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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 135 90
Rank change year-on-year -23 -45 +39
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 557 591 958
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.93% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.20% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 389 403 692
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £626 £616
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £487 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -7.02% +4.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 41
10th Percentile £27.20 £34.01 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.50 £57.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +8.33% +8.11%
75th Percentile £77.13 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £84.80 £95.20 £77.50
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 27,812 26,873 34,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.40% 87.89% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,725 16,531 23,197
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.29% -4.11% -0.45%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £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 1,799 953 1,442
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.23 £14.78
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +18.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.75 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.21% -22.94% +21.43%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -32 206 £550 - 91
South East -16 107 £450 - 157
North of England -23 89 £487 +2.53% 164
South West -6 66 £550 - 73
Yorkshire -11 47 £487 +2.53% 74
Midlands -34 44 £450 -18.18% 80
North West -26 39 £472 -5.60% 67
East of England +1 34 £406 -29.35% 69
West Midlands -17 34 £482 -16.17% 46
East Midlands -22 10 £433 -13.50% 30
North East 0 4 £466 - 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 41 (7.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.15%) Confluence
2 12 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.97%) Apache
4 9 (1.62%) IIS
5 6 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.08%) TPMS
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.36%) iPlanet
6 2 (0.36%) JBoss
6 2 (0.36%) nginx
6 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.36%) Traefik
6 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 212 (38.06%) Azure
2 126 (22.62%) AWS
3 79 (14.18%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (12.57%) Entra ID
5 35 (6.28%) GitHub
6 32 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (5.57%) GCP
8 30 (5.39%) Amazon S3
9 28 (5.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 26 (4.67%) IaaS
11 24 (4.31%) PaaS
12 23 (4.13%) Serverless
13 22 (3.95%) Amazon EC2
14 21 (3.77%) SaaS
15 20 (3.59%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (3.59%) OpenShift
16 19 (3.41%) AWS CloudFormation
17 18 (3.23%) Azure Monitor
18 16 (2.87%) Google Workspace
18 16 (2.87%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 115 (20.65%) Firewall
2 85 (15.26%) DNS
3 59 (10.59%) TCP/IP
4 49 (8.80%) VPN
5 47 (8.44%) DHCP
6 41 (7.36%) WAN
7 36 (6.46%) VLAN
8 34 (6.10%) Wi-Fi
9 30 (5.39%) SAN
10 29 (5.21%) SSL
11 27 (4.85%) LAN
11 27 (4.85%) Network Security
12 12 (2.15%) Wireless
13 11 (1.97%) MPLS
13 11 (1.97%) SD-WAN
14 10 (1.80%) 4G
14 10 (1.80%) BGP
15 9 (1.62%) NAS
16 8 (1.44%) Fibre Channel
16 8 (1.44%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.26%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.90%) Oracle Database
4 5 (0.90%) Power BI
5 4 (0.72%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.72%) MySQL
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.54%) Big Data
6 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.36%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (6.28%) Jenkins
2 31 (5.57%) Git
3 28 (5.03%) GitLab
4 18 (3.23%) JIRA
5 5 (0.90%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.36%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) GoCD
8 1 (0.18%) Gradle
8 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.18%) MLflow
8 1 (0.18%) MSI
8 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 130 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 87 (15.62%) Finance
3 51 (9.16%) Public Sector
4 49 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.21%) Banking
6 24 (4.31%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.69%) Military
9 9 (1.62%) Retail
10 8 (1.44%) Legal
11 7 (1.26%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.26%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.08%) Aviation
12 6 (1.08%) Local Government
12 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.08%) Spanish Language
13 5 (0.90%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.90%) Front Office
14 4 (0.72%) Law
Job Titles
1 345 (61.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (15.62%) Senior
3 64 (11.49%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 48 (8.62%) Infrastructure Support
5 43 (7.72%) Support Engineer
6 40 (7.18%) Azure Engineer
6 40 (7.18%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 37 (6.64%) Network Engineer
8 35 (6.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 35 (6.28%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (5.75%) Cloud Engineer
10 22 (3.95%) VMware Engineer
11 21 (3.77%) IT Engineer
11 21 (3.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.59%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.59%) Platform Engineer
13 19 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.05%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.87%) Windows Engineer
