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

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 129 96
Rank change year-on-year -13 -33 +29
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 713 519 860
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.98% 2.06% 2.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.28% 2.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 351 622
10th Percentile £325 £329 £295
25th Percentile £413 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% +7.50% -
75th Percentile £594 £623 £608
90th Percentile £664 £688 £724
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.29% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 39
10th Percentile - £27.30 £21.25
25th Percentile £26.25 £58.39 £34.42
Median hourly rate £34.00 £63.14 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -46.15% +36.73% -16.79%
75th Percentile £74.26 £83.31 £67.50
90th Percentile £84.80 £112.00 £72.82
UK median hourly rate £34.25 £63.14 £46.18
% change year-on-year -45.76% +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 31,295 22,746 32,794
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 87.03% 90.36% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,032 14,434 21,722
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 £618 £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 1,939 776 2,084
10th Percentile £15.24 £15.50 £13.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £33.78
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +3.63% -6.18%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £59.44
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.38 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £27.94 £32.50 £32.85
% change year-on-year -14.03% -1.05% -6.16%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -37 216 £550 +0.92% 94
South East 0 140 £500 -4.76% 125
North of England -19 138 £478 -9.05% 113
South West +9 108 £550 -4.35% 78
Yorkshire -10 85 £463 -11.90% 46
Midlands -41 55 £450 - 51
North West -38 46 £490 -6.67% 54
East of England -14 40 £475 -7.09% 46
West Midlands -49 29 £485 +14.00% 25
East Midlands -17 26 £450 -5.26% 25
North East -14 7 £500 +36.99% 13
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 (7.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.66%) Confluence
3 17 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.96%) Apache
5 10 (1.40%) IIS
5 10 (1.40%) TPMS
6 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.56%) nginx
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.28%) CICS
7 2 (0.28%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.28%) iPlanet
7 2 (0.28%) JBoss
7 2 (0.28%) Traefik
7 2 (0.28%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.14%) SAS
8 1 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 11 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.28%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.28%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 7 (0.98%) Maximo
2 4 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 229 (32.12%) Azure
2 122 (17.11%) AWS
3 96 (13.46%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (9.96%) Entra ID
5 47 (6.59%) GCP
6 40 (5.61%) GitHub
7 37 (5.19%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (4.63%) IaaS
8 33 (4.63%) PaaS
9 31 (4.35%) OpenShift
10 28 (3.93%) Serverless
11 25 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
12 24 (3.37%) GitHub Actions
13 22 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (3.09%) Azure AKS
14 21 (2.95%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 20 (2.81%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (2.81%) Nutanix
16 19 (2.66%) Google Kubernetes Engine
17 18 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 120 (16.83%) Firewall
2 84 (11.78%) DNS
3 55 (7.71%) VPN
4 50 (7.01%) DHCP
5 40 (5.61%) Network Security
6 39 (5.47%) WAN
7 37 (5.19%) TCP/IP
8 32 (4.49%) LAN
9 31 (4.35%) SAN
9 31 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
10 30 (4.21%) VLAN
11 18 (2.52%) SSL
12 17 (2.38%) MPLS
13 13 (1.82%) BGP
13 13 (1.82%) SSH
14 12 (1.68%) SNMP
15 10 (1.40%) Fibre Channel
15 10 (1.40%) iSCSI
15 10 (1.40%) NAS
16 9 (1.26%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 12 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.40%) MongoDB
4 8 (1.12%) DynamoDB
5 7 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 7 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.98%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.84%) MySQL
6 6 (0.84%) NoSQL
7 5 (0.70%) Big Data
7 5 (0.70%) Power BI
7 5 (0.70%) RDBMS
8 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.56%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.42%) Apache Cassandra
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 37 (5.19%) Jenkins
2 30 (4.21%) JIRA
3 28 (3.93%) GitLab
4 24 (3.37%) Git
5 6 (0.84%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.42%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.28%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.14%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.14%) GoCD
8 1 (0.14%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.14%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.14%) MLflow
8 1 (0.14%) MSI
8 1 (0.14%) Robot Framework
General
1 139 (19.50%) Social Skills
2 93 (13.04%) Finance
3 66 (9.26%) Public Sector
4 57 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (4.77%) Banking
6 31 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.95%) Military
8 18 (2.52%) Legal
9 12 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.26%) Billing
11 7 (0.98%) Retail
12 6 (0.84%) Aviation
12 6 (0.84%) Local Government
12 6 (0.84%) Spanish Language
12 6 (0.84%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.56%) Aerospace
14 4 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.56%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.42%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 435 (61.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 90 (12.62%) Senior
3 68 (9.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 49 (6.87%) Azure Engineer
5 39 (5.47%) Infrastructure Support
6 37 (5.19%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 37 (5.19%) Cloud Engineer
6 37 (5.19%) Network Engineer
