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 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 123 86
Rank change year-on-year -38 -37 +45
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 515 625 1,011
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.75% 2.01% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 2.32% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 348 428 743
10th Percentile £284 £329 £319
25th Percentile £375 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £589 £614 £613
90th Percentile £675 £688 £712
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 16 37
10th Percentile £26.30 £57.01 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.00 £61.88 £46.18
Median hourly rate £34.00 £70.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.43% - +27.27%
75th Percentile £43.86 - £76.53
90th Percentile £73.76 £91.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £70.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year -51.43% - +27.27%

All Process and 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 26,674 26,919 35,011
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.55% 86.57% 88.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,953 16,411 24,057
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £405 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,726 969 1,471
10th Percentile £14.72 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.81 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%
75th Percentile £45.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.50 £74.45 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.90% +26.43%

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025.

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 6 November 2025. 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 -36 201 £525 -4.55% 375
South East -15 107 £450 -3.90% 332
North of England -17 75 £500 +5.26% 118
South West -14 50 £563 +2.27% 105
Midlands -46 42 £450 -13.04% 78
Yorkshire -11 36 £500 +5.26% 36
North West -19 36 £472 +2.05% 74
West Midlands -27 34 £450 -21.74% 49
East of England -15 25 £406 +12.07% 48
East Midlands -32 8 £433 -3.89% 28
North East -8 4 £466 - 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 37 (7.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (3.11%) Confluence
3 11 (2.14%) Apache
4 10 (1.94%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.55%) IIS
6 7 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.97%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.97%) WebSphere Application Server
8 3 (0.58%) TPMS
9 2 (0.39%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.39%) iPlanet
9 2 (0.39%) JBoss
9 2 (0.39%) nginx
9 2 (0.39%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.39%) Traefik
10 1 (0.19%) Anypoint
10 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.19%) Jupyter
10 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.19%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.19%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Maximo
2 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 199 (38.64%) Azure
2 105 (20.39%) AWS
3 70 (13.59%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (12.62%) Entra ID
5 36 (6.99%) GitHub
6 34 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
7 28 (5.44%) GCP
8 25 (4.85%) Amazon S3
9 24 (4.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 23 (4.47%) PaaS
11 22 (4.27%) SaaS
12 21 (4.08%) IaaS
13 20 (3.88%) Amazon EC2
13 20 (3.88%) GitHub Actions
14 18 (3.50%) Azure Monitor
15 16 (3.11%) Google Workspace
15 16 (3.11%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 14 (2.72%) Serverless
17 13 (2.52%) OneDrive
18 12 (2.33%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 109 (21.17%) Firewall
2 87 (16.89%) DNS
3 57 (11.07%) TCP/IP
4 51 (9.90%) VPN
5 49 (9.51%) DHCP
6 38 (7.38%) VLAN
6 38 (7.38%) WAN
7 31 (6.02%) Wi-Fi
8 30 (5.83%) Network Security
8 30 (5.83%) SSL
9 25 (4.85%) LAN
10 22 (4.27%) SAN
11 12 (2.33%) Wireless
12 11 (2.14%) 4G
12 11 (2.14%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.17%) BGP
13 6 (1.17%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (1.17%) HTTP
13 6 (1.17%) SMTP
14 5 (0.97%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.11%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
2 6 (1.17%) Power BI
3 5 (0.97%) Oracle Database
3 5 (0.97%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (0.78%) MySQL
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
5 3 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.58%) Big Data
5 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.58%) Oracle Exadata
5 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.39%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.39%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.39%) Oracle Database 12c
6 2 (0.39%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.39%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.19%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 36 (6.99%) Jenkins
2 28 (5.44%) JIRA
3 24 (4.66%) Git
3 24 (4.66%) GitLab
4 5 (0.97%) Robot Framework
5 3 (0.58%) Log4j
5 3 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket Server
6 2 (0.39%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.19%) CMake
7 1 (0.19%) GoCD
7 1 (0.19%) Gradle
7 1 (0.19%) MLflow
7 1 (0.19%) MSI
7 1 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 139 (26.99%) Social Skills
2 86 (16.70%) Finance
3 48 (9.32%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (9.13%) Public Sector
5 23 (4.47%) Banking
6 19 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (2.72%) Military
8 9 (1.75%) Legal
9 8 (1.55%) Law
10 7 (1.36%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.36%) Retail
10 7 (1.36%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.17%) Local Government
11 6 (1.17%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.97%) Aviation
12 5 (0.97%) Marketing
12 5 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (0.97%) Spanish Language
13 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 335 (65.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 71 (13.79%) Senior
3 51 (9.90%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 45 (8.74%) Infrastructure Support
4 45 (8.74%) Support Engineer
5 42 (8.16%) Azure Engineer
