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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 161 117
Rank change year-on-year +76 -44 -27
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,453 498 647
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.12% 1.78% 1.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 1.95% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 327 457
10th Percentile £363 £300 £325
25th Percentile £450 £375 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £629 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £671 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +9.93% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 10 17
10th Percentile £33.64 £25.70 £51.06
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £73.27 £32.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.97% -54.29% -
75th Percentile £86.62 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £40.16 £86.80
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +131.25% -54.29% -

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 39,417 25,490 28,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.96% 86.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,890 16,169 17,141
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,564 1,197
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.44 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.59 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.43 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.27
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.49% -0.55%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 3 October 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 +50 436 £550 +4.76% 711
North of England +69 334 £525 +5.00% 306
South East +22 284 £558 +19.89% 291
North West +48 160 £550 +10.00% 169
Midlands +36 149 £481 +3.49% 143
South West +36 146 £575 +3.60% 148
Yorkshire +34 120 £500 - 86
West Midlands +21 107 £500 +6.95% 88
East of England +30 87 £525 +34.19% 94
North East +5 65 £600 -7.69% 54
East Midlands +15 40 £450 -3.23% 55
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 58 (3.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (3.37%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.41%) Confluence
4 12 (0.83%) Apache
4 12 (0.83%) CICS
5 9 (0.62%) SAS
6 7 (0.48%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.48%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.41%) nginx
8 5 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.34%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.069%) JBoss
12 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.34%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.14%) MicroStation
6 2 (0.14%) Revit
7 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.069%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.069%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.069%) Houdini
7 1 (0.069%) NUKE
7 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.21%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.069%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 490 (33.72%) Azure
2 262 (18.03%) AWS
3 167 (11.49%) Entra ID
4 136 (9.36%) Microsoft 365
5 111 (7.64%) GCP
6 95 (6.54%) GitHub
7 83 (5.71%) IaaS
8 68 (4.68%) OCI
9 66 (4.54%) Azure DevOps
10 60 (4.13%) GitHub Actions
11 39 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
11 39 (2.68%) SaaS
12 34 (2.34%) PaaS
13 31 (2.13%) Azure AKS
13 31 (2.13%) OpenShift
14 29 (2.00%) Power Platform
15 28 (1.93%) Amazon EKS
16 26 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
17 23 (1.58%) Amazon S3
17 23 (1.58%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 234 (16.10%) DNS
2 225 (15.49%) Firewall
3 140 (9.64%) DHCP
4 95 (6.54%) VPN
5 89 (6.13%) Network Security
6 85 (5.85%) TCP/IP
7 65 (4.47%) WAN
8 63 (4.34%) SAN
9 61 (4.20%) VLAN
10 47 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 42 (2.89%) BIG-IP
12 41 (2.82%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (2.68%) LAN
14 36 (2.48%) SD-WAN
15 34 (2.34%) BGP
16 32 (2.20%) SSL
17 28 (1.93%) OSPF
18 27 (1.86%) VXLAN
19 26 (1.79%) Ethernet VPN
19 26 (1.79%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.47%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.58%) Power BI
3 22 (1.51%) Data Lake
3 22 (1.51%) Oracle Exadata
4 21 (1.45%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.17%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.96%) Metadata
7 14 (0.96%) RDBMS
8 13 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.62%) Pentaho
12 8 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.41%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.28%) Big Data
15 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (5.16%) GitLab
2 59 (4.06%) Git
2 59 (4.06%) JIRA
3 57 (3.92%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.48%) Artifactory
5 5 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.28%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.21%) JUnit
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.14%) MLflow
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.069%) Snyk
9 1 (0.069%) Terragrunt
General
1 250 (17.21%) Social Skills
2 157 (10.81%) Finance
3 105 (7.23%) Public Sector
4 89 (6.13%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (3.85%) Banking
7 30 (2.06%) Telecoms
8 23 (1.58%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.24%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.17%) Military
11 15 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
11 15 (1.03%) Retail
12 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (0.76%) Automotive
13 11 (0.76%) Law
14 10 (0.69%) Legal
14 10 (0.69%) Marketing
15 7 (0.48%) Billing
16 6 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 896 (61.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 287 (19.75%) Senior
3 223 (15.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 154 (10.60%) Cloud Engineer
5 116 (7.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 94 (6.47%) Azure Engineer
7 74 (5.09%) Network Engineer
8 72 (4.96%) Lead
9 67 (4.61%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 64 (4.40%) DevOps Engineer
11 58 (3.99%) Architect
12 49 (3.37%) Security Engineer
13 48 (3.30%) VMware Engineer
