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

 6 months to
18 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 132 85
Rank change year-on-year +12 -47 +41
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 846 522 913
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.15% 2.13% 2.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 2.34% 2.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 591 368 678
10th Percentile £350 £309 £286
25th Percentile £425 £395 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £603 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £710
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 9 35
10th Percentile £37.00 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £51.06 £37.63
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -28.95%
75th Percentile £78.75 £73.75 £60.59
90th Percentile £79.38 £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -26.32%

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 33,651 22,305 32,263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.36% 91.07% 86.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,531 14,664 21,253
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,083 886 2,215
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.80 £12.85
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.51 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +32.29% -7.51% -6.66%
75th Percentile £67.13 £63.75 £58.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.38 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £30.00 £33.78
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.18% -5.92%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 -7 240 £543 +3.33% 89
North of England -11 169 £487 -7.24% 80
South East -2 154 £525 -4.55% 82
South West +9 124 £550 -2.22% 48
Yorkshire -8 107 £475 -9.52% 29
Midlands -19 84 £450 +12.50% 48
East of England 0 58 £475 -10.38% 29
North West -34 55 £525 +0.02% 35
West Midlands -37 49 £494 +43.04% 35
East Midlands -12 35 £450 - 11
North East -13 8 £500 +36.99% 17
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 61 (7.21%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.42%) Confluence
4 11 (1.30%) Apache
5 8 (0.95%) TPMS
6 6 (0.71%) IIS
7 4 (0.47%) CICS
7 4 (0.47%) SAS
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.24%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.24%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.24%) nginx
10 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.24%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.24%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.71%) Maximo
2 2 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 259 (30.61%) Azure
2 131 (15.48%) AWS
3 92 (10.87%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (8.63%) Entra ID
5 60 (7.09%) GCP
6 53 (6.26%) GitHub
7 47 (5.56%) IaaS
8 44 (5.20%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (4.85%) PaaS
10 34 (4.02%) GitHub Actions
10 34 (4.02%) Serverless
11 33 (3.90%) OpenShift
12 28 (3.31%) SaaS
13 27 (3.19%) Azure AKS
14 25 (2.96%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 24 (2.84%) AWS Lambda
15 24 (2.84%) Azure Monitor
16 22 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
17 21 (2.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 20 (2.36%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 126 (14.89%) Firewall
2 111 (13.12%) DNS
3 66 (7.80%) DHCP
4 63 (7.45%) VPN
5 45 (5.32%) Network Security
6 36 (4.26%) SAN
7 33 (3.90%) WAN
8 31 (3.66%) VLAN
9 30 (3.55%) LAN
9 30 (3.55%) TCP/IP
10 18 (2.13%) NAS
11 17 (2.01%) SSL
12 16 (1.89%) MPLS
13 14 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (1.54%) BGP
14 13 (1.54%) Fibre Channel
14 13 (1.54%) iSCSI
15 12 (1.42%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 10 (1.18%) SNMP
16 10 (1.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.18%) DynamoDB
2 10 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (0.83%) MongoDB
4 7 (0.83%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.83%) Power BI
5 6 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.59%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.47%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.47%) DB2
7 4 (0.47%) Metadata
8 3 (0.35%) Big Data
8 3 (0.35%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.35%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.35%) Pentaho
8 3 (0.35%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.24%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 34 (4.02%) Jenkins
2 33 (3.90%) GitLab
3 28 (3.31%) Git
3 28 (3.31%) JIRA
4 6 (0.71%) 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
1 142 (16.78%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.28%) Finance
3 74 (8.75%) Public Sector
4 54 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (4.96%) Banking
6 30 (3.55%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.60%) Military
8 19 (2.25%) Legal
9 12 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.30%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.06%) Retail
12 7 (0.83%) Billing
12 7 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 6 (0.71%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
15 4 (0.47%) Front Office
15 4 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.35%) Investment Banking
16 3 (0.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 537 (63.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 120 (14.18%) Senior
3 82 (9.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 58 (6.86%) Azure Engineer
5 52 (6.15%) Cloud Engineer
6 45 (5.32%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (4.61%) Network Engineer
8 37 (4.37%) VMware Engineer
9 32 (3.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (3.78%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 31 (3.66%) Architect
10 31 (3.66%) Automation Engineer
11 30 (3.55%) DevOps Engineer
12 26 (3.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (2.96%) Platform Engineer
