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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 138 93
Rank change year-on-year +43 -45 +17
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,102 512 890
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.56% 2.06% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.01% 2.26% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 717 345 672
10th Percentile £350 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £597
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 5 31
10th Percentile £38.58 £52.79 £37.63
25th Percentile £58.43 £55.38 £45.59
Median hourly rate £72.54 £72.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +0.06% +32.12% -24.31%
75th Percentile £78.75 £200.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £72.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +0.06% +32.12% -20.18%

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 36,618 22,657 32,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.18% 91.33% 85.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,120 14,657 20,816
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £415 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.23% -1.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £727 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £505 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -3.79% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,297 1,070 2,391
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.79
25th Percentile £21.00 £18.11 £16.04
Median hourly rate £47.00 £27.40 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.53% -26.93% +5.19%
75th Percentile £68.00 £57.19 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £26.21 £37.18
% change year-on-year +67.72% -29.51% +6.14%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +39 321 £550 +4.76% 120
North of England +17 255 £514 -2.14% 84
South East +5 208 £510 -7.27% 69
South West +23 124 £540 -4.00% 79
Yorkshire -5 121 £450 -14.29% 19
Midlands +3 116 £450 +12.50% 56
North West +10 92 £525 +0.05% 51
West Midlands -10 74 £525 +40.00% 31
East of England -3 57 £475 +1.82% 21
North East 0 49 £600 -7.69% 15
East Midlands +5 41 £450 - 25
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 56 (5.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.72%) Confluence
2 19 (1.72%) SharePoint
3 10 (0.91%) Apache
4 7 (0.64%) CICS
5 5 (0.45%) TPMS
6 4 (0.36%) SAS
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.27%) IIS
8 2 (0.18%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.18%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.18%) nginx
8 2 (0.18%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.091%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.091%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.091%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 11 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.27%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.18%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.18%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.091%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.091%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.45%) Maximo
2 1 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.091%) Primavera
2 1 (0.091%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.091%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.091%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 368 (33.39%) Azure
2 196 (17.79%) AWS
3 95 (8.62%) GCP
4 89 (8.08%) Microsoft 365
5 86 (7.80%) Entra ID
6 82 (7.44%) GitHub
7 59 (5.35%) Azure DevOps
8 58 (5.26%) IaaS
9 53 (4.81%) GitHub Actions
10 44 (3.99%) SaaS
11 39 (3.54%) Azure AKS
12 37 (3.36%) PaaS
13 35 (3.18%) OCI
14 30 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
15 27 (2.45%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 26 (2.36%) Serverless
17 21 (1.91%) OpenShift
18 18 (1.63%) Amazon EKS
18 18 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
19 17 (1.54%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 159 (14.43%) Firewall
2 154 (13.97%) DNS
3 94 (8.53%) DHCP
4 64 (5.81%) VPN
5 56 (5.08%) Network Security
6 50 (4.54%) WAN
7 48 (4.36%) SAN
8 45 (4.08%) VLAN
9 40 (3.63%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 37 (3.36%) TCP/IP
11 33 (2.99%) BIG-IP
12 32 (2.90%) BGP
