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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 151 96
Rank change year-on-year +61 -55 +2
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,302 518 776
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.86% 1.86% 2.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.36% 2.05% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 796 331 579
10th Percentile £350 £329 £313
25th Percentile £425 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £610 £603 £588
90th Percentile £681 £653 £652
UK median daily rate £536 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.17% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 7 23
10th Percentile £47.20 £27.80 £49.21
25th Percentile £58.43 £29.50 £51.06
Median hourly rate £72.54 £54.88 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.19% -18.70% -6.90%
75th Percentile £78.75 £141.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £96.15 £200.00 -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £54.88 £70.00
% change year-on-year +32.19% -21.61% -3.45%

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 38,771 25,264 28,522
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.11% 90.78% 85.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,101 16,147 18,629
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -3.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,535 1,418 1,654
10th Percentile £14.56 £14.20 £14.16
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.87 £18.39
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.19%
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.05 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +68.99% -38.57% -3.67%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 10 August 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 +48 401 £550 +2.33% 375
North of England +41 287 £525 - 112
South East +23 282 £545 -0.97% 135
South West +20 132 £550 -2.22% 85
Midlands +14 129 £475 +11.76% 56
Yorkshire +7 124 £462 -7.60% 35
North West +25 120 £562 -2.22% 61
West Midlands -4 90 £525 +27.27% 34
East of England +14 59 £510 +13.33% 62
North East -2 53 £600 -7.69% 18
East Midlands +16 37 £450 - 22
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 57 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (2.92%) SharePoint
3 30 (2.30%) Confluence
4 13 (1.00%) CICS
5 9 (0.69%) Apache
6 8 (0.61%) SAS
6 8 (0.61%) WebSphere
7 5 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.23%) CloudStack
8 3 (0.23%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.15%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.077%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.077%) JBoss
10 1 (0.077%) nginx
10 1 (0.077%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 19 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.23%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.077%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.077%) Houdini
4 1 (0.077%) NUKE
4 1 (0.077%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.23%) Primavera
3 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.077%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.077%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 460 (35.33%) Azure
2 239 (18.36%) AWS
3 126 (9.68%) Entra ID
4 106 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
5 104 (7.99%) GitHub
6 100 (7.68%) GCP
7 72 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
8 70 (5.38%) GitHub Actions
9 69 (5.30%) IaaS
10 63 (4.84%) OCI
11 44 (3.38%) SaaS
12 40 (3.07%) PaaS
13 39 (3.00%) Azure Monitor
14 36 (2.76%) Azure AKS
15 28 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
15 28 (2.15%) Serverless
16 24 (1.84%) Amazon S3
17 23 (1.77%) Azure Sentinel
18 20 (1.54%) OpenShift
18 20 (1.54%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 210 (16.13%) DNS
2 198 (15.21%) Firewall
3 130 (9.98%) DHCP
4 78 (5.99%) VPN
5 70 (5.38%) TCP/IP
6 67 (5.15%) Network Security
7 61 (4.69%) WAN
8 60 (4.61%) SAN
9 59 (4.53%) VLAN
10 41 (3.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 35 (2.69%) SD-WAN
12 33 (2.53%) BIG-IP
12 33 (2.53%) LAN
13 32 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
14 30 (2.30%) BGP
15 28 (2.15%) OSPF
16 27 (2.07%) SSL
