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 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 140 93
Rank change year-on-year +39 -47 +29
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 962 500 861
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.34% 2.06% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 2.25% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 662 347 646
10th Percentile £336 £320 £286
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -6.86%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -1.57% +10.53% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 7 33
10th Percentile £46.00 £40.31 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £53.22 £45.00
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +13.90% -15.58%
75th Percentile £78.75 £136.88 £63.75
90th Percentile - £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +16.06% +13.90% -12.45%

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 34,728 22,194 31,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.62% 91.24% 86.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,149 14,504 20,626
10th Percentile £322 £306 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £507 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -1.65% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,129 949 2,251
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.38 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.22 £15.97
Median hourly rate £45.78 £29.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.86% -20.55% +0.29%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.40 £28.18 £36.02
% change year-on-year +50.46% -21.77% +0.06%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -4 256 £550 +4.76% 120
North of England +6 209 £496 -5.52% 79
South East +9 197 £510 -2.86% 101
South West +13 121 £545 -4.18% 54
Yorkshire -8 111 £427 -18.76% 19
Midlands -2 101 £450 +12.50% 50
North West -12 71 £575 +9.52% 45
West Midlands -19 63 £525 +52.17% 28
East of England -1 56 £475 +0.26% 27
East Midlands -5 37 £450 - 21
North East -4 29 £600 -7.69% 15
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 (6.34%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.56%) Confluence
4 11 (1.14%) Apache
5 7 (0.73%) TPMS
6 5 (0.52%) CICS
7 4 (0.42%) IIS
7 4 (0.42%) SAS
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.31%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.21%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.21%) nginx
9 2 (0.21%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.10%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.10%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.21%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.21%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.52%) Maximo
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 306 (31.81%) Azure
2 166 (17.26%) AWS
3 88 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (7.17%) GCP
5 67 (6.96%) Entra ID
6 65 (6.76%) GitHub
7 48 (4.99%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (4.89%) IaaS
9 45 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (3.74%) PaaS
11 35 (3.64%) SaaS
12 33 (3.43%) Azure AKS
12 33 (3.43%) OpenShift
13 29 (3.01%) Serverless
14 28 (2.91%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (2.81%) OCI
16 23 (2.39%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 21 (2.18%) AWS Lambda
18 17 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
18 17 (1.77%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 135 (14.03%) Firewall
2 120 (12.47%) DNS
3 72 (7.48%) DHCP
4 57 (5.93%) VPN
5 48 (4.99%) Network Security
6 44 (4.57%) WAN
7 43 (4.47%) SAN
8 35 (3.64%) VLAN
9 30 (3.12%) LAN
10 28 (2.91%) TCP/IP
11 27 (2.81%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 26 (2.70%) BGP
13 24 (2.49%) SD-WAN
14 22 (2.29%) NAS
14 22 (2.29%) OSPF
15 20 (2.08%) BIG-IP
16 19 (1.98%) VXLAN
16 19 (1.98%) Wi-Fi
17 18 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
17 18 (1.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 9 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.83%) DynamoDB
3 8 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (0.73%) Metadata
4 7 (0.73%) NoSQL
4 7 (0.73%) Power BI
5 6 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.42%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.42%) DB2
6 4 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.31%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.31%) Pentaho
7 3 (0.31%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.21%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 50 (5.20%) GitLab
2 37 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.01%) JIRA
4 28 (2.91%) Git
5 7 (0.73%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.21%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.10%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.10%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.10%) GoCD
7 1 (0.10%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.10%) Introscope
7 1 (0.10%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.10%) MSI
7 1 (0.10%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 144 (14.97%) Social Skills
2 87 (9.04%) Finance
3 79 (8.21%) Public Sector
4 52 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (4.05%) Banking
6 29 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.29%) Military
8 17 (1.77%) Legal
9 12 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 12 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.14%) Retail
11 10 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.94%) Manufacturing
13 8 (0.83%) Marketing
14 7 (0.73%) Billing
15 6 (0.62%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.42%) Front Office
17 4 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.31%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 637 (66.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 157 (16.32%) Senior
3 120 (12.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 62 (6.44%) Cloud Engineer
5 57 (5.93%) Azure Engineer
6 48 (4.99%) Network Engineer
7 43 (4.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 43 (4.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 36 (3.74%) VMware Engineer
10 35 (3.64%) Automation Engineer
11 32 (3.33%) Architect
