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

6 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 136 93
Rank change year-on-year +29 -43 +28
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 918 513 887
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.25% 2.10% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.66% 2.31% 2.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 626 357 662
10th Percentile £340 £312 £285
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +10.53% -5.47%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £484
% change year-on-year -2.86% +8.53% -7.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 9 36
10th Percentile £46.80 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £51.06 £37.63
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -27.66%
75th Percentile £78.75 £73.75 £62.50
90th Percentile - £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -25.05%

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 34,525 22,234 32,111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.79% 91.21% 86.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,016 14,552 21,077
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,153 931 2,253
10th Percentile £15.35 £14.66 £12.94
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £36.34
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -17.43% -2.19%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £41.56 £29.00 £35.96
% change year-on-year +43.29% -19.35% -0.11%

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 7 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 7 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 7 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 -9 248 £550 +4.76% 104
North of England +5 189 £487 -7.24% 86
South East +6 175 £515 -4.28% 106
South West +11 125 £538 -5.49% 38
Yorkshire -8 110 £428 -18.48% 23
Midlands -12 99 £450 +12.50% 45
North West -19 62 £575 +9.52% 47
East of England 0 61 £475 +0.53% 28
West Midlands -25 59 £513 +58.91% 31
East Midlands -3 39 £450 - 13
North East -8 19 £600 -7.69% 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 63 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.53%) Confluence
4 11 (1.20%) Apache
5 8 (0.87%) TPMS
6 6 (0.65%) IIS
7 4 (0.44%) CICS
7 4 (0.44%) SAS
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.63%) 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 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 292 (31.81%) Azure
2 148 (16.12%) AWS
3 94 (10.24%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (7.84%) Entra ID
5 66 (7.19%) GCP
6 61 (6.64%) GitHub
7 48 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (4.90%) IaaS
9 42 (4.58%) GitHub Actions
10 37 (4.03%) PaaS
11 33 (3.59%) OpenShift
11 33 (3.59%) SaaS
12 32 (3.49%) Serverless
13 30 (3.27%) Azure AKS
14 28 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (2.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 22 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
18 20 (2.18%) Nutanix
19 19 (2.07%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 129 (14.05%) Firewall
2 117 (12.75%) DNS
3 69 (7.52%) DHCP
4 59 (6.43%) VPN
5 48 (5.23%) Network Security
6 40 (4.36%) SAN
7 38 (4.14%) WAN
8 31 (3.38%) VLAN
9 28 (3.05%) LAN
9 28 (3.05%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 21 (2.29%) BGP
12 19 (2.07%) NAS
13 18 (1.96%) SSL
14 17 (1.85%) OSPF
15 16 (1.74%) MPLS
15 16 (1.74%) SD-WAN
15 16 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (1.63%) BIG-IP
17 13 (1.42%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (3.70%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (0.98%) DynamoDB
4 8 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.76%) Metadata
5 7 (0.76%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.65%) Power BI
7 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.44%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.44%) DB2
8 4 (0.44%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.33%) Pentaho
9 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
9 3 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
10 2 (0.22%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (4.68%) GitLab
2 34 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.16%) Git
3 29 (3.16%) 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
1 144 (15.69%) Social Skills
2 84 (9.15%) Finance
3 80 (8.71%) Public Sector
4 53 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (3.92%) Banking
6 29 (3.16%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.40%) Military
8 17 (1.85%) Legal
9 15 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 14 (1.53%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.20%) Retail
12 10 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (0.98%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.76%) Billing
15 6 (0.65%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (0.44%) Front Office
17 4 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
18 3 (0.33%) Investment Banking
18 3 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 602 (65.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 138 (15.03%) Senior
3 102 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 59 (6.43%) Cloud Engineer
5 58 (6.32%) Azure Engineer
6 49 (5.34%) Network Engineer
7 44 (4.79%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 42 (4.58%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 39 (4.25%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (3.92%) VMware Engineer
11 34 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
12 33 (3.59%) Architect
13 32 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
14 26 (2.83%) IT Engineer
14 26 (2.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 26 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 25 (2.72%) Infrastructure Support
