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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 168 119
Rank change year-on-year +83 -49 -27
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,447 493 652
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.11% 1.76% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 1.94% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 324 461
10th Percentile £363 £300 £325
25th Percentile £450 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £601
90th Percentile £700 £668 £688
UK median daily rate £549 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +9.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 10 17
10th Percentile £33.64 £25.70 £51.06
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.00 £60.00
Median hourly rate £73.27 £32.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.97% -54.29% -
75th Percentile £86.62 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £100.00 £40.16 £86.80
UK median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +131.25% -54.29% -

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 39,430 25,460 28,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 90.97% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,919 16,157 17,165
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
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 2,918 1,560 1,201
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -

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 2 October 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 2 October 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 2 October 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 +49 436 £550 +4.76% 682
North of England +72 334 £525 +5.00% 286
South East +19 281 £558 +19.89% 287
North West +50 160 £550 +10.00% 164
Midlands +34 150 £475 +2.15% 136
South West +37 143 £575 +3.60% 142
Yorkshire +35 120 £500 - 77
West Midlands +23 107 £513 +9.63% 85
East of England +28 86 £537 +37.29% 84
North East +8 65 £600 -7.69% 47
East Midlands +19 41 £450 -3.23% 51
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 59 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 35 (2.42%) Confluence
4 12 (0.83%) CICS
5 11 (0.76%) Apache
6 9 (0.62%) SAS
7 7 (0.48%) WebSphere
8 6 (0.41%) Apache Spark
9 5 (0.35%) nginx
9 5 (0.35%) OpenStack
9 5 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
10 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
12 2 (0.14%) CMS
12 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
12 2 (0.14%) IIS
12 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
13 1 (0.069%) JBoss
13 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.069%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.28%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.069%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.069%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.069%) CPLEX
7 1 (0.069%) Houdini
7 1 (0.069%) MicroStation
7 1 (0.069%) NUKE
7 1 (0.069%) Revit
7 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (0.62%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.21%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.069%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 488 (33.72%) Azure
2 261 (18.04%) AWS
3 164 (11.33%) Entra ID
4 134 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
5 111 (7.67%) GCP
6 94 (6.50%) GitHub
7 82 (5.67%) IaaS
8 68 (4.70%) OCI
9 66 (4.56%) Azure DevOps
10 59 (4.08%) GitHub Actions
11 40 (2.76%) SaaS
12 38 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
13 35 (2.42%) PaaS
14 31 (2.14%) Azure AKS
14 31 (2.14%) OpenShift
15 28 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (1.94%) Power Platform
16 26 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
17 22 (1.52%) AWS CloudFormation
18 21 (1.45%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 233 (16.10%) DNS
2 224 (15.48%) Firewall
3 140 (9.68%) DHCP
4 95 (6.57%) VPN
5 89 (6.15%) Network Security
6 83 (5.74%) TCP/IP
7 65 (4.49%) WAN
8 62 (4.28%) SAN
8 62 (4.28%) VLAN
9 47 (3.25%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 42 (2.90%) BIG-IP
11 41 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
12 39 (2.70%) LAN
13 36 (2.49%) SD-WAN
14 34 (2.35%) BGP
15 32 (2.21%) SSL
16 28 (1.94%) OSPF
17 27 (1.87%) VXLAN
18 26 (1.80%) Ethernet VPN
18 26 (1.80%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.42%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.52%) Oracle Exadata
2 22 (1.52%) Power BI
3 21 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 21 (1.45%) Oracle Database
4 18 (1.24%) Relational Database
5 17 (1.17%) NoSQL
6 14 (0.97%) Metadata
6 14 (0.97%) RDBMS
7 13 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
8 10 (0.69%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.62%) Pentaho
10 8 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.41%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
14 3 (0.21%) Data Mining
14 3 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 75 (5.18%) GitLab
2 58 (4.01%) Git
2 58 (4.01%) JIRA
3 56 (3.87%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.48%) Artifactory
5 5 (0.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (0.28%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.21%) Claude Code
7 3 (0.21%) JUnit
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.14%) IBM UrbanCode
8 2 (0.14%) MLflow
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.069%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.069%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 248 (17.14%) Social Skills
2 155 (10.71%) Finance
3 104 (7.19%) Public Sector
4 89 (6.15%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
6 55 (3.80%) Banking
7 31 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 23 (1.59%) Manufacturing
9 18 (1.24%) Aerospace
10 17 (1.17%) Military
11 16 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (1.04%) Retail
13 12 (0.83%) Law
13 12 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.76%) Automotive
15 10 (0.69%) Legal
15 10 (0.69%) Marketing
16 7 (0.48%) Billing
17 6 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 896 (61.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 286 (19.77%) Senior
3 223 (15.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 153 (10.57%) Cloud Engineer
5 115 (7.95%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 91 (6.29%) Azure Engineer
7 73 (5.04%) Network Engineer
8 72 (4.98%) Lead
