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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 161 128
Rank change year-on-year +76 -33 -36
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,451 509 632
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.10% 1.80% 1.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.65% 1.98% 2.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 901 339 441
10th Percentile £363 £300 £329
25th Percentile £450 £384 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £670 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 10 16
10th Percentile £25.59 £25.70 £57.01
25th Percentile £56.64 £29.00 £67.50
Median hourly rate £71.74 £32.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.20% -54.29% -
75th Percentile £92.21 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £40.16 £91.00
UK median hourly rate £71.74 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +124.20% -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 39,797 25,656 27,726
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.00% 90.96% 86.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,013 16,263 16,907
10th Percentile £325 £296 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,100 1,620 1,099
10th Percentile £13.54 £14.64 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%
75th Percentile £67.25 £45.00 £66.80
90th Percentile £79.00 £67.55 £74.09
UK median hourly rate £37.24 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +48.07% -37.13% -10.11%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +38 439 £550 +2.61% 69
North of England +73 335 £525 +5.00% 98
South East +19 288 £569 +26.44% 98
North West +52 168 £538 +13.88% 60
South West +39 151 £575 +3.60% 51
Midlands +31 138 £475 +3.83% 45
Yorkshire +27 112 £500 - 27
West Midlands +16 101 £488 +8.33% 30
East of England +26 85 £513 +28.13% 19
North East +12 65 £600 -7.69% 13
East Midlands +21 35 £456 -1.88% 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 56 (3.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (3.31%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.62%) Confluence
4 12 (0.83%) Apache
4 12 (0.83%) CICS
5 7 (0.48%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.48%) WebSphere
6 6 (0.41%) nginx
6 6 (0.41%) SAS
6 6 (0.41%) SharePoint Server
7 5 (0.34%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.28%) CMS
9 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
10 2 (0.14%) IIS
10 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.069%) Documentum
11 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.62%) 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
1 496 (34.18%) Azure
2 247 (17.02%) AWS
3 178 (12.27%) Entra ID
4 133 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (7.03%) GCP
6 95 (6.55%) GitHub
7 85 (5.86%) IaaS
8 70 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
9 68 (4.69%) OCI
10 59 (4.07%) GitHub Actions
11 44 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
12 36 (2.48%) SaaS
13 35 (2.41%) OpenShift
14 32 (2.21%) PaaS
15 30 (2.07%) Azure AKS
16 29 (2.00%) Amazon EKS
17 28 (1.93%) Azure Sentinel
18 27 (1.86%) Power Platform
19 23 (1.59%) Amazon S3
20 22 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 236 (16.26%) DNS
2 234 (16.13%) Firewall
3 138 (9.51%) DHCP
4 94 (6.48%) VPN
5 92 (6.34%) Network Security
6 90 (6.20%) TCP/IP
7 64 (4.41%) WAN
8 63 (4.34%) SAN
9 57 (3.93%) VLAN
10 48 (3.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 44 (3.03%) BIG-IP
12 42 (2.89%) Wi-Fi
13 39 (2.69%) LAN
14 35 (2.41%) SD-WAN
15 34 (2.34%) BGP
16 31 (2.14%) SSL
17 28 (1.93%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 28 (1.93%) OSPF
18 27 (1.86%) VXLAN
19 26 (1.79%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.55%) SQL Server
2 24 (1.65%) Oracle Database
3 22 (1.52%) Oracle Exadata
4 20 (1.38%) Power BI
5 19 (1.31%) Data Lake
5 19 (1.31%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.03%) RDBMS
7 14 (0.96%) NoSQL
8 11 (0.76%) Metadata
8 11 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
9 10 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.41%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.41%) Pentaho
12 5 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.28%) Big Data
13 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 76 (5.24%) GitLab
2 65 (4.48%) JIRA
3 61 (4.20%) Git
4 59 (4.07%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.48%) Artifactory
6 6 (0.41%) Sonatype Nexus
7 4 (0.28%) Chocolatey
8 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
8 3 (0.21%) JUnit
8 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
9 2 (0.14%) MLflow
9 2 (0.14%) Selenium
9 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
10 1 (0.069%) Snyk
10 1 (0.069%) Terragrunt
General
1 260 (17.92%) Social Skills
2 166 (11.44%) Finance
3 106 (7.31%) Public Sector
4 95 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (3.86%) Banking
6 54 (3.72%) Documentation Skills
7 34 (2.34%) Telecoms
8 18 (1.24%) Manufacturing
9 15 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (1.03%) Legal
9 15 (1.03%) Military
9 15 (1.03%) Retail
10 13 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (0.83%) Aerospace
11 12 (0.83%) Automotive
12 11 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (0.76%) Law
13 10 (0.69%) Marketing
14 7 (0.48%) Billing
14 7 (0.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 885 (60.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 279 (19.23%) Senior
3 223 (15.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 157 (10.82%) Cloud Engineer
5 119 (8.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 103 (7.10%) Azure Engineer
7 75 (5.17%) Lead
8 74 (5.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 67 (4.62%) Network Engineer
10 62 (4.27%) DevOps Engineer
11 55 (3.79%) Architect
12 53 (3.65%) Security Engineer
