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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 160 119
Rank change year-on-year +75 -41 -26
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,441 497 636
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 1.79% 1.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 1.97% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 886 329 449
10th Percentile £361 £300 £328
25th Percentile £450 £381 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £670 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 10 16
10th Percentile £33.64 £25.70 £52.84
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £67.50
Median hourly rate £72.54 £32.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +126.69% -54.29% -
75th Percentile £87.16 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £40.16 £91.00
UK median hourly rate £73.27 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +128.97% -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 39,251 25,237 27,768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.73% 90.91% 86.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,728 16,010 16,947
10th Percentile £325 £297 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £642
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,965 1,563 1,177
10th Percentile £13.82 £14.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.57 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.50 £25.15 £41.08
% change year-on-year +53.08% -38.77% -3.91%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 +41 432 £550 +2.61% 687
North of England +70 334 £533 +6.50% 304
South East +20 281 £559 +20.16% 289
North West +51 162 £550 +10.00% 177
Midlands +39 148 £481 +1.32% 139
South West +37 145 £575 +3.60% 142
Yorkshire +31 116 £500 - 79
West Midlands +18 106 £500 +3.09% 85
East of England +24 85 £537 +37.29% 101
North East +13 67 £600 -7.69% 50
East Midlands +24 40 £450 -3.23% 54
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 57 (3.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 48 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.43%) Confluence
4 12 (0.83%) Apache
4 12 (0.83%) CICS
5 9 (0.62%) SAS
6 7 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.49%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.42%) nginx
8 5 (0.35%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.14%) CMS
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.069%) Documentum
12 1 (0.069%) JBoss
12 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
1 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.62%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.35%) AutoCAD
3 5 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) MicroStation
5 2 (0.14%) Revit
6 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.069%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.069%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.069%) Houdini
6 1 (0.069%) NUKE
6 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
1 491 (34.07%) Azure
2 259 (17.97%) AWS
3 167 (11.59%) Entra ID
4 134 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 111 (7.70%) GCP
6 97 (6.73%) GitHub
7 86 (5.97%) IaaS
8 68 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (4.72%) OCI
9 60 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
10 41 (2.85%) SaaS
11 40 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
12 35 (2.43%) PaaS
13 31 (2.15%) Azure AKS
13 31 (2.15%) OpenShift
14 29 (2.01%) Power Platform
15 28 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
16 26 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
17 22 (1.53%) Amazon S3
17 22 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 237 (16.45%) DNS
2 227 (15.75%) Firewall
3 141 (9.78%) DHCP
4 95 (6.59%) VPN
5 91 (6.32%) Network Security
6 85 (5.90%) TCP/IP
7 66 (4.58%) WAN
8 63 (4.37%) SAN
9 61 (4.23%) VLAN
10 49 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 43 (2.98%) BIG-IP
12 42 (2.91%) Wi-Fi
13 40 (2.78%) LAN
14 37 (2.57%) SD-WAN
15 34 (2.36%) BGP
16 32 (2.22%) SSL
17 28 (1.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
17 28 (1.94%) OSPF
18 27 (1.87%) VXLAN
19 26 (1.80%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.51%) SQL Server
2 23 (1.60%) Power BI
3 22 (1.53%) Data Lake
3 22 (1.53%) Oracle Exadata
4 21 (1.46%) Oracle Database
5 18 (1.25%) Relational Database
6 17 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.97%) Metadata
7 14 (0.97%) RDBMS
8 13 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.62%) Pentaho
12 8 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.42%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.28%) Big Data
15 4 (0.28%) MongoDB
15 4 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 75 (5.20%) GitLab
2 60 (4.16%) Git
3 59 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 59 (4.09%) JIRA
4 7 (0.49%) Artifactory
5 5 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.28%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.21%) JUnit
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.14%) MLflow
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.069%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.069%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 247 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 158 (10.96%) Finance
3 104 (7.22%) Public Sector
4 88 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.96%) Documentation Skills
6 56 (3.89%) Banking
7 32 (2.22%) Telecoms
8 22 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 16 (1.11%) Aerospace
9 16 (1.11%) Military
10 15 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
10 15 (1.04%) Retail
11 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (0.76%) Automotive
12 11 (0.76%) Law
13 10 (0.69%) Legal
13 10 (0.69%) Marketing
14 7 (0.49%) Billing
14 7 (0.49%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 885 (61.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 282 (19.57%) Senior
3 219 (15.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 153 (10.62%) Cloud Engineer
5 115 (7.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 97 (6.73%) Azure Engineer
7 73 (5.07%) Network Engineer
8 71 (4.93%) Lead
9 69 (4.79%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 64 (4.44%) DevOps Engineer
