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 3 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
3 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 122 88
Rank change year-on-year -10 -34 +41
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 787 539 918
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 2.22% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 2.45% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 565 377 669
10th Percentile £329 £313 £295
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year -3.26% +10.26% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £666 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -1.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 37
10th Percentile £28.23 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £53.22 £37.08
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -28.95%
75th Percentile £78.19 £70.96 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.95 £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -26.32%

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 32,977 22,016 32,582
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.99% 90.82% 86.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,149 14,501 21,512
10th Percentile £313 £310 £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 £614 £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 2,015 852 2,158
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.00 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.34 £19.96 £15.78
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.64 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £70.66
UK median hourly rate £35.77 £31.76 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.61% -2.28% -10.41%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -35 229 £540 +0.47% 89
North of England -19 158 £487 -7.24% 100
South East -12 150 £515 -1.90% 87
South West +8 120 £550 -4.35% 64
Yorkshire -13 98 £475 -9.52% 32
Midlands -32 68 £450 +12.50% 44
North West -38 54 £492 -6.29% 59
East of England -16 48 £475 -13.64% 27
West Midlands -47 39 £482 +39.71% 32
East Midlands -14 29 £450 - 12
North East -15 6 £500 +36.99% 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 58 (7.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.78%) Confluence
4 12 (1.52%) Apache
5 9 (1.14%) TPMS
6 8 (1.02%) IIS
7 3 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.38%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.38%) CICS
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 14 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.89%) Maximo
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 248 (31.51%) Azure
2 117 (14.87%) AWS
3 89 (11.31%) Microsoft 365
4 72 (9.15%) Entra ID
5 50 (6.35%) GCP
6 46 (5.84%) GitHub
7 43 (5.46%) IaaS
8 42 (5.34%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (4.83%) PaaS
10 34 (4.32%) OpenShift
11 32 (4.07%) Serverless
12 29 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
13 26 (3.30%) Azure AKS
13 26 (3.30%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (3.05%) AWS CloudFormation
15 22 (2.80%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (2.80%) SaaS
16 21 (2.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 21 (2.67%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 21 (2.67%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 128 (16.26%) Firewall
2 100 (12.71%) DNS
3 60 (7.62%) VPN
4 58 (7.37%) DHCP
5 43 (5.46%) Network Security
6 33 (4.19%) SAN
6 33 (4.19%) WAN
7 31 (3.94%) LAN
8 30 (3.81%) TCP/IP
9 28 (3.56%) VLAN
10 18 (2.29%) Wi-Fi
11 17 (2.16%) SSL
12 16 (2.03%) MPLS
13 15 (1.91%) NAS
14 13 (1.65%) BGP
14 13 (1.65%) Fibre Channel
14 13 (1.65%) iSCSI
15 11 (1.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
15 11 (1.40%) SNMP
15 11 (1.40%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (3.43%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.14%) DynamoDB
3 9 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.51%) Big Data
7 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.51%) Power BI
8 3 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.38%) DB2
8 3 (0.38%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.38%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.25%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.25%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.25%) MySQL
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (4.19%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.81%) GitLab
2 30 (3.81%) JIRA
3 28 (3.56%) Git
4 6 (0.76%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.13%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.13%) GoCD
6 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.13%) Introscope
6 1 (0.13%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 144 (18.30%) Social Skills
2 87 (11.05%) Finance
3 65 (8.26%) Public Sector
4 54 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (5.21%) Banking
6 29 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.54%) Legal
8 19 (2.41%) Military
9 13 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.02%) Billing
10 8 (1.02%) Retail
11 7 (0.89%) Aerospace
11 7 (0.89%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.64%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.51%) Front Office
13 4 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.38%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.38%) Local Government
14 3 (0.38%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 494 (62.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 105 (13.34%) Senior
3 76 (9.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 61 (7.75%) Azure Engineer
5 48 (6.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 48 (6.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 36 (4.57%) VMware Engineer
7 34 (4.32%) Network Engineer
8 30 (3.81%) Automation Engineer
9 29 (3.68%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 27 (3.43%) Architect
10 27 (3.43%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 26 (3.30%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (3.18%) Support Engineer
13 24 (3.05%) Infrastructure Support
13 24 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