13 30 (2.72%) SD-WAN
14 28 (2.54%) OSPF
15 27 (2.45%) LAN
16 26 (2.36%) VXLAN
17 25 (2.27%) Ethernet VPN
17 25 (2.27%) SSL
18 20 (1.81%) NAS
18 20 (1.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.54%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
5 8 (0.73%) DynamoDB
5 8 (0.73%) Power BI
6 7 (0.64%) Metadata
6 7 (0.64%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 6 (0.54%) Db2
7 6 (0.54%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.45%) Big Data
8 5 (0.45%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.36%) Data Mining
9 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.36%) MongoDB
9 4 (0.36%) Snowflake Schema
10 3 (0.27%) NonStop SQL
10 3 (0.27%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 60 (5.44%) GitLab
2 50 (4.54%) Jenkins
3 46 (4.17%) JIRA
4 29 (2.63%) Git
5 8 (0.73%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.091%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.091%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.091%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.091%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.091%) CMake
6 1 (0.091%) GoCD
6 1 (0.091%) Gradle
6 1 (0.091%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.091%) Introscope
6 1 (0.091%) MSI
6 1 (0.091%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.091%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 160 (14.52%) Social Skills
2 100 (9.07%) Finance
3 81 (7.35%) Public Sector
4 49 (4.45%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (4.08%) Banking
6 39 (3.54%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.00%) Military
8 19 (1.72%) Legal
9 16 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 15 (1.36%) Retail
11 14 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 13 (1.18%) Aerospace
13 10 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.91%) Marketing
14 9 (0.82%) Billing
14 9 (0.82%) Manufacturing
14 9 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (0.54%) Law
16 5 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 752 (68.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 197 (17.88%) Senior
3 153 (13.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 85 (7.71%) Cloud Engineer
5 66 (5.99%) Azure Engineer
6 62 (5.63%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 54 (4.90%) Network Engineer
8 48 (4.36%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 43 (3.90%) DevOps Engineer
9 43 (3.90%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 37 (3.36%) Support Engineer
11 35 (3.18%) Infrastructure Support
12 34 (3.09%) VMware Engineer
13 33 (2.99%) Architect
14 32 (2.90%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 32 (2.90%) IT Engineer
14 32 (2.90%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 30 (2.72%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 30 (2.72%) Security Engineer
16 29 (2.63%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.27%) REST
2 14 (1.27%) SOAP
3 13 (1.18%) ARM Templates
4 12 (1.09%) LDAP
5 11 (1.00%) OAuth
6 10 (0.91%) JSON
7 9 (0.82%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.82%) Kafka
7 9 (0.82%) OpenID
8 8 (0.73%) SAML
9 7 (0.64%) Flash
9 7 (0.64%) Middleware
9 7 (0.64%) Web Services
9 7 (0.64%) YAML
10 6 (0.54%) OAuth2
10 6 (0.54%) RESTful
10 6 (0.54%) WSDL
11 5 (0.45%) ADO
11 5 (0.45%) AWS CDK
11 5 (0.45%) Keycloak
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.16%) Data Centre
2 74 (6.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 53 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 43 (3.90%) Public Cloud
5 42 (3.81%) PKI
6 39 (3.54%) Onboarding
7 27 (2.45%) Enterprise Storage
8 24 (2.18%) Private Cloud
8 24 (2.18%) Replication
9 20 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
10 15 (1.36%) Clustering
10 15 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.27%) Management Information System
11 14 (1.27%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
13 10 (0.91%) CMDB
13 10 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
14 9 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.82%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 300 (27.22%) Windows
2 183 (16.61%) Windows Server
3 170 (15.43%) Linux
4 35 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.54%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.45%) Unix
7 16 (1.45%) Windows 10
8 15 (1.36%) Android