11 59 (4.09%) Architect
12 49 (3.40%) Security Engineer
13 48 (3.33%) VMware Engineer
14 43 (2.98%) Platform Engineer
15 38 (2.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 37 (2.57%) Test Engineer
17 36 (2.50%) Support Engineer
18 33 (2.29%) Infrastructure Support
19 32 (2.22%) IT Engineer
19 32 (2.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 313 (21.72%) Terraform
2 30 (2.08%) ARM Templates
3 27 (1.87%) REST
4 23 (1.60%) Kafka
5 15 (1.04%) YAML
6 14 (0.97%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (0.83%) 802.1X
7 12 (0.83%) JSON
7 12 (0.83%) Middleware
8 11 (0.76%) LDAP
8 11 (0.76%) Loki
8 11 (0.76%) OAuth
8 11 (0.76%) OpenID
8 11 (0.76%) SAML
9 10 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (0.62%) .NET
11 8 (0.56%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.56%) Web Services
12 7 (0.49%) SOAP
13 5 (0.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 157 (10.90%) Data Centre
2 101 (7.01%) Hybrid Cloud
3 78 (5.41%) Cloud Native
4 59 (4.09%) PKI
5 55 (3.82%) Public Cloud
6 54 (3.75%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.91%) Replication
8 33 (2.29%) Private Cloud
9 32 (2.22%) Management Information System
10 31 (2.15%) Enterprise Storage
11 29 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
12 27 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
13 26 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
13 26 (1.80%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
15 21 (1.46%) Clustering
16 19 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
17 17 (1.18%) Product Ownership
18 14 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
19 13 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 376 (26.09%) Windows
2 278 (19.29%) Linux
3 253 (17.56%) Windows Server
4 60 (4.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.60%) Unix
6 19 (1.32%) CentOS
6 19 (1.32%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.32%) VMS
6 19 (1.32%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (1.11%) Android
8 15 (1.04%) Apple iOS
9 14 (0.97%) AIX
9 14 (0.97%) Rocky
9 14 (0.97%) Windows 10
9 14 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.83%) zOS
11 11 (0.76%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (26.09%) Infrastructure as Code
2 304 (21.10%) CI/CD
3 294 (20.40%) DevOps
4 194 (13.46%) Migration
5 185 (12.84%) Problem-Solving
6 169 (11.73%) Platform Engineering
7 141 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 141 (9.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 135 (9.37%) Agile
9 122 (8.47%) Infrastructure Automation
10 110 (7.63%) Cybersecurity
11 109 (7.56%) Observability
12 106 (7.36%) Disaster Recovery
13 104 (7.22%) AI
14 102 (7.08%) ITIL
14 102 (7.08%) Technical Leadership
15 98 (6.80%) High Availability
16 97 (6.73%) Project Delivery
17 85 (5.90%) Configuration Management
18 82 (5.69%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 250 (17.35%) PowerShell
2 248 (17.21%) Python
3 122 (8.47%) Bash
4 72 (5.00%) SQL
5 57 (3.96%) Bicep
6 39 (2.71%) Java
7 18 (1.25%) C#
8 16 (1.11%) ActionScript
8 16 (1.11%) Go
9 13 (0.90%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.69%) C++
11 9 (0.62%) Perl
12 7 (0.49%) Kusto Query Language
13 6 (0.42%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.35%) C
14 5 (0.35%) JavaScript
14 5 (0.35%) JCL
15 2 (0.14%) COBOL
15 2 (0.14%) Korn
15 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 541 (37.54%) Security Cleared
2 331 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 204 (14.16%) DV Cleared
4 61 (4.23%) Degree
5 44 (3.05%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
6 30 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 28 (1.94%) AWS Certification
8 23 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 22 (1.53%) CISSP
10 21 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
11 18 (1.25%) CCNP
12 16 (1.11%) CCNA
13 14 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
13 14 (0.97%) VCAP
14 12 (0.83%) PMI Certification
15 11 (0.76%) MCSE
15 11 (0.76%) PMP
16 10 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
17 9 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.75%) QA
2 37 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (1.67%) NIST
4 18 (1.25%) SLA
5 17 (1.18%) Data Quality
5 17 (1.18%) NCSC
6 14 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.69%) PCI DSS
7 10 (0.69%) PMO
8 9 (0.62%) GRC
9 8 (0.56%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 3 (0.21%) ISO 19650
11 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) IASME
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.069%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.069%) GDPR
System Software
1 274 (19.01%) VMware Infrastructure
2 261 (18.11%) Active Directory
3 108 (7.49%) Hyper-V
4 81 (5.62%) vSphere
5 78 (5.41%) Docker
6 76 (5.27%) VMware ESXi
7 66 (4.58%) Virtual Machines
8 35 (2.43%) VMware NSX
9 29 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (1.18%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
12 12 (0.83%) Firmware
13 11 (0.76%) KVM
13 11 (0.76%) NFS
14 6 (0.42%) oVirt
15 5 (0.35%) Ceph
15 5 (0.35%) GPFS
15 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 202 (14.02%) Ansible
2 189 (13.12%) Kubernetes
3 83 (5.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 48 (3.33%) SCCM
5 41 (2.85%) vCenter Server
6 39 (2.71%) Grafana
7 32 (2.22%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.46%) Puppet
9 20 (1.39%) Argo
10 19 (1.32%) Nessus
11 18 (1.25%) WSUS
12 17 (1.18%) NetBackup
13 16 (1.11%) Progress Chef
13 16 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
14 15 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
15 14 (0.97%) Data Guard
16 12 (0.83%) SCOM
16 12 (0.83%) VxRail
17 11 (0.76%) Packer
18 10 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 365 (25.33%) Microsoft
2 342 (23.73%) VMware
3 82 (5.69%) Cisco
4 61 (4.23%) F5
5 60 (4.16%) Oracle
6 56 (3.89%) Citrix
7 50 (3.47%) NetApp
8 47 (3.26%) Google
9 44 (3.05%) Red Hat
10 43 (2.98%) Veeam
11 41 (2.85%) Palo Alto
12 29 (2.01%) ServiceNow
13 24 (1.67%) Dell
14 23 (1.60%) Arista
14 23 (1.60%) Aruba
15 22 (1.53%) Tenable
16 19 (1.32%) Commvault
16 19 (1.32%) CyberArk
17 18 (1.25%) SolarWinds
18 17 (1.18%) Juniper