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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 125 90
Rank change year-on-year -9 -35 +40
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 727 542 889
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.00% 2.20% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.42% 2.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 369 642
10th Percentile £325 £329 £295
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £589 £614 £605
90th Percentile £650 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £500 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +7.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 41
10th Percentile - £32.24 £21.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £56.38 £37.08
Median hourly rate £34.50 £63.14 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -45.37% +36.73% -16.79%
75th Percentile £77.13 £102.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £173.60 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £44.75 £63.14 £46.18
% change year-on-year -29.13% +36.73% -20.41%

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 31,421 22,365 33,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.55% 90.61% 86.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,102 14,445 21,880
10th Percentile £313 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £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 1,952 795 2,164
10th Percentile £15.25 £15.25 £13.02
25th Percentile £18.80 £21.01 £16.06
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -9.72%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.53
90th Percentile £74.26 £76.81 £71.83
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% - -7.14%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -26 226 £550 +1.85% 80
South East -4 141 £500 -4.76% 99
North of England -32 138 £478 -9.05% 104
South West +10 114 £550 -4.35% 69
Yorkshire -16 88 £450 -14.29% 43
Midlands -48 54 £450 - 49
North West -40 43 £508 -3.31% 52
East of England -9 41 £463 -15.91% 40
West Midlands -53 28 £487 +14.59% 29
East Midlands -20 26 £450 - 19
North East -14 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 53 (7.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.20%) Confluence
4 11 (1.51%) Apache
5 10 (1.38%) TPMS
6 8 (1.10%) IIS
7 4 (0.55%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.41%) nginx
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.28%) CICS
9 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.41%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 7 (0.96%) Maximo
2 4 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 235 (32.32%) Azure
2 114 (15.68%) AWS
3 96 (13.20%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (9.49%) Entra ID
5 48 (6.60%) GCP
6 45 (6.19%) GitHub
7 38 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
8 36 (4.95%) IaaS
8 36 (4.95%) PaaS
9 30 (4.13%) Serverless
10 29 (3.99%) OpenShift
11 28 (3.85%) Azure Monitor
12 27 (3.71%) GitHub Actions
13 23 (3.16%) Azure AKS
14 22 (3.03%) AWS CloudFormation
15 21 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 20 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (2.75%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 20 (2.75%) Nutanix
17 18 (2.48%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 118 (16.23%) Firewall
2 84 (11.55%) DNS
3 55 (7.57%) VPN
4 50 (6.88%) DHCP
5 38 (5.23%) Network Security
5 38 (5.23%) WAN
6 34 (4.68%) TCP/IP
7 31 (4.26%) LAN
8 29 (3.99%) SAN
8 29 (3.99%) Wi-Fi
9 27 (3.71%) VLAN
10 17 (2.34%) MPLS
10 17 (2.34%) SSL
11 13 (1.79%) SSH
12 12 (1.65%) BGP
12 12 (1.65%) SNMP
13 10 (1.38%) Fibre Channel
13 10 (1.38%) iSCSI
13 10 (1.38%) NAS
14 9 (1.24%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.38%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.10%) DynamoDB
5 7 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.96%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.83%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.69%) Big Data
7 5 (0.69%) MySQL
7 5 (0.69%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.55%) Power BI
9 3 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
9 3 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.28%) DB2
10 2 (0.28%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.28%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 35 (4.81%) Jenkins
2 27 (3.71%) GitLab
2 27 (3.71%) JIRA
3 23 (3.16%) Git
4 6 (0.83%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.28%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.14%) GoCD
6 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.14%) Introscope
6 1 (0.14%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.14%) MLflow
6 1 (0.14%) MSI
6 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 90 (12.38%) Finance
3 62 (8.53%) Public Sector
4 55 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (4.95%) Banking
6 32 (4.40%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (2.61%) Legal
7 19 (2.61%) Military
8 12 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.10%) Billing
10 6 (0.83%) Aviation
10 6 (0.83%) Retail
10 6 (0.83%) Spanish Language
10 6 (0.83%) Telecoms
11 4 (0.55%) Aerospace
11 4 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.55%) Local Government
11 4 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.41%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 451 (62.04%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 94 (12.93%) Senior
3 72 (9.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 54 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
5 42 (5.78%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 40 (5.50%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (4.95%) Network Engineer
8 34 (4.68%) Infrastructure Support
9 33 (4.54%) Support Engineer
10 31 (4.26%) VMware Engineer
11 30 (4.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 29 (3.99%) Automation Engineer
