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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 163 112
Rank change year-on-year +75 -51 -23
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,393 481 702
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.01% 1.76% 2.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 1.93% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 321 515
10th Percentile £356 £325 £317
25th Percentile £450 £385 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% - -
75th Percentile £624 £603 £588
90th Percentile £688 £669 £685
UK median daily rate £540 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 7 17
10th Percentile - £27.80 -
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £51.06
Median hourly rate £74.00 £30.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +146.67% -57.14% -1.75%
75th Percentile £85.00 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £99.60 £54.20 -
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £30.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +146.67% -57.14% -

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 39,157 24,863 28,050
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.69% 90.87% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,010 15,784 17,561
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £648
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,714 1,478 1,320
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.29 £14.84
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £48.74 £66.53
90th Percentile £80.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% +1.18%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +50 418 £550 +4.76% 801
North of England +62 319 £517 +3.40% 264
South East +16 272 £560 +16.06% 257
Midlands +37 153 £475 +5.56% 122
North West +40 146 £525 - 149
South West +20 138 £563 +1.35% 131
Yorkshire +32 122 £500 - 73
West Midlands +12 109 £525 +23.53% 77
East of England +23 79 £513 +35.31% 106
North East +6 61 £600 -7.69% 43
East Midlands +23 42 £450 -3.23% 45
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 61 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 43 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.01%) Confluence
4 12 (0.86%) Apache
4 12 (0.86%) CICS
5 9 (0.65%) SAS
6 7 (0.50%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.29%) nginx
9 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.22%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.072%) CMS
12 1 (0.072%) JBoss
12 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.072%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.072%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.072%) Houdini
6 1 (0.072%) NUKE
6 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.22%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 470 (33.74%) Azure
2 255 (18.31%) AWS
3 139 (9.98%) Entra ID
4 122 (8.76%) Microsoft 365
5 101 (7.25%) GCP
6 92 (6.60%) GitHub
7 76 (5.46%) IaaS
8 67 (4.81%) OCI
9 66 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
10 58 (4.16%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.23%) SaaS
12 36 (2.58%) PaaS
13 35 (2.51%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (2.15%) Azure AKS
15 26 (1.87%) Power Platform
16 25 (1.79%) Amazon EKS
16 25 (1.79%) Azure Sentinel
16 25 (1.79%) OpenShift
17 21 (1.51%) Amazon S3
18 18 (1.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 229 (16.44%) DNS
2 216 (15.51%) Firewall
3 139 (9.98%) DHCP
4 90 (6.46%) VPN
5 83 (5.96%) Network Security
6 80 (5.74%) TCP/IP
7 64 (4.59%) SAN
7 64 (4.59%) VLAN
8 63 (4.52%) WAN
9 49 (3.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 39 (2.80%) BIG-IP
11 37 (2.66%) LAN
12 36 (2.58%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (2.44%) BGP
13 34 (2.44%) SD-WAN
14 30 (2.15%) SSL
15 29 (2.08%) OSPF
16 27 (1.94%) VXLAN
17 26 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
17 26 (1.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (4.38%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.58%) Oracle Exadata
3 20 (1.44%) Data Lake
3 20 (1.44%) Power BI
4 19 (1.36%) Oracle Database
5 17 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
7 14 (1.01%) Metadata
7 14 (1.01%) RDBMS
8 12 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.65%) Pentaho
12 8 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 8 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.43%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.29%) Db2
15 4 (0.29%) DynamoDB
15 4 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (4.95%) GitLab
2 55 (3.95%) Git
3 51 (3.66%) JIRA
4 49 (3.52%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.29%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.072%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.072%) CMake
9 1 (0.072%) Gradle
9 1 (0.072%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.072%) MLflow
9 1 (0.072%) Snyk
9 1 (0.072%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.072%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 236 (16.94%) Social Skills
2 134 (9.62%) Finance
3 101 (7.25%) Public Sector
4 79 (5.67%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 50 (3.59%) Banking
7 24 (1.72%) Telecoms
8 23 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.36%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.29%) Military
11 17 (1.22%) Retail
12 15 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (0.93%) Law
14 11 (0.79%) Legal
14 11 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.72%) Automotive
15 10 (0.72%) Marketing
16 5 (0.36%) Billing
16 5 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 880 (63.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 276 (19.81%) Senior
3 216 (15.51%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 145 (10.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 105 (7.54%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 89 (6.39%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (5.10%) Network Engineer
8 68 (4.88%) Lead
9 60 (4.31%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 58 (4.16%) DevOps Engineer
11 56 (4.02%) Architect
12 49 (3.52%) VMware Engineer
13 44 (3.16%) Platform Engineer
