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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 170 110
Rank change year-on-year +85 -60 -22
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,408 478 714
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.05% 1.72% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.60% 1.89% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 851 318 518
10th Percentile £358 £321 £324
25th Percentile £450 £386 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £594
90th Percentile £688 £670 £686
UK median daily rate £540 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 7 17
10th Percentile £47.68 £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% -
75th Percentile £85.00 £35.00 -
90th Percentile £98.80 £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 39,123 25,281 28,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.74% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,918 16,062 17,635
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -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 2,776 1,509 1,303
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.75 £17.79 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £68.00 £50.00 £66.55
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% -1.91%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +55 423 £550 +2.90% 701
North of England +67 318 £522 +4.40% 236
South East +17 274 £555 +15.93% 272
Midlands +42 157 £475 +5.56% 126
North West +42 146 £550 - 134
South West +37 138 £563 -0.44% 110
Yorkshire +30 120 £500 - 61
West Midlands +20 111 £525 +16.67% 76
East of England +28 83 £513 +33.99% 81
North East +5 63 £600 -7.69% 42
East Midlands +21 44 £450 -3.23% 50
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 (4.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (3.13%) SharePoint
3 29 (2.06%) Confluence
4 12 (0.85%) Apache
4 12 (0.85%) CICS
5 9 (0.64%) SAS
6 7 (0.50%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.28%) nginx
9 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.071%) CMS
12 1 (0.071%) JBoss
12 1 (0.071%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.071%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.071%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.071%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.071%) Houdini
6 1 (0.071%) NUKE
6 1 (0.071%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.50%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.21%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.071%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.071%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 479 (34.02%) Azure
2 258 (18.32%) AWS
3 146 (10.37%) Entra ID
4 124 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
5 103 (7.32%) GCP
6 91 (6.46%) GitHub
7 77 (5.47%) IaaS
8 67 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
8 67 (4.76%) OCI
9 58 (4.12%) GitHub Actions
10 46 (3.27%) SaaS
11 37 (2.63%) PaaS
12 35 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
13 30 (2.13%) Azure AKS
14 29 (2.06%) OpenShift
15 28 (1.99%) Power Platform
16 26 (1.85%) Azure Sentinel
17 25 (1.78%) Amazon EKS
18 21 (1.49%) Amazon S3
19 18 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 230 (16.34%) DNS
2 220 (15.63%) Firewall
3 140 (9.94%) DHCP
4 90 (6.39%) VPN
5 83 (5.89%) Network Security
6 81 (5.75%) TCP/IP
7 65 (4.62%) VLAN
8 64 (4.55%) SAN
8 64 (4.55%) WAN
9 49 (3.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 39 (2.77%) BIG-IP
11 38 (2.70%) LAN
12 37 (2.63%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (2.41%) BGP
13 34 (2.41%) SD-WAN
14 30 (2.13%) SSL
15 29 (2.06%) OSPF
16 28 (1.99%) VXLAN
17 27 (1.92%) Ethernet VPN
18 26 (1.85%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.40%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.56%) Oracle Exadata
2 22 (1.56%) Power BI
3 21 (1.49%) Data Lake
4 20 (1.42%) Oracle Database
5 17 (1.21%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.14%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.99%) Metadata
7 14 (0.99%) RDBMS
8 13 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.64%) Pentaho
11 8 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
12 6 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 4 (0.28%) Db2
14 4 (0.28%) DynamoDB
14 4 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 72 (5.11%) GitLab
2 57 (4.05%) Git
3 54 (3.84%) JIRA
4 51 (3.62%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.28%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) HP UFT
8 2 (0.14%) Selenium
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.071%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.071%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.071%) MLflow
9 1 (0.071%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.071%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 238 (16.90%) Social Skills
2 139 (9.87%) Finance
3 103 (7.32%) Public Sector
4 83 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
6 50 (3.55%) Banking
7 25 (1.78%) Telecoms
8 24 (1.70%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.35%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.28%) Military
11 16 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 16 (1.14%) Retail
12 15 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (0.92%) Law
14 12 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (0.78%) Legal
16 10 (0.71%) Automotive
16 10 (0.71%) Marketing
17 5 (0.36%) Billing
17 5 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 885 (62.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 280 (19.89%) Senior
3 219 (15.55%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 148 (10.51%) Cloud Engineer
5 108 (7.67%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 92 (6.53%) Azure Engineer
7 73 (5.18%) Network Engineer
8 69 (4.90%) Lead
9 63 (4.47%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 59 (4.19%) Architect
11 58 (4.12%) DevOps Engineer
12 48 (3.41%) VMware Engineer
13 43 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
14 41 (2.91%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 40 (2.84%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.49%) IT Engineer
16 35 (2.49%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 34 (2.41%) Support Engineer