14 43 (2.96%) Platform Engineer
15 39 (2.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 36 (2.48%) Support Engineer
16 36 (2.48%) Test Engineer
17 33 (2.27%) Infrastructure Support
18 32 (2.20%) IT Engineer
18 32 (2.20%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (21.68%) Terraform
2 30 (2.06%) ARM Templates
3 26 (1.79%) REST
4 23 (1.58%) Kafka
5 15 (1.03%) YAML
6 14 (0.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (0.83%) 802.1X
7 12 (0.83%) JSON
7 12 (0.83%) Middleware
8 11 (0.76%) LDAP
8 11 (0.76%) Loki
8 11 (0.76%) OAuth
8 11 (0.76%) OpenID
8 11 (0.76%) SAML
9 10 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (0.62%) .NET
11 8 (0.55%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.55%) Web Services
12 7 (0.48%) SOAP
13 5 (0.34%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 155 (10.67%) Data Centre
2 101 (6.95%) Hybrid Cloud
3 78 (5.37%) Cloud Native
4 60 (4.13%) PKI
5 54 (3.72%) Public Cloud
6 53 (3.65%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.89%) Replication
8 34 (2.34%) Private Cloud
9 31 (2.13%) Enterprise Storage
10 30 (2.06%) Management Information System
11 29 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
12 28 (1.93%) Enterprise Cloud
13 26 (1.79%) Security Posture
14 25 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
15 22 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
16 21 (1.45%) Clustering
17 19 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
18 18 (1.24%) Product Ownership
19 13 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
19 13 (0.89%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 382 (26.29%) Windows
2 277 (19.06%) Linux
3 256 (17.62%) Windows Server
4 60 (4.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.58%) Unix
6 19 (1.31%) CentOS
6 19 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (1.24%) VMS
8 17 (1.17%) Android
8 17 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.03%) Windows 10
10 14 (0.96%) AIX
10 14 (0.96%) Rocky
10 14 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.83%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.83%) zOS
12 7 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (26.08%) Infrastructure as Code
2 304 (20.92%) CI/CD
3 297 (20.44%) DevOps
4 193 (13.28%) Migration
5 187 (12.87%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (11.70%) Platform Engineering
7 142 (9.77%) Continuous Improvement
7 142 (9.77%) Stakeholder Management
8 135 (9.29%) Agile
9 124 (8.53%) Infrastructure Automation
10 108 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
10 108 (7.43%) Observability
11 106 (7.30%) AI
12 103 (7.09%) Disaster Recovery
12 103 (7.09%) ITIL
12 103 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
13 98 (6.74%) High Availability
13 98 (6.74%) Project Delivery
14 84 (5.78%) Configuration Management
14 84 (5.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 252 (17.34%) PowerShell
2 247 (17.00%) Python
3 121 (8.33%) Bash
4 73 (5.02%) SQL
5 57 (3.92%) Bicep
6 39 (2.68%) Java
7 18 (1.24%) C#
8 16 (1.10%) Go
9 15 (1.03%) ActionScript
10 13 (0.89%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.69%) C++
12 9 (0.62%) Perl
13 7 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.48%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.34%) C
14 5 (0.34%) JavaScript
14 5 (0.34%) JCL
15 2 (0.14%) COBOL
15 2 (0.14%) Korn
15 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 553 (38.06%) Security Cleared
2 338 (23.26%) SC Cleared
3 209 (14.38%) DV Cleared
4 61 (4.20%) Degree
5 45 (3.10%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.06%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (1.93%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (1.51%) CISSP
11 20 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.24%) CCNP
13 16 (1.10%) CCNA
14 14 (0.96%) VCAP
15 13 (0.89%) BPSS Clearance
16 12 (0.83%) PMI Certification
17 11 (0.76%) MCSE
17 11 (0.76%) PMP
18 10 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
19 9 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.51%) QA
2 37 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (1.58%) NIST
4 18 (1.24%) SLA
5 17 (1.17%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.17%) NCSC
6 14 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.69%) PMO
8 9 (0.62%) GRC
9 8 (0.55%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.21%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) IASME
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.069%) GDPR
13 1 (0.069%) GLBA
System Software
1 275 (18.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 264 (18.17%) Active Directory
3 108 (7.43%) Hyper-V
4 82 (5.64%) vSphere
5 77 (5.30%) Docker
5 77 (5.30%) VMware ESXi
6 64 (4.40%) Virtual Machines
7 36 (2.48%) VMware NSX
8 29 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
10 15 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
11 12 (0.83%) Firmware
12 11 (0.76%) KVM
12 11 (0.76%) NFS
13 6 (0.41%) oVirt
14 5 (0.34%) Ceph
14 5 (0.34%) GPFS
14 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 4 (0.28%) BitLocker
15 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 202 (13.90%) Ansible
2 187 (12.87%) Kubernetes
3 87 (5.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 51 (3.51%) SCCM
5 42 (2.89%) vCenter Server
6 38 (2.62%) Grafana
7 32 (2.20%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.45%) Puppet
9 20 (1.38%) Argo
10 19 (1.31%) Nessus
11 18 (1.24%) WSUS
12 17 (1.17%) NetBackup
12 17 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
13 16 (1.10%) Progress Chef
14 15 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
15 14 (0.96%) Data Guard
15 14 (0.96%) SCOM
16 12 (0.83%) VxRail
17 11 (0.76%) Packer
18 10 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 367 (25.26%) Microsoft
2 345 (23.74%) VMware
3 81 (5.57%) Cisco
4 60 (4.13%) Oracle
5 59 (4.06%) F5
6 56 (3.85%) Citrix
7 52 (3.58%) NetApp
8 47 (3.23%) Google
9 44 (3.03%) Red Hat
9 44 (3.03%) Veeam
10 41 (2.82%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.00%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.65%) Dell
13 23 (1.58%) Arista
13 23 (1.58%) Aruba
14 22 (1.51%) Tenable
15 19 (1.31%) CyberArk
16 18 (1.24%) Commvault
16 18 (1.24%) Juniper
16 18 (1.24%) Zscaler