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

 6 months to
17 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 142 93
Rank change year-on-year +47 -49 +8
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,209 535 880
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.70% 1.97% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 2.17% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 760 349 656
10th Percentile £350 £329 £313
25th Percentile £425 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -3.80%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £597
90th Percentile £675 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 5 29
10th Percentile £55.06 £38.43 £45.00
25th Percentile £58.43 £51.06 £46.18
Median hourly rate £72.54 £77.00 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year -5.79% +40.32% -24.31%
75th Percentile £78.75 £200.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.86 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.27 £77.00 £54.88
% change year-on-year -4.84% +40.32% -22.98%

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 38,249 24,669 31,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.41% 90.67% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,059 15,837 20,183
10th Percentile £325 £300 £308
25th Percentile £420 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £645
90th Percentile £735 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,360 1,307 2,114
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.26 £13.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £17.88 £16.30
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%
75th Percentile £68.75 £53.75 £63.67
90th Percentile £83.00 £71.33 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +74.79% -34.02% -5.88%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 17 July 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 +29 350 £550 +4.76% 138
North of England +20 280 £525 - 83
South East +22 244 £531 -3.51% 114
South West +20 136 £549 -2.40% 53
Midlands +6 130 £450 +2.86% 52
Yorkshire +1 121 £500 - 31
North West +9 113 £550 +4.76% 36
West Midlands -19 82 £475 +18.75% 33
North East +4 55 £600 -7.69% 18
East of England +1 54 £500 +11.11% 24
East Midlands +16 46 £450 - 19
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 54 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (2.23%) Confluence
2 27 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.08%) CICS
4 8 (0.66%) WebSphere
5 6 (0.50%) Apache
6 4 (0.33%) SAS
7 3 (0.25%) CloudStack
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.17%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.17%) nginx
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.083%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.083%) JBoss
9 1 (0.083%) TPMS
9 1 (0.083%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.083%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.083%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.17%) Primavera
2 1 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.083%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.083%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.083%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 403 (33.33%) Azure
2 224 (18.53%) AWS
3 97 (8.02%) Entra ID
4 92 (7.61%) GCP
4 92 (7.61%) GitHub
5 89 (7.36%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
7 61 (5.05%) IaaS
8 60 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
9 50 (4.14%) OCI
10 41 (3.39%) PaaS
10 41 (3.39%) SaaS
11 34 (2.81%) Azure AKS
12 27 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (2.23%) Serverless
13 26 (2.15%) Azure Monitor
14 21 (1.74%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 19 (1.57%) AWS Lambda
16 19 (1.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 185 (15.30%) DNS
2 176 (14.56%) Firewall
3 107 (8.85%) DHCP
4 63 (5.21%) VPN
5 61 (5.05%) Network Security
5 61 (5.05%) SAN
6 54 (4.47%) VLAN
7 53 (4.38%) WAN
8 51 (4.22%) TCP/IP
9 44 (3.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 34 (2.81%) BIG-IP
11 32 (2.65%) SD-WAN
12 31 (2.56%) BGP
13 28 (2.32%) LAN
13 28 (2.32%) OSPF
14 26 (2.15%) VXLAN
15 25 (2.07%) Ethernet VPN
16 23 (1.90%) SSL
16 23 (1.90%) Wi-Fi
17 22 (1.82%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.97%) SQL Server
2 14 (1.16%) Oracle Database
2 14 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (0.99%) Oracle Exadata
