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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 143 94
Rank change year-on-year +46 -49 +11
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,139 516 889
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.60% 2.01% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.04% 2.21% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 731 341 670
10th Percentile £350 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £382
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 4 33
10th Percentile £38.58 £52.36 £39.10
25th Percentile £58.43 £54.30 £46.18
Median hourly rate £72.54 £128.88 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -43.71% +134.85% -24.31%
75th Percentile £78.75 £200.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £128.88 £54.88
% change year-on-year -43.71% +134.85% -24.31%

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 37,409 23,372 31,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.35% 91.17% 85.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,567 15,052 20,589
10th Percentile £325 £300 £304
25th Percentile £418 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £729 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.79% -4.57% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,348 1,165 2,330
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £20.97 £17.88 £16.06
Median hourly rate £46.90 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.48% -34.02% +1.65%
75th Percentile £68.50 £55.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £82.25 £72.50 £72.93
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -32.93% +3.81%

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 1 July 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 1 July 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 1 July 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 +28 334 £550 +4.76% 169
North of England +14 267 £506 -3.57% 127
South East +9 218 £525 -4.55% 110
South West +26 130 £539 -4.22% 110
Yorkshire -1 123 £500 -4.76% 37
Midlands +2 121 £475 +11.76% 73
North West +5 98 £519 -1.19% 76
West Midlands -13 77 £525 +31.25% 44
North East +8 54 £600 -7.69% 17
East of England +2 53 £480 +4.75% 25
East Midlands +14 43 £450 - 29
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 53 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.67%) Confluence
2 19 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.97%) CICS
4 9 (0.79%) Apache
5 6 (0.53%) WebSphere
6 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (0.35%) SAS
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.26%) CloudStack
7 3 (0.26%) TPMS
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.18%) nginx
9 1 (0.088%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.088%) IIS
9 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.088%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.088%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.088%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.088%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.18%) Maximo
2 1 (0.088%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.088%) Primavera
2 1 (0.088%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.088%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 368 (32.31%) Azure
2 205 (18.00%) AWS
3 96 (8.43%) GCP
4 82 (7.20%) Entra ID
4 82 (7.20%) GitHub
4 82 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
5 57 (5.00%) IaaS
6 54 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (4.65%) GitHub Actions
8 43 (3.78%) SaaS
9 38 (3.34%) OCI
10 37 (3.25%) PaaS
11 36 (3.16%) Azure AKS
12 27 (2.37%) Azure Monitor
13 26 (2.28%) Serverless
14 22 (1.93%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 18 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
15 18 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.58%) OpenShift
16 16 (1.40%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 161 (14.14%) Firewall
2 159 (13.96%) DNS
3 94 (8.25%) DHCP
4 62 (5.44%) Network Security
4 62 (5.44%) VPN
5 55 (4.83%) SAN
6 54 (4.74%) WAN
7 46 (4.04%) VLAN
8 41 (3.60%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 39 (3.42%) TCP/IP
10 33 (2.90%) BIG-IP
11 32 (2.81%) BGP
11 32 (2.81%) SD-WAN
12 29 (2.55%) LAN
13 28 (2.46%) OSPF
14 26 (2.28%) VXLAN
15 25 (2.19%) Ethernet VPN
16 23 (2.02%) SSL
16 23 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
17 21 (1.84%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
3 10 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 9 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 8 (0.70%) DynamoDB
5 8 (0.70%) RDBMS
6 7 (0.61%) Metadata
6 7 (0.61%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.61%) Power BI
7 6 (0.53%) Db2
8 5 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.44%) Big Data
8 5 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 5 (0.44%) Oracle Exadata
9 4 (0.35%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.35%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.35%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 64 (5.62%) GitLab
2 50 (4.39%) JIRA
3 49 (4.30%) Jenkins
4 32 (2.81%) Git
5 8 (0.70%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.18%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.18%) Subversion
7 1 (0.088%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.088%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.088%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.088%) CMake
7 1 (0.088%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.088%) GoCD
7 1 (0.088%) Gradle
7 1 (0.088%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.088%) Introscope
7 1 (0.088%) MLflow
7 1 (0.088%) MSI
7 1 (0.088%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.088%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 166 (14.57%) Social Skills
2 105 (9.22%) Finance
3 83 (7.29%) Public Sector
4 49 (4.30%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (4.13%) Banking
6 41 (3.60%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (2.02%) Military
8 21 (1.84%) Legal
9 16 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 16 (1.40%) Retail
10 13 (1.14%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.14%) Telecoms
11 11 (0.97%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (0.88%) Marketing
12 10 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (0.61%) Law
14 5 (0.44%) Billing
14 5 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.35%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 773 (67.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 204 (17.91%) Senior
3 161 (14.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 91 (7.99%) Cloud Engineer
