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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 125 94
Rank change year-on-year -4 -31 +32
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 756 544 878
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.04% 2.22% 2.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 2.45% 2.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 374 638
10th Percentile £325 £325 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% +10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £666 £676 £715
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 13 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £29.56 £21.25
25th Percentile £27.94 £55.38 £36.90
Median hourly rate £48.50 £63.79 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -23.96% +38.12% -21.85%
75th Percentile £73.01 £112.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £84.20 £182.40 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £63.79 £46.18
% change year-on-year -21.61% +38.12% -23.73%

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 31,979 22,196 32,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.71% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,491 14,461 21,766
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £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 1,970 819 2,143
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.08 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.00 £16.06
Median hourly rate £31.45 £33.40 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +2.77% -10.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £70.63
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year -7.69% +1.20% -8.24%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -14 233 £550 +3.53% 97
North of England -27 154 £481 -8.48% 87
South East -9 142 £500 -9.09% 89
South West +8 116 £550 -2.22% 50
Yorkshire -7 93 £450 -14.29% 33
North West -26 54 £491 -6.48% 45
Midlands -49 54 £450 +12.50% 38
East of England -11 42 £450 -18.18% 24
West Midlands -52 28 £487 +21.75% 28
East Midlands -23 26 £450 +5.88% 10
North East -10 7 £500 +36.99% 9
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 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.25%) Confluence
2 17 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.59%) Apache
4 10 (1.32%) TPMS
5 8 (1.06%) IIS
6 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.40%) nginx
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.26%) CICS
8 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Maximo
2 4 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 247 (32.67%) Azure
2 115 (15.21%) AWS
3 94 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (9.66%) Entra ID
5 53 (7.01%) GCP
6 48 (6.35%) GitHub
7 42 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (4.89%) IaaS
8 37 (4.89%) PaaS
9 32 (4.23%) Serverless
10 30 (3.97%) GitHub Actions
10 30 (3.97%) OpenShift
11 29 (3.84%) Azure Monitor
12 23 (3.04%) AWS CloudFormation
12 23 (3.04%) Azure AKS
13 22 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
14 21 (2.78%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (2.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 20 (2.65%) Nutanix
16 18 (2.38%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 125 (16.53%) Firewall
2 88 (11.64%) DNS
3 59 (7.80%) VPN
4 52 (6.88%) DHCP
5 39 (5.16%) Network Security
6 38 (5.03%) WAN
7 33 (4.37%) TCP/IP
8 32 (4.23%) LAN
9 31 (4.10%) SAN
10 28 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
11 25 (3.31%) VLAN
12 17 (2.25%) MPLS
12 17 (2.25%) SSL
13 13 (1.72%) SSH
14 12 (1.59%) BGP
14 12 (1.59%) NAS
14 12 (1.59%) SNMP
15 11 (1.46%) Fibre Channel
15 11 (1.46%) iSCSI
16 9 (1.19%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.17%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.06%) DynamoDB
3 8 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.06%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.66%) Big Data
5 5 (0.66%) Power BI
5 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.40%) MySQL
7 3 (0.40%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.40%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.26%) DB2
8 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 35 (4.63%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.97%) JIRA
3 29 (3.84%) GitLab
4 24 (3.17%) Git
5 6 (0.79%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.13%) GoCD
7 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.13%) Introscope
7 1 (0.13%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.13%) MSI
7 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 144 (19.05%) Social Skills
2 90 (11.90%) Finance
3 66 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 57 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (5.16%) Banking
6 32 (4.23%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.65%) Military
8 18 (2.38%) Legal
9 13 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.06%) Billing
11 7 (0.93%) Retail
11 7 (0.93%) Telecoms
12 6 (0.79%) Aviation
13 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (0.66%) Spanish Language
14 4 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.53%) Local Government
14 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.40%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 468 (61.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 95 (12.57%) Senior
3 72 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 59 (7.80%) Azure Engineer
5 47 (6.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 42 (5.56%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (4.63%) Network Engineer
8 34 (4.50%) VMware Engineer
9 31 (4.10%) Infrastructure Support
9 31 (4.10%) Support Engineer
10 30 (3.97%) Automation Engineer
10 30 (3.97%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (3.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (3.44%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 26 (3.44%) Platform Engineer
13 25 (3.31%) Architect