13 28 (3.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 25 (3.44%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
15 24 (3.30%) Security Engineer
16 23 (3.16%) Platform Engineer
17 22 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
18 21 (2.89%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
18 21 (2.89%) IT Engineer
18 21 (2.89%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (3.16%) REST
2 16 (2.20%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.93%) SAML
3 14 (1.93%) SOAP
4 12 (1.65%) OpenID
5 9 (1.24%) Kafka
5 9 (1.24%) OAuth
5 9 (1.24%) OAuth2
6 7 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.96%) LDAP
6 7 (0.96%) Web Services
7 6 (0.83%) Middleware
8 4 (0.55%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (0.55%) NumPy
8 4 (0.55%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (0.55%) Pandas
9 3 (0.41%) Apache NiFi
9 3 (0.41%) OpenAPI
9 3 (0.41%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.09%) PKI
2 35 (4.81%) Data Centre
2 35 (4.81%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 27 (3.71%) Public Cloud
5 24 (3.30%) Replication
6 22 (3.03%) Private Cloud
7 18 (2.48%) Cloud Native
8 17 (2.34%) Enterprise Storage
9 16 (2.20%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.79%) Clustering
11 11 (1.51%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.96%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.83%) DataPower
13 6 (0.83%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.83%) Operational Technology
14 5 (0.69%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 233 (32.05%) Windows
2 131 (18.02%) Windows Server
3 130 (17.88%) Linux
4 27 (3.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.48%) Unix
6 17 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 16 (2.20%) Windows 10
8 15 (2.06%) VMS
9 14 (1.93%) Windows Server 2012
9 14 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
10 13 (1.79%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.83%) CentOS
12 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (0.55%) Android
13 4 (0.55%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.41%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.28%) Debian
15 2 (0.28%) SUSE
15 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
15 2 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (19.26%) DevOps
2 125 (17.19%) Infrastructure as Code
3 120 (16.51%) CI/CD
4 110 (15.13%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (11.55%) Migration
6 77 (10.59%) Agile
7 67 (9.22%) ITIL
8 66 (9.08%) Containerisation
9 63 (8.67%) Platform Engineering
10 62 (8.53%) High Availability
11 61 (8.39%) Cybersecurity
12 56 (7.70%) Disaster Recovery
12 56 (7.70%) Infrastructure Automation
13 52 (7.15%) Project Delivery
14 49 (6.74%) Observability
15 45 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
16 38 (5.23%) Cloud Security
17 36 (4.95%) Change Management
18 35 (4.81%) RBAC
19 33 (4.54%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 125 (17.19%) PowerShell
2 115 (15.82%) Python
3 55 (7.57%) Bash
4 28 (3.85%) SQL
5 23 (3.16%) Shell Script
6 22 (3.03%) Bicep
7 12 (1.65%) Java
8 9 (1.24%) C#
8 9 (1.24%) PHP
9 8 (1.10%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.96%) Ruby
11 6 (0.83%) Perl
12 4 (0.55%) C++
12 4 (0.55%) Go
13 3 (0.41%) Groovy
14 2 (0.28%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.28%) JCL
14 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 251 (34.53%) Security Cleared
2 149 (20.50%) SC Cleared
3 101 (13.89%) DV Cleared
4 36 (4.95%) Azure Certification
5 30 (4.13%) Degree
6 27 (3.71%) Cisco Certification
6 27 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (3.03%) CISSP
8 21 (2.89%) CISM
9 18 (2.48%) AWS Certification
10 16 (2.20%) CCNP
11 15 (2.06%) CCNA
12 11 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
12 11 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (1.38%) FFIEC
14 9 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
15 7 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.83%) Oracle Certification
17 5 (0.69%) GIAC
17 5 (0.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.71%) NIST
2 23 (3.16%) GDPR
3 20 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.34%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.51%) SLA
7 10 (1.38%) GLBA
8 8 (1.10%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.55%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.41%) QA
11 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.28%) NCSC
11 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 163 (22.42%) Active Directory
2 140 (19.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 60 (8.25%) Docker
4 56 (7.70%) Hyper-V
5 38 (5.23%) vSphere
6 30 (4.13%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.38%) VMware NSX
10 9 (1.24%) NFS
11 6 (0.83%) BitLocker
12 5 (0.69%) Firmware
13 4 (0.55%) Microsoft App-V
14 3 (0.41%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.41%) Sendmail
15 2 (0.28%) QEMU
15 2 (0.28%) SRDF
16 1 (0.14%) Postfix
16 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 148 (20.36%) Terraform
2 117 (16.09%) Kubernetes
3 79 (10.87%) Ansible
4 68 (9.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 52 (7.15%) SCCM
6 26 (3.58%) Single Sign-On
6 26 (3.58%) vCenter Server
7 19 (2.61%) Grafana
8 15 (2.06%) Prometheus
8 15 (2.06%) Puppet
9 11 (1.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 10 (1.38%) Istio
10 10 (1.38%) Progress Chef
10 10 (1.38%) Red Hat Satellite
10 10 (1.38%) VxRail
11 9 (1.24%) SCOM
12 8 (1.10%) FortiGate
12 8 (1.10%) Packer
13 7 (0.96%) Dell DRAC
14 6 (0.83%) CASB
Vendors
1 223 (30.67%) Microsoft
2 186 (25.58%) VMware
3 44 (6.05%) Cisco
4 35 (4.81%) ServiceNow
5 33 (4.54%) Citrix
5 33 (4.54%) Dell
5 33 (4.54%) Red Hat
6 30 (4.13%) Google
7 29 (3.99%) Fortinet
7 29 (3.99%) NetApp
8 27 (3.71%) Veeam
9 23 (3.16%) Splunk
10 20 (2.75%) Palo Alto
11 18 (2.48%) IBM
12 16 (2.20%) Thales
13 15 (2.06%) F5
14 14 (1.93%) SolarWinds
15 12 (1.65%) Aruba
15 12 (1.65%) CyberArk
15 12 (1.65%) Oracle