13 24 (3.05%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.80%) IT Engineer
14 22 (2.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.67%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.18%) REST
2 15 (1.91%) ARM Templates
2 15 (1.91%) SOAP
3 12 (1.52%) SAML
4 11 (1.40%) OAuth
5 10 (1.27%) OpenID
6 9 (1.14%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.02%) Web Services
8 7 (0.89%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.89%) Kafka
8 7 (0.89%) LDAP
9 5 (0.64%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.64%) Middleware
10 4 (0.51%) ADO
10 4 (0.51%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.51%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.38%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.38%) AWS CDK
11 3 (0.38%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.38%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.59%) PKI
2 40 (5.08%) Data Centre
2 40 (5.08%) Hybrid Cloud
3 31 (3.94%) Public Cloud
4 28 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 27 (3.43%) Replication
6 25 (3.18%) Enterprise Storage
6 25 (3.18%) Private Cloud
7 21 (2.67%) Cloud Native
8 17 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 16 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.78%) Clustering
11 8 (1.02%) Mainframe
11 8 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.89%) CCTV
12 7 (0.89%) DataPower
12 7 (0.89%) Operational Technology
12 7 (0.89%) Product Ownership
13 6 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
13 6 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 241 (30.62%) Windows
2 142 (18.04%) Windows Server
3 138 (17.53%) Linux
4 25 (3.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.16%) Ubuntu
6 16 (2.03%) Unix
6 16 (2.03%) VMS
7 15 (1.91%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.91%) Windows Server 2012
8 14 (1.78%) Windows Server 2019
9 13 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
10 7 (0.89%) Windows Server 2003
11 6 (0.76%) CentOS
12 5 (0.64%) Apple iOS
13 4 (0.51%) Android
14 3 (0.38%) Debian
14 3 (0.38%) Mac OS
14 3 (0.38%) zOS
15 2 (0.25%) SUSE
15 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (19.95%) DevOps
2 144 (18.30%) Infrastructure as Code
3 129 (16.39%) CI/CD
4 108 (13.72%) Problem-Solving
5 97 (12.33%) Migration
6 84 (10.67%) Agile
7 76 (9.66%) Containerisation
8 70 (8.89%) Platform Engineering
9 69 (8.77%) High Availability
10 67 (8.51%) ITIL
11 65 (8.26%) Disaster Recovery
12 63 (8.01%) Infrastructure Automation
13 60 (7.62%) Cybersecurity
14 52 (6.61%) Project Delivery
15 50 (6.35%) Observability
16 46 (5.84%) Continuous Improvement
17 45 (5.72%) Cloud Security
18 40 (5.08%) Validation
19 37 (4.70%) Change Management
20 36 (4.57%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 138 (17.53%) PowerShell
2 114 (14.49%) Python
3 58 (7.37%) Bash
4 32 (4.07%) Bicep
5 30 (3.81%) SQL
6 25 (3.18%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.52%) C#
8 11 (1.40%) Java
9 9 (1.14%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.14%) PHP
10 7 (0.89%) Ruby
11 4 (0.51%) C++
11 4 (0.51%) Go
11 4 (0.51%) Groovy
11 4 (0.51%) Perl
12 3 (0.38%) JCL
13 2 (0.25%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.25%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 288 (36.59%) Security Cleared
2 175 (22.24%) SC Cleared
3 119 (15.12%) DV Cleared
4 34 (4.32%) Degree
5 33 (4.19%) Azure Certification
6 26 (3.30%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (3.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (2.54%) CISSP
9 18 (2.29%) CISM
10 15 (1.91%) CCNA
11 14 (1.78%) AWS Certification
11 14 (1.78%) CCNP
12 13 (1.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 9 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
13 9 (1.14%) FFIEC
14 7 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 5 (0.64%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.64%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.07%) NIST
2 26 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.16%) GDPR
4 16 (2.03%) Cyber Essentials
5 15 (1.91%) PCI DSS
6 11 (1.40%) SLA
7 9 (1.14%) GLBA
8 8 (1.02%) NCSC
8 8 (1.02%) NIST 800
9 6 (0.76%) QA
10 3 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.38%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
12 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 19650
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) PMO
12 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 165 (20.97%) Active Directory
2 154 (19.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (8.64%) Docker
4 63 (8.01%) Hyper-V
5 45 (5.72%) vSphere
6 40 (5.08%) VMware ESXi
7 24 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
8 20 (2.54%) VMware NSX
9 19 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.65%) NFS
11 10 (1.27%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.89%) Firmware
12 7 (0.89%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.51%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.38%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.25%) Postfix
15 2 (0.25%) QEMU
15 2 (0.25%) SRDF
15 2 (0.25%) Varnish
16 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 156 (19.82%) Terraform
2 134 (17.03%) Kubernetes
3 81 (10.29%) Ansible
4 66 (8.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 48 (6.10%) SCCM
6 33 (4.19%) vCenter Server
7 27 (3.43%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (2.29%) Grafana
9 17 (2.16%) Puppet
10 14 (1.78%) Prometheus
11 11 (1.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (1.40%) SCOM
12 10 (1.27%) Istio
12 10 (1.27%) Progress Chef
13 9 (1.14%) Packer
13 9 (1.14%) VxRail
14 8 (1.02%) vRealize
14 8 (1.02%) WSUS
15 7 (0.89%) Nessus
15 7 (0.89%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 225 (28.59%) Microsoft
2 203 (25.79%) VMware
3 50 (6.35%) Cisco
4 45 (5.72%) Citrix
5 35 (4.45%) NetApp
6 33 (4.19%) Red Hat
7 32 (4.07%) Dell
7 32 (4.07%) ServiceNow
8 31 (3.94%) Google
9 29 (3.68%) Veeam
10 26 (3.30%) Fortinet
11 22 (2.80%) Splunk
12 19 (2.41%) F5
12 19 (2.41%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.29%) IBM
14 15 (1.91%) SolarWinds
15 14 (1.78%) Thales
16 12 (1.52%) Oracle
17 11 (1.40%) Juniper
18 9 (1.14%) EMC
396 Infrastructure Engineering jobs in England