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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 120 92
Rank change year-on-year -13 -28 +34
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 765 540 888
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.03% 2.23% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.45% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 549 379 648
10th Percentile £325 £324 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £530 £484
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +9.56% -3.25%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £602
90th Percentile £669 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £509 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +5.00% -0.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 11 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £53.22 £37.21
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -26.32%
75th Percentile £76.50 £70.96 £63.44
90th Percentile £83.03 £200.00 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £68.52 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +9.63% +35.34% -23.73%

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 32,472 22,014 32,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.22% 90.86% 86.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,793 14,527 21,615
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 1,988 846 2,159
10th Percentile £15.37 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £20.33 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £76.55 £76.72 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +9.38% -1.54% -9.72%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -32 228 £550 +4.76% 89
North of England -23 155 £482 -8.29% 100
South East -9 146 £505 -8.18% 87
South West +8 117 £550 -2.22% 64
Yorkshire -10 93 £463 -11.90% 32
Midlands -39 63 £450 +12.50% 44
North West -26 56 £491 -6.48% 59
East of England -19 42 £475 -13.64% 27
West Midlands -46 35 £466 +24.27% 32
East Midlands -16 28 £450 - 12
North East -14 6 £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 55 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.22%) Confluence
2 17 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.57%) Apache
4 10 (1.31%) TPMS
5 8 (1.05%) IIS
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.39%) CICS
6 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 13 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Maximo
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 247 (32.29%) Azure
2 113 (14.77%) AWS
3 93 (12.16%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (9.41%) Entra ID
5 54 (7.06%) GCP
6 49 (6.41%) GitHub
7 45 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.97%) IaaS
9 33 (4.31%) PaaS
10 31 (4.05%) OpenShift
10 31 (4.05%) Serverless
11 30 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
12 28 (3.66%) Azure Monitor
13 25 (3.27%) Azure AKS
14 22 (2.88%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (2.75%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (2.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (2.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 20 (2.61%) Nutanix
17 17 (2.22%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 125 (16.34%) Firewall
2 88 (11.50%) DNS
3 62 (8.10%) VPN
4 51 (6.67%) DHCP
5 40 (5.23%) Network Security
6 38 (4.97%) WAN
7 33 (4.31%) LAN
8 32 (4.18%) TCP/IP
9 31 (4.05%) SAN
10 27 (3.53%) VLAN
11 22 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
12 17 (2.22%) MPLS
12 17 (2.22%) SSL
13 13 (1.70%) BGP
13 13 (1.70%) NAS
13 13 (1.70%) SSH
14 12 (1.57%) SNMP
15 11 (1.44%) Fibre Channel
15 11 (1.44%) iSCSI
16 10 (1.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.18%) DynamoDB
4 8 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.52%) Big Data
7 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.52%) Power BI
8 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.39%) DB2
8 3 (0.39%) MySQL
8 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.39%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (4.58%) Jenkins
2 31 (4.05%) GitLab
2 31 (4.05%) JIRA
3 25 (3.27%) Git
4 6 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.13%) GoCD
6 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.13%) Introscope
6 1 (0.13%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 142 (18.56%) Social Skills
2 90 (11.76%) Finance
3 65 (8.50%) Public Sector
4 53 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.23%) Banking
6 33 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.61%) Military
8 19 (2.48%) Legal
9 13 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.05%) Billing
10 8 (1.05%) Retail
11 6 (0.78%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.52%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.52%) Front Office
13 4 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.39%) Local Government
14 3 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 473 (61.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (12.94%) Senior
3 75 (9.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (7.45%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (5.75%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 41 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (4.71%) Network Engineer
7 36 (4.71%) VMware Engineer
8 31 (4.05%) Automation Engineer
9 28 (3.66%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (3.40%) Architect
10 26 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support
10 26 (3.40%) Support Engineer
11 24 (3.14%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (3.14%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (2.88%) Linux Engineer
