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 19 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 129 86
Rank change year-on-year -33 -43 +42
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 538 617 1,016
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.77% 2.00% 2.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.30% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 426 734
10th Percentile £300 £329 £319
25th Percentile £377 £401 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £614 £615
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 42
10th Percentile £26.90 £51.69 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.25 £59.85 £37.89
Median hourly rate £34.00 £70.00 £63.63
Median % change year-on-year -51.43% +10.01% +15.17%
75th Percentile £73.01 - £76.15
90th Percentile £82.10 £91.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £70.00 £68.63
% change year-on-year -51.43% +1.99% +24.22%

All Process and 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 27,423 26,780 34,861
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.24% 86.85% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,402 16,344 23,845
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,814 958 1,475
10th Percentile £14.81 £15.10 £14.45
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.25 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.48% -17.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.79 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025.

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 19 November 2025. 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 -30 204 £525 -4.55% 243
South East -14 108 £450 -4.26% 168
North of England -22 77 £500 +5.26% 62
South West -7 58 £550 - 79
Midlands -45 44 £450 -14.29% 71
Yorkshire -23 38 £500 +5.26% 26
North West -27 36 £472 +2.05% 27
West Midlands -25 35 £450 -21.74% 48
East of England -11 32 £406 -4.41% 42
East Midlands -32 9 £415 -10.27% 23
North East -4 4 £466 - 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 39 (7.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (2.79%) Confluence
3 13 (2.42%) Apache
4 10 (1.86%) IIS
4 10 (1.86%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.30%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.93%) WebSphere
6 5 (0.93%) WebSphere Application Server
7 4 (0.74%) TPMS
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) iPlanet
8 2 (0.37%) JBoss
8 2 (0.37%) nginx
8 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.37%) Traefik
9 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.56%) Maximo
2 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 210 (39.03%) Azure
2 112 (20.82%) AWS
3 75 (13.94%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (13.01%) Entra ID
5 36 (6.69%) GitHub
6 35 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (5.39%) GCP
8 26 (4.83%) Amazon S3
9 25 (4.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 22 (4.09%) IaaS
10 22 (4.09%) PaaS
11 21 (3.90%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (3.90%) GitHub Actions
12 20 (3.72%) Azure Monitor
12 20 (3.72%) SaaS
13 16 (2.97%) Google Workspace
13 16 (2.97%) Serverless
13 16 (2.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
15 13 (2.42%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 117 (21.75%) Firewall
2 92 (17.10%) DNS
3 60 (11.15%) TCP/IP
4 53 (9.85%) DHCP
5 51 (9.48%) VPN
6 39 (7.25%) WAN
7 37 (6.88%) VLAN
8 32 (5.95%) Network Security
8 32 (5.95%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (5.58%) SSL
10 26 (4.83%) LAN
11 25 (4.65%) SAN
12 12 (2.23%) Wireless
13 11 (2.04%) 4G
13 11 (2.04%) SD-WAN
14 7 (1.30%) BGP
14 7 (1.30%) MPLS
15 6 (1.12%) HTTP
15 6 (1.12%) SMTP
15 6 (1.12%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.97%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.12%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
3 5 (0.93%) Power BI
4 4 (0.74%) MySQL
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.56%) Big Data
5 3 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.56%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.56%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.37%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (6.51%) Jenkins
2 26 (4.83%) JIRA
3 25 (4.65%) Git
3 25 (4.65%) GitLab
4 5 (0.93%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.56%) Log4j
5 3 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.37%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.19%) CMake
7 1 (0.19%) GoCD
7 1 (0.19%) Gradle
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) MSI
7 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 140 (26.02%) Social Skills
2 82 (15.24%) Finance
3 52 (9.67%) Public Sector
4 46 (8.55%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (4.28%) Banking
6 22 (4.09%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (2.60%) Military
9 9 (1.67%) Legal
10 8 (1.49%) Law
10 8 (1.49%) Retail
11 7 (1.30%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.30%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.12%) Local Government
12 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.93%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.93%) Aviation
13 5 (0.93%) Spanish Language
14 4 (0.74%) Marketing
14 4 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 355 (65.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 80 (14.87%) Senior
3 59 (10.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 47 (8.74%) Infrastructure Support
5 45 (8.36%) Support Engineer
6 44 (8.18%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (7.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 40 (7.43%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 38 (7.06%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 38 (7.06%) Network Engineer
9 34 (6.32%) Cloud Engineer
10 23 (4.28%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (3.90%) VMware Engineer
