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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 121 94
Rank change year-on-year -12 -27 +31
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 757 537 888
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.02% 2.21% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 2.44% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 544 377 649
10th Percentile £325 £323 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% +8.72% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £666 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +5.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 11 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £48.00 £53.22 £37.21
Median hourly rate £64.50 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +35.34% -26.32%
75th Percentile £75.38 £70.96 £63.44
90th Percentile £83.60 £200.00 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £64.12 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +2.58% +35.34% -23.73%

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 32,394 22,046 32,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.25% 90.85% 86.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,755 14,514 21,646
10th Percentile £313 £313 £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 £614 £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 1,983 845 2,157
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.30 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.55 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.20 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £34.50 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.81% -1.54% -9.72%

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 26 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 26 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 26 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 -22 226 £550 +4.76% 89
North of England -20 155 £482 -8.29% 100
South East -12 143 £505 -8.18% 87
South West +5 117 £550 -2.22% 64
Yorkshire -9 93 £463 -11.90% 32
Midlands -36 61 £450 +12.50% 44
North West -31 56 £491 -6.48% 59
East of England -17 41 £475 -13.64% 27
West Midlands -51 33 £466 +33.14% 32
East Midlands -18 28 £450 - 12
North East -15 6 £500 +36.99% 9
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 56 (7.40%) 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 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.40%) CICS
6 3 (0.40%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 13 (1.72%) 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 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 247 (32.63%) Azure
2 113 (14.93%) AWS
3 95 (12.55%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (9.51%) Entra ID
5 54 (7.13%) GCP
6 49 (6.47%) GitHub
7 42 (5.55%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (5.02%) IaaS
9 33 (4.36%) PaaS
10 31 (4.10%) OpenShift
10 31 (4.10%) Serverless
11 30 (3.96%) GitHub Actions
12 29 (3.83%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (3.04%) Azure AKS
14 22 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (2.77%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (2.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (2.64%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 20 (2.64%) Nutanix
17 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 36 (4.76%) WAN
7 32 (4.23%) LAN
7 32 (4.23%) TCP/IP
8 30 (3.96%) SAN
9 25 (3.30%) VLAN
10 22 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (2.25%) MPLS
11 17 (2.25%) SSL
12 13 (1.72%) BGP
12 13 (1.72%) SSH
13 12 (1.59%) NAS
13 12 (1.59%) SNMP
14 11 (1.45%) Fibre Channel
14 11 (1.45%) iSCSI
15 10 (1.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.19%) DynamoDB
4 8 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.06%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.66%) Power BI
6 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.53%) Big Data
7 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.40%) DB2
8 3 (0.40%) MySQL
8 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (4.62%) Jenkins
2 31 (4.10%) GitLab
2 31 (4.10%) 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
1 142 (18.76%) Social Skills
2 90 (11.89%) Finance
3 65 (8.59%) Public Sector
4 54 (7.13%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.15%) Banking
6 32 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.77%) Military
8 18 (2.38%) Legal
9 13 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.06%) Billing
10 8 (1.06%) Retail
11 6 (0.79%) 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
14 3 (0.40%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.40%) Local Government
14 3 (0.40%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 469 (61.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 98 (12.95%) Senior
3 75 (9.91%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (7.40%) Azure Engineer
5 45 (5.94%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 41 (5.42%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (4.62%) VMware Engineer
8 34 (4.49%) Network Engineer
9 31 (4.10%) Automation Engineer
10 27 (3.57%) Infrastructure Support
10 27 (3.57%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (3.57%) Support Engineer
11 25 (3.30%) Architect
11 25 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
