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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 132 94
Rank change year-on-year +36 -38 +18
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,073 513 886
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.54% 2.10% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.30% 2.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 715 347 673
10th Percentile £337 £327 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.38%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £599
90th Percentile £675 £650 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £494
% change year-on-year - +6.28% -4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 5 30
10th Percentile £46.40 £52.79 £35.99
25th Percentile £58.43 £55.38 £45.30
Median hourly rate £72.54 £72.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +0.06% +32.12% -20.18%
75th Percentile £78.75 £200.00 £70.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £72.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +0.06% +32.12% -15.58%

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 35,948 22,351 32,031
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.10% 91.35% 85.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,764 14,463 20,809
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,246 1,016 2,371
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.75 £18.12 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.00 £28.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +67.86% -25.33% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.28 £36.50
% change year-on-year +61.14% -25.26% +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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +9 303 £550 +4.76% 104
North of England +14 245 £500 -4.76% 69
South East +7 208 £515 -6.45% 78
South West +23 121 £540 -4.00% 59
Yorkshire -9 118 £425 -19.05% 18
Midlands -7 111 £450 +12.50% 44
North West +6 87 £550 +4.79% 38
West Midlands -17 72 £525 +35.48% 27
East of England +1 61 £475 +1.82% 22
North East +3 46 £600 -7.69% 13
East Midlands -1 38 £450 - 17
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 58 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (1.86%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.58%) Confluence
4 10 (0.93%) Apache
5 7 (0.65%) CICS
6 5 (0.47%) TPMS
7 4 (0.37%) SAS
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.28%) IIS
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.093%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.093%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.093%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.19%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.093%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.47%) Maximo
2 1 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.093%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.093%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 355 (33.08%) Azure
2 189 (17.61%) AWS
3 91 (8.48%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (8.20%) GCP
5 79 (7.36%) Entra ID
6 77 (7.18%) GitHub
7 55 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (5.13%) IaaS
8 51 (4.75%) GitHub Actions
9 41 (3.82%) SaaS
10 36 (3.36%) PaaS
11 34 (3.17%) Azure AKS
11 34 (3.17%) OCI
12 29 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
13 27 (2.52%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 27 (2.52%) Serverless
14 21 (1.96%) OpenShift
15 19 (1.77%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.77%) Nutanix
16 18 (1.68%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 154 (14.35%) Firewall
2 147 (13.70%) DNS
3 92 (8.57%) DHCP
4 65 (6.06%) VPN
5 51 (4.75%) Network Security
6 50 (4.66%) WAN
7 44 (4.10%) SAN
8 40 (3.73%) VLAN
9 37 (3.45%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 34 (3.17%) TCP/IP
11 32 (2.98%) BGP
12 31 (2.89%) SD-WAN
13 30 (2.80%) BIG-IP
14 28 (2.61%) LAN
14 28 (2.61%) OSPF
15 26 (2.42%) VXLAN
16 25 (2.33%) Ethernet VPN
17 23 (2.14%) SSL
18 20 (1.86%) Wi-Fi
19 19 (1.77%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.36%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.75%) DynamoDB
3 8 (0.75%) Power BI
4 7 (0.65%) Metadata
4 7 (0.65%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.56%) Db2
6 4 (0.37%) Big Data
6 4 (0.37%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.37%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.37%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.37%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.37%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.28%) Pentaho
7 3 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 57 (5.31%) GitLab
2 45 (4.19%) Jenkins
3 42 (3.91%) JIRA
4 27 (2.52%) Git
5 8 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.093%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.093%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.093%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.093%) CMake
6 1 (0.093%) GoCD
6 1 (0.093%) Gradle
6 1 (0.093%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.093%) Introscope
6 1 (0.093%) MSI
6 1 (0.093%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.093%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 152 (14.17%) Social Skills
2 92 (8.57%) Finance
3 77 (7.18%) Public Sector
4 54 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (3.91%) Banking
6 36 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (1.86%) Military
8 18 (1.68%) Legal
9 14 (1.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.30%) Retail
10 13 (1.21%) Aerospace
11 12 (1.12%) Telecoms
12 10 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (0.93%) Marketing
13 9 (0.84%) Billing
13 9 (0.84%) Manufacturing
14 8 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Law
15 5 (0.47%) Local Government
15 5 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 734 (68.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 192 (17.89%) Senior
3 150 (13.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 78 (7.27%) Cloud Engineer
5 62 (5.78%) Azure Engineer
6 55 (5.13%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 54 (5.03%) Network Engineer
8 46 (4.29%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 43 (4.01%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 40 (3.73%) VMware Engineer
