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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 125 85
Rank change year-on-year -3 -40 +43
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 827 537 923
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.11% 2.20% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 2.42% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 375 673
10th Percentile £350 £311 £285
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.24% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 11 37
10th Percentile £42.05 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £53.22 £37.63
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -27.66%
75th Percentile £78.75 £70.96 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.21 £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -25.05%

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 33,539 22,147 32,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.75% 90.94% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,506 14,596 21,405
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £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 2,075 867 2,189
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.91 £19.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%
75th Percentile £65.74 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.80 £76.25 £70.78
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -14 241 £550 +4.76% 89
North of England -20 164 £487 -7.24% 100
South East -11 156 £515 -4.19% 87
South West +12 123 £550 -4.35% 64
Yorkshire -13 102 £478 -9.05% 32
Midlands -25 75 £450 +12.50% 44
North West -22 55 £509 -3.14% 59
East of England -10 53 £475 -10.38% 27
West Midlands -40 41 £485 +40.43% 32
East Midlands -12 34 £450 - 12
North East -16 8 £500 +36.99% 9
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 60 (7.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.45%) Apache
3 12 (1.45%) Confluence
4 9 (1.09%) TPMS
5 7 (0.85%) IIS
6 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.36%) CICS
7 2 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.24%) nginx
8 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.12%) SAS
8 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.85%) Maximo
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 260 (31.44%) Azure
2 129 (15.60%) AWS
3 91 (11.00%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (8.95%) Entra ID
5 58 (7.01%) GCP
6 50 (6.05%) GitHub
7 47 (5.68%) IaaS
8 42 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
8 42 (5.08%) PaaS
9 34 (4.11%) OpenShift
10 33 (3.99%) Serverless
11 31 (3.75%) GitHub Actions
12 27 (3.26%) Azure AKS
12 27 (3.26%) SaaS
13 26 (3.14%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (2.90%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
15 23 (2.78%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 21 (2.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 21 (2.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 128 (15.48%) Firewall
2 106 (12.82%) DNS
3 63 (7.62%) DHCP
3 63 (7.62%) VPN
4 44 (5.32%) Network Security
5 35 (4.23%) SAN
6 33 (3.99%) WAN
7 31 (3.75%) LAN
8 30 (3.63%) TCP/IP
8 30 (3.63%) VLAN
9 18 (2.18%) SSL
9 18 (2.18%) Wi-Fi
10 16 (1.93%) MPLS
10 16 (1.93%) NAS
11 13 (1.57%) BGP
11 13 (1.57%) Fibre Channel
11 13 (1.57%) iSCSI
12 12 (1.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
13 11 (1.33%) SNMP
14 10 (1.21%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.21%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.09%) DynamoDB
3 9 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.48%) Big Data
7 4 (0.48%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.48%) Power BI
8 3 (0.36%) DB2
8 3 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.36%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.36%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.24%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.24%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (4.11%) Jenkins
2 31 (3.75%) GitLab
3 28 (3.39%) Git
3 28 (3.39%) JIRA
4 6 (0.73%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.24%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.12%) GoCD
6 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.12%) Introscope
6 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.12%) MSI
6 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 145 (17.53%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.52%) Finance
3 71 (8.59%) Public Sector
4 56 (6.77%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (4.84%) Banking
6 30 (3.63%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.66%) Military
8 20 (2.42%) Legal
9 12 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.21%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.97%) Billing
11 8 (0.97%) Retail
12 6 (0.73%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.60%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.48%) Front Office
14 4 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.36%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.36%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 527 (63.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 116 (14.03%) Senior
3 83 (10.04%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 60 (7.26%) Azure Engineer
5 52 (6.29%) Cloud Engineer
6 47 (5.68%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 38 (4.59%) Network Engineer
7 38 (4.59%) VMware Engineer
8 33 (3.99%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (3.75%) Automation Engineer
9 31 (3.75%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (3.39%) Architect
10 28 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
11 26 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 25 (3.02%) Support Engineer
13 24 (2.90%) Infrastructure Support
13 24 (2.90%) Platform Engineer
14 23 (2.78%) IT Engineer
