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 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 158 117
Rank change year-on-year +74 -41 -26
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,442 495 691
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 1.78% 2.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 1.96% 2.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 328 494
10th Percentile £358 £300 £325
25th Percentile £450 £387 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £601 £600
90th Percentile £693 £668 £688
UK median daily rate £547 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +9.40% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 10 18
10th Percentile £47.31 £25.70 £51.06
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £55.97
Median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.25% -54.29% -
75th Percentile £85.00 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £99.60 £40.16 £82.60
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 39,385 25,311 28,279
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.63% 90.87% 86.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,009 16,087 17,408
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £421
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 2,837 1,536 1,254
10th Percentile £13.99 £14.41 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.72 £17.87 £20.14
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.05%
75th Percentile £67.84 £47.22 £66.61
90th Percentile £80.00 £67.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -

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 25 September 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 25 September 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 25 September 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 +42 435 £550 +3.19% 651
North of England +81 330 £519 +3.80% 285
South East +14 275 £560 +16.97% 262
North West +43 155 £525 -4.55% 160
Midlands +41 155 £475 +3.83% 139
South West +35 143 £575 +3.60% 122
Yorkshire +31 123 £500 - 79
West Midlands +24 111 £525 +16.67% 85
East of England +22 87 £525 +31.25% 79
North East +8 63 £600 -7.69% 48
East Midlands +23 42 £450 -3.23% 54
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 (4.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 45 (3.12%) SharePoint
3 31 (2.15%) Confluence
4 13 (0.90%) CICS
5 12 (0.83%) Apache
6 9 (0.62%) SAS
7 7 (0.49%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.42%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.35%) nginx
9 5 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
12 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.14%) IIS
12 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.069%) JBoss
13 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.069%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.069%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.069%) Houdini
6 1 (0.069%) NUKE
6 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (0.55%) 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
1 483 (33.50%) Azure
2 263 (18.24%) AWS
3 154 (10.68%) Entra ID
4 127 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
5 108 (7.49%) GCP
6 91 (6.31%) GitHub
7 80 (5.55%) IaaS
8 68 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
9 67 (4.65%) OCI
10 57 (3.95%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.12%) SaaS
12 37 (2.57%) PaaS
13 36 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
14 32 (2.22%) Azure AKS
15 31 (2.15%) OpenShift
16 28 (1.94%) Power Platform
17 27 (1.87%) Azure Sentinel
18 26 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
19 23 (1.60%) AWS CloudFormation
20 21 (1.46%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 235 (16.30%) DNS
2 227 (15.74%) Firewall
3 140 (9.71%) DHCP
4 94 (6.52%) VPN
5 87 (6.03%) Network Security
6 83 (5.76%) TCP/IP
7 65 (4.51%) SAN
7 65 (4.51%) VLAN
8 64 (4.44%) WAN
9 48 (3.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 41 (2.84%) BIG-IP
11 38 (2.64%) Wi-Fi
12 37 (2.57%) LAN
13 35 (2.43%) BGP
13 35 (2.43%) SD-WAN
14 32 (2.22%) SSL
15 29 (2.01%) OSPF
16 28 (1.94%) VXLAN
17 27 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
18 26 (1.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.23%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.53%) Oracle Exadata
2 22 (1.53%) Power BI
3 21 (1.46%) Data Lake
4 20 (1.39%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.11%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.97%) Metadata
7 14 (0.97%) RDBMS
8 13 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.62%) Pentaho
11 8 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.42%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.28%) Db2
14 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 74 (5.13%) GitLab
2 59 (4.09%) Git
3 57 (3.95%) JIRA
4 53 (3.68%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.42%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.28%) Chocolatey
6 4 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
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%) Selenium
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.069%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.069%) Snyk
9 1 (0.069%) Terragrunt
General
1 246 (17.06%) Social Skills
2 149 (10.33%) Finance
3 104 (7.21%) Public Sector
4 88 (6.10%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (3.88%) Banking
7 29 (2.01%) Telecoms
8 24 (1.66%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.32%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.25%) Military
11 16 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.04%) Retail
13 13 (0.90%) Law
14 12 (0.83%) Legal
14 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.69%) Automotive
15 10 (0.69%) Marketing
16 6 (0.42%) Billing
16 6 (0.42%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 898 (62.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 286 (19.83%) Senior
3 221 (15.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 151 (10.47%) Cloud Engineer
5 112 (7.77%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 91 (6.31%) Azure Engineer
7 74 (5.13%) Network Engineer
8 71 (4.92%) Lead
9 62 (4.30%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 60 (4.16%) Architect
