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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 160 124 91
Rank change year-on-year -36 -33 +36
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 508 627 1,060
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.80% 1.96% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.27% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 337 434 782
10th Percentile £300 £329 £320
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £709
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 39
10th Percentile £25.70 £57.49 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £62.50 £48.72
Median hourly rate £32.00 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.29% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 - £76.53
90th Percentile £40.16 £86.80 £78.40
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -54.29% - +40.00%

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 25,696 27,604 36,678
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.95% 86.48% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,288 16,802 25,341
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,634 1,086 1,495
10th Percentile £14.51 £15.03 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £44.78 £67.38 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.43 £74.47 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.08 £40.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -37.31% -9.60% +35.03%

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 October 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 18 October 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 18 October 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 -19 201 £536 -2.55% 96
South East -6 111 £450 -3.27% 124
North of England -23 73 £500 +11.11% 97
South West -15 42 £555 +2.02% 54
Midlands -28 42 £450 -10.89% 44
Yorkshire -7 39 £500 +5.26% 21
West Midlands -15 36 £450 -21.74% 28
North West -22 34 £472 +4.89% 61
East of England -3 26 £400 +33.33% 22
North East +3 6 £650 - 16
East Midlands -25 6 £550 +18.92% 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 33 (6.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 29 (5.71%) Confluence
3 12 (2.36%) Apache
4 11 (2.17%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.77%) IIS
6 7 (1.38%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.98%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.98%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.59%) TPMS
9 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.39%) iPlanet
9 2 (0.39%) JBoss
9 2 (0.39%) nginx
9 2 (0.39%) Traefik
10 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.20%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.20%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.39%) Maximo
2 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 195 (38.39%) Azure
2 108 (21.26%) AWS
3 63 (12.40%) Entra ID
4 62 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (6.69%) GitHub
6 33 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (6.30%) IaaS
8 31 (6.10%) GCP
9 26 (5.12%) SaaS
10 25 (4.92%) PaaS
11 22 (4.33%) Amazon S3
12 19 (3.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 18 (3.54%) GitHub Actions
14 17 (3.35%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (3.15%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (3.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (2.76%) Google Workspace
16 14 (2.76%) Serverless
17 12 (2.36%) OneDrive
18 11 (2.17%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 103 (20.28%) Firewall
2 87 (17.13%) DNS
3 57 (11.22%) TCP/IP
4 52 (10.24%) DHCP
4 52 (10.24%) VPN
5 37 (7.28%) WAN
6 35 (6.89%) VLAN
7 33 (6.50%) Network Security
8 31 (6.10%) SSL
9 26 (5.12%) Wi-Fi
10 25 (4.92%) LAN
11 23 (4.53%) SAN
12 14 (2.76%) Wireless
13 12 (2.36%) 4G
14 11 (2.17%) SD-WAN
15 8 (1.57%) SMTP
16 6 (1.18%) HTTP
17 5 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
17 5 (0.98%) SSH
17 5 (0.98%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.95%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.98%) Oracle Database
3 5 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.98%) Power BI
4 4 (0.79%) Big Data
4 4 (0.79%) MySQL
5 3 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.59%) Oracle Exadata
6 2 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.39%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.39%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.39%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.20%) Looker
Development Applications
1 41 (8.07%) JIRA
2 36 (7.09%) Jenkins
3 23 (4.53%) Git
4 20 (3.94%) GitLab
5 9 (1.77%) ScriptRunner
6 5 (0.98%) Robot Framework
7 3 (0.59%) Log4j
7 3 (0.59%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
8 2 (0.39%) CA Release Automation
9 1 (0.20%) CMake
9 1 (0.20%) GoCD
9 1 (0.20%) Gradle
9 1 (0.20%) MLflow
9 1 (0.20%) Octopus Deploy
9 1 (0.20%) Postman
9 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 135 (26.57%) Social Skills
2 83 (16.34%) Finance
3 46 (9.06%) Public Sector
4 43 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (3.74%) Banking
6 17 (3.35%) Documentation Skills
7 15 (2.95%) Military
8 14 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.57%) Law
10 7 (1.38%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.38%) Legal
10 7 (1.38%) Marketing
10 7 (1.38%) Retail
11 6 (1.18%) Local Government
11 6 (1.18%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.18%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.98%) Aviation
13 4 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.79%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 343 (67.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 76 (14.96%) Senior
3 59 (11.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (9.06%) Infrastructure Support
5 45 (8.86%) Support Engineer
6 44 (8.66%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (7.87%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 39 (7.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 38 (7.48%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (7.09%) Network Engineer
11 28 (5.51%) Cloud Engineer
12 24 (4.72%) VMware Engineer