11 37 (3.45%) DevOps Engineer
11 37 (3.45%) Support Engineer
12 35 (3.26%) Infrastructure Support
13 34 (3.17%) Architect
14 33 (3.08%) IT Engineer
14 33 (3.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (2.98%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 31 (2.89%) Automation Engineer
17 30 (2.80%) Security Engineer
17 30 (2.80%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.33%) REST
2 14 (1.30%) SOAP
3 13 (1.21%) ARM Templates
4 10 (0.93%) LDAP
5 9 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (0.84%) OAuth
6 8 (0.75%) JSON
6 8 (0.75%) Kafka
7 7 (0.65%) Flash
7 7 (0.65%) Middleware
7 7 (0.65%) OpenID
7 7 (0.65%) Web Services
8 6 (0.56%) RESTful
8 6 (0.56%) SAML
8 6 (0.56%) WSDL
9 5 (0.47%) AWS CDK
9 5 (0.47%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.47%) Keycloak
9 5 (0.47%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.47%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 106 (9.88%) Data Centre
2 70 (6.52%) Hybrid Cloud
3 44 (4.10%) Cloud Native
4 42 (3.91%) Public Cloud
5 41 (3.82%) PKI
6 35 (3.26%) Onboarding
7 28 (2.61%) Private Cloud
8 27 (2.52%) Enterprise Storage
9 24 (2.24%) Replication
10 20 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (1.30%) Clustering
11 14 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.30%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.12%) Management Information System
13 11 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
15 9 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
16 8 (0.75%) Enterprise Cloud
16 8 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
16 8 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 297 (27.68%) Windows
2 182 (16.96%) Windows Server
3 162 (15.10%) Linux
4 32 (2.98%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.58%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.49%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.40%) Android
9 14 (1.30%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.30%) Unix
10 10 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.84%) VMS
11 9 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (0.75%) CentOS
12 8 (0.75%) Debian
13 7 (0.65%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.65%) zOS
14 2 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.093%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (20.22%) Infrastructure as Code
2 208 (19.38%) DevOps
3 183 (17.05%) CI/CD
4 126 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (10.34%) Migration
6 98 (9.13%) Agile
7 89 (8.29%) High Availability
7 89 (8.29%) Platform Engineering
8 79 (7.36%) Infrastructure Automation
9 72 (6.71%) Zero Trust
10 70 (6.52%) Containerisation
11 67 (6.24%) Disaster Recovery
12 63 (5.87%) ITIL
13 62 (5.78%) Project Delivery
14 61 (5.68%) AI
15 57 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
16 54 (5.03%) Observability
16 54 (5.03%) Validation
17 52 (4.85%) Cybersecurity
18 50 (4.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 154 (14.35%) Python
2 152 (14.17%) PowerShell
3 60 (5.59%) Bash
4 42 (3.91%) SQL
5 33 (3.08%) Bicep
6 20 (1.86%) Shell Script
7 19 (1.77%) Java
8 18 (1.68%) C#
9 8 (0.75%) ActionScript
10 7 (0.65%) Go
11 6 (0.56%) JavaScript
11 6 (0.56%) JCL
12 5 (0.47%) PHP
13 4 (0.37%) Groovy
14 3 (0.28%) C++
14 3 (0.28%) TypeScript
15 2 (0.19%) C
15 2 (0.19%) Kusto Query Language
15 2 (0.19%) Ruby
15 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 384 (35.79%) Security Cleared
2 245 (22.83%) SC Cleared
3 143 (13.33%) DV Cleared
4 37 (3.45%) Degree
5 30 (2.80%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.24%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (1.77%) CCNA
7 19 (1.77%) CISSP
8 17 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 15 (1.40%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.21%) CISM
11 12 (1.12%) CCNP
12 9 (0.84%) MCSE
13 6 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (0.56%) PMI Certification
13 6 (0.56%) RHCA
13 6 (0.56%) VCAP
14 5 (0.47%) FFIEC
14 5 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (2.98%) NIST
2 29 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (1.77%) QA
4 15 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (1.30%) SLA
6 12 (1.12%) NCSC
7 11 (1.03%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.93%) GDPR
9 8 (0.75%) NIST 800
10 7 (0.65%) Data Quality
11 5 (0.47%) GLBA
12 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.19%) GRC
14 2 (0.19%) ISO 19650
14 2 (0.19%) PMO
15 1 (0.093%) Actionable Recommendations
15 1 (0.093%) Disclosure Scotland
15 1 (0.093%) FedRAMP
15 1 (0.093%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 189 (17.61%) Active Directory
2 185 (17.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (7.36%) Hyper-V
4 61 (5.68%) VMware ESXi
4 61 (5.68%) vSphere
5 60 (5.59%) Docker
6 37 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
7 33 (3.08%) VMware NSX
8 23 (2.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 16 (1.49%) NFS
10 11 (1.03%) BitLocker
11 9 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
12 8 (0.75%) Firmware
13 5 (0.47%) GPFS
14 4 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
15 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.28%) Terminal Services
16 2 (0.19%) UAG
16 2 (0.19%) Varnish
16 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 204 (19.01%) Terraform
2 140 (13.05%) Kubernetes
3 119 (11.09%) Ansible
4 58 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 40 (3.73%) vCenter Server
6 29 (2.70%) SCCM
7 20 (1.86%) Grafana
8 19 (1.77%) Puppet
9 18 (1.68%) Prometheus
10 17 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
11 15 (1.40%) WSUS
12 12 (1.12%) Packer
12 12 (1.12%) SCOM
13 11 (1.03%) Nessus
14 10 (0.93%) Argo
14 10 (0.93%) vRealize
15 9 (0.84%) vMotion
15 9 (0.84%) VxRail
16 8 (0.75%) Istio
16 8 (0.75%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 258 (24.04%) VMware
2 243 (22.65%) Microsoft
3 66 (6.15%) Citrix
4 61 (5.68%) Cisco
5 47 (4.38%) F5
6 41 (3.82%) Palo Alto
7 40 (3.73%) ServiceNow
8 39 (3.63%) NetApp
9 38 (3.54%) Google
10 31 (2.89%) Veeam
11 26 (2.42%) Red Hat
12 25 (2.33%) Dell
13 24 (2.24%) Aruba
14 23 (2.14%) Arista
14 23 (2.14%) Fortinet
15 16 (1.49%) Oracle
16 14 (1.30%) SolarWinds
17 12 (1.12%) IBM
17 12 (1.12%) Splunk
17 12 (1.12%) Tenable