13 46 (3.17%) VMware Engineer
14 44 (3.03%) Platform Engineer
15 38 (2.62%) Test Engineer
16 36 (2.48%) Support Engineer
17 33 (2.27%) Infrastructure Support
17 33 (2.27%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
18 30 (2.07%) IT Engineer
18 30 (2.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 323 (22.26%) Terraform
2 35 (2.41%) ARM Templates
3 32 (2.21%) REST
4 22 (1.52%) Kafka
5 15 (1.03%) YAML
6 14 (0.96%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 13 (0.90%) LDAP
7 13 (0.90%) Middleware
8 12 (0.83%) 802.1X
8 12 (0.83%) JSON
9 11 (0.76%) .NET
9 11 (0.76%) Loki
9 11 (0.76%) OAuth
9 11 (0.76%) OpenID
9 11 (0.76%) SAML
10 10 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
10 10 (0.69%) Web Services
11 9 (0.62%) SOAP
12 8 (0.55%) ModSecurity
13 5 (0.34%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 158 (10.89%) Data Centre
2 105 (7.24%) Hybrid Cloud
3 73 (5.03%) Cloud Native
4 62 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 62 (4.27%) PKI
5 54 (3.72%) Public Cloud
6 44 (3.03%) Replication
7 32 (2.21%) Management Information System
8 31 (2.14%) Enterprise Storage
9 29 (2.00%) Linux Command Line
10 28 (1.93%) Private Cloud
10 28 (1.93%) Security Posture
11 27 (1.86%) Distributed Systems
11 27 (1.86%) Enterprise Cloud
12 22 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (1.45%) Clustering
13 21 (1.45%) Product Ownership
14 19 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
15 15 (1.03%) Cyber Threat
15 15 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 372 (25.64%) Windows
2 287 (19.78%) Linux
3 252 (17.37%) Windows Server
4 61 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.59%) Unix
6 20 (1.38%) VMS
6 20 (1.38%) Windows Server 2019
7 19 (1.31%) CentOS
7 19 (1.31%) Ubuntu
8 14 (0.96%) AIX
8 14 (0.96%) Rocky
9 12 (0.83%) Windows 10
9 12 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.83%) zOS
10 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.48%) Android
12 6 (0.41%) Apple iOS
12 6 (0.41%) macOS
13 5 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (26.60%) Infrastructure as Code
2 305 (21.02%) CI/CD
3 294 (20.26%) DevOps
4 196 (13.51%) Migration
5 178 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
6 172 (11.85%) Platform Engineering
7 154 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 153 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 141 (9.72%) Agile
10 123 (8.48%) Infrastructure Automation
11 119 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
11 119 (8.20%) Observability
12 114 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
13 109 (7.51%) ITIL
14 100 (6.89%) AI
15 99 (6.82%) High Availability
16 97 (6.69%) Project Delivery
16 97 (6.69%) Technical Leadership
17 88 (6.06%) Configuration Management
18 86 (5.93%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 263 (18.13%) PowerShell
2 252 (17.37%) Python
3 127 (8.75%) Bash
4 72 (4.96%) SQL
5 64 (4.41%) Bicep
6 36 (2.48%) Java
7 19 (1.31%) C#
8 16 (1.10%) ActionScript
8 16 (1.10%) Go
9 13 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.69%) C++
11 9 (0.62%) Perl
12 8 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.41%) 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
1 546 (37.63%) Security Cleared
2 329 (22.67%) SC Cleared
3 208 (14.33%) DV Cleared
4 63 (4.34%) Degree
5 44 (3.03%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 28 (1.93%) AWS Certification
7 28 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (1.59%) CISSP
9 22 (1.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 21 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.24%) CCNP
12 17 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 16 (1.10%) CCNA
14 14 (0.96%) VCAP
15 12 (0.83%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.76%) MCSE
16 11 (0.76%) PMP
17 10 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 9 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.72%) QA
2 37 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (1.59%) NIST
4 19 (1.31%) SLA
5 16 (1.10%) NCSC
6 14 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.69%) PMO
8 9 (0.62%) GRC
9 8 (0.55%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) GDPR
13 2 (0.14%) IASME
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 19650
14 1 (0.069%) GLBA
14 1 (0.069%) NIST 800
System Software
1 271 (18.68%) Active Directory
2 265 (18.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 102 (7.03%) Hyper-V
4 82 (5.65%) vSphere
5 81 (5.58%) Docker
6 73 (5.03%) VMware ESXi
7 69 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
8 32 (2.21%) VMware NSX
9 28 (1.93%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.03%) Oracle RAC
12 12 (0.83%) Firmware
13 11 (0.76%) KVM
13 11 (0.76%) NFS
14 6 (0.41%) oVirt
15 5 (0.34%) Ceph
15 5 (0.34%) GPFS
15 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 202 (13.92%) Ansible
2 187 (12.89%) Kubernetes
3 88 (6.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 54 (3.72%) SCCM
5 40 (2.76%) Grafana
6 39 (2.69%) vCenter Server
7 32 (2.21%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.45%) Puppet
9 19 (1.31%) Nessus
10 18 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (1.17%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.10%) Argo
12 16 (1.10%) Progress Chef
13 15 (1.03%) Data Guard
13 15 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
13 15 (1.03%) WSUS
14 13 (0.90%) VxRail
15 12 (0.83%) FortiGate
15 12 (0.83%) SCOM
16 10 (0.69%) Packer
Vendors
1 378 (26.05%) Microsoft
2 333 (22.95%) VMware
3 80 (5.51%) Cisco
4 63 (4.34%) Oracle
5 62 (4.27%) F5
6 52 (3.58%) Citrix
7 48 (3.31%) NetApp
8 47 (3.24%) Google
8 47 (3.24%) Red Hat
9 43 (2.96%) Palo Alto
10 42 (2.89%) Veeam
11 29 (2.00%) ServiceNow
12 25 (1.72%) Dell
13 23 (1.59%) Arista
13 23 (1.59%) Aruba
14 22 (1.52%) Tenable
15 19 (1.31%) Commvault
15 19 (1.31%) CyberArk
16 17 (1.17%) IBM
16 17 (1.17%) Juniper