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 22 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 137 149 88
Rank change year-on-year +12 -61 +39
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 629 494 891
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.94% 1.84% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.06% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 339 649
10th Percentile £313 £321 £310
25th Percentile £406 £391 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -2.04%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% -1.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 12 40
10th Percentile £26.13 £27.22 £21.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £55.19 £23.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -45.60% +35.34% -14.48%
75th Percentile £70.50 £69.57 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.00 £108.18 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £50.59
% change year-on-year -45.60% +23.54% -6.31%

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 28,535 23,973 32,137
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.13% 89.35% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,262 14,701 21,581
10th Percentile £305 £310 £300
25th Percentile £410 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,781 779 1,693
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £34.50 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.10% -9.21% +8.57%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £75.16
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -13.33% +17.19%

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 22 January 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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -43 200 £550 - 84
South East -9 119 £479 +6.39% 131
North of England -13 113 £474 -0.32% 98
South West +17 98 £550 -6.38% 85
Yorkshire -10 65 £475 -5.00% 47
East of England +3 44 £438 -27.08% 50
North West -17 44 £472 +12.60% 33
Midlands -41 37 £454 -9.30% 65
West Midlands -37 28 £487 -17.11% 29
East Midlands -21 9 £415 -17.00% 36
North East -12 5 £500 - 20
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 50 (7.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 14 (2.23%) Apache
4 11 (1.75%) Confluence
4 11 (1.75%) TPMS
5 10 (1.59%) IIS
6 5 (0.79%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.32%) iPlanet
8 2 (0.32%) JBoss
8 2 (0.32%) nginx
8 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.32%) Traefik
8 2 (0.32%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.32%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.16%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.16%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.43%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.32%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 8 (1.27%) Maximo
2 4 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 215 (34.18%) Azure
2 127 (20.19%) AWS
3 94 (14.94%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (10.65%) Entra ID
5 38 (6.04%) GCP
6 34 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (4.61%) OpenShift
8 28 (4.45%) IaaS
9 26 (4.13%) GitHub
10 25 (3.97%) Amazon S3
11 24 (3.82%) Azure Monitor
11 24 (3.82%) PaaS
12 23 (3.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 21 (3.34%) Serverless
14 20 (3.18%) Azure Sentinel
15 17 (2.70%) Amazon EC2
15 17 (2.70%) AWS CloudFormation
16 16 (2.54%) GitHub Actions
16 16 (2.54%) Nutanix
17 15 (2.38%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 121 (19.24%) Firewall
2 81 (12.88%) DNS
3 61 (9.70%) VPN
4 56 (8.90%) TCP/IP
5 48 (7.63%) DHCP
6 42 (6.68%) WAN
7 37 (5.88%) Network Security
8 36 (5.72%) Wi-Fi
9 35 (5.56%) VLAN
10 33 (5.25%) SAN
11 32 (5.09%) LAN
12 28 (4.45%) SSL
13 14 (2.23%) MPLS
14 13 (2.07%) SSH
15 11 (1.75%) SNMP
16 10 (1.59%) 4G
16 10 (1.59%) BGP
16 10 (1.59%) Fibre Channel
16 10 (1.59%) NAS
16 10 (1.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 9 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.79%) Big Data
5 5 (0.79%) Power BI
5 5 (0.79%) RDBMS
6 4 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.64%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (0.64%) MySQL
6 4 (0.64%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.48%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.48%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.32%) MariaDB
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 32 (5.09%) Jenkins
2 29 (4.61%) Git
3 26 (4.13%) GitLab
4 17 (2.70%) JIRA
5 4 (0.64%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.32%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.32%) CA Release Automation
6 2 (0.32%) GoCD
6 2 (0.32%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.16%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.16%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.16%) MLflow
7 1 (0.16%) MSI
General
1 132 (20.99%) Social Skills
2 90 (14.31%) Finance
3 61 (9.70%) Public Sector
4 60 (9.54%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (4.77%) Documentation Skills
6 28 (4.45%) Banking
7 13 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (2.07%) Military
8 9 (1.43%) Billing
8 9 (1.43%) Legal
9 8 (1.27%) Local Government
9 8 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.11%) Retail
11 6 (0.95%) Aerospace
11 6 (0.95%) Aviation
11 6 (0.95%) Spanish Language
12 5 (0.79%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.64%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.64%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 408 (64.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (13.83%) Senior
3 68 (10.81%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 52 (8.27%) Infrastructure Support
5 49 (7.79%) Support Engineer
6 45 (7.15%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 43 (6.84%) Network Engineer
8 42 (6.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 41 (6.52%) Azure Engineer
10 31 (4.93%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 26 (4.13%) VMware Engineer
12 25 (3.97%) Cloud Engineer
13 24 (3.82%) Automation Engineer
14 23 (3.66%) IT Engineer
