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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 135 95
Rank change year-on-year +41 -40 +19
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,060 503 888
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.51% 2.07% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 2.26% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 712 342 676
10th Percentile £336 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £597
90th Percentile £675 £650 £689
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £480
% change year-on-year - +9.38% -6.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 6 29
10th Percentile £46.00 £53.22 £34.35
25th Percentile £58.43 £57.16 £45.00
Median hourly rate £72.54 £67.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% +23.01% -20.18%
75th Percentile £78.75 £168.44 £70.00
90th Percentile - £200.00 -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £67.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +7.47% +23.01% -15.58%

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 35,947 22,218 31,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.03% 91.31% 85.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,779 14,375 20,755
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,247 993 2,342
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.13 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.60 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.08% -23.73% +3.81%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.30 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £74.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.99 £36.50
% change year-on-year +57.06% -23.32% +1.39%

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 June 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 June 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 June 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 +8 292 £550 +4.76% 144
North of England +15 245 £500 -4.76% 81
South East +9 206 £525 -4.55% 101
South West +17 124 £550 -3.30% 81
Yorkshire -1 120 £425 -19.05% 22
Midlands +9 109 £450 +12.50% 53
North West +2 87 £550 +4.79% 46
West Midlands -21 70 £525 +40.00% 33
East of England +7 60 £475 +1.82% 21
North East +2 44 £600 -7.69% 13
East Midlands 0 38 £450 - 20
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 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.51%) Confluence
4 10 (0.94%) Apache
5 7 (0.66%) CICS
6 5 (0.47%) TPMS
7 4 (0.38%) SAS
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.28%) IIS
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.094%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.094%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.47%) Maximo
2 1 (0.094%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.094%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 340 (32.08%) Azure
2 183 (17.26%) AWS
3 90 (8.49%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (8.11%) GCP
5 75 (7.08%) Entra ID
6 74 (6.98%) GitHub
7 55 (5.19%) IaaS
8 52 (4.91%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (4.53%) GitHub Actions
10 40 (3.77%) SaaS
11 37 (3.49%) PaaS
12 33 (3.11%) Azure AKS
12 33 (3.11%) OCI
13 29 (2.74%) Azure Monitor
14 27 (2.55%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 25 (2.36%) Serverless
16 23 (2.17%) OpenShift
17 17 (1.60%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (1.60%) Nutanix
18 14 (1.32%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 154 (14.53%) Firewall
2 141 (13.30%) DNS
3 87 (8.21%) DHCP
4 62 (5.85%) VPN
5 51 (4.81%) Network Security
6 47 (4.43%) WAN
7 44 (4.15%) SAN
8 40 (3.77%) VLAN
9 36 (3.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (3.11%) TCP/IP
11 30 (2.83%) BGP
12 29 (2.74%) BIG-IP
12 29 (2.74%) SD-WAN
13 27 (2.55%) LAN
14 26 (2.45%) OSPF
15 24 (2.26%) VXLAN
16 23 (2.17%) Ethernet VPN
17 19 (1.79%) NAS
17 19 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
18 18 (1.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.40%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (0.94%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.75%) DynamoDB
3 8 (0.75%) Power BI
4 7 (0.66%) Metadata
4 7 (0.66%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.57%) Db2
6 4 (0.38%) Big Data
6 4 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.38%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.38%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.28%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.28%) Pentaho
7 3 (0.28%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 54 (5.09%) GitLab
2 43 (4.06%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.87%) JIRA
4 25 (2.36%) Git
5 8 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.094%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.094%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.094%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.094%) CMake
6 1 (0.094%) GoCD
6 1 (0.094%) Gradle
6 1 (0.094%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.094%) Introscope
6 1 (0.094%) MSI
6 1 (0.094%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.094%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 157 (14.81%) Social Skills
2 90 (8.49%) Finance
3 82 (7.74%) Public Sector
4 56 (5.28%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.87%) Banking
6 36 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (1.98%) Military
8 18 (1.70%) Legal
9 14 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (1.32%) Retail
10 13 (1.23%) Aerospace
11 11 (1.04%) Telecoms
12 10 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (0.94%) Marketing
13 9 (0.85%) Billing
13 9 (0.85%) Manufacturing
14 7 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.38%) Advertising
16 4 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 728 (68.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 190 (17.92%) Senior
3 150 (14.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 71 (6.70%) Cloud Engineer
5 59 (5.57%) Azure Engineer
6 53 (5.00%) Network Engineer
7 50 (4.72%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 44 (4.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 42 (3.96%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 40 (3.77%) VMware Engineer
11 37 (3.49%) Support Engineer
12 36 (3.40%) Automation Engineer
13 34 (3.21%) Infrastructure Support
14 33 (3.11%) Architect
15 32 (3.02%) DevOps Engineer