3 12 (0.99%) Relational Database
4 10 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (0.83%) RDBMS
5 9 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 8 (0.66%) DynamoDB
7 7 (0.58%) Metadata
7 7 (0.58%) Power BI
8 6 (0.50%) Db2
9 5 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 4 (0.33%) Data Mining
10 4 (0.33%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
11 3 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.25%) NonStop SQL
11 3 (0.25%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 68 (5.62%) GitLab
2 49 (4.05%) JIRA
3 48 (3.97%) Jenkins
4 43 (3.56%) Git
5 9 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.17%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.17%) Subversion
7 1 (0.083%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.083%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.083%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.083%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.083%) CMake
7 1 (0.083%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.083%) Gradle
7 1 (0.083%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.083%) MLflow
7 1 (0.083%) MSI
7 1 (0.083%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.083%) Snyk
7 1 (0.083%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 191 (15.80%) Social Skills
2 111 (9.18%) Finance
3 95 (7.86%) Public Sector
4 58 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (4.05%) Banking
6 44 (3.64%) Documentation Skills
7 23 (1.90%) Military
8 22 (1.82%) Legal
9 15 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (1.24%) Retail
10 14 (1.16%) Aerospace
10 14 (1.16%) Telecoms
11 12 (0.99%) Manufacturing
12 10 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (0.83%) Marketing
12 10 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (0.66%) Law
14 5 (0.41%) Billing
14 5 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (0.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 815 (67.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 225 (18.61%) Senior
3 177 (14.64%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 111 (9.18%) Cloud Engineer
5 79 (6.53%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 75 (6.20%) Azure Engineer
7 54 (4.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 51 (4.22%) Network Engineer
9 40 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
10 39 (3.23%) Lead
11 38 (3.14%) VMware Engineer
12 36 (2.98%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 35 (2.89%) IT Engineer
13 35 (2.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 34 (2.81%) Infrastructure Support
15 33 (2.73%) Support Engineer
16 32 (2.65%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 31 (2.56%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (2.56%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
17 31 (2.56%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.23%) REST
2 14 (1.16%) SOAP
3 12 (0.99%) JSON
3 12 (0.99%) Middleware
4 10 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
4 10 (0.83%) LDAP
4 10 (0.83%) OAuth
4 10 (0.83%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 9 (0.74%) ARM Templates
5 9 (0.74%) OpenID
6 8 (0.66%) Loki
6 8 (0.66%) SAML
6 8 (0.66%) YAML
7 7 (0.58%) Flash
7 7 (0.58%) Kafka
7 7 (0.58%) Web Services
8 6 (0.50%) ModSecurity
8 6 (0.50%) RESTful
8 6 (0.50%) WSDL
9 5 (0.41%) AWS CDK
Miscellaneous
1 135 (11.17%) Data Centre
2 74 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 54 (4.47%) Cloud Native
4 53 (4.38%) Public Cloud
5 49 (4.05%) PKI
6 34 (2.81%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.73%) Enterprise Storage
7 33 (2.73%) Replication
8 22 (1.82%) Private Cloud
9 19 (1.57%) Clustering
9 19 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
10 17 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
11 16 (1.32%) Management Information System
12 15 (1.24%) Virtual Team
13 14 (1.16%) Mainframe
14 13 (1.08%) Enterprise Cloud
15 12 (0.99%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 323 (26.72%) Windows
2 203 (16.79%) Linux
3 197 (16.29%) Windows Server
4 46 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.57%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.41%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.41%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.24%) Android
8 15 (1.24%) Unix