18 31 (2.20%) Test Engineer
18 31 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 297 (21.09%) Terraform
2 28 (1.99%) ARM Templates
3 20 (1.42%) Kafka
3 20 (1.42%) REST
4 15 (1.07%) YAML
5 14 (0.99%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 13 (0.92%) JSON
7 12 (0.85%) 802.1X
7 12 (0.85%) Middleware
7 12 (0.85%) SAML
8 11 (0.78%) LDAP
8 11 (0.78%) OpenID
9 10 (0.71%) Loki
10 8 (0.57%) .NET
10 8 (0.57%) ModSecurity
10 8 (0.57%) OAuth
11 7 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (0.43%) Web Services
13 5 (0.36%) Flash
14 4 (0.28%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 140 (9.94%) Data Centre
2 101 (7.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 66 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 58 (4.12%) PKI
5 53 (3.76%) Public Cloud
6 51 (3.62%) Onboarding
7 44 (3.13%) Replication
8 35 (2.49%) Private Cloud
9 34 (2.41%) Enterprise Storage
10 30 (2.13%) Management Information System
11 27 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
12 26 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
13 24 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.49%) Clustering
14 21 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (1.49%) Security Posture
15 19 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
16 17 (1.21%) Product Ownership
17 14 (0.99%) Virtual Team
18 13 (0.92%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 386 (27.41%) Windows
2 277 (19.67%) Linux
3 259 (18.39%) Windows Server
4 60 (4.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (1.56%) Unix
6 19 (1.35%) CentOS
6 19 (1.35%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.35%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.35%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.21%) Android
7 17 (1.21%) Apple iOS
7 17 (1.21%) VMS
8 14 (0.99%) AIX
8 14 (0.99%) Rocky
8 14 (0.99%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.85%) zOS
10 11 (0.78%) Mac OS
11 8 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
12 6 (0.43%) Debian
12 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 356 (25.28%) Infrastructure as Code
2 289 (20.53%) CI/CD
3 284 (20.17%) DevOps
4 184 (13.07%) Migration
5 181 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (11.51%) Platform Engineering
7 131 (9.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 123 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
9 122 (8.66%) Agile
10 119 (8.45%) Infrastructure Automation
11 105 (7.46%) Observability
12 104 (7.39%) AI
13 100 (7.10%) Disaster Recovery
13 100 (7.10%) High Availability
13 100 (7.10%) ITIL
14 99 (7.03%) Cybersecurity
14 99 (7.03%) Technical Leadership
15 93 (6.61%) Project Delivery
16 78 (5.54%) Validation
17 77 (5.47%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 239 (16.97%) PowerShell
2 232 (16.48%) Python
3 117 (8.31%) Bash
4 68 (4.83%) SQL
5 58 (4.12%) Bicep
6 33 (2.34%) Java
7 15 (1.07%) C#
8 14 (0.99%) Shell Script
9 13 (0.92%) ActionScript
10 10 (0.71%) Go
11 9 (0.64%) C++
11 9 (0.64%) Perl
12 7 (0.50%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.43%) C
14 5 (0.36%) JCL
14 5 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
15 3 (0.21%) Groovy
15 3 (0.21%) JavaScript
16 2 (0.14%) Korn
16 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 547 (38.85%) Security Cleared
2 340 (24.15%) SC Cleared
3 206 (14.63%) DV Cleared
4 57 (4.05%) Degree
5 44 (3.13%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.34%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 24 (1.70%) AWS Certification
8 21 (1.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 20 (1.42%) CISSP
10 18 (1.28%) CCNA
10 18 (1.28%) CCNP
11 17 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.92%) MCSE
13 12 (0.85%) VCAP
14 11 (0.78%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.71%) PMP
16 9 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 9 (0.64%) CISM
17 7 (0.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (3.27%) QA
2 35 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.56%) NCSC
3 22 (1.56%) NIST
4 18 (1.28%) SLA
5 17 (1.21%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.71%) PMO
8 8 (0.57%) GRC
8 8 (0.57%) JSP 440
9 7 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.21%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) IASME
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.071%) GDPR
13 1 (0.071%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.071%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.071%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 269 (19.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 262 (18.61%) Active Directory
3 111 (7.88%) Hyper-V
4 78 (5.54%) vSphere
5 75 (5.33%) VMware ESXi
6 71 (5.04%) Docker
7 59 (4.19%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (2.70%) VMware NSX
9 27 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.07%) Oracle RAC
11 14 (0.99%) NFS
12 12 (0.85%) Firmware
12 12 (0.85%) Virtual Servers
13 11 (0.78%) KVM
14 6 (0.43%) oVirt
15 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
15 5 (0.36%) Ceph
15 5 (0.36%) GPFS
16 4 (0.28%) Microsoft App-V
16 4 (0.28%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 198 (14.06%) Ansible
2 180 (12.78%) Kubernetes
3 83 (5.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 51 (3.62%) SCCM
5 42 (2.98%) vCenter Server
6 32 (2.27%) Grafana
7 27 (1.92%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.49%) WSUS
9 20 (1.42%) Puppet
10 18 (1.28%) Argo
10 18 (1.28%) Nessus
11 17 (1.21%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.14%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.07%) Oracle RMAN
13 15 (1.07%) SCOM
14 14 (0.99%) Data Guard
15 12 (0.85%) Packer
16 11 (0.78%) Progress Chef
16 11 (0.78%) VxRail
17 10 (0.71%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 357 (25.36%) Microsoft
2 343 (24.36%) VMware
3 85 (6.04%) Cisco
4 64 (4.55%) Citrix
5 58 (4.12%) Oracle
6 57 (4.05%) F5
7 47 (3.34%) NetApp
8 44 (3.13%) Google
9 40 (2.84%) Palo Alto
10 39 (2.77%) Veeam
11 38 (2.70%) Red Hat
12 30 (2.13%) ServiceNow
13 24 (1.70%) Arista
13 24 (1.70%) Dell
14 23 (1.63%) Aruba
15 21 (1.49%) Tenable
16 19 (1.35%) CyberArk
16 19 (1.35%) Juniper
17 18 (1.28%) Zscaler
18 17 (1.21%) IBM