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 14 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 136 92
Rank change year-on-year +31 -44 +30
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 926 502 867
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.28% 2.08% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.28% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 634 350 654
10th Percentile £335 £313 £285
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.94%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £700
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -2.10% +9.38% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 7 32
10th Percentile £46.80 £40.31 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £53.22 £43.75
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +23.70% -20.85%
75th Percentile £78.75 £136.88 £62.81
90th Percentile - £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +16.06% +13.90% -10.94%

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 34,393 22,003 31,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.67% 91.23% 86.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,924 14,379 20,694
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -2.13% -1.71% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,131 924 2,243
10th Percentile £15.34 £14.42 £12.88
25th Percentile £20.36 £18.47 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £29.02 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.96% -20.49% -2.25%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £28.60 £36.50
% change year-on-year +48.60% -21.64% +1.39%

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 14 May 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 14 May 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 14 May 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 -6 250 £550 +4.76% 110
North of England +6 199 £490 -6.67% 79
South East +5 181 £510 -5.12% 93
South West +8 117 £540 -5.05% 53
Yorkshire -9 110 £427 -18.76% 18
Midlands -4 99 £450 +12.50% 57
North West -13 66 £575 +9.52% 47
West Midlands -20 61 £525 +52.17% 34
East of England -4 59 £475 +0.26% 25
East Midlands -5 37 £450 - 22
North East -3 25 £600 -7.69% 14
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 63 (6.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.51%) Confluence
4 12 (1.30%) Apache
5 7 (0.76%) TPMS
6 6 (0.65%) IIS
7 5 (0.54%) CICS
8 4 (0.43%) SAS
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.32%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
10 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
10 2 (0.22%) nginx
10 2 (0.22%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.11%) CloudStack
11 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) Maximo
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 293 (31.64%) Azure
2 158 (17.06%) AWS
3 89 (9.61%) Microsoft 365
4 67 (7.24%) Entra ID
5 66 (7.13%) GCP
6 62 (6.70%) GitHub
7 47 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (4.86%) IaaS
9 43 (4.64%) GitHub Actions
10 36 (3.89%) PaaS
11 34 (3.67%) SaaS
12 32 (3.46%) OpenShift
13 31 (3.35%) Azure AKS
13 31 (3.35%) Serverless
14 27 (2.92%) Azure Monitor
15 24 (2.59%) OCI
16 23 (2.48%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 22 (2.38%) AWS Lambda
18 21 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
19 19 (2.05%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 134 (14.47%) Firewall
2 121 (13.07%) DNS
3 72 (7.78%) DHCP
4 58 (6.26%) VPN
5 46 (4.97%) Network Security
6 42 (4.54%) WAN
7 40 (4.32%) SAN
8 31 (3.35%) VLAN
9 29 (3.13%) LAN
9 29 (3.13%) TCP/IP
10 25 (2.70%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 23 (2.48%) BGP
12 21 (2.27%) NAS
13 20 (2.16%) SD-WAN
14 19 (2.05%) OSPF
15 18 (1.94%) BIG-IP
16 17 (1.84%) SSL
16 17 (1.84%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (1.73%) Ethernet VPN
17 16 (1.73%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (0.97%) DynamoDB
4 8 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.76%) Metadata
5 7 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.76%) Power BI
6 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.43%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.43%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.43%) DB2
8 4 (0.43%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.43%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.32%) NonStop SQL
9 3 (0.32%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.32%) Pentaho
9 3 (0.32%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.22%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 47 (5.08%) GitLab
2 35 (3.78%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.13%) Git
3 29 (3.13%) JIRA
4 6 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.11%) GoCD
6 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.11%) Introscope
6 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.11%) MSI
6 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (15.23%) Social Skills
2 85 (9.18%) Finance
3 78 (8.42%) Public Sector
4 52 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (4.10%) Banking
6 29 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.38%) Military
8 17 (1.84%) Legal
9 14 (1.51%) Aerospace
10 13 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 11 (1.19%) Retail
12 10 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.97%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.76%) Billing
15 6 (0.65%) Marketing
15 6 (0.65%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.43%) Front Office
17 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.32%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 611 (65.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 146 (15.77%) Senior
3 111 (11.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 56 (6.05%) Cloud Engineer
5 55 (5.94%) Azure Engineer
6 49 (5.29%) Network Engineer
7 42 (4.54%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 40 (4.32%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 39 (4.21%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 35 (3.78%) VMware Engineer
11 34 (3.67%) Automation Engineer
12 32 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
13 31 (3.35%) Architect