13 21 (2.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 21 (2.75%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.27%) REST
2 16 (2.09%) ARM Templates
3 15 (1.96%) SOAP
4 11 (1.44%) OAuth
5 10 (1.31%) SAML
6 9 (1.18%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.05%) OpenID
7 8 (1.05%) Web Services
8 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.92%) Kafka
8 7 (0.92%) LDAP
9 5 (0.65%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.65%) Middleware
10 4 (0.52%) ADO
10 4 (0.52%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.39%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.39%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.36%) Data Centre
1 41 (5.36%) PKI
2 40 (5.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 30 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 28 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 25 (3.27%) Replication
6 22 (2.88%) Private Cloud
7 21 (2.75%) Cloud Native
8 20 (2.61%) Enterprise Storage
9 17 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.70%) Clustering
12 7 (0.92%) DataPower
12 7 (0.92%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.78%) CCTV
13 6 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (0.78%) Operational Technology
13 6 (0.78%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 234 (30.59%) Windows
2 133 (17.39%) Windows Server
3 132 (17.25%) Linux
4 25 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.35%) Unix
6 17 (2.22%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.96%) VMS
8 14 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (1.70%) Windows 10
9 13 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.78%) CentOS
10 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.39%) Android
11 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.39%) Debian
11 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.39%) zOS
12 2 (0.26%) SUSE
12 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (19.87%) DevOps
2 137 (17.91%) Infrastructure as Code
3 127 (16.60%) CI/CD
4 105 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (11.90%) Migration
6 83 (10.85%) Agile
7 74 (9.67%) Containerisation
8 67 (8.76%) Platform Engineering
9 66 (8.63%) ITIL
10 64 (8.37%) High Availability
11 63 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
12 62 (8.10%) Cybersecurity
13 61 (7.97%) Infrastructure Automation
14 54 (7.06%) Project Delivery
15 47 (6.14%) Observability
16 45 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
17 39 (5.10%) Cloud Security
18 37 (4.84%) RBAC
19 36 (4.71%) Change Management
19 36 (4.71%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 134 (17.52%) PowerShell
2 119 (15.56%) Python
3 58 (7.58%) Bash
4 30 (3.92%) SQL
5 28 (3.66%) Bicep
6 24 (3.14%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.57%) Java
8 11 (1.44%) C#
9 9 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.18%) PHP
10 7 (0.92%) Ruby
11 5 (0.65%) C++
11 5 (0.65%) Perl
12 4 (0.52%) Go
13 3 (0.39%) Groovy
13 3 (0.39%) JCL
14 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 267 (34.90%) Security Cleared
2 160 (20.92%) SC Cleared
3 109 (14.25%) DV Cleared
4 32 (4.18%) Azure Certification
4 32 (4.18%) Degree
5 27 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (2.75%) CISSP
8 19 (2.48%) CISM
9 15 (1.96%) CCNA
9 15 (1.96%) CCNP
10 14 (1.83%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 10 (1.31%) FFIEC
13 9 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
14 7 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
16 5 (0.65%) GIAC
16 5 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.31%) NIST
2 25 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.35%) GDPR
4 16 (2.09%) PCI DSS
5 15 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.44%) SLA
7 10 (1.31%) GLBA
8 8 (1.05%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.65%) QA
10 4 (0.52%) NCSC
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.13%) PMO
13 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 160 (20.92%) Active Directory
2 149 (19.48%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (8.89%) Docker
4 60 (7.84%) Hyper-V
5 44 (5.75%) vSphere
6 39 (5.10%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (3.01%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (2.35%) VMware NSX
9 10 (1.31%) NFS
10 8 (1.05%) BitLocker
11 6 (0.78%) Firmware
11 6 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.39%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.39%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.26%) QEMU
13 2 (0.26%) SRDF
14 1 (0.13%) Postfix
14 1 (0.13%) UAG
14 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 153 (20.00%) Terraform
2 131 (17.12%) Kubernetes
3 83 (10.85%) Ansible
4 64 (8.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 46 (6.01%) SCCM
6 33 (4.31%) vCenter Server
7 28 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (2.48%) Grafana
9 16 (2.09%) Prometheus
9 16 (2.09%) Puppet
10 11 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.31%) Istio
11 10 (1.31%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.31%) SCOM
12 9 (1.18%) VxRail
13 8 (1.05%) Packer
13 8 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
13 8 (1.05%) vRealize
14 7 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (0.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 218 (28.50%) Microsoft
2 197 (25.75%) VMware
3 48 (6.27%) Cisco
4 44 (5.75%) Citrix
5 34 (4.44%) Red Hat
6 32 (4.18%) Dell
6 32 (4.18%) Google
6 32 (4.18%) ServiceNow
7 31 (4.05%) NetApp
8 29 (3.79%) Fortinet
9 28 (3.66%) Veeam
10 23 (3.01%) Splunk
11 20 (2.61%) Palo Alto
12 18 (2.35%) F5
12 18 (2.35%) IBM
13 16 (2.09%) Thales
14 14 (1.83%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.70%) Aruba
16 12 (1.57%) Oracle
17 10 (1.31%) Juniper