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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 158 106
Rank change year-on-year +71 -52 -15
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,361 501 757
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.98% 1.82% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.51% 2.00% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 326 562
10th Percentile £350 £329 £313
25th Percentile £430 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.57% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £620 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £660 £675
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.86% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 7 22
10th Percentile £48.10 £27.80 £48.98
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £51.06
Median hourly rate £73.27 £30.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +144.23% -53.85% -10.34%
75th Percentile £78.75 £70.84 £70.00
90th Percentile £100.00 £129.80 -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £30.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +146.67% -55.56% -6.90%

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 38,772 25,064 28,481
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 90.82% 85.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,937 15,945 18,292
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £630 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £753
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,483 1,510
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £14.05
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.87 £18.13
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £69.65 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +63.02% -37.90% -4.71%

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 August 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 August 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 August 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 +53 420 £550 +2.61% 585
North of England +51 309 £517 +1.37% 163
South East +35 279 £550 +6.02% 171
North West +40 145 £525 -8.70% 91
South West +26 141 £550 -1.57% 114
Midlands +19 140 £475 +5.56% 69
Yorkshire +10 120 £487 -2.60% 43
West Midlands +6 100 £525 +16.67% 44
East of England +6 61 £510 +27.50% 86
North East +1 54 £600 -7.69% 29
East Midlands +13 38 £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 58 (4.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 40 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.98%) Confluence
4 11 (0.81%) Apache
4 11 (0.81%) CICS
5 8 (0.59%) WebSphere
6 7 (0.51%) SAS
7 5 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.37%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.29%) nginx
8 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.22%) CloudStack
10 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
11 1 (0.073%) IIS
11 1 (0.073%) JBoss
11 1 (0.073%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.073%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.073%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.15%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.073%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.073%) Houdini
7 1 (0.073%) NUKE
7 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.29%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.22%) Primavera
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.073%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 469 (34.46%) Azure
2 247 (18.15%) AWS
3 125 (9.18%) Entra ID
4 116 (8.52%) Microsoft 365
5 99 (7.27%) GCP
6 98 (7.20%) GitHub
7 75 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
8 68 (5.00%) IaaS
9 67 (4.92%) OCI
10 64 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.31%) SaaS
12 40 (2.94%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (2.57%) PaaS
14 34 (2.50%) Azure AKS
15 26 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
16 23 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
16 23 (1.69%) Power Platform
17 22 (1.62%) Amazon S3
17 22 (1.62%) OpenShift
17 22 (1.62%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 221 (16.24%) DNS
2 209 (15.36%) Firewall
3 138 (10.14%) DHCP
4 86 (6.32%) VPN
5 76 (5.58%) Network Security
5 76 (5.58%) TCP/IP
6 64 (4.70%) WAN
7 61 (4.48%) SAN
8 60 (4.41%) VLAN
9 44 (3.23%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 37 (2.72%) LAN
