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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 132 91
Rank change year-on-year -30 -41 +37
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 536 591 954
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 1.95% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.22% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 404 693
10th Percentile £291 £325 £313
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £618
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £483 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -5.85% +2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 38
10th Percentile £27.20 £34.01 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.50 £57.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £65.00 £59.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +10.18% +6.30%
75th Percentile £77.13 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £84.80 £95.20 £77.65
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £64.39 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.20% +7.32% +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 27,450 26,620 34,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.50% 87.73% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,481 16,323 23,332
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
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 1,780 955 1,444
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.24 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.14%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £74.95 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -24.14% +24.29%

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 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 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 -17 207 £530 -3.64% 104
South East -22 100 £450 - 173
North of England -35 80 £500 +5.26% 137
South West -5 64 £550 - 85
North West -25 39 £500 - 57
Midlands -33 39 £420 -25.33% 70
Yorkshire -18 38 £500 +11.11% 60
East of England -1 34 £406 -29.35% 68
West Midlands -25 30 £425 -26.09% 45
East Midlands -24 9 £415 -17.00% 22
North East -4 4 £466 - 21
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 39 (7.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.24%) Confluence
3 11 (2.05%) Apache
3 11 (2.05%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.49%) IIS
5 7 (1.31%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (1.12%) TPMS
7 3 (0.56%) WebSphere
7 3 (0.56%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.37%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.37%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.37%) iPlanet
8 2 (0.37%) JBoss
8 2 (0.37%) nginx
8 2 (0.37%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.37%) Traefik
9 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
9 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.56%) Maximo
3 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 214 (39.93%) Azure
2 119 (22.20%) AWS
3 78 (14.55%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (13.06%) Entra ID
5 37 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
5 37 (6.90%) GitHub
6 30 (5.60%) GCP
7 28 (5.22%) Amazon S3
8 27 (5.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 26 (4.85%) IaaS
10 24 (4.48%) PaaS
11 21 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
11 21 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
11 21 (3.92%) GitHub Actions
11 21 (3.92%) SaaS
11 21 (3.92%) Serverless
12 17 (3.17%) AWS CloudFormation
13 16 (2.99%) Google Workspace
13 16 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 14 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 112 (20.90%) Firewall
2 84 (15.67%) DNS
3 58 (10.82%) TCP/IP
4 48 (8.96%) DHCP
5 47 (8.77%) VPN
6 38 (7.09%) WAN
7 36 (6.72%) VLAN
8 34 (6.34%) Wi-Fi
9 28 (5.22%) Network Security
10 27 (5.04%) SSL
11 25 (4.66%) SAN
12 23 (4.29%) LAN
13 11 (2.05%) SD-WAN
14 10 (1.87%) 4G
14 10 (1.87%) Wireless
15 8 (1.49%) BGP
15 8 (1.49%) MPLS
15 8 (1.49%) SSH
16 6 (1.12%) HTTP
16 6 (1.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.12%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (0.93%) Oracle Database
3 5 (0.93%) Power BI
4 4 (0.75%) DynamoDB
4 4 (0.75%) MySQL
5 3 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.56%) Big Data
5 3 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.56%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.56%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.56%) 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 36 (6.72%) Jenkins
2 29 (5.41%) Git
3 27 (5.04%) GitLab
4 17 (3.17%) JIRA
5 5 (0.93%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.37%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.19%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.19%) CMake
8 1 (0.19%) GoCD
8 1 (0.19%) Gradle
8 1 (0.19%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.19%) Log4j
8 1 (0.19%) MLflow
8 1 (0.19%) MSI
8 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 132 (24.63%) Social Skills
2 84 (15.67%) Finance
3 54 (10.07%) Public Sector
4 49 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (5.04%) Banking
6 24 (4.48%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.80%) Military
9 8 (1.49%) Legal
9 8 (1.49%) Retail
10 7 (1.31%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.31%) Law
10 7 (1.31%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.12%) Aviation
11 6 (1.12%) Local Government
11 6 (1.12%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.12%) Spanish Language
12 5 (0.93%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.75%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 341 (63.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 85 (15.86%) Senior
3 62 (11.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 48 (8.96%) Infrastructure Support
5 43 (8.02%) Support Engineer
6 42 (7.84%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (7.46%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 35 (6.53%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (6.53%) Network Engineer
8 35 (6.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (5.97%) Cloud Engineer
