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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 149 103
Rank change year-on-year +60 -46 -10
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,354 509 762
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.96% 1.84% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.48% 2.03% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 830 325 572
10th Percentile £350 £329 £313
25th Percentile £429 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £610 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £672 £670
UK median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 7 23
10th Percentile £48.00 £27.80 £49.21
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £51.06
Median hourly rate £73.27 £30.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +144.23% -55.56% -6.90%
75th Percentile £78.75 £70.84 £70.00
90th Percentile £100.00 £129.80 -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £30.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year +146.67% -56.36% -3.51%

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 38,860 25,068 28,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 90.79% 85.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,105 15,945 18,530
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £627 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,559 1,442 1,597
10th Percentile £14.28 £14.20 £14.15
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.87 £18.16
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%
75th Percentile £68.55 £50.69 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +67.00% -38.57% +0.86%

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 18 August 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 18 August 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 18 August 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 +50 419 £550 +2.09% 351
North of England +45 303 £525 - 110
South East +30 287 £545 +3.81% 133
South West +28 140 £550 -2.22% 96
North West +30 135 £550 -8.33% 57
Midlands +19 134 £475 +11.76% 53
Yorkshire +7 124 £500 - 33
West Midlands +7 95 £525 +27.27% 38
East of England +8 60 £510 +13.33% 72
North East +1 54 £600 -7.69% 21
East Midlands +8 37 £450 - 15
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 59 (4.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 39 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 32 (2.36%) Confluence
4 13 (0.96%) CICS
5 10 (0.74%) Apache
6 8 (0.59%) SAS
6 8 (0.59%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.30%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.22%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.15%) nginx
11 1 (0.074%) CMS
11 1 (0.074%) IIS
11 1 (0.074%) JBoss
11 1 (0.074%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.074%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.074%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 20 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.074%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.074%) Houdini
6 1 (0.074%) NUKE
6 1 (0.074%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.22%) Primavera
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.074%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.074%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 474 (35.01%) Azure
2 247 (18.24%) AWS
3 132 (9.75%) Entra ID
4 112 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
5 100 (7.39%) GCP
6 96 (7.09%) GitHub
7 78 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
8 71 (5.24%) IaaS
9 65 (4.80%) GitHub Actions
9 65 (4.80%) OCI
10 45 (3.32%) SaaS
11 39 (2.88%) Azure Monitor
12 38 (2.81%) PaaS
13 36 (2.66%) Azure AKS
14 25 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
14 25 (1.85%) Serverless
15 23 (1.70%) Azure Sentinel
16 21 (1.55%) Amazon S3
16 21 (1.55%) OpenShift
16 21 (1.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.32%) DNS
2 207 (15.29%) Firewall
3 137 (10.12%) DHCP
4 84 (6.20%) VPN
5 73 (5.39%) Network Security
5 73 (5.39%) TCP/IP
6 64 (4.73%) WAN
7 61 (4.51%) SAN
8 60 (4.43%) VLAN
9 43 (3.18%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 37 (2.73%) LAN
11 36 (2.66%) SD-WAN
12 34 (2.51%) BIG-IP
12 34 (2.51%) Wi-Fi
13 31 (2.29%) BGP
14 30 (2.22%) SSL
15 28 (2.07%) OSPF
16 27 (1.99%) VXLAN
17 26 (1.92%) Ethernet VPN
18 22 (1.62%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 21 (1.55%) Oracle Exadata
3 17 (1.26%) Oracle Database
4 15 (1.11%) Power BI
5 14 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 13 (0.96%) Data Lake
6 13 (0.96%) RDBMS
7 12 (0.89%) Metadata
7 12 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
8 11 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.52%) Pentaho
12 6 (0.44%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.44%) Db2
12 6 (0.44%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.30%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 66 (4.87%) GitLab
2 55 (4.06%) Git
3 50 (3.69%) Jenkins
4 49 (3.62%) JIRA
5 5 (0.37%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.30%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.15%) Subversion
9 1 (0.074%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.074%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.074%) CMake
9 1 (0.074%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.074%) Gradle
9 1 (0.074%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.074%) Introscope
9 1 (0.074%) Maven
9 1 (0.074%) MSI
9 1 (0.074%) Robot Framework
General
1 229 (16.91%) Social Skills
2 125 (9.23%) Finance
3 104 (7.68%) Public Sector
4 81 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (4.06%) Banking
6 51 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (1.62%) Telecoms
8 19 (1.40%) Retail
9 18 (1.33%) Aerospace
9 18 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 15 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.11%) Military
12 13 (0.96%) Law
12 13 (0.96%) Legal
13 10 (0.74%) Marketing
14 9 (0.66%) Automotive
14 9 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.37%) Advertising
15 5 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 885 (65.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 263 (19.42%) Senior
3 207 (15.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 139 (10.27%) Cloud Engineer
5 103 (7.61%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 96 (7.09%) Azure Engineer
7 70 (5.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 63 (4.65%) Network Engineer