11 36 (2.65%) SD-WAN
12 34 (2.50%) BIG-IP
12 34 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
13 33 (2.42%) BGP
14 28 (2.06%) OSPF
14 28 (2.06%) SSL
15 27 (1.98%) VXLAN
16 26 (1.91%) Ethernet VPN
17 21 (1.54%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.48%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.62%) Oracle Exadata
3 18 (1.32%) Oracle Database
4 17 (1.25%) Power BI
5 15 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.03%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.03%) RDBMS
7 12 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
8 11 (0.81%) Metadata
8 11 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.66%) NoSQL
11 8 (0.59%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.51%) Pentaho
13 6 (0.44%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.29%) Data Mining
15 4 (0.29%) Db2
15 4 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 67 (4.92%) GitLab
2 54 (3.97%) Git
3 47 (3.45%) Jenkins
4 44 (3.23%) JIRA
5 4 (0.29%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.15%) Subversion
8 1 (0.073%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.073%) CMake
8 1 (0.073%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.073%) Gradle
8 1 (0.073%) Introscope
8 1 (0.073%) Maven
8 1 (0.073%) MSI
8 1 (0.073%) Robot Framework
8 1 (0.073%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.073%) Visual Studio
General
1 227 (16.68%) Social Skills
2 123 (9.04%) Finance
3 101 (7.42%) Public Sector
4 80 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 53 (3.89%) Documentation Skills
6 52 (3.82%) Banking
7 22 (1.62%) Telecoms
8 19 (1.40%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.32%) Aerospace
9 18 (1.32%) Military
9 18 (1.32%) Retail
10 16 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (0.96%) Law
11 13 (0.96%) Legal
12 12 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.73%) Automotive
13 10 (0.73%) Marketing
13 10 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.37%) Advertising
14 5 (0.37%) Billing
Job Titles
1 890 (65.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 266 (19.54%) Senior
3 210 (15.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 144 (10.58%) Cloud Engineer
5 104 (7.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 96 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
7 69 (5.07%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 67 (4.92%) Network Engineer
9 62 (4.56%) Lead
10 52 (3.82%) DevOps Engineer
10 52 (3.82%) VMware Engineer
11 48 (3.53%) Architect
12 43 (3.16%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 37 (2.72%) Platform Engineer
14 35 (2.57%) IT Engineer
14 35 (2.57%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 34 (2.50%) Infrastructure Support
15 34 (2.50%) Support Engineer
15 34 (2.50%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
16 31 (2.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 288 (21.16%) Terraform
2 26 (1.91%) REST
3 25 (1.84%) ARM Templates
4 16 (1.18%) YAML
5 14 (1.03%) Kafka
5 14 (1.03%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 11 (0.81%) JSON
6 11 (0.81%) Middleware
6 11 (0.81%) OpenID
6 11 (0.81%) SAML
6 11 (0.81%) SOAP
7 10 (0.73%) 802.1X
7 10 (0.73%) Loki
7 10 (0.73%) OAuth
8 8 (0.59%) Elastic Stack
8 8 (0.59%) ModSecurity
9 7 (0.51%) LDAP
10 6 (0.44%) .NET
11 5 (0.37%) ADO
11 5 (0.37%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.99%) Data Centre
2 93 (6.83%) Hybrid Cloud
3 62 (4.56%) Cloud Native
4 57 (4.19%) PKI
5 45 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 45 (3.31%) Public Cloud
6 41 (3.01%) Replication
7 37 (2.72%) Enterprise Storage
8 32 (2.35%) Private Cloud
9 28 (2.06%) Management Information System
10 23 (1.69%) Clustering
10 23 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
11 21 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
11 21 (1.54%) Enterprise Cloud
12 20 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 20 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.03%) Security Posture
14 12 (0.88%) Mainframe
14 12 (0.88%) Product Ownership
14 12 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 368 (27.04%) Windows
2 250 (18.37%) Linux
3 245 (18.00%) Windows Server
4 57 (4.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (1.47%) Unix
5 20 (1.47%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (1.40%) CentOS
6 19 (1.40%) Ubuntu
7 18 (1.32%) Windows 10