9 64 (4.42%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 61 (4.22%) DevOps Engineer
11 58 (4.01%) Architect
12 49 (3.39%) Security Engineer
13 48 (3.32%) VMware Engineer
14 43 (2.97%) Platform Engineer
15 39 (2.70%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
16 36 (2.49%) Support Engineer
16 36 (2.49%) Test Engineer
17 33 (2.28%) Infrastructure Support
18 32 (2.21%) IT Engineer
18 32 (2.21%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 315 (21.77%) Terraform
2 30 (2.07%) ARM Templates
3 26 (1.80%) REST
4 22 (1.52%) Kafka
5 15 (1.04%) YAML
6 14 (0.97%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 12 (0.83%) 802.1X
7 12 (0.83%) JSON
7 12 (0.83%) Middleware
8 11 (0.76%) LDAP
8 11 (0.76%) Loki
8 11 (0.76%) OAuth
8 11 (0.76%) OpenID
8 11 (0.76%) SAML
9 10 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
10 9 (0.62%) .NET
11 8 (0.55%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.55%) Web Services
12 7 (0.48%) SOAP
13 5 (0.35%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 155 (10.71%) Data Centre
2 101 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
3 77 (5.32%) Cloud Native
4 60 (4.15%) PKI
5 54 (3.73%) Public Cloud
6 52 (3.59%) Onboarding
7 42 (2.90%) Replication
8 34 (2.35%) Private Cloud
9 31 (2.14%) Enterprise Storage
10 30 (2.07%) Management Information System
11 28 (1.94%) Enterprise Cloud
11 28 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
12 26 (1.80%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.45%) Clustering
14 21 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
15 19 (1.31%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (1.24%) Product Ownership
17 13 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
17 13 (0.90%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 382 (26.40%) Windows
2 275 (19.00%) Linux
3 257 (17.76%) Windows Server
4 60 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 23 (1.59%) Unix
6 19 (1.31%) CentOS
6 19 (1.31%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.31%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (1.24%) VMS
8 17 (1.17%) Android
8 17 (1.17%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.04%) Windows 10
10 14 (0.97%) AIX
10 14 (0.97%) Rocky
10 14 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
11 12 (0.83%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.83%) zOS
12 7 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
13 5 (0.35%) Oracle Linux
13 5 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (26.19%) Infrastructure as Code
2 303 (20.94%) CI/CD
3 294 (20.32%) DevOps
4 193 (13.34%) Migration
5 186 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (11.61%) Platform Engineering
7 141 (9.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 140 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 133 (9.19%) Agile
10 124 (8.57%) Infrastructure Automation
11 108 (7.46%) Observability
12 106 (7.33%) Cybersecurity
13 105 (7.26%) AI
14 104 (7.19%) ITIL
15 103 (7.12%) Disaster Recovery
15 103 (7.12%) Technical Leadership
16 98 (6.77%) High Availability
16 98 (6.77%) Project Delivery
17 84 (5.81%) Validation
18 83 (5.74%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 248 (17.14%) PowerShell
2 245 (16.93%) Python
3 118 (8.15%) Bash
4 72 (4.98%) SQL
5 57 (3.94%) Bicep
6 38 (2.63%) Java
7 18 (1.24%) C#
8 16 (1.11%) Go
9 15 (1.04%) ActionScript
10 13 (0.90%) Shell Script
11 10 (0.69%) C++
12 9 (0.62%) Perl
13 7 (0.48%) TypeScript
14 6 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
15 5 (0.35%) C
15 5 (0.35%) JavaScript
15 5 (0.35%) JCL
16 2 (0.14%) COBOL
16 2 (0.14%) Korn
16 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 552 (38.15%) Security Cleared
2 337 (23.29%) SC Cleared
3 210 (14.51%) DV Cleared
4 60 (4.15%) Degree
5 45 (3.11%) Azure Certification
6 31 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
8 28 (1.94%) AWS Certification
9 23 (1.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 22 (1.52%) CISSP
11 19 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 18 (1.24%) CCNP
13 16 (1.11%) CCNA
14 14 (0.97%) VCAP
15 12 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
15 12 (0.83%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.76%) MCSE
16 11 (0.76%) PMP
17 10 (0.69%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
18 9 (0.62%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.52%) QA
2 36 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.52%) NIST
4 18 (1.24%) SLA
5 17 (1.17%) NCSC
6 16 (1.11%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
8 10 (0.69%) PMO
9 9 (0.62%) GRC
9 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.55%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
13 2 (0.14%) IASME
13 2 (0.14%) ISO 19650
13 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
14 1 (0.069%) GDPR
14 1 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 276 (19.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 265 (18.31%) Active Directory
3 109 (7.53%) Hyper-V
4 83 (5.74%) vSphere
5 76 (5.25%) VMware ESXi
6 74 (5.11%) Docker
7 62 (4.28%) Virtual Machines
8 36 (2.49%) VMware NSX
9 29 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
10 17 (1.17%) Virtual Servers
11 15 (1.04%) Oracle RAC
12 12 (0.83%) Firmware
13 11 (0.76%) KVM
13 11 (0.76%) NFS
14 6 (0.41%) oVirt
15 5 (0.35%) Ceph
15 5 (0.35%) GPFS
15 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.28%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 199 (13.75%) Ansible
2 185 (12.79%) Kubernetes
3 87 (6.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 50 (3.46%) SCCM
5 41 (2.83%) vCenter Server
6 37 (2.56%) Grafana
7 31 (2.14%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.45%) Puppet
9 20 (1.38%) Argo
10 19 (1.31%) Nessus
11 18 (1.24%) WSUS
12 17 (1.17%) NetBackup
12 17 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.04%) Oracle RMAN
13 15 (1.04%) Progress Chef
14 14 (0.97%) Data Guard
14 14 (0.97%) SCOM
15 12 (0.83%) Packer
15 12 (0.83%) VxRail
16 10 (0.69%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 366 (25.29%) Microsoft
2 345 (23.84%) VMware
3 80 (5.53%) Cisco
4 60 (4.15%) Oracle
5 59 (4.08%) F5
6 56 (3.87%) Citrix
7 51 (3.52%) NetApp
8 46 (3.18%) Google
9 43 (2.97%) Red Hat
9 43 (2.97%) Veeam
10 41 (2.83%) Palo Alto
11 29 (2.00%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.66%) Dell
13 23 (1.59%) Arista
13 23 (1.59%) Aruba
14 22 (1.52%) Tenable
15 19 (1.31%) CyberArk
16 18 (1.24%) Commvault
16 18 (1.24%) Juniper
16 18 (1.24%) Zscaler