14 24 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
15 23 (3.04%) Security Engineer
16 22 (2.91%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
17 21 (2.78%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.31%) REST
2 16 (2.12%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.85%) SAML
3 14 (1.85%) SOAP
4 12 (1.59%) OpenID
5 11 (1.46%) OAuth
6 9 (1.19%) Kafka
6 9 (1.19%) OAuth2
7 7 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (0.93%) LDAP
7 7 (0.93%) Web Services
8 6 (0.79%) Middleware
9 5 (0.66%) GraphQL
10 4 (0.53%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
10 4 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.40%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.40%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.40%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.40%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 42 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 40 (5.29%) PKI
3 36 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
4 28 (3.70%) Onboarding
4 28 (3.70%) Public Cloud
5 24 (3.17%) Replication
6 22 (2.91%) Cloud Native
6 22 (2.91%) Private Cloud
7 20 (2.65%) Enterprise Storage
8 17 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.72%) Clustering
10 12 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.79%) CCTV
12 6 (0.79%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.79%) DataPower
12 6 (0.79%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.79%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 235 (31.08%) Windows
2 133 (17.59%) Windows Server
3 129 (17.06%) Linux
4 27 (3.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.38%) Unix
6 17 (2.25%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.98%) VMS
7 15 (1.98%) Windows 10
8 14 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.79%) CentOS
10 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.53%) Android
11 4 (0.53%) Apple iOS
12 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.26%) Debian
13 2 (0.26%) SUSE
13 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (20.24%) DevOps
2 134 (17.72%) Infrastructure as Code
3 126 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 107 (14.15%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (12.04%) Migration
6 81 (10.71%) Agile
7 73 (9.66%) Containerisation
8 68 (8.99%) Platform Engineering
9 66 (8.73%) ITIL
10 64 (8.47%) High Availability
11 62 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
12 59 (7.80%) Disaster Recovery
13 57 (7.54%) Infrastructure Automation
14 53 (7.01%) Project Delivery
15 51 (6.75%) Observability
16 44 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (5.42%) Cloud Security
18 37 (4.89%) RBAC
19 35 (4.63%) Change Management
20 34 (4.50%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 131 (17.33%) PowerShell
2 119 (15.74%) Python
3 56 (7.41%) Bash
4 28 (3.70%) SQL
5 26 (3.44%) Bicep
6 23 (3.04%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.59%) Java
8 11 (1.46%) C#
9 9 (1.19%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.19%) PHP
10 7 (0.93%) Ruby
11 6 (0.79%) Perl
12 4 (0.53%) C++
12 4 (0.53%) Go
13 3 (0.40%) Groovy
14 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.26%) JCL
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 259 (34.26%) Security Cleared
2 153 (20.24%) SC Cleared
3 104 (13.76%) DV Cleared
4 35 (4.63%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.23%) Degree
6 27 (3.57%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 23 (3.04%) CISSP
9 21 (2.78%) CISM
10 16 (2.12%) CCNP
11 15 (1.98%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.98%) CCNA
12 12 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.32%) FFIEC
15 9 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.93%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.79%) PMI Certification
18 5 (0.66%) GIAC
18 5 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (4.10%) NIST
2 23 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.78%) GDPR
4 17 (2.25%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.46%) SLA
7 10 (1.32%) GLBA
8 8 (1.06%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.53%) QA
9 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.40%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 166 (21.96%) Active Directory
2 147 (19.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (8.99%) Docker
4 58 (7.67%) Hyper-V
5 42 (5.56%) vSphere
6 36 (4.76%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (3.04%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (2.51%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (1.85%) VMware NSX
10 10 (1.32%) NFS
11 8 (1.06%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.79%) Firmware
12 6 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.40%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.40%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.26%) QEMU
14 2 (0.26%) SRDF
15 1 (0.13%) Postfix
15 1 (0.13%) UAG
15 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 154 (20.37%) Terraform
2 126 (16.67%) Kubernetes
3 81 (10.71%) Ansible
4 67 (8.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 52 (6.88%) SCCM
6 32 (4.23%) vCenter Server
7 29 (3.84%) Single Sign-On
8 21 (2.78%) Grafana
9 17 (2.25%) Prometheus
10 16 (2.12%) Puppet
11 11 (1.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 10 (1.32%) Istio
12 10 (1.32%) Progress Chef
12 10 (1.32%) VxRail
13 9 (1.19%) Red Hat Satellite
13 9 (1.19%) SCOM
14 8 (1.06%) FortiGate
14 8 (1.06%) Packer
14 8 (1.06%) vRealize
15 7 (0.93%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 225 (29.76%) Microsoft
2 191 (25.26%) VMware
3 44 (5.82%) Cisco
4 36 (4.76%) Citrix
4 36 (4.76%) Red Hat
5 35 (4.63%) ServiceNow
6 33 (4.37%) Dell
7 32 (4.23%) Google
8 31 (4.10%) NetApp
9 29 (3.84%) Fortinet
10 27 (3.57%) Veeam
11 23 (3.04%) Splunk
12 20 (2.65%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.38%) IBM
14 16 (2.12%) Thales
15 15 (1.98%) F5
16 14 (1.85%) SolarWinds
17 12 (1.59%) Aruba
18 11 (1.46%) CyberArk
18 11 (1.46%) Oracle