9 14 (1.27%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 9 (0.82%) VMS
10 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 8 (0.73%) CentOS
11 8 (0.73%) Debian
12 7 (0.64%) Mac OS
12 7 (0.64%) zOS
13 3 (0.27%) AIX
14 2 (0.18%) Data ONTAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 227 (20.60%) Infrastructure as Code
2 225 (20.42%) DevOps
3 195 (17.70%) CI/CD
4 125 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
5 118 (10.71%) Migration
6 106 (9.62%) Agile
7 95 (8.62%) Platform Engineering
8 93 (8.44%) High Availability
9 78 (7.08%) Infrastructure Automation
10 77 (6.99%) Containerisation
11 71 (6.44%) AI
11 71 (6.44%) Zero Trust
12 66 (5.99%) Project Delivery
13 65 (5.90%) Disaster Recovery
14 64 (5.81%) ITIL
15 60 (5.44%) Continuous Improvement
15 60 (5.44%) Observability
16 56 (5.08%) Cybersecurity
17 55 (4.99%) Validation
18 51 (4.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 166 (15.06%) Python
2 158 (14.34%) PowerShell
3 66 (5.99%) Bash
4 45 (4.08%) SQL
5 34 (3.09%) Bicep
6 21 (1.91%) Shell Script
7 20 (1.81%) C#
7 20 (1.81%) Java
8 10 (0.91%) ActionScript
9 7 (0.64%) Go
9 7 (0.64%) JavaScript
10 6 (0.54%) JCL
11 5 (0.45%) PHP
11 5 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.36%) Groovy
13 3 (0.27%) C++
14 2 (0.18%) C
14 2 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.18%) Ruby
14 2 (0.18%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 394 (35.75%) Security Cleared
2 249 (22.60%) SC Cleared
3 151 (13.70%) DV Cleared
4 41 (3.72%) Degree
5 31 (2.81%) Cisco Certification
6 25 (2.27%) Azure Certification
7 24 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (2.00%) CISSP
9 19 (1.72%) CCNA
10 17 (1.54%) AWS Certification
10 17 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 15 (1.36%) CISM
12 12 (1.09%) CCNP
13 10 (0.91%) MCSE
14 8 (0.73%) Computer Science Degree
15 7 (0.64%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.54%) RHCA
16 6 (0.54%) VCAP
17 5 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 5 (0.45%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (3.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 34 (3.09%) NIST
2 22 (2.00%) QA
3 17 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.27%) SLA
5 13 (1.18%) PCI DSS
6 12 (1.09%) NCSC
7 10 (0.91%) GDPR
8 8 (0.73%) NIST 800
9 7 (0.64%) Data Quality
10 6 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.45%) GLBA
12 4 (0.36%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.18%) GRC
13 2 (0.18%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.18%) PMO
14 1 (0.091%) Actionable Recommendations
14 1 (0.091%) Disclosure Scotland
14 1 (0.091%) FedRAMP
14 1 (0.091%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 197 (17.88%) Active Directory
2 184 (16.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (7.08%) Hyper-V
4 64 (5.81%) Docker
4 64 (5.81%) VMware ESXi
5 61 (5.54%) vSphere
6 38 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
7 32 (2.90%) VMware NSX
8 23 (2.09%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.36%) NFS
10 12 (1.09%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.91%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (0.82%) Firmware
13 5 (0.45%) GPFS
14 4 (0.36%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.27%) DFS Replication
16 2 (0.18%) SRDF
16 2 (0.18%) UAG
16 2 (0.18%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 214 (19.42%) Terraform
2 146 (13.25%) Kubernetes
3 125 (11.34%) Ansible
4 60 (5.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (3.72%) vCenter Server
6 29 (2.63%) SCCM
7 22 (2.00%) Grafana
7 22 (2.00%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.91%) Puppet
9 18 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
10 16 (1.45%) WSUS
11 12 (1.09%) Packer
11 12 (1.09%) SCOM
12 11 (1.00%) Nessus
13 10 (0.91%) Argo
13 10 (0.91%) vMotion
13 10 (0.91%) vRealize
14 9 (0.82%) VxRail
15 8 (0.73%) Istio
15 8 (0.73%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 253 (22.96%) VMware
2 247 (22.41%) Microsoft
3 67 (6.08%) Citrix
4 63 (5.72%) Cisco
5 50 (4.54%) F5
6 44 (3.99%) Google
7 43 (3.90%) ServiceNow
8 39 (3.54%) NetApp
8 39 (3.54%) Palo Alto
9 28 (2.54%) Veeam
10 26 (2.36%) Red Hat
11 25 (2.27%) Dell
12 24 (2.18%) Aruba
13 23 (2.09%) Arista
14 22 (2.00%) Fortinet
15 19 (1.72%) Oracle
16 16 (1.45%) SolarWinds
17 13 (1.18%) Splunk
17 13 (1.18%) Tenable
18 12 (1.09%) IBM