (28.03%) VMware
3 47 (7.12%) Cisco
4 39 (5.91%) Red Hat
5 34 (5.15%) Dell
6 31 (4.70%) Palo Alto
7 27 (4.09%) ServiceNow
8 26 (3.94%) Google
8 26 (3.94%) Splunk
9 24 (3.64%) Veeam
10 21 (3.18%) Fortinet
10 21 (3.18%) IBM
11 20 (3.03%) Citrix
12 19 (2.88%) F5
13 18 (2.73%) NetApp
14 16 (2.42%) Thales
15 15 (2.27%) SolarWinds
16 13 (1.97%) CyberArk
17 12 (1.82%) Oracle
18 9 (1.36%) HP