11 59 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
12 48 (3.33%) VMware Engineer
13 46 (3.19%) Security Engineer
14 43 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
15 41 (2.84%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 35 (2.43%) Support Engineer
16 35 (2.43%) Test Engineer
17 33 (2.29%) IT Engineer
17 33 (2.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
18 31 (2.15%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (21.84%) Terraform
2 29 (2.01%) ARM Templates
3 24 (1.66%) REST
4 21 (1.46%) Kafka
5 15 (1.04%) YAML
6 14 (0.97%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 13 (0.90%) JSON
7 13 (0.90%) SAML
8 12 (0.83%) 802.1X
8 12 (0.83%) Middleware
8 12 (0.83%) OpenID
9 11 (0.76%) LDAP
10 10 (0.69%) Loki
10 10 (0.69%) OAuth
11 8 (0.55%) .NET
11 8 (0.55%) Elastic Stack
11 8 (0.55%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.55%) Web Services
12 7 (0.49%) SOAP
13 5 (0.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 148 (10.26%) Data Centre
2 105 (7.28%) Hybrid Cloud
3 72 (4.99%) Cloud Native
4 61 (4.23%) PKI
5 56 (3.88%) Public Cloud
6 53 (3.68%) Onboarding
7 45 (3.12%) Replication
8 36 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
9 35 (2.43%) Private Cloud
10 30 (2.08%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
11 27 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
12 25 (1.73%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
14 22 (1.53%) Clustering
15 21 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
16 19 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
17 17 (1.18%) Product Ownership
18 14 (0.97%) Mainframe
18 14 (0.97%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 385 (26.70%) Windows
2 282 (19.56%) Linux
3 261 (18.10%) Windows Server
4 61 (4.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.60%) Unix
6 19 (1.32%) CentOS
6 19 (1.32%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.32%) VMS
6 19 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.18%) Android
7 17 (1.18%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.18%) Windows 10
8 14 (0.97%) AIX
8 14 (0.97%) Rocky
8 14 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.90%) zOS
10 12 (0.83%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.42%) Windows Server 2003
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 375 (26.01%) Infrastructure as Code
2 302 (20.94%) CI/CD
3 296 (20.53%) DevOps
4 192 (13.31%) Migration
5 187 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (11.51%) Platform Engineering
7 138 (9.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 132 (9.15%) Stakeholder Management
9 128 (8.88%) Agile
10 127 (8.81%) Infrastructure Automation
11 109 (7.56%) Observability
12 107 (7.42%) AI
13 104 (7.21%) Disaster Recovery
14 103 (7.14%) ITIL
14 103 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
15 102 (7.07%) Cybersecurity
15 102 (7.07%) High Availability
16 96 (6.66%) Project Delivery
17 86 (5.96%) Validation
18 84 (5.83%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 244 (16.92%) Python
2 243 (16.85%) PowerShell
3 119 (8.25%) Bash
4 69 (4.79%) SQL
5 61 (4.23%) Bicep
6 38 (2.64%) Java
7 16 (1.11%) C#
8 15 (1.04%) Go
8 15 (1.04%) Shell Script
9 14 (0.97%) ActionScript
10 10 (0.69%) C++
11 9 (0.62%) Perl
12 7 (0.49%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.42%) C
13 6 (0.42%) JCL
13 6 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
14 4 (0.28%) JavaScript
15 3 (0.21%) Groovy
16 2 (0.14%) COBOL
16 2 (0.14%) Korn
Qualifications
1 557 (38.63%) Security Cleared
2 342 (23.72%) SC Cleared
3 212 (14.70%) DV Cleared
4 60 (4.16%) Degree
5 46 (3.19%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (2.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (1.87%) AWS Certification
8 22 (1.53%) CISSP
8 22 (1.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (1.25%) CCNA
9 18 (1.25%) CCNP
9 18 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (0.90%) MCSE
10 13 (0.90%) VCAP
11 12 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 11 (0.76%) PMP
13 10 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 9 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.47%) QA
2 34 (2.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.53%) NCSC
4 21 (1.46%) NIST
5 18 (1.25%) SLA
6 17 (1.18%) Data Quality
7 15 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.69%) PMO
9 9 (0.62%) GRC
10 8 (0.55%) JSP 440
10 8 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) IASME
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.069%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.069%) FedRAMP
14 1 (0.069%) GDPR
14 1 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 275 (19.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 264 (18.31%) Active Directory
3 110 (7.63%) Hyper-V
4 83 (5.76%) vSphere
5 78 (5.41%) VMware ESXi
6 74 (5.13%) Docker
7 60 (4.16%) Virtual Machines
8 35 (2.43%) VMware NSX
9 29 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
11 14 (0.97%) NFS
11 14 (0.97%) Virtual Servers
12 13 (0.90%) Firmware
13 11 (0.76%) KVM
14 6 (0.42%) oVirt
15 5 (0.35%) BitLocker
15 5 (0.35%) Ceph
15 5 (0.35%) GPFS
16 4 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 201 (13.94%) Ansible
2 188 (13.04%) Kubernetes
3 84 (5.83%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (3.47%) SCCM
5 43 (2.98%) vCenter Server
6 35 (2.43%) Grafana
7 30 (2.08%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.46%) Puppet
9 19 (1.32%) Argo
9 19 (1.32%) Nessus
9 19 (1.32%) WSUS
10 17 (1.18%) NetBackup
10 17 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
11 15 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
11 15 (1.04%) SCOM
12 14 (0.97%) Data Guard
13 13 (0.90%) Progress Chef
14 12 (0.83%) Packer
14 12 (0.83%) VxRail
15 10 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 361 (25.03%) Microsoft
2 346 (23.99%) VMware
3 86 (5.96%) Cisco
4 60 (4.16%) Citrix
5 58 (4.02%) F5
5 58 (4.02%) Oracle
6 49 (3.40%) NetApp
7 45 (3.12%) Google
8 42 (2.91%) Red Hat
9 41 (2.84%) Palo Alto
10 40 (2.77%) Veeam
11 30 (2.08%) ServiceNow
12 25 (1.73%) Dell
13 24 (1.66%) Arista
14 23 (1.60%) Aruba
15 22 (1.53%) Tenable
16 19 (1.32%) CyberArk
16 19 (1.32%) Juniper
17 18 (1.25%) IBM
17 18 (1.25%) Zscaler