11 32 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
12 31 (3.22%) Support Engineer
13 30 (3.12%) IT Engineer
13 30 (3.12%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 29 (3.01%) Infrastructure Support
15 28 (2.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 27 (2.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
16 27 (2.81%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.70%) REST
2 16 (1.66%) SOAP
3 13 (1.35%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
4 9 (0.94%) LDAP
4 9 (0.94%) Web Services
5 8 (0.83%) Kafka
6 7 (0.73%) Flash
6 7 (0.73%) Middleware
6 7 (0.73%) OAuth
7 6 (0.62%) OpenID
8 5 (0.52%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.52%) JSON
8 5 (0.52%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.52%) SAML
9 4 (0.42%) ADO
9 4 (0.42%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.42%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.42%) RESTful
9 4 (0.42%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 76 (7.90%) Data Centre
2 56 (5.82%) Hybrid Cloud
3 40 (4.16%) PKI
4 36 (3.74%) Public Cloud
5 34 (3.53%) Cloud Native
6 29 (3.01%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.81%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.70%) Replication
9 25 (2.60%) Private Cloud
10 18 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
11 15 (1.56%) Virtual Team
12 14 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
13 12 (1.25%) Clustering
14 10 (1.04%) Management Information System
15 8 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.83%) Mainframe
16 7 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.73%) Enterprise Cloud
16 7 (0.73%) Linux Command Line
16 7 (0.73%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 271 (28.17%) Windows
2 166 (17.26%) Windows Server
3 155 (16.11%) Linux
4 27 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.98%) Windows Server 2016
5 19 (1.98%) Windows Server 2019
6 18 (1.87%) Ubuntu
7 17 (1.77%) Apple iOS
8 15 (1.56%) Android
9 14 (1.46%) Windows 10
10 13 (1.35%) VMS
11 12 (1.25%) Unix
12 9 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.83%) CentOS
13 8 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (0.73%) Debian
14 7 (0.73%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.52%) zOS
16 2 (0.21%) Data ONTAP
17 1 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (20.48%) DevOps
2 190 (19.75%) Infrastructure as Code
3 169 (17.57%) CI/CD
4 128 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (11.02%) Migration
6 92 (9.56%) Agile
7 83 (8.63%) High Availability
8 81 (8.42%) Platform Engineering
9 78 (8.11%) Infrastructure Automation
10 74 (7.69%) Containerisation
11 70 (7.28%) Disaster Recovery
12 67 (6.96%) ITIL
13 64 (6.65%) Zero Trust
14 57 (5.93%) Project Delivery
15 53 (5.51%) Observability
16 52 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
17 48 (4.99%) Cybersecurity
18 47 (4.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 44 (4.57%) Technical Leadership
19 44 (4.57%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 136 (14.14%) PowerShell
2 135 (14.03%) Python
3 54 (5.61%) Bash
4 38 (3.95%) SQL
5 34 (3.53%) Bicep
6 20 (2.08%) C#
6 20 (2.08%) Shell Script
7 16 (1.66%) Java
8 10 (1.04%) JavaScript
8 10 (1.04%) PHP
9 6 (0.62%) C++
9 6 (0.62%) Ruby
10 5 (0.52%) Go
11 4 (0.42%) Groovy
11 4 (0.42%) JCL
12 2 (0.21%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.21%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.10%) C
13 1 (0.10%) VB
Qualifications
1 357 (37.11%) Security Cleared
2 229 (23.80%) SC Cleared
3 137 (14.24%) DV Cleared
4 38 (3.95%) Degree
5 27 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.60%) Azure Certification
7 21 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (1.87%) CISSP
9 15 (1.56%) CCNA
10 14 (1.46%) CISM
10 14 (1.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 13 (1.35%) AWS Certification
12 12 (1.25%) CCNP
13 8 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.73%) FFIEC
14 7 (0.73%) MCSE
15 6 (0.62%) RHCA
16 5 (0.52%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.52%) ISTQB
16 5 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.22%) NIST
2 26 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.66%) QA
4 15 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.56%) GDPR
4 15 (1.56%) PCI DSS
5 12 (1.25%) SLA
6 10 (1.04%) NCSC
7 7 (0.73%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.73%) GLBA
7 7 (0.73%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.21%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.10%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.10%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 20022
10 1 (0.10%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 167 (17.36%) Active Directory
2 163 (16.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (7.48%) Hyper-V
4 63 (6.55%) Docker
5 55 (5.72%) vSphere
6 45 (4.68%) VMware ESXi
7 31 (3.22%) Virtual Machines
8 26 (2.70%) VMware NSX
9 21 (2.18%) NFS
9 21 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.94%) BitLocker
11 7 (0.73%) Firmware
11 7 (0.73%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.52%) GPFS
13 3 (0.31%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.31%) Sendmail
13 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.21%) Postfix
14 2 (0.21%) UAG
14 2 (0.21%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 186 (19.33%) Terraform
2 147 (15.28%) Kubernetes
3 106 (11.02%) Ansible
4 57 (5.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 34 (3.53%) vCenter Server
6 32 (3.33%) SCCM
7 19 (1.98%) Grafana
8 17 (1.77%) Prometheus
9 16 (1.66%) Puppet
10 15 (1.56%) WSUS
11 14 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.25%) SCOM
13 11 (1.14%) Packer
14 10 (1.04%) Nessus
14 10 (1.04%) vRealize
15 9 (0.94%) Argo
15 9 (0.94%) Progress Chef
15 9 (0.94%) VxRail
16 8 (0.83%) Istio
17 7 (0.73%) vMotion
Vendors
1 230 (23.91%) VMware
2 222 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 61 (6.34%) Citrix
4 60 (6.24%) Cisco
5 44 (4.57%) NetApp
6 37 (3.85%) F5
6 37 (3.85%) Palo Alto
7 34 (3.53%) Veeam
8 32 (3.33%) ServiceNow
9 30 (3.12%) Google
10 29 (3.01%) Red Hat
11 27 (2.81%) Dell
12 25 (2.60%) Fortinet
13 19 (1.98%) Arista
13 19 (1.98%) Aruba
13 19 (1.98%) IBM
14 16 (1.66%) Oracle
14 16 (1.66%) Splunk
15 15 (1.56%) SolarWinds
16 11 (1.14%) Thales