16 27 (2.07%) VXLAN
17 26 (2.00%) Ethernet VPN
18 22 (1.69%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.53%) SQL Server
2 20 (1.54%) Oracle Exadata
3 17 (1.31%) Oracle Database
4 15 (1.15%) Power BI
5 14 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.00%) RDBMS
7 12 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 12 (0.92%) Metadata
7 12 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.69%) Amazon RDS
8 9 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.61%) DynamoDB
9 8 (0.61%) NoSQL
10 7 (0.54%) Pentaho
11 6 (0.46%) Db2
12 5 (0.38%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.31%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 68 (5.22%) GitLab
2 52 (3.99%) Git
2 52 (3.99%) Jenkins
3 49 (3.76%) JIRA
4 8 (0.61%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.23%) Chocolatey
5 3 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.15%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.15%) Subversion
7 1 (0.077%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.077%) CMake
7 1 (0.077%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.077%) Gradle
7 1 (0.077%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.077%) Introscope
7 1 (0.077%) Maven
7 1 (0.077%) MSI
7 1 (0.077%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.077%) Terragrunt
General
1 213 (16.36%) Social Skills
2 112 (8.60%) Finance
3 104 (7.99%) Public Sector
4 71 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (3.69%) Banking
5 48 (3.69%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (1.46%) Retail
6 19 (1.46%) Telecoms
7 17 (1.31%) Aerospace
7 17 (1.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (1.31%) Military
8 15 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
8 15 (1.15%) Legal
9 13 (1.00%) Manufacturing
10 12 (0.92%) Law
11 11 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (0.77%) Marketing
13 7 (0.54%) Automotive
14 5 (0.38%) Billing
14 5 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 864 (66.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 258 (19.82%) Senior
3 203 (15.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 133 (10.22%) Cloud Engineer
5 97 (7.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 94 (7.22%) Azure Engineer
7 68 (5.22%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 59 (4.53%) Network Engineer
9 53 (4.07%) Lead
10 46 (3.53%) VMware Engineer
11 44 (3.38%) DevOps Engineer
12 41 (3.15%) Architect
13 40 (3.07%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 36 (2.76%) Platform Engineer
15 35 (2.69%) IT Engineer
15 35 (2.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
16 34 (2.61%) Infrastructure Support
17 33 (2.53%) Support Engineer
18 32 (2.46%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
19 31 (2.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.23%) REST
2 23 (1.77%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.08%) SOAP
4 13 (1.00%) JSON
4 13 (1.00%) Middleware
4 13 (1.00%) Oracle GoldenGate
5 11 (0.84%) YAML
6 10 (0.77%) Loki
6 10 (0.77%) OpenID
6 10 (0.77%) SAML
7 9 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
7 9 (0.69%) OAuth
8 8 (0.61%) Kafka
8 8 (0.61%) LDAP
9 7 (0.54%) 802.1X
9 7 (0.54%) Flash
9 7 (0.54%) ModSecurity
9 7 (0.54%) Web Services
10 6 (0.46%) .NET
10 6 (0.46%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 136 (10.45%) Data Centre
2 88 (6.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 58 (4.45%) Cloud Native
4 50 (3.84%) PKI
5 48 (3.69%) Public Cloud
6 40 (3.07%) Replication
7 39 (3.00%) Onboarding
8 33 (2.53%) Enterprise Storage
9 25 (1.92%) Clustering
9 25 (1.92%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.61%) Private Cloud
11 20 (1.54%) Linux Command Line
12 19 (1.46%) Enterprise Cloud
12 19 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.38%) Data Protection Act
14 15 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
15 14 (1.08%) Mainframe
15 14 (1.08%) Security Posture
15 14 (1.08%) Virtual Team
16 11 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 355 (27.27%) Windows
2 234 (17.97%) Linux
3 230 (17.67%) Windows Server
4 51 (3.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 19 (1.46%) Unix
5 19 (1.46%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.31%) Windows 10