16 15 (2.69%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.69%) Middleware
1 15 (2.69%) SAML
2 13 (2.33%) OpenID
3 11 (1.97%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.62%) REST
4 9 (1.62%) YAML
5 8 (1.44%) Kafka
5 8 (1.44%) OAuth
6 7 (1.26%) RESTful
7 6 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (1.08%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.90%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.72%) ADO
9 4 (0.72%) gRPC
9 4 (0.72%) NumPy
9 4 (0.72%) Pandas
10 3 (0.54%) AWT
10 3 (0.54%) JMS
10 3 (0.54%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.28%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (5.75%) Replication
4 28 (5.03%) PKI
5 20 (3.59%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.05%) Private Cloud
7 14 (2.51%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.15%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.62%) Clustering
11 8 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.44%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.26%) NHS
13 6 (1.08%) Equities
13 6 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (1.08%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 215 (38.60%) Windows
2 135 (24.24%) Linux
3 110 (19.75%) Windows Server
4 26 (4.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (4.31%) Unix
6 21 (3.77%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.51%) Ubuntu
8 12 (2.15%) VMS
9 9 (1.62%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.44%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.26%) Android
11 7 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
12 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.90%) CentOS
14 3 (0.54%) SUSE
15 2 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
16 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (21.36%) DevOps
2 108 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
3 107 (19.21%) Infrastructure as Code
4 100 (17.95%) CI/CD
5 71 (12.75%) Migration
6 66 (11.85%) ITIL
7 55 (9.87%) Containerisation
7 55 (9.87%) High Availability
8 52 (9.34%) Agile
9 44 (7.90%) Disaster Recovery
10 43 (7.72%) Cybersecurity
11 41 (7.36%) Observability
12 40 (7.18%) Infrastructure Automation
13 39 (7.00%) Platform Engineering
14 32 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
16 26 (4.67%) Change Management
17 25 (4.49%) Task Automation
18 24 (4.31%) DevSecOps
18 24 (4.31%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (22.44%) Python
2 100 (17.95%) PowerShell
3 63 (11.31%) Bash
4 26 (4.67%) SQL
5 24 (4.31%) Java
6 16 (2.87%) Shell Script
7 15 (2.69%) Bicep
8 14 (2.51%) Go
8 14 (2.51%) Perl
9 6 (1.08%) C++
9 6 (1.08%) Ruby
10 4 (0.72%) C#
11 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.36%) Groovy
12 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
13 1 (0.18%) C
13 1 (0.18%) Scala
13 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.18%) VB
13 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 165 (29.62%) Security Cleared
2 107 (19.21%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.77%) DV Cleared
4 38 (6.82%) Azure Certification
5 34 (6.10%) Degree
6 32 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (3.23%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.33%) CCNP
11 12 (2.15%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.15%) CCNA
11 12 (2.15%) CISSP
11 12 (2.15%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (1.97%) CISM
13 9 (1.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.08%) FFIEC
14 6 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.05%) GDPR
2 12 (2.15%) NIST
3 11 (1.97%) SLA
4 10 (1.80%) PCI DSS
5 9 (1.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.08%) GLBA
7 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (0.90%) QA
8 3 (0.54%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.36%) COBIT
9 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 143 (25.67%) Active Directory
2 105 (18.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (10.95%) Docker
4 54 (9.69%) Hyper-V
5 27 (4.85%) vSphere
6 23 (4.13%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (3.59%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.80%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.72%) NFS
10 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.54%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.54%) Firmware
11 3 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.36%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.36%) Tivoli Directory Server
13 1 (0.18%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.18%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 144 (25.85%) Terraform
2 81 (14.54%) Ansible
3 78 (14.00%) Kubernetes
4 58 (10.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 57 (10.23%) SCCM
6 23 (4.13%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (3.95%) Grafana
8 19 (3.41%) vCenter Server
9 16 (2.87%) Prometheus
10 15 (2.69%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.51%) Red Hat Satellite
12 12 (2.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (1.62%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (1.44%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (1.26%) CASB
15 7 (1.26%) SCOrch
15 7 (1.26%) vRealize
16 6 (1.08%) SCOM
17 5 (0.90%) Nessus
17 5 (0.90%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 182 (32.68%) Microsoft
2 149 (26.75%) VMware
3 37 (6.64%) Palo Alto
4 36 (6.46%) Cisco
5 34 (6.10%) Google
5 34 (6.10%) Red Hat
6 28 (5.03%) Dell
7 27 (4.85%) F5
8 21 (3.77%) Splunk
9 19 (3.41%) ServiceNow
10 18 (3.23%) Citrix
10 18 (3.23%) IBM
11 16 (2.87%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.87%) Veeam
12 15 (2.69%) Fortinet
13 14 (2.51%) Oracle
13 14 (2.51%) Zscaler
14 13 (2.33%) Aruba
15 12 (2.15%) HP
16 10 (1.80%) Juniper