15 32 (3.02%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 32 (3.02%) IT Engineer
15 32 (3.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 30 (2.83%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.55%) REST
2 18 (1.70%) SOAP
3 13 (1.23%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.04%) Web Services
5 9 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (0.85%) LDAP
6 8 (0.75%) JSON
6 8 (0.75%) Kafka
6 8 (0.75%) OAuth
7 7 (0.66%) Flash
7 7 (0.66%) Middleware
8 6 (0.57%) OpenID
8 6 (0.57%) RESTful
8 6 (0.57%) WSDL
9 5 (0.47%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.47%) Keycloak
9 5 (0.47%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.47%) SAML
9 5 (0.47%) YAML
10 4 (0.38%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 105 (9.91%) Data Centre
2 65 (6.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (3.87%) Public Cloud
4 40 (3.77%) Cloud Native
4 40 (3.77%) PKI
5 34 (3.21%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.64%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.55%) Private Cloud
8 25 (2.36%) Replication
9 20 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.32%) Clustering
10 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.32%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.04%) Management Information System
12 10 (0.94%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.75%) CMDB
14 8 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 289 (27.26%) Windows
2 176 (16.60%) Windows Server
3 161 (15.19%) Linux
4 31 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.60%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.42%) Android
8 15 (1.42%) Windows 10
9 14 (1.32%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.32%) Unix
10 10 (0.94%) VMS
11 9 (0.85%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (0.75%) CentOS
12 8 (0.75%) Debian
12 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.66%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.66%) zOS
14 2 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.094%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (19.53%) Infrastructure as Code
2 202 (19.06%) DevOps
3 180 (16.98%) CI/CD
4 128 (12.08%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (10.28%) Migration
6 99 (9.34%) Agile
7 86 (8.11%) High Availability
8 85 (8.02%) Platform Engineering
9 83 (7.83%) Infrastructure Automation
10 69 (6.51%) Zero Trust
11 68 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
12 67 (6.32%) Containerisation
13 65 (6.13%) ITIL
13 65 (6.13%) Project Delivery
14 58 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (5.19%) AI
16 51 (4.81%) Cybersecurity
16 51 (4.81%) Observability
17 49 (4.62%) Validation
18 47 (4.43%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 148 (13.96%) Python
2 147 (13.87%) PowerShell
3 59 (5.57%) Bash
4 42 (3.96%) SQL
5 33 (3.11%) Bicep
6 20 (1.89%) Shell Script
7 19 (1.79%) Java
8 17 (1.60%) C#
9 11 (1.04%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.94%) PHP
11 8 (0.75%) ActionScript
12 7 (0.66%) Go
13 6 (0.57%) JCL
14 4 (0.38%) Groovy
15 3 (0.28%) C++
15 3 (0.28%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.19%) C
16 2 (0.19%) Ruby
16 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.094%) Korn
Qualifications
1 384 (36.23%) Security Cleared
2 244 (23.02%) SC Cleared
3 143 (13.49%) DV Cleared
4 37 (3.49%) Degree
5 29 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.26%) Azure Certification
7 23 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (1.70%) CCNA
8 18 (1.70%) CISSP
9 17 (1.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (1.23%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.23%) CISM
11 12 (1.13%) CCNP
12 9 (0.85%) MCSE
13 7 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.57%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.57%) RHCA
14 6 (0.57%) VCAP
15 5 (0.47%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.47%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.02%) NIST
2 27 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (1.70%) QA
4 14 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.32%) SLA
5 11 (1.04%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.94%) GDPR
6 10 (0.94%) NCSC
7 8 (0.75%) NIST 800
8 7 (0.66%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.47%) GLBA
10 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.19%) GRC
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.19%) PMO
12 1 (0.094%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.094%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.094%) FedRAMP
12 1 (0.094%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 184 (17.36%) Active Directory
2 183 (17.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (7.36%) Hyper-V
4 59 (5.57%) Docker
4 59 (5.57%) VMware ESXi
4 59 (5.57%) vSphere
5 33 (3.11%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (3.11%) VMware NSX
6 21 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.60%) NFS
8 11 (1.04%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.85%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (0.75%) Firmware
11 5 (0.47%) GPFS
12 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.28%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.28%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.19%) Postfix
14 2 (0.19%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.19%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 195 (18.40%) Terraform
2 135 (12.74%) Kubernetes
3 115 (10.85%) Ansible
4 57 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (3.87%) vCenter Server
6 28 (2.64%) SCCM
7 18 (1.70%) Grafana
8 17 (1.60%) Puppet
9 16 (1.51%) Prometheus
10 15 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
10 15 (1.42%) WSUS
11 12 (1.13%) SCOM
12 11 (1.04%) Nessus
12 11 (1.04%) Packer
13 10 (0.94%) vRealize
13 10 (0.94%) VxRail
14 9 (0.85%) Argo
14 9 (0.85%) vMotion
15 8 (0.75%) Istio
15 8 (0.75%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 252 (23.77%) VMware
2 242 (22.83%) Microsoft
3 66 (6.23%) Citrix
4 60 (5.66%) Cisco
5 46 (4.34%) F5
6 40 (3.77%) NetApp
6 40 (3.77%) Palo Alto
6 40 (3.77%) ServiceNow
7 38 (3.58%) Google
8 32 (3.02%) Veeam
9 27 (2.55%) Red Hat
10 26 (2.45%) Dell
11 23 (2.17%) Aruba
11 23 (2.17%) Fortinet
12 22 (2.08%) Arista
13 16 (1.51%) Oracle
14 14 (1.32%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.23%) IBM
16 12 (1.13%) Splunk
16 12 (1.13%) Tenable