14 23 (2.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (2.66%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.02%) REST
2 15 (1.81%) ARM Templates
2 15 (1.81%) SOAP
3 12 (1.45%) SAML
4 11 (1.33%) OAuth
5 10 (1.21%) OpenID
6 9 (1.09%) OAuth2
7 8 (0.97%) Web Services
8 7 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.85%) Kafka
8 7 (0.85%) LDAP
9 5 (0.60%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.60%) Middleware
10 4 (0.48%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.48%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.36%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.36%) AWS CDK
11 3 (0.36%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.36%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.36%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.44%) PKI
2 42 (5.08%) Data Centre
3 41 (4.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (3.99%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.39%) Private Cloud
6 27 (3.26%) Replication
7 26 (3.14%) Enterprise Storage
7 26 (3.14%) Onboarding
8 24 (2.90%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.69%) Clustering
12 9 (1.09%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.97%) Mainframe
14 7 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.85%) CCTV
14 7 (0.85%) DataPower
14 7 (0.85%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.85%) Product Ownership
15 6 (0.73%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 255 (30.83%) Windows
2 149 (18.02%) Windows Server
3 143 (17.29%) Linux
4 26 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.06%) Ubuntu
5 17 (2.06%) Windows Server 2016
6 15 (1.81%) Unix
6 15 (1.81%) VMS
6 15 (1.81%) Windows 10
6 15 (1.81%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.57%) Apple iOS
9 12 (1.45%) Android
10 8 (0.97%) Mac OS
11 7 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
12 6 (0.73%) CentOS
13 4 (0.48%) Debian
14 3 (0.36%) zOS
15 2 (0.24%) SUSE
15 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (20.07%) DevOps
2 149 (18.02%) Infrastructure as Code
3 134 (16.20%) CI/CD
4 116 (14.03%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (12.45%) Migration
6 85 (10.28%) Agile
7 77 (9.31%) Containerisation
8 75 (9.07%) Platform Engineering
9 72 (8.71%) High Availability
10 67 (8.10%) ITIL
11 66 (7.98%) Infrastructure Automation
12 65 (7.86%) Disaster Recovery
13 60 (7.26%) Cybersecurity
14 54 (6.53%) Project Delivery
15 50 (6.05%) Observability
16 45 (5.44%) Cloud Security
16 45 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (4.96%) Validation
18 39 (4.72%) Zero Trust
19 37 (4.47%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 140 (16.93%) PowerShell
2 116 (14.03%) Python
3 59 (7.13%) Bash
4 33 (3.99%) SQL
5 31 (3.75%) Bicep
6 25 (3.02%) Shell Script
7 13 (1.57%) C#
8 11 (1.33%) Java
9 9 (1.09%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.09%) PHP
10 7 (0.85%) Ruby
11 4 (0.48%) C++
11 4 (0.48%) Go
11 4 (0.48%) Groovy
11 4 (0.48%) Perl
12 3 (0.36%) JCL
13 2 (0.24%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 308 (37.24%) Security Cleared
2 188 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 127 (15.36%) DV Cleared
4 33 (3.99%) Degree
5 31 (3.75%) Azure Certification
6 28 (3.39%) Microsoft Certification
7 27 (3.26%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (2.30%) CISSP
9 17 (2.06%) CISM
10 16 (1.93%) CCNA
11 14 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.69%) CCNP
11 14 (1.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 9 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.09%) FFIEC
13 8 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.60%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.60%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.87%) NIST
2 25 (3.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.06%) GDPR
4 16 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.81%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.33%) SLA
7 9 (1.09%) GLBA
8 8 (0.97%) NCSC
8 8 (0.97%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.85%) QA
10 4 (0.48%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.24%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.12%) PMO
System Software
1 168 (20.31%) Active Directory
2 162 (19.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (8.34%) Docker
4 68 (8.22%) Hyper-V
5 46 (5.56%) vSphere
6 40 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (2.54%) VMware NSX
9 19 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.57%) NFS
11 10 (1.21%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.85%) Firmware
12 7 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.48%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.36%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.24%) Postfix
15 2 (0.24%) QEMU
15 2 (0.24%) SRDF
15 2 (0.24%) Varnish
16 1 (0.12%) iptables
Systems Management
1 162 (19.59%) Terraform
2 138 (16.69%) Kubernetes
3 85 (10.28%) Ansible
4 67 (8.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (5.68%) SCCM
6 33 (3.99%) vCenter Server
7 25 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (2.18%) Grafana
9 17 (2.06%) Puppet
10 14 (1.69%) Prometheus
11 12 (1.45%) SCOM
12 11 (1.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (1.21%) Istio
13 10 (1.21%) Packer
13 10 (1.21%) Progress Chef
14 9 (1.09%) VxRail
14 9 (1.09%) WSUS
15 8 (0.97%) vRealize
16 7 (0.85%) AirWatch
16 7 (0.85%) vMotion
Vendors
1 231 (27.93%) Microsoft
2 211 (25.51%) VMware
3 53 (6.41%) Cisco
4 47 (5.68%) Citrix
5 38 (4.59%) NetApp
6 34 (4.11%) Red Hat
7 32 (3.87%) Dell
7 32 (3.87%) Google
8 31 (3.75%) ServiceNow
8 31 (3.75%) Veeam
9 26 (3.14%) Fortinet
10 22 (2.66%) Splunk
11 20 (2.42%) F5
12 19 (2.30%) Palo Alto
13 17 (2.06%) IBM
14 16 (1.93%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.57%) Thales
16 12 (1.45%) Oracle
17 11 (1.33%) Juniper
18 9 (1.09%) EMC