6 40 (7.77%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 37 (7.18%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 36 (6.99%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (6.60%) Network Engineer
10 30 (5.83%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (4.08%) Platform Engineer
11 21 (4.08%) VMware Engineer
12 20 (3.88%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.88%) IT Engineer
12 20 (3.88%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.88%) Windows Engineer
13 19 (3.69%) Security Engineer
14 17 (3.30%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 17 (3.30%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.30%) Middleware
2 15 (2.91%) SAML
3 14 (2.72%) YAML
4 13 (2.52%) ARM Templates
5 11 (2.14%) OpenID
6 10 (1.94%) Kafka
6 10 (1.94%) OAuth
7 8 (1.55%) REST
8 7 (1.36%) ADO
8 7 (1.36%) LDAP
8 7 (1.36%) RESTful
9 6 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
9 6 (1.17%) JMS
9 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Graph
10 5 (0.97%) GraphQL
10 5 (0.97%) OAuth2
11 4 (0.78%) gRPC
12 3 (0.58%) AWT
12 3 (0.58%) JDBC
12 3 (0.58%) Oracle GoldenGate
Miscellaneous
1 32 (6.21%) Hybrid Cloud
2 30 (5.83%) Data Centre
3 25 (4.85%) Replication
4 22 (4.27%) Onboarding
5 19 (3.69%) PKI
6 16 (3.11%) Private Cloud
7 13 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (2.52%) Public Cloud
8 11 (2.14%) Cloud Native
9 9 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (1.55%) Clustering
10 8 (1.55%) Management Information System
10 8 (1.55%) Security Posture
11 7 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
11 7 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.17%) Linux Command Line
12 6 (1.17%) NHS
12 6 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 5 (0.97%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 206 (40.00%) Windows
2 124 (24.08%) Linux
3 101 (19.61%) Windows Server
4 27 (5.24%) Windows 10
5 26 (5.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (4.66%) Unix
7 13 (2.52%) Ubuntu
8 10 (1.94%) VMS
9 9 (1.75%) CentOS
9 9 (1.75%) Mac OS
10 7 (1.36%) Android
11 6 (1.17%) Apple iOS
11 6 (1.17%) Windows Server 2003
12 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.97%) Windows Server 2019
13 4 (0.78%) Windows Server 2016
14 3 (0.58%) SUSE
15 2 (0.39%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
16 1 (0.19%) AIX
16 1 (0.19%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (21.55%) Problem-Solving
2 106 (20.58%) DevOps
3 95 (18.45%) Infrastructure as Code
4 85 (16.50%) CI/CD
5 62 (12.04%) ITIL
5 62 (12.04%) Migration
6 57 (11.07%) Agile
7 43 (8.35%) High Availability
8 42 (8.16%) Containerisation
9 40 (7.77%) Infrastructure Automation
10 35 (6.80%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (6.60%) Disaster Recovery
12 32 (6.21%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (5.83%) Observability
13 30 (5.83%) Platform Engineering
14 28 (5.44%) RBAC
15 27 (5.24%) Identity Access Management
16 26 (5.05%) Stakeholder Management
17 24 (4.66%) Analytics
18 23 (4.47%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (21.36%) Python
2 100 (19.42%) PowerShell
3 57 (11.07%) Bash
4 22 (4.27%) SQL
5 21 (4.08%) Java
6 17 (3.30%) Bicep
7 14 (2.72%) Go
7 14 (2.72%) Perl
8 12 (2.33%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.58%) C++
9 3 (0.58%) Groovy
10 2 (0.39%) JavaScript
10 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 2 (0.39%) Ruby
11 1 (0.19%) C
11 1 (0.19%) C#
11 1 (0.19%) PHP
11 1 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.19%) VB
11 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 157 (30.49%) Security Cleared
2 95 (18.45%) SC Cleared
3 59 (11.46%) DV Cleared
4 34 (6.60%) Azure Certification
5 30 (5.83%) Degree
6 28 (5.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (3.50%) Network+ Certification
9 14 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.52%) CCNA
11 12 (2.33%) CCNP
11 12 (2.33%) Server+ Certification
12 8 (1.55%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.55%) CISM
12 8 (1.55%) CISSP
13 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 3 (0.58%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.58%) FFIEC
14 3 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.52%) SLA
2 12 (2.33%) GDPR
3 9 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (1.75%) NIST
4 6 (1.17%) QA
5 4 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.78%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.58%) GLBA
6 3 (0.58%) NIST 800
6 3 (0.58%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.39%) COBIT
7 2 (0.39%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.19%) NCSC
8 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 125 (24.27%) Active Directory
2 88 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 53 (10.29%) Docker
4 46 (8.93%) Hyper-V
5 37 (7.18%) vSphere
6 29 (5.63%) VMware ESXi
7 27 (5.24%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (1.55%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.97%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.58%) DFS Replication
11 3 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.39%) Firmware
12 2 (0.39%) Tivoli Directory Server
13 1 (0.19%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.19%) etcd
13 1 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.19%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 120 (23.30%) Terraform
2 70 (13.59%) Ansible
3 55 (10.68%) Kubernetes
4 52 (10.10%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (9.51%) SCCM
6 22 (4.27%) Single Sign-On
6 22 (4.27%) vCenter Server
7 19 (3.69%) Grafana
8 16 (3.11%) FortiGate
8 16 (3.11%) Prometheus
9 12 (2.33%) Red Hat Satellite
10 11 (2.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.94%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (1.55%) SCOM
13 7 (1.36%) Dell DRAC
13 7 (1.36%) vRealize
14 6 (1.17%) CASB
14 6 (1.17%) SCOrch
14 6 (1.17%) Tivoli
15 5 (0.97%) Argo
Vendors
1 160 (31.07%) Microsoft
2 139 (26.99%) VMware
3 36 (6.99%) Palo Alto
4 34 (6.60%) Red Hat
5 33 (6.41%) Cisco
6 32 (6.21%) Google
7 29 (5.63%) F5
8 28 (5.44%) Dell
9 24 (4.66%) ServiceNow
10 21 (4.08%) Citrix
11 20 (3.88%) CheckPoint
12 18 (3.50%) Veeam
13 17 (3.30%) Splunk
14 16 (3.11%) SolarWinds
15 15 (2.91%) IBM
16 13 (2.52%) Oracle
16 13 (2.52%) Zscaler
17 12 (2.33%) Aruba
17 12 (2.33%) Fortinet
17 12 (2.33%) HP