9 59 (4.36%) Lead
10 51 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
11 48 (3.55%) VMware Engineer
12 46 (3.40%) Architect
13 41 (3.03%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 37 (2.73%) Platform Engineer
15 35 (2.58%) IT Engineer
15 35 (2.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 35 (2.58%) Support Engineer
16 34 (2.51%) Infrastructure Support
17 32 (2.36%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
18 31 (2.29%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.99%) REST
2 25 (1.85%) ARM Templates
3 16 (1.18%) YAML
4 14 (1.03%) Middleware
4 14 (1.03%) SOAP
5 13 (0.96%) JSON
5 13 (0.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 12 (0.89%) Kafka
7 11 (0.81%) OpenID
7 11 (0.81%) SAML
8 10 (0.74%) Loki
8 10 (0.74%) OAuth
9 9 (0.66%) 802.1X
10 8 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
10 8 (0.59%) ModSecurity
11 7 (0.52%) Flash
11 7 (0.52%) LDAP
11 7 (0.52%) Web Services
12 6 (0.44%) .NET
12 6 (0.44%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 137 (10.12%) Data Centre
2 90 (6.65%) Hybrid Cloud
3 60 (4.43%) Cloud Native
4 55 (4.06%) PKI
5 48 (3.55%) Public Cloud
6 42 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 42 (3.10%) Replication
7 37 (2.73%) Enterprise Storage
8 28 (2.07%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.99%) Private Cloud
10 26 (1.92%) Clustering
11 21 (1.55%) Enterprise Cloud
12 20 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
12 20 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
12 20 (1.48%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
14 15 (1.11%) Virtual Team
15 14 (1.03%) Mainframe
15 14 (1.03%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 367 (27.10%) Windows
2 247 (18.24%) Linux
3 238 (17.58%) Windows Server
4 56 (4.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (1.62%) Unix
6 20 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.26%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.26%) CentOS
7 17 (1.26%) Windows 10
8 16 (1.18%) Android
8 16 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 16 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 15 (1.11%) VMS
10 14 (1.03%) AIX
11 13 (0.96%) zOS
12 11 (0.81%) Rocky
13 10 (0.74%) Mac OS
14 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (0.44%) Debian
15 6 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (23.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 268 (19.79%) DevOps
3 257 (18.98%) CI/CD
4 178 (13.15%) Migration
5 166 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
6 142 (10.49%) Platform Engineering
7 120 (8.86%) Agile
8 116 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 115 (8.49%) High Availability
10 112 (8.27%) Infrastructure Automation
11 96 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
12 94 (6.94%) AI
13 93 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 87 (6.43%) Observability
15 86 (6.35%) Project Delivery
16 82 (6.06%) ITIL
17 81 (5.98%) Technical Leadership
18 79 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
19 78 (5.76%) Validation
20 76 (5.61%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 241 (17.80%) PowerShell
2 229 (16.91%) Python
3 120 (8.86%) Bash
4 63 (4.65%) SQL
5 56 (4.14%) Bicep
6 28 (2.07%) Java
7 21 (1.55%) C#
8 17 (1.26%) Shell Script
9 8 (0.59%) ActionScript
9 8 (0.59%) Go
10 7 (0.52%) C++
10 7 (0.52%) Perl
10 7 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 6 (0.44%) JCL
12 5 (0.37%) C
12 5 (0.37%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
13 3 (0.22%) PHP
14 2 (0.15%) Ruby
14 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 523 (38.63%) Security Cleared
2 344 (25.41%) SC Cleared
3 181 (13.37%) DV Cleared
4 55 (4.06%) Degree
5 42 (3.10%) Azure Certification
6 38 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (1.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 21 (1.55%) CISSP
10 20 (1.48%) CCNA
10 20 (1.48%) CCNP
11 18 (1.33%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.96%) MCSE
12 13 (0.96%) VCAP
13 10 (0.74%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.66%) CISM
15 8 (0.59%) PMP
16 7 (0.52%) MCSA
16 7 (0.52%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 37 (2.73%) QA
3 26 (1.92%) NIST
4 19 (1.40%) NCSC
5 17 (1.26%) SLA
6 13 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.66%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.59%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.52%) GRC
9 7 (0.52%) PMO
10 5 (0.37%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.30%) GDPR
11 4 (0.30%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.15%) IASME
12 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.074%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.074%) FedRAMP
13 1 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 250 (18.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 245 (18.09%) Active Directory
3 103 (7.61%) Hyper-V
4 76 (5.61%) VMware ESXi
5 73 (5.39%) vSphere
6 68 (5.02%) Docker
7 60 (4.43%) Virtual Machines
8 45 (3.32%) VMware NSX
9 31 (2.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.03%) NFS
10 14 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
11 10 (0.74%) KVM
12 9 (0.66%) Firmware
12 9 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
13 8 (0.59%) BitLocker
14 7 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.37%) Ceph
15 5 (0.37%) GPFS
15 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
16 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 287 (21.20%) Terraform
2 192 (14.18%) Ansible
3 169 (12.48%) Kubernetes
4 74 (5.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 50 (3.69%) vCenter Server
6 42 (3.10%) SCCM
7 30 (2.22%) Grafana
8 26 (1.92%) Puppet
9 25 (1.85%) Prometheus
10 22 (1.62%) WSUS
11 19 (1.40%) Argo
11 19 (1.40%) NetBackup
12 17 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.11%) SCOM
14 14 (1.03%) Nessus
14 14 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
14 14 (1.03%) Packer
15 13 (0.96%) Data Guard
15 13 (0.96%) Progress Chef
16 11 (0.81%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 340 (25.11%) Microsoft
2 317 (23.41%) VMware
3 76 (5.61%) Cisco
4 72 (5.32%) Citrix
5 56 (4.14%) Oracle
6 52 (3.84%) F5
7 43 (3.18%) Google
8 41 (3.03%) NetApp
9 37 (2.73%) Palo Alto
10 35 (2.58%) Veeam
11 32 (2.36%) Red Hat
12 31 (2.29%) ServiceNow
13 23 (1.70%) Aruba
14 22 (1.62%) Arista
14 22 (1.62%) Dell
15 20 (1.48%) Juniper
15 20 (1.48%) Tenable
16 18 (1.33%) Zscaler
17 16 (1.18%) CyberArk
18 14 (1.03%) IBM