14 42 (3.02%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 38 (2.73%) Security Engineer
16 36 (2.58%) IT Engineer
16 36 (2.58%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 34 (2.44%) Support Engineer
18 31 (2.23%) Infrastructure Support
18 31 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 294 (21.11%) Terraform
2 27 (1.94%) ARM Templates
3 19 (1.36%) REST
4 18 (1.29%) Kafka
5 15 (1.08%) YAML
6 14 (1.01%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 13 (0.93%) JSON
8 12 (0.86%) 802.1X
8 12 (0.86%) Middleware
8 12 (0.86%) SAML
9 11 (0.79%) LDAP
9 11 (0.79%) OpenID
10 10 (0.72%) Loki
11 8 (0.57%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.57%) OAuth
12 7 (0.50%) .NET
12 7 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
13 5 (0.36%) Flash
13 5 (0.36%) Web Services
14 4 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.83%) Data Centre
2 99 (7.11%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (4.81%) Cloud Native
4 57 (4.09%) PKI
5 51 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.66%) Public Cloud
6 44 (3.16%) Replication
7 35 (2.51%) Enterprise Storage
7 35 (2.51%) Private Cloud
8 30 (2.15%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
10 24 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
12 21 (1.51%) Clustering
12 21 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
13 18 (1.29%) Self-Motivation
14 16 (1.15%) Product Ownership
14 16 (1.15%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.01%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.93%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 381 (27.35%) Windows
2 269 (19.31%) Linux
3 254 (18.23%) Windows Server
4 57 (4.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (1.51%) Unix
6 19 (1.36%) CentOS
6 19 (1.36%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.36%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.36%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.22%) Android
7 17 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 16 (1.15%) VMS
9 14 (1.01%) AIX
9 14 (1.01%) Rocky
9 14 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.86%) zOS
11 11 (0.79%) Mac OS
12 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.43%) Debian
13 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (24.98%) Infrastructure as Code
2 283 (20.32%) CI/CD
3 281 (20.17%) DevOps
4 180 (12.92%) Migration
5 174 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (11.63%) Platform Engineering
7 124 (8.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 119 (8.54%) Stakeholder Management
9 117 (8.40%) Agile
10 114 (8.18%) Infrastructure Automation
11 105 (7.54%) Observability
12 103 (7.39%) AI
13 101 (7.25%) High Availability
13 101 (7.25%) Technical Leadership
14 100 (7.18%) Disaster Recovery
15 96 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
16 94 (6.75%) ITIL
17 90 (6.46%) Project Delivery
18 75 (5.38%) Configuration Management
18 75 (5.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 239 (17.16%) PowerShell
2 228 (16.37%) Python
3 116 (8.33%) Bash
4 65 (4.67%) SQL
5 58 (4.16%) Bicep
6 31 (2.23%) Java
7 14 (1.01%) C#
8 13 (0.93%) ActionScript
9 12 (0.86%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.72%) Go
11 9 (0.65%) C++
11 9 (0.65%) Perl
12 7 (0.50%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.43%) C
14 5 (0.36%) JCL
14 5 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.29%) JavaScript
16 3 (0.22%) Groovy
17 2 (0.14%) Korn
17 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 540 (38.77%) Security Cleared
2 335 (24.05%) SC Cleared
3 204 (14.64%) DV Cleared
4 56 (4.02%) Degree
5 40 (2.87%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (1.51%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 20 (1.44%) AWS Certification
8 20 (1.44%) CISSP
9 18 (1.29%) CCNA
9 18 (1.29%) CCNP
10 17 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
11 13 (0.93%) MCSE
12 12 (0.86%) VCAP
13 10 (0.72%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.65%) CISM
14 9 (0.65%) PMP
15 7 (0.50%) MCSA
16 6 (0.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.09%) QA
2 35 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (1.65%) NIST
4 22 (1.58%) NCSC
5 17 (1.22%) SLA
6 15 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 15 (1.08%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.65%) PMO
8 8 (0.57%) JSP 440
9 7 (0.50%) GRC
9 7 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) IASME
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.072%) GDPR
13 1 (0.072%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.072%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 264 (18.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 257 (18.45%) Active Directory
3 109 (7.82%) Hyper-V
4 76 (5.46%) vSphere
5 73 (5.24%) VMware ESXi
6 68 (4.88%) Docker
7 60 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (2.73%) VMware NSX
9 26 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.08%) NFS
10 15 (1.08%) Oracle RAC
11 11 (0.79%) Firmware
11 11 (0.79%) KVM
11 11 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
12 6 (0.43%) oVirt
13 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
13 5 (0.36%) Ceph
13 5 (0.36%) GPFS
14 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 191 (13.71%) Ansible
2 176 (12.63%) Kubernetes
3 81 (5.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (3.59%) SCCM
5 42 (3.02%) vCenter Server
6 31 (2.23%) Grafana
7 26 (1.87%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.51%) WSUS
9 20 (1.44%) Puppet
10 18 (1.29%) Argo
11 17 (1.22%) Nessus
11 17 (1.22%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.08%) Oracle RMAN
14 14 (1.01%) Data Guard
14 14 (1.01%) SCOM
15 12 (0.86%) Packer
16 10 (0.72%) FortiGate
16 10 (0.72%) Progress Chef
16 10 (0.72%) VxRail
Vendors
1 349 (25.05%) Microsoft
2 339 (24.34%) VMware
3 82 (5.89%) Cisco
4 63 (4.52%) Citrix
5 57 (4.09%) F5
6 56 (4.02%) Oracle
7 46 (3.30%) NetApp
8 42 (3.02%) Google
9 39 (2.80%) Palo Alto
10 37 (2.66%) Veeam
11 36 (2.58%) Red Hat
12 29 (2.08%) ServiceNow
13 24 (1.72%) Arista
14 23 (1.65%) Dell
15 22 (1.58%) Aruba
16 20 (1.44%) Juniper
16 20 (1.44%) Tenable
17 18 (1.29%) Zscaler
18 16 (1.15%) CyberArk
18 16 (1.15%) IBM