6 37 (5.19%) Support Engineer
7 32 (4.49%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 32 (4.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 30 (4.21%) VMware Engineer
9 26 (3.65%) Automation Engineer
10 24 (3.37%) Security Engineer
11 23 (3.23%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 23 (3.23%) Platform Engineer
12 22 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
13 21 (2.95%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
14 20 (2.81%) IT Engineer
14 20 (2.81%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.95%) REST
2 16 (2.24%) SAML
3 15 (2.10%) ARM Templates
4 14 (1.96%) OpenID
5 12 (1.68%) SOAP
6 11 (1.54%) OAuth
7 9 (1.26%) Kafka
7 9 (1.26%) LDAP
7 9 (1.26%) OAuth2
8 7 (0.98%) Middleware
8 7 (0.98%) Web Services
9 6 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Graph
11 4 (0.56%) Keycloak
11 4 (0.56%) NumPy
11 4 (0.56%) OpenTelemetry
11 4 (0.56%) Pandas
11 4 (0.56%) YAML
12 3 (0.42%) RESTful
12 3 (0.42%) SciPy
Miscellaneous
1 36 (5.05%) PKI
2 33 (4.63%) Data Centre
2 33 (4.63%) Hybrid Cloud
3 28 (3.93%) Onboarding
4 26 (3.65%) Public Cloud
5 25 (3.51%) Replication
6 22 (3.09%) Private Cloud
7 17 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
8 15 (2.10%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.96%) Clustering
10 10 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.98%) NHS
12 7 (0.98%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.84%) DataPower
13 6 (0.84%) Mainframe
13 6 (0.84%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 233 (32.68%) Windows
2 136 (19.07%) Linux
3 127 (17.81%) Windows Server
4 27 (3.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (2.66%) Unix
6 16 (2.24%) Windows 10
7 15 (2.10%) Ubuntu
7 15 (2.10%) VMS
8 13 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
9 12 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (0.70%) Android
10 5 (0.70%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.70%) CentOS
10 5 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.42%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.28%) Debian
12 2 (0.28%) SUSE
12 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.28%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (19.35%) DevOps
2 124 (17.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 120 (16.83%) CI/CD
4 117 (16.41%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (11.36%) Migration
6 78 (10.94%) Agile
7 72 (10.10%) ITIL
8 68 (9.54%) Containerisation
9 62 (8.70%) Platform Engineering
10 61 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
10 61 (8.56%) High Availability
11 55 (7.71%) Disaster Recovery
12 53 (7.43%) Infrastructure Automation
13 50 (7.01%) Project Delivery
14 49 (6.87%) Observability
15 42 (5.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (5.19%) Change Management
16 37 (5.19%) Cloud Security
17 36 (5.05%) RBAC
18 33 (4.63%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 116 (16.27%) PowerShell
2 109 (15.29%) Python
3 53 (7.43%) Bash
4 25 (3.51%) SQL
5 24 (3.37%) Shell Script
6 23 (3.23%) Bicep
7 13 (1.82%) Java
8 9 (1.26%) PHP
9 8 (1.12%) JavaScript
10 7 (0.98%) C#
10 7 (0.98%) Perl
10 7 (0.98%) Ruby
11 6 (0.84%) Go
12 5 (0.70%) Groovy
13 4 (0.56%) C++
14 2 (0.28%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.28%) JCL
14 2 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 246 (34.50%) Security Cleared
2 145 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 102 (14.31%) DV Cleared
4 38 (5.33%) Azure Certification
5 30 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (4.07%) Degree
7 26 (3.65%) Cisco Certification
8 22 (3.09%) CISSP
9 21 (2.95%) CISM
10 18 (2.52%) AWS Certification
11 15 (2.10%) CCNP
12 14 (1.96%) CCNA
13 11 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (1.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 10 (1.40%) FFIEC
15 9 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.84%) Network+ Certification
17 6 (0.84%) Oracle Certification
18 5 (0.70%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.79%) NIST
2 22 (3.09%) GDPR
3 19 (2.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.38%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.40%) GLBA
6 10 (1.40%) SLA
7 8 (1.12%) NIST 800
8 4 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.28%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.28%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
10 2 (0.28%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 8583
11 1 (0.14%) QA
11 1 (0.14%) RMADS
11 1 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 161 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 138 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (9.40%) Docker
4 58 (8.13%) Hyper-V
5 37 (5.19%) vSphere
6 30 (4.21%) VMware ESXi
7 21 (2.95%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (2.52%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (1.40%) VMware NSX
10 9 (1.26%) NFS
11 6 (0.84%) BitLocker
12 4 (0.56%) Firmware
12 4 (0.56%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.42%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.42%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.28%) QEMU
14 2 (0.28%) SRDF
14 2 (0.28%) Tivoli Directory Server
15 1 (0.14%) etcd
15 1 (0.14%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 144 (20.20%) Terraform
2 113 (15.85%) Kubernetes
3 77 (10.80%) Ansible
4 69 (9.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 53 (7.43%) SCCM
6 28 (3.93%) Single Sign-On
7 26 (3.65%) vCenter Server
8 20 (2.81%) Grafana
9 14 (1.96%) Prometheus
10 13 (1.82%) Puppet
10 13 (1.82%) Red Hat Satellite
11 12 (1.68%) Istio
12 11 (1.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (1.40%) FortiGate
13 10 (1.40%) Progress Chef
13 10 (1.40%) VxRail
14 8 (1.12%) SCOM
15 7 (0.98%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (0.98%) Packer
16 6 (0.84%) CASB
Vendors
1 224 (31.42%) Microsoft
2 188 (26.37%) VMware
3 43 (6.03%) Cisco
4 36 (5.05%) Red Hat
5 35 (4.91%) ServiceNow
6 33 (4.63%) Citrix
6 33 (4.63%) Dell
7 29 (4.07%) Google
7 29 (4.07%) NetApp
8 28 (3.93%) Fortinet
9 25 (3.51%) Splunk
10 24 (3.37%) Palo Alto
10 24 (3.37%) Veeam
11 20 (2.81%) IBM
12 19 (2.66%) F5
13 16 (2.24%) Thales
14 13 (1.82%) Oracle
14 13 (1.82%) SolarWinds
15 12 (1.68%) CyberArk
16 11 (1.54%) Juniper