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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 138 88
Rank change year-on-year -12 -50 +43
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 598 516 876
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.90% 1.89% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 2.12% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 437 357 634
10th Percentile £312 £325 £310
25th Percentile £400 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £638 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +1.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 11 35
10th Percentile £26.13 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £28.31 £57.01 £23.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.60% +13.64% +5.77%
75th Percentile £75.70 £70.96 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.50 £112.00 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -45.60% +8.70% +10.58%

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 27,872 24,320 31,532
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.34% 88.88% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,782 14,954 21,308
10th Percentile £304 £310 £306
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,755 794 1,429
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +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 8 January 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 8 January 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 8 January 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 -38 190 £550 - 79
South East -1 126 £475 +5.56% 130
North of England -11 101 £449 -0.33% 88
South West +13 84 £558 +1.36% 78
Yorkshire -10 59 £447 -5.89% 45
East of England +3 45 £425 -29.17% 49
North West -15 40 £446 +4.94% 35
Midlands -38 33 £438 -17.45% 60
West Midlands -38 25 £482 -26.41% 29
East Midlands -26 8 £415 -17.00% 30
North East -12 3 £466 - 12
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 49 (8.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (3.01%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.01%) Apache
3 12 (2.01%) Confluence
4 10 (1.67%) IIS
5 9 (1.51%) TPMS
6 2 (0.33%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (0.33%) iPlanet
6 2 (0.33%) JBoss
6 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.33%) Traefik
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.33%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Maximo
2 4 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 212 (35.45%) Azure
2 123 (20.57%) AWS
3 95 (15.89%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (11.20%) Entra ID
5 35 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
6 32 (5.35%) GCP
7 29 (4.85%) GitHub
8 28 (4.68%) OpenShift
9 26 (4.35%) IaaS
10 24 (4.01%) Amazon S3
10 24 (4.01%) Azure Monitor
11 23 (3.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 22 (3.68%) PaaS
13 20 (3.34%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (3.34%) Serverless
14 19 (3.18%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
16 17 (2.84%) Amazon EC2
17 15 (2.51%) Nutanix
17 15 (2.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 125 (20.90%) Firewall
2 82 (13.71%) DNS
3 60 (10.03%) VPN
4 57 (9.53%) TCP/IP
5 48 (8.03%) DHCP
6 40 (6.69%) WAN
7 36 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
8 34 (5.69%) VLAN
9 31 (5.18%) Network Security
9 31 (5.18%) SAN
10 30 (5.02%) LAN
11 28 (4.68%) SSL
12 13 (2.17%) MPLS
13 12 (2.01%) Wireless
14 11 (1.84%) SSH
15 10 (1.67%) 4G
16 9 (1.51%) Fibre Channel
16 9 (1.51%) NAS
16 9 (1.51%) SD-WAN
16 9 (1.51%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.85%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.17%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.00%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.84%) Power BI
5 4 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.67%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.67%) MySQL
5 4 (0.67%) Oracle Database
6 3 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.50%) Big Data
6 3 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.50%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.50%) SAP HANA
6 3 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.33%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.33%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.33%) Oracle Exadata
7 2 (0.33%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 34 (5.69%) Jenkins
2 32 (5.35%) Git
3 27 (4.52%) GitLab
4 17 (2.84%) JIRA
5 3 (0.50%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.50%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.33%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.33%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.17%) GoCD
7 1 (0.17%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.17%) MLflow
7 1 (0.17%) MSI
General
1 136 (22.74%) Social Skills
2 82 (13.71%) Finance
3 60 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (9.70%) Public Sector
5 29 (4.85%) Documentation Skills
6 27 (4.52%) Banking
7 13 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (2.01%) Military
9 8 (1.34%) Billing
9 8 (1.34%) Legal
9 8 (1.34%) Local Government
9 8 (1.34%) Telecoms
10 7 (1.17%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.00%) Aviation
11 6 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.00%) Retail
11 6 (1.00%) Spanish Language
12 5 (0.84%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.84%) Front Office
12 5 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 389 (65.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 84 (14.05%) Senior
3 68 (11.37%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (8.19%) Infrastructure Support
5 46 (7.69%) Network Engineer
6 45 (7.53%) Support Engineer
7 43 (7.19%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 42 (7.02%) Azure Engineer
8 42 (7.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
9 32 (5.35%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (4.52%) Cloud Engineer
11 26 (4.35%) VMware Engineer
12 24 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
13 23 (3.85%) Automation Engineer
14 22 (3.68%) IT Engineer