14 24 (2.84%) IT Engineer
14 24 (2.84%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 23 (2.72%) Support Engineer
16 22 (2.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 22 (2.60%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (3.07%) REST
2 16 (1.89%) SOAP
3 14 (1.65%) ARM Templates
4 12 (1.42%) OAuth
4 12 (1.42%) SAML
5 10 (1.18%) OAuth2
5 10 (1.18%) OpenID
6 9 (1.06%) Web Services
7 8 (0.95%) Kafka
7 8 (0.95%) LDAP
8 7 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (0.59%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.59%) Middleware
10 4 (0.47%) ADO
10 4 (0.47%) JSON
10 4 (0.47%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
10 4 (0.47%) RESTful
10 4 (0.47%) WSDL
11 3 (0.35%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.32%) Data Centre
2 44 (5.20%) PKI
3 39 (4.61%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (3.90%) Public Cloud
5 32 (3.78%) Private Cloud
6 29 (3.43%) Cloud Native
7 27 (3.19%) Replication
8 26 (3.07%) Enterprise Storage
9 24 (2.84%) Onboarding
10 19 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
12 13 (1.54%) Clustering
13 10 (1.18%) Virtual Team
14 9 (1.06%) Mainframe
15 8 (0.95%) DataPower
16 7 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.83%) CCTV
16 7 (0.83%) Operational Technology
16 7 (0.83%) Product Ownership
17 6 (0.71%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 255 (30.14%) Windows
2 154 (18.20%) Windows Server
3 140 (16.55%) Linux
4 24 (2.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 16 (1.89%) Apple iOS
6 16 (1.89%) Ubuntu
6 16 (1.89%) VMS
7 15 (1.77%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (1.65%) Android
8 14 (1.65%) Unix
9 13 (1.54%) Windows 10
10 8 (0.95%) Mac OS
11 7 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (0.59%) CentOS
13 4 (0.47%) Debian
13 4 (0.47%) zOS
14 2 (0.24%) Data ONTAP
14 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (20.69%) DevOps
2 152 (17.97%) Infrastructure as Code
3 142 (16.78%) CI/CD
4 126 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (12.53%) Migration
6 89 (10.52%) Agile
7 82 (9.69%) Platform Engineering
8 77 (9.10%) Containerisation
9 69 (8.16%) High Availability
10 68 (8.04%) Infrastructure Automation
11 65 (7.68%) Disaster Recovery
12 64 (7.57%) ITIL
13 59 (6.97%) Cybersecurity
14 53 (6.26%) Project Delivery
15 49 (5.79%) Observability
16 46 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
17 44 (5.20%) Zero Trust
18 43 (5.08%) Cloud Security
19 40 (4.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 139 (16.43%) PowerShell
2 116 (13.71%) Python
3 56 (6.62%) Bash
4 32 (3.78%) SQL
5 31 (3.66%) Bicep
6 25 (2.96%) Shell Script
7 14 (1.65%) Java
8 13 (1.54%) C#
9 9 (1.06%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.06%) PHP
10 7 (0.83%) Ruby
11 4 (0.47%) C++
11 4 (0.47%) Go
11 4 (0.47%) Groovy
11 4 (0.47%) JCL
11 4 (0.47%) Perl
12 2 (0.24%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.24%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.24%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 318 (37.59%) Security Cleared
2 196 (23.17%) SC Cleared
3 128 (15.13%) DV Cleared
4 38 (4.49%) Degree
5 29 (3.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (3.31%) Azure Certification
7 27 (3.19%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (2.01%) CCNA
8 17 (2.01%) CISSP
9 15 (1.77%) CISM
9 15 (1.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (1.65%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.54%) CCNP
12 9 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.95%) FFIEC
14 6 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.59%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.59%) GIAC
15 5 (0.59%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.66%) NIST
2 24 (2.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 16 (1.89%) GDPR
4 14 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 10 (1.18%) NCSC
5 10 (1.18%) SLA
6 9 (1.06%) QA
7 8 (0.95%) GLBA
7 8 (0.95%) NIST 800
8 6 (0.71%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.24%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.24%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.12%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 171 (20.21%) Active Directory
2 169 (19.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (8.51%) Hyper-V
4 68 (8.04%) Docker
5 48 (5.67%) vSphere
6 43 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (2.84%) VMware NSX
8 23 (2.72%) Virtual Machines
9 20 (2.36%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.54%) NFS
11 10 (1.18%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.95%) Firmware
13 7 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.47%) Sendmail
15 3 (0.35%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.24%) Postfix
16 2 (0.24%) QEMU
16 2 (0.24%) SRDF
16 2 (0.24%) UAG
16 2 (0.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 163 (19.27%) Terraform
2 139 (16.43%) Kubernetes
3 87 (10.28%) Ansible
4 67 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 44 (5.20%) SCCM
6 37 (4.37%) vCenter Server
7 23 (2.72%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (2.01%) Grafana
8 17 (2.01%) Puppet
9 15 (1.77%) Prometheus
10 12 (1.42%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 12 (1.42%) SCOM
10 12 (1.42%) WSUS
11 10 (1.18%) Istio
11 10 (1.18%) Packer
11 10 (1.18%) Progress Chef
12 9 (1.06%) Nessus
12 9 (1.06%) VxRail
13 8 (0.95%) Argo
13 8 (0.95%) vRealize
Vendors
1 231 (27.30%) Microsoft
2 220 (26.00%) VMware
3 55 (6.50%) Cisco
4 49 (5.79%) Citrix
5 38 (4.49%) NetApp
6 32 (3.78%) Red Hat
7 31 (3.66%) Dell
7 31 (3.66%) Google
7 31 (3.66%) Veeam
8 29 (3.43%) ServiceNow
9 26 (3.07%) Fortinet
10 20 (2.36%) F5
11 19 (2.25%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.13%) Splunk
13 17 (2.01%) SolarWinds
14 16 (1.89%) IBM
15 12 (1.42%) Oracle
15 12 (1.42%) Thales
16 10 (1.18%) EMC
16 10 (1.18%) Juniper
361 Infrastructure Engineering jobs in England