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

 6 months to
7 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 124 87
Rank change year-on-year -3 -37 +41
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 813 537 918
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.09% 2.20% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 2.42% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 578 376 668
10th Percentile £346 £313 £285
25th Percentile £417 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £534 £496
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +7.56% -0.75%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £600
90th Percentile £670 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 11 37
10th Percentile £38.10 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £53.22 £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 £70.96 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.42 £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 33,455 22,163 32,367
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.84% 90.86% 86.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,444 14,600 21,357
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 2,067 867 2,171
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.54 £19.00 £15.87
Median hourly rate £38.25 £32.50 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -1.52% -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.59 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £77.50 £75.80 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.51 £33.00
% change year-on-year +14.25% -4.52% -11.53%

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 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 7 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 7 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 -24 235 £540 +2.86% 89
North of England -24 161 £487 -7.24% 100
South East -10 157 £515 -1.90% 87
South West +8 122 £550 -4.35% 64
Yorkshire -9 100 £475 -9.52% 32
Midlands -31 73 £450 +12.50% 44
North West -25 55 £509 -3.14% 59
East of England -14 51 £475 -13.64% 27
West Midlands -41 41 £482 +39.71% 32
East Midlands -12 32 £450 - 12
North East -17 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 60 (7.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.97%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.60%) Confluence
4 12 (1.48%) Apache
5 9 (1.11%) TPMS
6 8 (0.98%) IIS
7 3 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.37%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.37%) CICS
8 2 (0.25%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 1 (0.12%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.25%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Maximo
2 2 (0.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 254 (31.24%) Azure
2 120 (14.76%) AWS
3 91 (11.19%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (9.10%) Entra ID
5 51 (6.27%) GCP
6 48 (5.90%) GitHub
7 43 (5.29%) IaaS
8 42 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
9 38 (4.67%) PaaS
10 34 (4.18%) OpenShift
11 33 (4.06%) Serverless
12 30 (3.69%) GitHub Actions
13 26 (3.20%) Azure AKS
13 26 (3.20%) Azure Monitor
14 24 (2.95%) AWS CloudFormation
15 23 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (2.71%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 22 (2.71%) SaaS
17 21 (2.58%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 21 (2.58%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 129 (15.87%) Firewall
2 107 (13.16%) DNS
3 64 (7.87%) DHCP
4 62 (7.63%) VPN
5 44 (5.41%) Network Security
6 35 (4.31%) SAN
7 34 (4.18%) WAN
8 32 (3.94%) LAN
9 31 (3.81%) TCP/IP
10 30 (3.69%) VLAN
11 19 (2.34%) Wi-Fi
12 18 (2.21%) SSL
13 16 (1.97%) MPLS
13 16 (1.97%) NAS
14 13 (1.60%) BGP
14 13 (1.60%) Fibre Channel
14 13 (1.60%) iSCSI
15 12 (1.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
16 11 (1.35%) SNMP
17 10 (1.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.11%) DynamoDB
3 9 (1.11%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.62%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.49%) Big Data
7 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.49%) Power BI
8 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.37%) Data Mining
8 3 (0.37%) DB2
8 3 (0.37%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.37%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.25%) MySQL
9 2 (0.25%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (4.06%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.69%) GitLab
3 29 (3.57%) JIRA
4 28 (3.44%) Git
5 6 (0.74%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.25%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.12%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.12%) GoCD
7 1 (0.12%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.12%) Introscope
7 1 (0.12%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.12%) MSI
7 1 (0.12%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 146 (17.96%) Social Skills
2 87 (10.70%) Finance
3 68 (8.36%) Public Sector
4 56 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (4.92%) Banking
6 30 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.58%) Military
8 20 (2.46%) Legal
9 13 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (1.11%) Aerospace
11 8 (0.98%) Billing
11 8 (0.98%) Retail
12 7 (0.86%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.62%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.49%) Front Office
14 4 (0.49%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.37%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.37%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 518 (63.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 109 (13.41%) Senior
3 79 (9.72%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 62 (7.63%) Azure Engineer
5 51 (6.27%) Cloud Engineer
6 49 (6.03%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (4.55%) Network Engineer
7 37 (4.55%) VMware Engineer
8 32 (3.94%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (3.81%) Automation Engineer
10 30 (3.69%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (3.32%) Architect