15 25 (2.72%) Support Engineer
16 24 (2.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 23 (2.51%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.72%) REST
2 16 (1.74%) SOAP
3 13 (1.42%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.98%) LDAP
4 9 (0.98%) OAuth
4 9 (0.98%) Web Services
5 8 (0.87%) Kafka
5 8 (0.87%) SAML
6 7 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.76%) OAuth2
6 7 (0.76%) OpenID
7 6 (0.65%) Flash
8 5 (0.54%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.54%) Middleware
9 4 (0.44%) ADO
9 4 (0.44%) JSON
9 4 (0.44%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.44%) RESTful
9 4 (0.44%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 63 (6.86%) Data Centre
2 47 (5.12%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (4.47%) PKI
4 33 (3.59%) Cloud Native
5 31 (3.38%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.05%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 26 (2.83%) Private Cloud
9 25 (2.72%) Replication
10 20 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (1.53%) Virtual Team
13 13 (1.42%) Clustering
14 10 (1.09%) Management Information System
15 9 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
16 8 (0.87%) Mainframe
17 7 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
17 7 (0.76%) DataPower
17 7 (0.76%) Mobile App
18 6 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 263 (28.65%) Windows
2 160 (17.43%) Windows Server
3 140 (15.25%) Linux
4 23 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (1.96%) Ubuntu
8 17 (1.85%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.63%) Android
10 13 (1.42%) VMS
11 11 (1.20%) Windows 10
11 11 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (1.09%) Unix
13 8 (0.87%) CentOS
14 7 (0.76%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
16 4 (0.44%) Debian
16 4 (0.44%) zOS
17 2 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
18 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (20.37%) DevOps
2 174 (18.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 161 (17.54%) CI/CD
4 130 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
5 106 (11.55%) Migration
6 92 (10.02%) Agile
7 79 (8.61%) Platform Engineering
8 77 (8.39%) Containerisation
9 76 (8.28%) High Availability
10 74 (8.06%) Infrastructure Automation
11 65 (7.08%) ITIL
12 63 (6.86%) Disaster Recovery
13 56 (6.10%) Project Delivery
14 54 (5.88%) Zero Trust
15 51 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
16 50 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (5.34%) Observability
18 43 (4.68%) Technical Leadership
19 40 (4.36%) Site Reliability Engineering
19 40 (4.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 138 (15.03%) PowerShell
2 126 (13.73%) Python
3 53 (5.77%) Bash
4 38 (4.14%) SQL
5 31 (3.38%) Bicep
6 21 (2.29%) Shell Script
7 18 (1.96%) C#
8 16 (1.74%) Java
9 10 (1.09%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.09%) PHP
10 6 (0.65%) C++
10 6 (0.65%) Ruby
11 5 (0.54%) Go
12 4 (0.44%) Groovy
12 4 (0.44%) 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
1 340 (37.04%) Security Cleared
2 219 (23.86%) SC Cleared
3 130 (14.16%) DV Cleared
4 40 (4.36%) Degree
5 25 (2.72%) Azure Certification
5 25 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (1.96%) CISSP
8 16 (1.74%) CCNA
9 15 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (1.53%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.53%) CISM
11 10 (1.09%) CCNP
12 9 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.87%) FFIEC
14 6 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.65%) MCSE
14 6 (0.65%) RHCA
15 5 (0.54%) GIAC
15 5 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.49%) NIST
2 26 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.74%) GDPR
3 16 (1.74%) PCI DSS
4 15 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
5 13 (1.42%) QA
6 10 (1.09%) NCSC
7 9 (0.98%) SLA
8 8 (0.87%) GLBA
9 7 (0.76%) NIST 800
10 6 (0.65%) Data Quality
11 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
13 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.11%) PMO
13 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 173 (18.85%) Active Directory
2 165 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 79 (8.61%) Hyper-V
4 69 (7.52%) Docker
5 49 (5.34%) vSphere
6 43 (4.68%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (2.51%) VMware NSX
9 19 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (1.96%) NFS
11 10 (1.09%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.76%) Firmware
12 7 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.44%) GPFS
13 4 (0.44%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.33%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.22%) Postfix
15 2 (0.22%) UAG
15 2 (0.22%) Varnish
15 2 (0.22%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 181 (19.72%) Terraform
2 146 (15.90%) Kubernetes
3 105 (11.44%) Ansible
4 63 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (4.14%) SCCM
6 33 (3.59%) vCenter Server
7 18 (1.96%) Grafana
8 17 (1.85%) Puppet
8 17 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.74%) Prometheus
10 15 (1.63%) WSUS
11 12 (1.31%) Packer
11 12 (1.31%) SCOM
12 11 (1.20%) Nessus
13 10 (1.09%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.98%) Argo
14 9 (0.98%) vRealize
14 9 (0.98%) VxRail
15 8 (0.87%) Istio
16 7 (0.76%) vMotion
Vendors
1 225 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 223 (24.29%) VMware
3 57 (6.21%) Cisco
4 52 (5.66%) Citrix
5 42 (4.58%) NetApp
6 32 (3.49%) F5
7 31 (3.38%) Palo Alto
7 31 (3.38%) Veeam
8 29 (3.16%) Google
8 29 (3.16%) ServiceNow
9 28 (3.05%) Dell
10 26 (2.83%) Red Hat
11 24 (2.61%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.96%) IBM
13 16 (1.74%) Oracle
13 16 (1.74%) SolarWinds
13 16 (1.74%) Splunk
14 15 (1.63%) Aruba
15 14 (1.53%) Arista
16 12 (1.31%) Thales