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

 6 months to
29 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 124 86
Rank change year-on-year -37 -38 +44
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 546 613 983
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.78% 1.98% 2.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.26% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 420 715
10th Percentile £293 £325 £313
25th Percentile £380 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £618
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £494 £515 £500
% change year-on-year -4.13% +3.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 39
10th Percentile £27.20 £36.47 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.50 £58.20 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £67.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.63% +12.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £77.13 £70.00 £75.77
90th Percentile £84.80 £91.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.69% +8.33% +8.11%

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 27,575 27,131 34,572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.77% 87.57% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,561 16,585 23,601
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £418 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £502 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,784 990 1,459
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £14.63
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.27 £19.18
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.02 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.17% -21.31% +19.85%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.04 £43.84
% change year-on-year -23.87% -24.65% +25.26%

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 29 November 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 29 November 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 29 November 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 -23 207 £533 -3.09% 92
South East -13 107 £450 -3.40% 132
North of England -29 81 £500 +5.26% 57
South West +2 64 £550 - 64
Midlands -42 40 £420 -26.96% 40
Yorkshire -11 39 £500 +11.11% 30
North West -28 39 £500 +5.26% 22
East of England -5 34 £406 -16.67% 31
West Midlands -25 31 £425 -26.09% 28
East Midlands -21 9 £415 -17.00% 12
North East -4 4 £466 - 6
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 40 (7.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (2.38%) Confluence
3 12 (2.20%) Apache
4 10 (1.83%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.65%) IIS
6 7 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
7 6 (1.10%) TPMS
8 5 (0.92%) WebSphere
8 5 (0.92%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.37%) iPlanet
9 2 (0.37%) JBoss
9 2 (0.37%) nginx
9 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.37%) Traefik
10 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 214 (39.19%) Azure
2 120 (21.98%) AWS
3 78 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (13.00%) Entra ID
5 37 (6.78%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (6.78%) GitHub
6 30 (5.49%) GCP
7 28 (5.13%) Amazon S3
8 27 (4.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 24 (4.40%) IaaS
10 23 (4.21%) PaaS
11 21 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (3.85%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (3.85%) SaaS
11 21 (3.85%) Serverless
12 20 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
13 17 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 16 (2.93%) Google Workspace
14 16 (2.93%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 14 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 111 (20.33%) Firewall
2 86 (15.75%) DNS
3 59 (10.81%) TCP/IP
4 49 (8.97%) DHCP
5 47 (8.61%) VPN
6 38 (6.96%) WAN
7 37 (6.78%) VLAN
8 34 (6.23%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (5.49%) SSL
10 28 (5.13%) Network Security
11 25 (4.58%) SAN
12 23 (4.21%) LAN
13 11 (2.01%) SD-WAN
14 10 (1.83%) 4G
14 10 (1.83%) Wireless
15 8 (1.47%) BGP
15 8 (1.47%) MPLS
15 8 (1.47%) SSH
16 6 (1.10%) HTTP
16 6 (1.10%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.10%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.92%) Oracle Database
3 5 (0.92%) Power BI
4 4 (0.73%) DynamoDB
4 4 (0.73%) MySQL
5 3 (0.55%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.55%) Big Data
5 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.55%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.55%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.37%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.37%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.37%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 38 (6.96%) Jenkins
2 29 (5.31%) Git
3 28 (5.13%) GitLab
4 18 (3.30%) JIRA
5 5 (0.92%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.55%) Log4j
6 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.37%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) GoCD
8 1 (0.18%) Gradle
8 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.18%) MLflow
8 1 (0.18%) MSI
8 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 137 (25.09%) Social Skills
2 85 (15.57%) Finance
3 56 (10.26%) Public Sector
4 48 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (4.95%) Banking
6 24 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.75%) Military
9 9 (1.65%) Legal
10 8 (1.47%) Law
10 8 (1.47%) Retail
11 7 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.28%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.10%) Aviation
12 6 (1.10%) Local Government
12 6 (1.10%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.10%) Spanish Language
13 5 (0.92%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.73%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 346 (63.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 85 (15.57%) Senior
3 62 (11.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 48 (8.79%) Infrastructure Support
5 44 (8.06%) Support Engineer
6 43 (7.88%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (7.33%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 36 (6.59%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (6.59%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 35 (6.41%) Network Engineer