10 21 (3.92%) DevOps Engineer
10 21 (3.92%) IT Engineer
10 21 (3.92%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (3.73%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (3.73%) Platform Engineer
11 20 (3.73%) VMware Engineer
12 18 (3.36%) Security Engineer
13 16 (2.99%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 15 (2.80%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.99%) SAML
2 15 (2.80%) Middleware
3 14 (2.61%) ARM Templates
4 13 (2.43%) OpenID
5 12 (2.24%) YAML
6 9 (1.68%) Kafka
6 9 (1.68%) OAuth
6 9 (1.68%) REST
7 7 (1.31%) ADO
7 7 (1.31%) RESTful
8 6 (1.12%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (1.12%) Microsoft Graph
8 6 (1.12%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.93%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.75%) gRPC
10 4 (0.75%) JMS
11 3 (0.56%) AWT
11 3 (0.56%) LDAP
11 3 (0.56%) NumPy
11 3 (0.56%) Rendezvous
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.16%) Data Centre
1 33 (6.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (5.04%) Replication
3 24 (4.48%) PKI
4 20 (3.73%) Onboarding
5 17 (3.17%) Private Cloud
6 14 (2.61%) Public Cloud
7 13 (2.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.43%) Cloud Native
8 9 (1.68%) Clustering
9 8 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 8 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 8 (1.49%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
10 7 (1.31%) NHS
10 7 (1.31%) Security Posture
11 6 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
11 6 (1.12%) Mainframe
11 6 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 212 (39.55%) Windows
2 129 (24.07%) Linux
3 109 (20.34%) Windows Server
4 25 (4.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (4.29%) Unix
6 21 (3.92%) Windows 10
7 13 (2.43%) Ubuntu
8 9 (1.68%) Mac OS
8 9 (1.68%) VMS
9 8 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (1.31%) Android
11 6 (1.12%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.93%) CentOS
12 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
12 5 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
13 3 (0.56%) SUSE
14 2 (0.37%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
14 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2003
15 1 (0.19%) AIX
15 1 (0.19%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (21.27%) DevOps
2 111 (20.71%) Problem-Solving
3 108 (20.15%) Infrastructure as Code
4 98 (18.28%) CI/CD
5 64 (11.94%) ITIL
6 62 (11.57%) Migration
7 52 (9.70%) Agile
8 49 (9.14%) High Availability
9 47 (8.77%) Containerisation
10 44 (8.21%) Infrastructure Automation
11 43 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
12 38 (7.09%) Observability
13 37 (6.90%) Platform Engineering
14 36 (6.72%) Disaster Recovery
15 31 (5.78%) Continuous Improvement
16 28 (5.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 27 (5.04%) DevSecOps
18 26 (4.85%) Analytics
19 25 (4.66%) Task Automation
20 24 (4.48%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 126 (23.51%) Python
2 102 (19.03%) PowerShell
3 63 (11.75%) Bash
4 25 (4.66%) SQL
5 24 (4.48%) Java
6 18 (3.36%) Bicep
7 15 (2.80%) Shell Script
8 14 (2.61%) Go
8 14 (2.61%) Perl
9 5 (0.93%) C++
10 4 (0.75%) Ruby
11 3 (0.56%) C#
11 3 (0.56%) Groovy
11 3 (0.56%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.37%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.19%) C
13 1 (0.19%) Scala
13 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.19%) VB
13 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 159 (29.66%) Security Cleared
2 104 (19.40%) SC Cleared
3 56 (10.45%) DV Cleared
4 38 (7.09%) Azure Certification
5 32 (5.97%) Degree
5 32 (5.97%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
7 15 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 12 (2.24%) AWS Certification
8 12 (2.24%) CCNA
8 12 (2.24%) Server+ Certification
9 11 (2.05%) CCNP
10 9 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.68%) CISSP
11 8 (1.49%) CISM
12 6 (1.12%) FFIEC
13 5 (0.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 5 (0.93%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.75%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.61%) GDPR
2 12 (2.24%) NIST
3 11 (2.05%) SLA
4 8 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 7 (1.31%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.12%) GLBA
7 5 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.93%) QA
8 3 (0.56%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.37%) COBIT
9 2 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.19%) NCSC
10 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 140 (26.12%) Active Directory
2 102 (19.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (11.01%) Docker
4 54 (10.07%) Hyper-V
5 25 (4.66%) vSphere
6 24 (4.48%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (3.73%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (1.68%) VMware NSX
9 6 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.56%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.56%) 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 (0.19%) etcd
13 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 140 (26.12%) Terraform
2 79 (14.74%) Ansible
3 65 (12.13%) Kubernetes
4 57 (10.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 55 (10.26%) SCCM
6 23 (4.29%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (3.92%) Grafana
8 19 (3.54%) vCenter Server
9 16 (2.99%) Prometheus
10 15 (2.80%) FortiGate
11 13 (2.43%) Red Hat Satellite
12 12 (2.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
14 7 (1.31%) CASB
14 7 (1.31%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (1.31%) SCOrch
14 7 (1.31%) vRealize
15 6 (1.12%) SCOM
16 5 (0.93%) Istio
16 5 (0.93%) Nessus
Vendors
1 180 (33.58%) Microsoft
2 144 (26.87%) VMware
3 35 (6.53%) Palo Alto
4 34 (6.34%) Cisco
4 34 (6.34%) Google
5 32 (5.97%) Red Hat
6 27 (5.04%) F5
7 26 (4.85%) Dell
8 21 (3.92%) Splunk
9 19 (3.54%) ServiceNow
10 17 (3.17%) Citrix
11 16 (2.99%) CheckPoint
12 15 (2.80%) Fortinet
12 15 (2.80%) IBM
12 15 (2.80%) Veeam
13 14 (2.61%) Oracle
13 14 (2.61%) Zscaler
14 13 (2.43%) Aruba
15 12 (2.24%) HP
16 9 (1.68%) SolarWinds