9 14 (1.16%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.08%) CentOS
10 13 (1.08%) zOS
11 11 (0.91%) AIX
12 10 (0.83%) VMS
13 8 (0.66%) Rocky
13 8 (0.66%) Windows Server 2012
14 7 (0.58%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
15 6 (0.50%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (22.17%) Infrastructure as Code
2 227 (18.78%) DevOps
3 215 (17.78%) CI/CD
4 142 (11.75%) Migration
5 132 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (9.35%) Platform Engineering
7 112 (9.26%) Agile
8 100 (8.27%) High Availability
9 85 (7.03%) Infrastructure Automation
10 81 (6.70%) Continuous Improvement
11 78 (6.45%) Containerisation
11 78 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
12 76 (6.29%) Project Delivery
13 75 (6.20%) AI
14 68 (5.62%) Observability
14 68 (5.62%) Zero Trust
15 67 (5.54%) Validation
16 58 (4.80%) Stakeholder Management
17 57 (4.71%) ITIL
18 56 (4.63%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 199 (16.46%) Python
2 191 (15.80%) PowerShell
3 93 (7.69%) Bash
4 53 (4.38%) SQL
5 37 (3.06%) Bicep
6 22 (1.82%) Java
7 21 (1.74%) Shell Script
8 20 (1.65%) C#
9 10 (0.83%) ActionScript
10 8 (0.66%) Go
11 7 (0.58%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.50%) JCL
12 6 (0.50%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.41%) PHP
14 4 (0.33%) Groovy
15 3 (0.25%) C++
15 3 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
16 2 (0.17%) C
16 2 (0.17%) Korn
16 2 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 454 (37.55%) Security Cleared
2 287 (23.74%) SC Cleared
3 173 (14.31%) DV Cleared
4 43 (3.56%) Degree
5 35 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
6 28 (2.32%) Azure Certification
7 23 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (1.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 20 (1.65%) AWS Certification
10 19 (1.57%) CCNA
11 16 (1.32%) CISSP
12 15 (1.24%) CCNP
13 12 (0.99%) MCSE
14 11 (0.91%) VCAP
15 9 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
16 8 (0.66%) CISM
17 7 (0.58%) PMI Certification
18 6 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 6 (0.50%) MCSA
18 6 (0.50%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 28 (2.32%) QA
3 26 (2.15%) NIST
4 14 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.16%) NCSC
5 9 (0.74%) PCI DSS
5 9 (0.74%) SLA
6 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 5 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.41%) GDPR
6 5 (0.41%) GRC
6 5 (0.41%) PMO
7 4 (0.33%) SOC 2
8 3 (0.25%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.083%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.083%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.083%) GLBA
9 1 (0.083%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.083%) JSP 440
System Software
1 215 (17.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 212 (17.54%) Active Directory
3 84 (6.95%) Hyper-V
4 77 (6.37%) VMware ESXi
5 72 (5.96%) Docker
6 69 (5.71%) vSphere
7 47 (3.89%) Virtual Machines
8 40 (3.31%) VMware NSX
9 26 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 16 (1.32%) NFS
11 10 (0.83%) BitLocker
11 10 (0.83%) Oracle RAC
12 8 (0.66%) Firmware
12 8 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.41%) GPFS
13 5 (0.41%) KVM
13 5 (0.41%) Terminal Services
14 4 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.17%) SRDF
15 2 (0.17%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 248 (20.51%) Terraform
2 153 (12.66%) Kubernetes
3 149 (12.32%) Ansible
4 59 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 50 (4.14%) vCenter Server
6 30 (2.48%) Grafana
6 30 (2.48%) SCCM
7 24 (1.99%) Prometheus
8 22 (1.82%) Puppet
9 19 (1.57%) WSUS
10 17 (1.41%) Argo
11 14 (1.16%) Nessus
11 14 (1.16%) Packer
11 14 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
12 13 (1.08%) NetBackup
13 11 (0.91%) SCOM
14 10 (0.83%) Data Guard
14 10 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
15 9 (0.74%) vRealize
16 8 (0.66%) vMotion
Vendors
1 278 (22.99%) VMware
2 274 (22.66%) Microsoft
3 69 (5.71%) Citrix
4 65 (5.38%) Cisco
5 53 (4.38%) F5
6 47 (3.89%) NetApp
7 44 (3.64%) Google
7 44 (3.64%) ServiceNow
8 38 (3.14%) Oracle
9 32 (2.65%) Palo Alto
9 32 (2.65%) Veeam
10 24 (1.99%) Arista
10 24 (1.99%) Dell
10 24 (1.99%) Red Hat
11 23 (1.90%) Fortinet
12 22 (1.82%) Aruba
13 18 (1.49%) Juniper
13 18 (1.49%) Tenable
14 14 (1.16%) Zscaler
15 13 (1.08%) IBM
440 Infrastructure Engineering jobs in England