12 24 (3.17%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 24 (3.17%) Platform Engineer
13 23 (3.04%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 21 (2.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.77%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.30%) REST
2 16 (2.11%) ARM Templates
3 15 (1.98%) SOAP
4 11 (1.45%) OAuth
5 10 (1.32%) SAML
6 9 (1.19%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.06%) OpenID
7 8 (1.06%) Web Services
8 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.92%) Kafka
8 7 (0.92%) LDAP
9 5 (0.66%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.66%) Middleware
10 4 (0.53%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.40%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.40%) Pandas
11 3 (0.40%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.42%) PKI
2 39 (5.15%) Data Centre
2 39 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (3.96%) Public Cloud
4 28 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.17%) Replication
6 22 (2.91%) Private Cloud
7 21 (2.77%) Cloud Native
8 20 (2.64%) Enterprise Storage
9 17 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.72%) Clustering
12 7 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.92%) DataPower
12 7 (0.92%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.79%) CCTV
13 6 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.79%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.79%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 234 (30.91%) Windows
2 132 (17.44%) Windows Server
3 131 (17.31%) Linux
4 25 (3.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.38%) Unix
6 17 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 14 (1.85%) VMS
7 14 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.72%) Windows 10
8 13 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.79%) CentOS
9 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.40%) Android
10 3 (0.40%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.40%) Debian
10 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.40%) zOS
11 2 (0.26%) SUSE
11 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (19.68%) DevOps
2 135 (17.83%) Infrastructure as Code
3 124 (16.38%) CI/CD
4 105 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
5 89 (11.76%) Migration
6 82 (10.83%) Agile
7 73 (9.64%) Containerisation
8 68 (8.98%) ITIL
9 66 (8.72%) Platform Engineering
10 63 (8.32%) High Availability
11 62 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
11 62 (8.19%) Disaster Recovery
12 60 (7.93%) Infrastructure Automation
13 54 (7.13%) Project Delivery
14 46 (6.08%) Observability
15 44 (5.81%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (5.02%) Cloud Security
17 36 (4.76%) Change Management
17 36 (4.76%) RBAC
18 34 (4.49%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 133 (17.57%) PowerShell
2 118 (15.59%) Python
3 57 (7.53%) Bash
4 30 (3.96%) SQL
5 27 (3.57%) Bicep
6 24 (3.17%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.59%) Java
8 11 (1.45%) C#
9 9 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.19%) PHP
10 7 (0.92%) Ruby
11 5 (0.66%) C++
11 5 (0.66%) Perl
12 4 (0.53%) Go
13 3 (0.40%) Groovy
13 3 (0.40%) JCL
14 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 263 (34.74%) Security Cleared
2 156 (20.61%) SC Cleared
3 108 (14.27%) DV Cleared
4 33 (4.36%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.23%) Degree
6 27 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (3.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.77%) CISSP
9 19 (2.51%) CISM
10 15 (1.98%) CCNA
10 15 (1.98%) CCNP
11 14 (1.85%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 10 (1.32%) FFIEC
14 9 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
17 5 (0.66%) GIAC
17 5 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.36%) NIST
2 25 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.38%) GDPR
4 16 (2.11%) PCI DSS
5 15 (1.98%) 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%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.40%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) PMO
12 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 161 (21.27%) Active Directory
2 148 (19.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (8.98%) Docker
4 61 (8.06%) Hyper-V
5 42 (5.55%) vSphere
6 37 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (2.38%) 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
1 152 (20.08%) Terraform
2 128 (16.91%) Kubernetes
3 82 (10.83%) Ansible
4 65 (8.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (6.21%) SCCM
6 32 (4.23%) vCenter Server
7 28 (3.70%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (2.51%) 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%) SCOM
12 9 (1.19%) VxRail
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
1 220 (29.06%) Microsoft
2 195 (25.76%) VMware
3 47 (6.21%) Cisco
4 43 (5.68%) Citrix
5 34 (4.49%) Red Hat
6 32 (4.23%) Dell
6 32 (4.23%) Google
6 32 (4.23%) ServiceNow
7 31 (4.10%) NetApp
8 29 (3.83%) Fortinet
9 27 (3.57%) Veeam
10 23 (3.04%) Splunk
11 20 (2.64%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.38%) F5
12 18 (2.38%) IBM
13 16 (2.11%) Thales
14 14 (1.85%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.72%) Aruba
16 12 (1.59%) Oracle
17 10 (1.32%) Juniper