14 29 (3.13%) IT Engineer
14 29 (3.13%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 28 (3.02%) Support Engineer
16 27 (2.92%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 26 (2.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
17 26 (2.81%) Infrastructure Support
18 25 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.81%) REST
2 16 (1.73%) SOAP
3 12 (1.30%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.97%) LDAP
4 9 (0.97%) Web Services
5 8 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
5 8 (0.86%) Kafka
6 7 (0.76%) Flash
6 7 (0.76%) OAuth
7 6 (0.65%) Middleware
7 6 (0.65%) OpenID
8 5 (0.54%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.54%) JSON
8 5 (0.54%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.54%) SAML
9 4 (0.43%) ADO
9 4 (0.43%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.43%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.43%) RESTful
9 4 (0.43%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 69 (7.45%) Data Centre
2 52 (5.62%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (4.54%) PKI
4 34 (3.67%) Cloud Native
5 33 (3.56%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.02%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.92%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.81%) Replication
9 25 (2.70%) Private Cloud
10 20 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.51%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.40%) Clustering
14 10 (1.08%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.97%) Mainframe
16 7 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.76%) DataPower
16 7 (0.76%) Mobile App
17 6 (0.65%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 264 (28.51%) Windows
2 160 (17.28%) Windows Server
3 144 (15.55%) Linux
4 24 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.05%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (1.94%) Ubuntu
8 17 (1.84%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.62%) Android
10 13 (1.40%) VMS
11 12 (1.30%) Windows 10
12 10 (1.08%) Unix
12 10 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
13 8 (0.86%) CentOS
14 7 (0.76%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.76%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.54%) Debian
15 5 (0.54%) zOS
16 2 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
17 1 (0.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (20.52%) DevOps
2 182 (19.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 165 (17.82%) CI/CD
4 129 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
5 103 (11.12%) Migration
6 93 (10.04%) Agile
7 82 (8.86%) Platform Engineering
8 80 (8.64%) High Availability
9 78 (8.42%) Containerisation
10 75 (8.10%) Infrastructure Automation
11 65 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 65 (7.02%) ITIL
12 59 (6.37%) Zero Trust
13 56 (6.05%) Project Delivery
14 51 (5.51%) Continuous Improvement
15 50 (5.40%) Cybersecurity
15 50 (5.40%) Observability
16 44 (4.75%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 44 (4.75%) Technical Leadership
17 42 (4.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 139 (15.01%) PowerShell
2 133 (14.36%) Python
3 55 (5.94%) Bash
4 38 (4.10%) SQL
5 31 (3.35%) Bicep
6 21 (2.27%) Shell Script
7 19 (2.05%) C#
8 16 (1.73%) Java
9 10 (1.08%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.08%) PHP
10 6 (0.65%) C++
10 6 (0.65%) Ruby
11 5 (0.54%) Go
12 4 (0.43%) Groovy
12 4 (0.43%) JCL
13 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 343 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 221 (23.87%) SC Cleared
3 129 (13.93%) DV Cleared
4 40 (4.32%) Degree
5 25 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 22 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.84%) CISSP
9 16 (1.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (1.62%) AWS Certification
10 15 (1.62%) CCNA
11 14 (1.51%) CISM
12 10 (1.08%) CCNP
13 9 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.76%) FFIEC
14 7 (0.76%) MCSE
15 6 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.65%) RHCA
16 5 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 5 (0.54%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.35%) NIST
2 26 (2.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (1.62%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (1.62%) GDPR
3 15 (1.62%) PCI DSS
3 15 (1.62%) QA
4 10 (1.08%) NCSC
4 10 (1.08%) SLA
5 7 (0.76%) Data Quality
5 7 (0.76%) GLBA
5 7 (0.76%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
7 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
8 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.11%) PMO
8 1 (0.11%) RMADS
System Software
1 169 (18.25%) Active Directory
2 164 (17.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (8.32%) Hyper-V
4 67 (7.24%) Docker
5 52 (5.62%) vSphere
6 45 (4.86%) VMware ESXi
7 29 (3.13%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (2.48%) VMware NSX
9 19 (2.05%) NFS
9 19 (2.05%) Virtual Desktop
10 9 (0.97%) BitLocker
11 7 (0.76%) Firmware
11 7 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
12 5 (0.54%) GPFS
13 4 (0.43%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.32%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.22%) Postfix
15 2 (0.22%) SRDF
15 2 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 183 (19.76%) Terraform
2 146 (15.77%) Kubernetes
3 109 (11.77%) Ansible
4 58 (6.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 33 (3.56%) SCCM
5 33 (3.56%) vCenter Server
6 19 (2.05%) Grafana
7 17 (1.84%) Puppet
8 16 (1.73%) Prometheus
9 15 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
9 15 (1.62%) WSUS
10 12 (1.30%) SCOM
11 11 (1.19%) Packer
12 10 (1.08%) Nessus
12 10 (1.08%) Progress Chef
12 10 (1.08%) vRealize
13 9 (0.97%) Argo
13 9 (0.97%) VxRail
14 8 (0.86%) Istio
15 7 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 223 (24.08%) VMware
2 220 (23.76%) Microsoft
3 57 (6.16%) Cisco
4 53 (5.72%) Citrix
5 43 (4.64%) NetApp
6 36 (3.89%) Palo Alto
7 34 (3.67%) F5
8 33 (3.56%) Veeam
9 30 (3.24%) ServiceNow
10 29 (3.13%) Google
11 26 (2.81%) Dell
11 26 (2.81%) Red Hat
12 24 (2.59%) Fortinet
13 20 (2.16%) IBM
14 17 (1.84%) Arista
14 17 (1.84%) Aruba
14 17 (1.84%) SolarWinds
15 16 (1.73%) Oracle
15 16 (1.73%) Splunk
16 11 (1.19%) Thales