14 22 (3.68%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
15 19 (3.18%) Security Engineer
16 18 (3.01%) Windows Engineer
17 17 (2.84%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.51%) ARM Templates
1 15 (2.51%) Middleware
1 15 (2.51%) SAML
2 13 (2.17%) OpenID
2 13 (2.17%) REST
3 8 (1.34%) Kafka
3 8 (1.34%) OAuth
4 6 (1.00%) Microsoft Graph
4 6 (1.00%) OAuth2
5 5 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (0.84%) GraphQL
5 5 (0.84%) RESTful
5 5 (0.84%) YAML
6 4 (0.67%) gRPC
6 4 (0.67%) NumPy
6 4 (0.67%) Pandas
6 4 (0.67%) SOAP
6 4 (0.67%) Web Services
7 3 (0.50%) ADO
7 3 (0.50%) AWT
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.35%) Data Centre
2 30 (5.02%) Replication
3 29 (4.85%) Hybrid Cloud
4 26 (4.35%) PKI
5 21 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 21 (3.51%) Private Cloud
6 17 (2.84%) Public Cloud
7 15 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
8 13 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 13 (2.17%) Cloud Native
9 10 (1.67%) Clustering
9 10 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (1.51%) Management Information System
11 8 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
12 7 (1.17%) Enterprise Storage
12 7 (1.17%) NHS
13 6 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
13 6 (1.00%) Equities
13 6 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 221 (36.96%) Windows
2 136 (22.74%) Linux
3 119 (19.90%) Windows Server
4 27 (4.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (3.85%) Unix
6 19 (3.18%) Windows 10
7 15 (2.51%) VMS
8 14 (2.34%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.67%) Windows Server 2012
10 8 (1.34%) Windows Server 2016
10 8 (1.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 7 (1.17%) Android
12 6 (1.00%) CentOS
13 5 (0.84%) Apple iOS
14 4 (0.67%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.33%) Debian
16 2 (0.33%) SUSE
16 2 (0.33%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
17 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (20.57%) DevOps
2 117 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
3 105 (17.56%) Infrastructure as Code
4 100 (16.72%) CI/CD
5 83 (13.88%) ITIL
6 68 (11.37%) Migration
7 60 (10.03%) Agile
8 54 (9.03%) Containerisation
9 53 (8.86%) High Availability
10 52 (8.70%) Infrastructure Automation
11 49 (8.19%) Cybersecurity
12 48 (8.03%) Disaster Recovery
13 47 (7.86%) Observability
14 42 (7.02%) Platform Engineering
15 35 (5.85%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (5.69%) Project Delivery
17 30 (5.02%) RBAC
18 29 (4.85%) Change Management
18 29 (4.85%) Service Management
19 28 (4.68%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (17.39%) Python
2 98 (16.39%) PowerShell
3 51 (8.53%) Bash
4 24 (4.01%) Java
5 22 (3.68%) SQL
6 21 (3.51%) Bicep
7 16 (2.68%) Shell Script
8 13 (2.17%) Perl
9 11 (1.84%) Go
10 7 (1.17%) JavaScript
11 6 (1.00%) Ruby
12 5 (0.84%) C++
12 5 (0.84%) PHP
13 4 (0.67%) C#
14 3 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 2 (0.33%) Groovy
16 1 (0.17%) Scala
16 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.17%) VB
16 1 (0.17%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 179 (29.93%) Security Cleared
2 117 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 63 (10.54%) DV Cleared
4 42 (7.02%) Azure Certification
5 38 (6.35%) Microsoft Certification
6 30 (5.02%) Degree
7 18 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (3.01%) CISSP
8 17 (2.84%) CISM
9 16 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
10 13 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (2.01%) CCNP
11 12 (2.01%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (1.84%) AWS Certification
13 10 (1.67%) CCNA
14 9 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (1.51%) FFIEC
15 8 (1.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (0.84%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (3.51%) GDPR
2 20 (3.34%) NIST
3 14 (2.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 13 (2.17%) PCI DSS
4 13 (2.17%) SLA
5 9 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
5 9 (1.51%) GLBA
6 8 (1.34%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.50%) QA
7 3 (0.50%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.33%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.33%) COBIT
8 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 19650
9 1 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 144 (24.08%) Active Directory
2 113 (18.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 64 (10.70%) Docker
4 60 (10.03%) Hyper-V
5 30 (5.02%) vSphere
6 17 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
7 16 (2.68%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (1.84%) VMware NSX
10 6 (1.00%) NFS
11 3 (0.50%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.50%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.50%) Firmware
11 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.33%) QEMU
12 2 (0.33%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.33%) Tivoli Directory Server
13 1 (0.17%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.17%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 142 (23.75%) Terraform
2 91 (15.22%) Kubernetes
3 83 (13.88%) Ansible
4 64 (10.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 56 (9.36%) SCCM
6 23 (3.85%) Single Sign-On
7 21 (3.51%) Grafana
8 20 (3.34%) vCenter Server
9 15 (2.51%) FortiGate
9 15 (2.51%) Prometheus
9 15 (2.51%) Red Hat Satellite
10 9 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 8 (1.34%) Dell DRAC
12 7 (1.17%) Istio
12 7 (1.17%) vRealize
13 6 (1.00%) CASB
13 6 (1.00%) Nessus
13 6 (1.00%) SCOrch
13 6 (1.00%) VxRail
14 5 (0.84%) Packer
Vendors
1 201 (33.61%) Microsoft
2 158 (26.42%) VMware
3 43 (7.19%) Palo Alto
4 40 (6.69%) Cisco
4 40 (6.69%) Red Hat
5 28 (4.68%) Dell
5 28 (4.68%) F5
6 27 (4.52%) Google
7 23 (3.85%) ServiceNow
7 23 (3.85%) Splunk
8 22 (3.68%) Veeam
9 21 (3.51%) IBM
10 19 (3.18%) Citrix
11 16 (2.68%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.68%) Oracle
12 14 (2.34%) SolarWinds
13 13 (2.17%) Aruba
13 13 (2.17%) Zscaler
14 12 (2.01%) Fortinet
14 12 (2.01%) NetApp