13 20 (3.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 20 (3.94%) Windows Engineer
14 19 (3.74%) IT Engineer
14 19 (3.74%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 18 (3.54%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
16 16 (3.15%) Platform Engineer
16 16 (3.15%) Security Engineer
17 14 (2.76%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.35%) Middleware
2 14 (2.76%) ARM Templates
2 14 (2.76%) YAML
3 11 (2.17%) Kafka
3 11 (2.17%) SAML
4 7 (1.38%) ADO
4 7 (1.38%) LDAP
4 7 (1.38%) OpenID
4 7 (1.38%) RESTful
5 6 (1.18%) JMS
5 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Graph
5 6 (1.18%) OAuth
5 6 (1.18%) REST
6 5 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.98%) GraphQL
7 4 (0.79%) gRPC
8 3 (0.59%) AWT
8 3 (0.59%) JNDI
8 3 (0.59%) Rendezvous
8 3 (0.59%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.30%) Hybrid Cloud
2 29 (5.71%) Data Centre
3 22 (4.33%) Onboarding
4 19 (3.74%) Replication
5 18 (3.54%) PKI
6 13 (2.56%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.36%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.17%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
9 10 (1.97%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.77%) Clustering
10 9 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.57%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.38%) Security Posture
13 6 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.18%) Security Operations Centre
14 5 (0.98%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 198 (38.98%) Windows
2 119 (23.43%) Linux
3 92 (18.11%) Windows Server
4 26 (5.12%) Windows 10
5 21 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 20 (3.94%) Unix
7 14 (2.76%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.97%) CentOS
9 8 (1.57%) Mac OS
9 8 (1.57%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
10 7 (1.38%) VMS
11 6 (1.18%) Android
12 5 (0.98%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
14 2 (0.39%) SUSE
15 1 (0.20%) AIX
15 1 (0.20%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.20%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.26%) DevOps
2 105 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
3 83 (16.34%) Infrastructure as Code
4 78 (15.35%) CI/CD
5 73 (14.37%) Migration
6 71 (13.98%) Agile
7 62 (12.20%) ITIL
8 43 (8.46%) High Availability
9 39 (7.68%) Containerisation
10 38 (7.48%) Infrastructure Automation
11 33 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 28 (5.51%) Incident Management
12 28 (5.51%) Observability
13 26 (5.12%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (5.12%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (5.12%) Infrastructure Management
14 25 (4.92%) Platform Engineering
15 24 (4.72%) RBAC
15 24 (4.72%) Stakeholder Management
16 23 (4.53%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (19.88%) Python
2 86 (16.93%) PowerShell
3 50 (9.84%) Bash
4 23 (4.53%) SQL
5 21 (4.13%) Java
6 18 (3.54%) Bicep
7 14 (2.76%) Go
8 13 (2.56%) Perl
9 12 (2.36%) Groovy
10 8 (1.57%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.59%) C++
12 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.20%) PHP
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
13 1 (0.20%) Scala
13 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.20%) VB
13 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 151 (29.72%) Security Cleared
2 91 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 58 (11.42%) DV Cleared
4 33 (6.50%) Azure Certification
4 33 (6.50%) Degree
5 22 (4.33%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.54%) Network+ Certification
7 13 (2.56%) CCNA
8 12 (2.36%) Server+ Certification
9 11 (2.17%) CCNP
10 7 (1.38%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.38%) CISM
10 7 (1.38%) CISSP
10 7 (1.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.59%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.59%) FFIEC
11 3 (0.59%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.56%) SLA
2 11 (2.17%) GDPR
3 8 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.57%) NIST
4 6 (1.18%) QA
5 4 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.59%) GLBA
7 2 (0.39%) COBIT
7 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.39%) NIST 800
7 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.20%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.20%) NCSC
8 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 118 (23.23%) Active Directory
2 78 (15.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (10.43%) Docker
4 47 (9.25%) Hyper-V
5 39 (7.68%) vSphere
6 34 (6.69%) VMware ESXi
7 27 (5.31%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.57%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.59%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.59%) DFS Replication
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
10 3 (0.59%) Terminal Services
10 3 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.39%) Firmware
11 2 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (0.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
11 2 (0.39%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.20%) etcd
12 1 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 114 (22.44%) Terraform
2 76 (14.96%) Ansible
3 52 (10.24%) Kubernetes
4 46 (9.06%) Microsoft Intune
5 42 (8.27%) SCCM
6 23 (4.53%) vCenter Server
7 19 (3.74%) Grafana
8 18 (3.54%) FortiGate
8 18 (3.54%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (3.15%) Prometheus
10 10 (1.97%) Jamf Pro
11 9 (1.77%) Red Hat Satellite
12 7 (1.38%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.38%) vRealize
13 6 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 6 (1.18%) SCOM
14 5 (0.98%) Argo
14 5 (0.98%) CASB
14 5 (0.98%) Puppet
14 5 (0.98%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 151 (29.72%) Microsoft
2 138 (27.17%) VMware
3 37 (7.28%) Palo Alto
4 33 (6.50%) Cisco
5 32 (6.30%) Google
6 31 (6.10%) Red Hat
7 29 (5.71%) F5
8 24 (4.72%) Dell
9 21 (4.13%) ServiceNow
10 20 (3.94%) CheckPoint
10 20 (3.94%) Citrix
11 18 (3.54%) Veeam
12 16 (3.15%) SolarWinds
13 15 (2.95%) IBM
14 14 (2.76%) HP
15 13 (2.56%) Oracle
15 13 (2.56%) Splunk
16 12 (2.36%) Aruba
16 12 (2.36%) Zscaler
17 11 (2.17%) Atlassian