10 33 (6.04%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (3.85%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 21 (3.85%) VMware Engineer
12 20 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (3.66%) IT Engineer
12 20 (3.66%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.66%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.48%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.11%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
15 16 (2.93%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.48%) SAML
2 16 (2.93%) Middleware
3 14 (2.56%) ARM Templates
4 13 (2.38%) OpenID
4 13 (2.38%) YAML
5 12 (2.20%) OAuth
6 10 (1.83%) Kafka
7 9 (1.65%) REST
8 7 (1.28%) ADO
8 7 (1.28%) OAuth2
8 7 (1.28%) RESTful
9 6 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.10%) JMS
9 6 (1.10%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.92%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.92%) LDAP
11 4 (0.73%) gRPC
12 3 (0.55%) GWT
12 3 (0.55%) Oracle GoldenGate
12 3 (0.55%) Pandas
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 33 (6.04%) Data Centre
3 27 (4.95%) Replication
4 26 (4.76%) PKI
5 20 (3.66%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.11%) Private Cloud
7 15 (2.75%) Cloud Native
8 14 (2.56%) Public Cloud
9 13 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
10 9 (1.65%) Clustering
10 9 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.47%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.47%) Security Posture
12 7 (1.28%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.28%) NHS
13 6 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.10%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 215 (39.38%) Windows
2 132 (24.18%) Linux
3 109 (19.96%) Windows Server
4 26 (4.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (4.21%) Unix
6 21 (3.85%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.56%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.83%) VMS
9 9 (1.65%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.47%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.28%) Android
11 7 (1.28%) CentOS
12 6 (1.10%) Apple iOS
12 6 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (1.10%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.55%) SUSE
13 3 (0.55%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
15 1 (0.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (21.06%) DevOps
2 113 (20.70%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (19.60%) Infrastructure as Code
4 101 (18.50%) CI/CD
5 64 (11.72%) Migration
6 62 (11.36%) ITIL
7 55 (10.07%) Agile
8 50 (9.16%) High Availability
9 49 (8.97%) Containerisation
10 44 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
10 44 (8.06%) Infrastructure Automation
11 38 (6.96%) Observability
12 37 (6.78%) Platform Engineering
13 35 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
14 33 (6.04%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (5.31%) Stakeholder Management
16 27 (4.95%) DevSecOps
17 26 (4.76%) Analytics
17 26 (4.76%) RBAC
18 25 (4.58%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 126 (23.08%) Python
2 102 (18.68%) PowerShell
3 63 (11.54%) Bash
4 25 (4.58%) SQL
5 24 (4.40%) Java
6 17 (3.11%) Bicep
7 15 (2.75%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.56%) Go
8 14 (2.56%) Perl
9 5 (0.92%) C++
10 4 (0.73%) Ruby
11 3 (0.55%) C#
11 3 (0.55%) Groovy
11 3 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.18%) C
13 1 (0.18%) Scala
13 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) VB
13 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 167 (30.59%) Security Cleared
2 106 (19.41%) SC Cleared
3 61 (11.17%) DV Cleared
4 37 (6.78%) Azure Certification
5 32 (5.86%) Degree
5 32 (5.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.30%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.20%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.20%) CCNA
8 12 (2.20%) Server+ Certification
9 11 (2.01%) CCNP
10 9 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.65%) CISSP
11 8 (1.47%) CISM
12 6 (1.10%) FFIEC
13 5 (0.92%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.56%) GDPR
2 12 (2.20%) NIST
3 11 (2.01%) SLA
4 8 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.28%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.10%) GLBA
7 5 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.92%) QA
8 3 (0.55%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.55%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.37%) COBIT
9 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) NCSC
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 142 (26.01%) Active Directory
2 104 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 62 (11.36%) Docker
4 54 (9.89%) Hyper-V
5 31 (5.68%) vSphere
6 26 (4.76%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.65%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.55%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.55%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.37%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.37%) Firmware
12 2 (0.37%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.37%) Tivoli Directory Server
13 1 (0.18%) etcd
13 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 138 (25.27%) Terraform
2 78 (14.29%) Ansible
3 67 (12.27%) Kubernetes
4 57 (10.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 56 (10.26%) SCCM
6 25 (4.58%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (3.85%) Grafana
8 20 (3.66%) vCenter Server
9 18 (3.30%) Prometheus
10 15 (2.75%) FortiGate
11 13 (2.38%) Red Hat Satellite
12 12 (2.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (1.65%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (1.28%) CASB
14 7 (1.28%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (1.28%) SCOM
14 7 (1.28%) SCOrch
14 7 (1.28%) vRealize
15 5 (0.92%) Istio
15 5 (0.92%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 179 (32.78%) Microsoft
2 149 (27.29%) VMware
3 35 (6.41%) Palo Alto
3 35 (6.41%) Red Hat
4 34 (6.23%) Cisco
4 34 (6.23%) Google
5 27 (4.95%) Dell
5 27 (4.95%) F5
6 23 (4.21%) Splunk
7 19 (3.48%) ServiceNow
8 18 (3.30%) Citrix
8 18 (3.30%) IBM
9 17 (3.11%) Veeam
10 16 (2.93%) CheckPoint
11 15 (2.75%) Fortinet
12 14 (2.56%) Oracle
12 14 (2.56%) Zscaler
13 13 (2.38%) Aruba
14 12 (2.20%) HP
15 11 (2.01%) SolarWinds
355 Infrastructure Engineering jobs in England