11 27 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
12 25 (3.08%) Support Engineer
12 25 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
13 24 (2.95%) Infrastructure Support
13 24 (2.95%) Platform Engineer
14 23 (2.83%) IT Engineer
14 23 (2.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 22 (2.71%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.08%) REST
2 15 (1.85%) ARM Templates
2 15 (1.85%) SOAP
3 12 (1.48%) SAML
4 11 (1.35%) OAuth
5 10 (1.23%) OpenID
6 9 (1.11%) OAuth2
7 8 (0.98%) Web Services
8 7 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.86%) Kafka
8 7 (0.86%) LDAP
9 5 (0.62%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.62%) Middleware
10 4 (0.49%) ADO
10 4 (0.49%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.49%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.37%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.37%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.37%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.37%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.54%) PKI
2 42 (5.17%) Data Centre
3 41 (5.04%) Hybrid Cloud
4 33 (4.06%) Public Cloud
5 28 (3.44%) Onboarding
6 27 (3.32%) Private Cloud
6 27 (3.32%) Replication
7 26 (3.20%) Enterprise Storage
8 22 (2.71%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.72%) Clustering
12 9 (1.11%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.98%) Mainframe
14 7 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.86%) CCTV
14 7 (0.86%) DataPower
14 7 (0.86%) Operational Technology
14 7 (0.86%) Product Ownership
15 6 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 249 (30.63%) Windows
2 150 (18.45%) Windows Server
3 142 (17.47%) Linux
4 26 (3.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (2.09%) Ubuntu
6 16 (1.97%) VMS
6 16 (1.97%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.85%) Unix
7 15 (1.85%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (1.85%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.74%) CentOS
11 5 (0.62%) Apple iOS
12 4 (0.49%) Android
12 4 (0.49%) Debian
13 3 (0.37%) Mac OS
13 3 (0.37%) zOS
14 2 (0.25%) SUSE
14 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 161 (19.80%) DevOps
2 148 (18.20%) Infrastructure as Code
3 130 (15.99%) CI/CD
4 113 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
5 101 (12.42%) Migration
6 85 (10.46%) Agile
7 77 (9.47%) Containerisation
8 72 (8.86%) High Availability
8 72 (8.86%) Platform Engineering
9 67 (8.24%) ITIL
10 65 (8.00%) Disaster Recovery
11 64 (7.87%) Infrastructure Automation
12 60 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
13 54 (6.64%) Project Delivery
14 50 (6.15%) Observability
15 45 (5.54%) Cloud Security
15 45 (5.54%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (5.04%) Validation
17 37 (4.55%) Change Management
17 37 (4.55%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 141 (17.34%) PowerShell
2 115 (14.15%) Python
3 59 (7.26%) Bash
4 32 (3.94%) Bicep
5 31 (3.81%) SQL
6 25 (3.08%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.48%) C#
8 11 (1.35%) Java
9 9 (1.11%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.11%) PHP
10 7 (0.86%) Ruby
11 4 (0.49%) C++
11 4 (0.49%) Go
11 4 (0.49%) Groovy
11 4 (0.49%) Perl
12 3 (0.37%) 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
1 301 (37.02%) Security Cleared
2 182 (22.39%) SC Cleared
3 125 (15.38%) DV Cleared
4 33 (4.06%) Azure Certification
4 33 (4.06%) Degree
5 27 (3.32%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.46%) CISSP
8 18 (2.21%) CISM
9 16 (1.97%) CCNA
10 14 (1.72%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.72%) CCNP
10 14 (1.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 9 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.11%) FFIEC
12 8 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
13 7 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 5 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.62%) GIAC
14 5 (0.62%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.94%) NIST
2 27 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
3 17 (2.09%) GDPR
4 15 (1.85%) PCI DSS
5 11 (1.35%) SLA
6 9 (1.11%) GLBA
7 8 (0.98%) NCSC
7 8 (0.98%) NIST 800
8 6 (0.74%) QA
9 3 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.37%) Data Quality
10 2 (0.25%) Accessibility
10 2 (0.25%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.12%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) PMO
11 1 (0.12%) RMADS
System Software
1 170 (20.91%) Active Directory
2 161 (19.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (8.49%) Docker
4 67 (8.24%) Hyper-V
5 47 (5.78%) vSphere
6 41 (5.04%) VMware ESXi
7 25 (3.08%) Virtual Machines
8 21 (2.58%) VMware NSX
9 19 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
10 13 (1.60%) NFS
11 10 (1.23%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.86%) Firmware
12 7 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.49%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.37%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.25%) Postfix
15 2 (0.25%) QEMU
15 2 (0.25%) SRDF
15 2 (0.25%) Varnish
16 1 (0.12%) iptables
Systems Management
1 160 (19.68%) Terraform
2 136 (16.73%) Kubernetes
3 83 (10.21%) Ansible
4 67 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
5 49 (6.03%) SCCM
6 33 (4.06%) vCenter Server
7 27 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (2.21%) Grafana
9 17 (2.09%) Puppet
10 14 (1.72%) Prometheus
11 12 (1.48%) SCOM
12 11 (1.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 10 (1.23%) Istio
13 10 (1.23%) Progress Chef
13 10 (1.23%) WSUS
14 9 (1.11%) Packer
14 9 (1.11%) VxRail
15 8 (0.98%) vRealize
16 7 (0.86%) Red Hat Satellite
16 7 (0.86%) vMotion
Vendors
1 230 (28.29%) Microsoft
2 210 (25.83%) VMware
3 53 (6.52%) Cisco
4 47 (5.78%) Citrix
5 38 (4.67%) NetApp
6 34 (4.18%) Red Hat
7 32 (3.94%) Dell
7 32 (3.94%) Google
7 32 (3.94%) ServiceNow
8 31 (3.81%) Veeam
9 26 (3.20%) Fortinet
10 22 (2.71%) Splunk
11 20 (2.46%) F5
12 19 (2.34%) Palo Alto
13 17 (2.09%) IBM
14 16 (1.97%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.60%) Thales
16 12 (1.48%) Oracle
17 11 (1.35%) Juniper
18 9 (1.11%) EMC
396 Infrastructure Engineering jobs in England