8 17 (1.25%) Apple iOS
9 16 (1.18%) Android
9 16 (1.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 15 (1.10%) AIX
10 15 (1.10%) VMS
11 12 (0.88%) Rocky
12 11 (0.81%) zOS
13 10 (0.73%) Mac OS
14 8 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
15 7 (0.51%) Windows Server 2003
16 6 (0.44%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 322 (23.66%) Infrastructure as Code
2 271 (19.91%) DevOps
3 256 (18.81%) CI/CD
4 175 (12.86%) Migration
5 158 (11.61%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (10.80%) Platform Engineering
7 118 (8.67%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (8.16%) Agile
8 111 (8.16%) Infrastructure Automation
9 108 (7.94%) High Availability
10 99 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 96 (7.05%) AI
12 95 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
13 93 (6.83%) Observability
14 87 (6.39%) Technical Leadership
15 85 (6.25%) ITIL
15 85 (6.25%) Project Delivery
16 83 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
17 79 (5.80%) Validation
18 74 (5.44%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 245 (18.00%) PowerShell
2 226 (16.61%) Python
3 120 (8.82%) Bash
4 63 (4.63%) SQL
5 56 (4.11%) Bicep
6 29 (2.13%) Java
7 21 (1.54%) C#
8 12 (0.88%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.66%) C++
9 9 (0.66%) Go
10 8 (0.59%) ActionScript
10 8 (0.59%) Perl
11 6 (0.44%) C
11 6 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.37%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.29%) JCL
13 4 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.15%) Groovy
15 2 (0.15%) Korn
Qualifications
1 521 (38.28%) Security Cleared
2 334 (24.54%) SC Cleared
3 185 (13.59%) DV Cleared
4 55 (4.04%) Degree
5 41 (3.01%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.42%) Cisco Certification
7 31 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.54%) CISSP
8 21 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 18 (1.32%) AWS Certification
9 18 (1.32%) CCNA
10 17 (1.25%) CCNP
11 14 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.96%) MCSE
12 13 (0.96%) VCAP
13 9 (0.66%) CISM
13 9 (0.66%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.51%) MCSA
14 7 (0.51%) PMP
15 6 (0.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.87%) QA
2 38 (2.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (1.84%) NIST
4 20 (1.47%) NCSC
5 16 (1.18%) SLA
6 14 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.51%) GRC
8 7 (0.51%) PCI DSS
8 7 (0.51%) PMO
9 6 (0.44%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.22%) GDPR
11 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.15%) IASME
12 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.073%) Disclosure Scotland
13 1 (0.073%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.073%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 256 (18.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 242 (17.78%) Active Directory
3 104 (7.64%) Hyper-V
4 77 (5.66%) vSphere
5 75 (5.51%) VMware ESXi
6 69 (5.07%) Docker
7 58 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
8 43 (3.16%) VMware NSX
9 27 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.10%) Oracle RAC
11 13 (0.96%) NFS
12 11 (0.81%) Firmware
12 11 (0.81%) KVM
13 10 (0.73%) Virtual Servers
14 8 (0.59%) BitLocker
15 7 (0.51%) Microsoft App-V
16 5 (0.37%) Ceph
16 5 (0.37%) GPFS
16 5 (0.37%) Terminal Services
17 3 (0.22%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 191 (14.03%) Ansible
2 171 (12.56%) Kubernetes
3 73 (5.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (3.67%) vCenter Server
5 43 (3.16%) SCCM
6 31 (2.28%) Grafana
7 26 (1.91%) Prometheus
8 23 (1.69%) Puppet
9 22 (1.62%) WSUS
10 20 (1.47%) NetBackup
11 19 (1.40%) Argo
12 17 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.10%) Oracle RMAN
13 15 (1.10%) SCOM
14 14 (1.03%) Data Guard
14 14 (1.03%) Nessus
14 14 (1.03%) Packer
15 11 (0.81%) FortiGate
15 11 (0.81%) Progress Chef
16 9 (0.66%) vRealize
Vendors
1 338 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 323 (23.73%) VMware
3 77 (5.66%) Cisco
4 69 (5.07%) Citrix
5 58 (4.26%) Oracle
6 53 (3.89%) F5
7 43 (3.16%) Google
8 42 (3.09%) NetApp
9 37 (2.72%) Palo Alto
10 34 (2.50%) Veeam
11 33 (2.42%) Red Hat
12 31 (2.28%) ServiceNow
13 23 (1.69%) Arista
13 23 (1.69%) Aruba
14 21 (1.54%) Juniper
15 20 (1.47%) Dell
16 18 (1.32%) Tenable
16 18 (1.32%) Zscaler
17 16 (1.18%) CyberArk
18 14 (1.03%) IBM