5 66 (5.79%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 64 (5.62%) Azure Engineer
7 49 (4.30%) Network Engineer
8 48 (4.21%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 38 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
10 36 (3.16%) VMware Engineer
11 35 (3.07%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 33 (2.90%) Architect
12 33 (2.90%) IT Engineer
12 33 (2.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 30 (2.63%) Infrastructure Support
13 30 (2.63%) Support Engineer
14 28 (2.46%) Security Engineer
15 27 (2.37%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 27 (2.37%) Citrix Engineer
15 27 (2.37%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.37%) REST
2 14 (1.23%) SOAP
3 12 (1.05%) JSON
4 11 (0.97%) ARM Templates
4 11 (0.97%) Elastic Stack
4 11 (0.97%) LDAP
4 11 (0.97%) OAuth
5 10 (0.88%) Middleware
5 10 (0.88%) OpenID
6 9 (0.79%) Kafka
6 9 (0.79%) SAML
7 8 (0.70%) YAML
8 7 (0.61%) Flash
8 7 (0.61%) Web Services
9 6 (0.53%) OAuth2
9 6 (0.53%) RESTful
9 6 (0.53%) WSDL
10 5 (0.44%) AWS CDK
10 5 (0.44%) Keycloak
10 5 (0.44%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 125 (10.97%) Data Centre
2 72 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
3 53 (4.65%) Cloud Native
4 46 (4.04%) Public Cloud
5 45 (3.95%) PKI
6 35 (3.07%) Onboarding
7 30 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
8 26 (2.28%) Replication
9 23 (2.02%) Private Cloud
10 18 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.49%) Clustering
11 17 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.32%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.23%) Management Information System
14 12 (1.05%) Linux Command Line
14 12 (1.05%) Mainframe
15 11 (0.97%) Enterprise Cloud
16 10 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
16 10 (0.88%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 304 (26.69%) Windows
2 190 (16.68%) Windows Server
3 184 (16.15%) Linux
4 39 (3.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.49%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.40%) Unix
7 16 (1.40%) Windows 10
8 15 (1.32%) Android
8 15 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.23%) Ubuntu
10 11 (0.97%) zOS
11 10 (0.88%) CentOS
12 9 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.70%) VMS
13 8 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.61%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.53%) AIX
15 6 (0.53%) Debian
16 4 (0.35%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (20.81%) Infrastructure as Code
2 219 (19.23%) DevOps
3 197 (17.30%) CI/CD
4 131 (11.50%) Migration
5 123 (10.80%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (9.13%) Agile
7 100 (8.78%) High Availability
8 98 (8.60%) Platform Engineering
9 80 (7.02%) Infrastructure Automation
10 77 (6.76%) Containerisation
11 73 (6.41%) AI
12 72 (6.32%) Disaster Recovery
13 70 (6.15%) Zero Trust
14 68 (5.97%) Project Delivery
15 67 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
16 61 (5.36%) Validation
17 60 (5.27%) Observability
18 58 (5.09%) ITIL
19 54 (4.74%) Cybersecurity
19 54 (4.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 178 (15.63%) Python
2 169 (14.84%) PowerShell
3 71 (6.23%) Bash
4 48 (4.21%) SQL
5 32 (2.81%) Bicep
6 23 (2.02%) Java
7 20 (1.76%) C#
7 20 (1.76%) Shell Script
8 10 (0.88%) ActionScript
9 8 (0.70%) Go
10 7 (0.61%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.53%) JCL
11 6 (0.53%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.44%) PHP
13 4 (0.35%) Groovy
14 3 (0.26%) C++
14 3 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.18%) C
15 2 (0.18%) Korn
15 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 415 (36.44%) Security Cleared
2 259 (22.74%) SC Cleared
3 159 (13.96%) DV Cleared
4 42 (3.69%) Degree
5 33 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.19%) Azure Certification
7 23 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (1.67%) CCNA
8 19 (1.67%) CISSP
8 19 (1.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (1.58%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.14%) CCNP
11 12 (1.05%) MCSE
12 11 (0.97%) CISM
13 8 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.61%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.61%) VCAP
15 6 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.53%) RHCA
16 5 (0.44%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (2.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (2.63%) NIST
3 26 (2.28%) QA
4 16 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.14%) NCSC
6 11 (0.97%) PCI DSS
7 8 (0.70%) SLA
8 7 (0.61%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.61%) GDPR
9 6 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
11 4 (0.35%) SOC 2
12 3 (0.26%) GLBA
12 3 (0.26%) PMO
13 2 (0.18%) GRC
14 1 (0.088%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.088%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.088%) FedRAMP
14 1 (0.088%) ISO 19650
14 1 (0.088%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 197 (17.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 195 (17.12%) Active Directory
3 79 (6.94%) Hyper-V
4 74 (6.50%) VMware ESXi
5 62 (5.44%) Docker
5 62 (5.44%) vSphere
6 39 (3.42%) Virtual Machines
7 35 (3.07%) VMware NSX
8 23 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.40%) NFS
10 11 (0.97%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.79%) Firmware
11 9 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.44%) GPFS
12 5 (0.44%) Oracle RAC
12 5 (0.44%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.35%) KVM
13 4 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.18%) UAG
14 2 (0.18%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 219 (19.23%) Terraform
2 148 (12.99%) Kubernetes
3 131 (11.50%) Ansible
4 55 (4.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (4.13%) vCenter Server
6 29 (2.55%) SCCM
7 24 (2.11%) Prometheus
8 23 (2.02%) Grafana
9 22 (1.93%) Puppet
10 19 (1.67%) WSUS
11 18 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (1.14%) Nessus
13 12 (1.05%) Packer
13 12 (1.05%) SCOM
14 10 (0.88%) Argo
14 10 (0.88%) vRealize
14 10 (0.88%) VxRail
15 9 (0.79%) vMotion
16 8 (0.70%) NetBackup
16 8 (0.70%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 264 (23.18%) VMware
2 248 (21.77%) Microsoft
3 68 (5.97%) Cisco
4 67 (5.88%) Citrix
5 50 (4.39%) F5
6 44 (3.86%) Google
7 43 (3.78%) ServiceNow
8 41 (3.60%) NetApp
9 34 (2.99%) Palo Alto
10 28 (2.46%) Veeam
11 26 (2.28%) Dell
12 24 (2.11%) Oracle
12 24 (2.11%) Red Hat
13 23 (2.02%) Arista
13 23 (2.02%) Aruba
13 23 (2.02%) Fortinet
14 16 (1.40%) Juniper
14 16 (1.40%) Tenable
15 14 (1.23%) SolarWinds
15 14 (1.23%) Zscaler