12 20 (3.72%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.53%) IT Engineer
13 19 (3.53%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.53%) Security Engineer
14 18 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
14 18 (3.35%) Windows Engineer
15 17 (3.16%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (3.35%) SAML
2 17 (3.16%) Middleware
3 14 (2.60%) ARM Templates
3 14 (2.60%) YAML
4 12 (2.23%) OAuth
4 12 (2.23%) OpenID
5 10 (1.86%) Kafka
6 8 (1.49%) REST
7 7 (1.30%) ADO
7 7 (1.30%) LDAP
7 7 (1.30%) OAuth2
7 7 (1.30%) RESTful
8 6 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.12%) JMS
8 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (0.93%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.74%) gRPC
11 3 (0.56%) AWT
11 3 (0.56%) JNDI
11 3 (0.56%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (5.95%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.65%) PKI
3 25 (4.65%) Replication
4 21 (3.90%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.16%) Private Cloud
6 13 (2.42%) Analytical Mindset
6 13 (2.42%) Cloud Native
6 13 (2.42%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.67%) Clustering
7 9 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.49%) Security Posture
8 8 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.30%) NHS
10 6 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 214 (39.78%) Windows
2 129 (23.98%) Linux
3 105 (19.52%) Windows Server
4 26 (4.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (4.46%) Unix
6 23 (4.28%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.60%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.86%) VMS
9 9 (1.67%) CentOS
9 9 (1.67%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.30%) Android
10 7 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
11 6 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
12 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
13 3 (0.56%) SUSE
14 2 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.19%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (20.82%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (20.26%) DevOps
3 102 (18.96%) Infrastructure as Code
4 92 (17.10%) CI/CD
5 66 (12.27%) Migration
6 64 (11.90%) ITIL
7 59 (10.97%) Agile
8 48 (8.92%) Containerisation
9 46 (8.55%) High Availability
10 42 (7.81%) Infrastructure Automation
11 41 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
12 34 (6.32%) Disaster Recovery
12 34 (6.32%) Platform Engineering
13 32 (5.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 32 (5.95%) Observability
14 28 (5.20%) RBAC
15 27 (5.02%) DevSecOps
16 26 (4.83%) Identity Access Management
16 26 (4.83%) Stakeholder Management
17 25 (4.65%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 117 (21.75%) Python
2 105 (19.52%) PowerShell
3 63 (11.71%) Bash
4 23 (4.28%) SQL
5 22 (4.09%) Java
6 17 (3.16%) Bicep
7 14 (2.60%) Go
7 14 (2.60%) Perl
8 13 (2.42%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.56%) C++
9 3 (0.56%) Groovy
9 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.37%) Ruby
11 1 (0.19%) C
11 1 (0.19%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.19%) VB
11 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 166 (30.86%) Security Cleared
2 104 (19.33%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.52%) DV Cleared
4 36 (6.69%) Azure Certification
5 31 (5.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (5.58%) Degree
7 18 (3.35%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.35%) Network+ Certification
8 14 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.23%) CCNA
9 12 (2.23%) CCNP
9 12 (2.23%) Server+ Certification
10 9 (1.67%) CISSP
11 8 (1.49%) CISM
12 7 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
13 5 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.74%) FFIEC
15 3 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.42%) GDPR
2 11 (2.04%) SLA
3 10 (1.86%) NIST
4 9 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.12%) QA
6 5 (0.93%) PCI DSS
7 4 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.74%) GLBA
8 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.37%) COBIT
9 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.19%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 138 (25.65%) Active Directory
2 101 (18.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (10.97%) Docker
4 55 (10.22%) Hyper-V
5 35 (6.51%) vSphere
6 26 (4.83%) Virtual Machines
6 26 (4.83%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (1.67%) VMware NSX
8 5 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.74%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.56%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
11 2 (0.37%) BitLocker
11 2 (0.37%) Firmware
11 2 (0.37%) Tivoli Directory Server
12 1 (0.19%) etcd
12 1 (0.19%) Sendmail
12 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 130 (24.16%) Terraform
2 82 (15.24%) Ansible
3 62 (11.52%) Kubernetes
4 54 (10.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 53 (9.85%) SCCM
6 24 (4.46%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (3.90%) vCenter Server
8 20 (3.72%) Grafana
9 17 (3.16%) FortiGate
9 17 (3.16%) Prometheus
10 12 (2.23%) Red Hat Satellite
11 11 (2.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (1.67%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (1.49%) SCOM
14 7 (1.30%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (1.30%) vRealize
15 6 (1.12%) CASB
15 6 (1.12%) SCOrch
16 5 (0.93%) Argo
16 5 (0.93%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 173 (32.16%) Microsoft
2 149 (27.70%) VMware
3 38 (7.06%) Palo Alto
4 37 (6.88%) Cisco
5 34 (6.32%) Red Hat
6 33 (6.13%) Google
7 30 (5.58%) F5
8 28 (5.20%) Dell
9 24 (4.46%) ServiceNow
10 20 (3.72%) CheckPoint
10 20 (3.72%) Citrix
11 19 (3.53%) Veeam
12 18 (3.35%) SolarWinds
12 18 (3.35%) Splunk
13 16 (2.97%) IBM
14 14 (2.60%) Oracle
15 13 (2.42%) Aruba
15 13 (2.42%) Fortinet
15 13 (2.42%) Zscaler
16 12 (2.23%) HP