14 23 (3.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 23 (3.66%) Security Engineer
15 22 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
15 22 (3.50%) Platform Engineer
16 21 (3.34%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
17 18 (2.86%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.54%) SAML
2 15 (2.38%) ARM Templates
3 14 (2.23%) OpenID
4 13 (2.07%) REST
5 10 (1.59%) Middleware
6 9 (1.43%) Kafka
6 9 (1.43%) OAuth
7 7 (1.11%) OAuth2
8 6 (0.95%) LDAP
8 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Graph
9 5 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.79%) RESTful
10 4 (0.64%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.64%) gRPC
10 4 (0.64%) NumPy
10 4 (0.64%) Pandas
10 4 (0.64%) SOAP
10 4 (0.64%) Web Services
10 4 (0.64%) YAML
11 3 (0.48%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.09%) Data Centre
2 31 (4.93%) Replication
3 29 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (4.61%) PKI
4 23 (3.66%) Private Cloud
5 22 (3.50%) Onboarding
6 16 (2.54%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 15 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.75%) Clustering
9 11 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.59%) Enterprise Storage
11 7 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.11%) Management Information System
11 7 (1.11%) NHS
11 7 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 6 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.79%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 224 (35.61%) Windows
2 138 (21.94%) Linux
3 119 (18.92%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (3.34%) Unix
6 20 (3.18%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.23%) Ubuntu
8 13 (2.07%) VMS
9 10 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.11%) Android
12 6 (0.95%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.79%) CentOS
14 4 (0.64%) Mac OS
14 4 (0.64%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (0.32%) Debian
15 2 (0.32%) SUSE
15 2 (0.32%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (20.03%) DevOps
2 115 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (17.01%) CI/CD
4 106 (16.85%) Infrastructure as Code
5 82 (13.04%) ITIL
6 68 (10.81%) Migration
7 63 (10.02%) Agile
8 59 (9.38%) Containerisation
8 59 (9.38%) High Availability
9 58 (9.22%) Cybersecurity
10 53 (8.43%) Disaster Recovery
10 53 (8.43%) Infrastructure Automation
11 49 (7.79%) Observability
12 47 (7.47%) Platform Engineering
13 38 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (5.56%) Project Delivery
15 32 (5.09%) Change Management
16 31 (4.93%) Analytics
16 31 (4.93%) RBAC
17 30 (4.77%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 102 (16.22%) Python
2 97 (15.42%) PowerShell
3 50 (7.95%) Bash
4 24 (3.82%) SQL
5 23 (3.66%) Java
6 21 (3.34%) Bicep
7 13 (2.07%) Shell Script
8 12 (1.91%) Perl
9 9 (1.43%) Go
10 7 (1.11%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.95%) PHP
11 6 (0.95%) Ruby
12 5 (0.79%) C++
13 4 (0.64%) C#
14 3 (0.48%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.32%) Groovy
15 2 (0.32%) Scala
16 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.16%) VB
16 1 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 193 (30.68%) Security Cleared
2 119 (18.92%) SC Cleared
3 75 (11.92%) DV Cleared
4 40 (6.36%) Azure Certification
5 37 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (4.45%) Degree
7 20 (3.18%) CISSP
8 19 (3.02%) CISM
9 18 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (2.38%) Network+ Certification
11 12 (1.91%) CCNP
11 12 (1.91%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (1.75%) AWS Certification
12 11 (1.75%) CCNA
12 11 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.75%) FFIEC
13 9 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (3.82%) NIST
2 22 (3.50%) GDPR
3 16 (2.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (2.38%) PCI DSS
5 13 (2.07%) SLA
6 11 (1.75%) GLBA
7 10 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (1.27%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.48%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.32%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.32%) COBIT
10 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.32%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.32%) QA
11 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.16%) ISO 19650
11 1 (0.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 143 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 117 (18.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (10.49%) Docker
4 62 (9.86%) Hyper-V
5 27 (4.29%) vSphere
6 17 (2.70%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (2.38%) Virtual Machines
8 12 (1.91%) Virtual Desktop
9 9 (1.43%) VMware NSX
10 8 (1.27%) NFS
11 5 (0.79%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.64%) Firmware
13 3 (0.48%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.32%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.32%) QEMU
14 2 (0.32%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.32%) Tivoli Directory Server
15 1 (0.16%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 139 (22.10%) Terraform
2 95 (15.10%) Kubernetes
3 83 (13.20%) Ansible
4 64 (10.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 55 (8.74%) SCCM
6 27 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
7 20 (3.18%) Grafana
7 20 (3.18%) vCenter Server
8 15 (2.38%) Red Hat Satellite
9 14 (2.23%) FortiGate
10 13 (2.07%) Prometheus
11 10 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (1.27%) Dell DRAC
12 8 (1.27%) VxRail
13 7 (1.11%) Istio
14 6 (0.95%) AirWatch
14 6 (0.95%) CASB
14 6 (0.95%) Nessus
14 6 (0.95%) SCOrch
14 6 (0.95%) vRealize
Vendors
1 207 (32.91%) Microsoft
2 164 (26.07%) VMware
3 41 (6.52%) Cisco
3 41 (6.52%) Palo Alto
4 37 (5.88%) Red Hat
5 30 (4.77%) Dell
6 26 (4.13%) F5
6 26 (4.13%) Google
7 24 (3.82%) ServiceNow
7 24 (3.82%) Splunk
8 22 (3.50%) Veeam
9 21 (3.34%) IBM
10 19 (3.02%) Citrix
11 16 (2.54%) CheckPoint
12 15 (2.38%) Thales
13 14 (2.23%) Fortinet
13 14 (2.23%) Oracle
13 14 (2.23%) SolarWinds
14 13 (2.07%) NetApp
15 12 (1.91%) Aruba