7 16 (1.23%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.23%) CentOS
8 15 (1.15%) Android
8 15 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 15 (1.15%) Windows Server 2016
9 14 (1.08%) AIX
9 14 (1.08%) VMS
10 13 (1.00%) zOS
11 11 (0.84%) Rocky
12 10 (0.77%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.46%) Debian
14 6 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (23.66%) Infrastructure as Code
2 258 (19.82%) DevOps
3 246 (18.89%) CI/CD
4 171 (13.13%) Migration
5 151 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
6 132 (10.14%) Platform Engineering
7 122 (9.37%) Agile
8 113 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 107 (8.22%) High Availability
10 102 (7.83%) Infrastructure Automation
11 93 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
12 90 (6.91%) AI
13 85 (6.53%) Project Delivery
14 84 (6.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 82 (6.30%) Observability
16 77 (5.91%) Containerisation
17 75 (5.76%) ITIL
18 74 (5.68%) Validation
19 73 (5.61%) Technical Leadership
19 73 (5.61%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 233 (17.90%) PowerShell
2 219 (16.82%) Python
3 119 (9.14%) Bash
4 60 (4.61%) SQL
5 54 (4.15%) Bicep
6 27 (2.07%) Java
7 21 (1.61%) C#
8 20 (1.54%) Shell Script
9 9 (0.69%) Go
10 8 (0.61%) ActionScript
11 7 (0.54%) JavaScript
12 6 (0.46%) JCL
12 6 (0.46%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.31%) C++
13 4 (0.31%) Perl
14 3 (0.23%) C
14 3 (0.23%) Groovy
14 3 (0.23%) Kusto Query Language
14 3 (0.23%) PHP
15 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 504 (38.71%) Security Cleared
2 338 (25.96%) SC Cleared
3 171 (13.13%) DV Cleared
4 54 (4.15%) Degree
5 42 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 36 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
7 30 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 19 (1.46%) CCNA
10 17 (1.31%) CCNP
10 17 (1.31%) CISSP
11 16 (1.23%) AWS Certification
12 13 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (1.00%) MCSE
12 13 (1.00%) VCAP
13 9 (0.69%) PMI Certification
14 8 (0.61%) CISM
15 7 (0.54%) MCSA
15 7 (0.54%) PMP
15 7 (0.54%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 34 (2.61%) QA
3 23 (1.77%) NIST
4 16 (1.23%) NCSC
4 16 (1.23%) SLA
5 14 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (0.69%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.54%) PMO
8 6 (0.46%) GRC
8 6 (0.46%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.31%) GDPR
9 4 (0.31%) SOC 2
10 2 (0.15%) IASME
10 2 (0.15%) JSP 440
10 2 (0.15%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.077%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.077%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.077%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 239 (18.36%) Active Directory
2 238 (18.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 98 (7.53%) Hyper-V
4 75 (5.76%) VMware ESXi
5 71 (5.45%) vSphere
6 70 (5.38%) Docker
7 56 (4.30%) Virtual Machines
8 44 (3.38%) VMware NSX
9 29 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 14 (1.08%) NFS
11 13 (1.00%) Oracle RAC
12 9 (0.69%) Firmware
12 9 (0.69%) KVM
13 8 (0.61%) BitLocker
13 8 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
14 7 (0.54%) Microsoft App-V
15 5 (0.38%) GPFS
15 5 (0.38%) Terminal Services
16 4 (0.31%) Ceph
17 3 (0.23%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 283 (21.74%) Terraform
2 183 (14.06%) Ansible
3 161 (12.37%) Kubernetes
4 72 (5.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 50 (3.84%) vCenter Server
6 39 (3.00%) SCCM
7 29 (2.23%) Grafana
8 24 (1.84%) Prometheus
8 24 (1.84%) Puppet
9 21 (1.61%) WSUS
10 19 (1.46%) Argo
10 19 (1.46%) NetBackup
11 16 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
12 15 (1.15%) Packer
13 14 (1.08%) Nessus
13 14 (1.08%) SCOM
14 13 (1.00%) Data Guard
14 13 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
15 10 (0.77%) FortiGate
15 10 (0.77%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 325 (24.96%) Microsoft
2 304 (23.35%) VMware
3 73 (5.61%) Citrix
4 71 (5.45%) Cisco
5 54 (4.15%) Oracle
6 49 (3.76%) F5
7 45 (3.46%) Google
8 42 (3.23%) NetApp
9 34 (2.61%) Palo Alto
9 34 (2.61%) ServiceNow
10 33 (2.53%) Veeam
11 28 (2.15%) Red Hat
12 23 (1.77%) Aruba
12 23 (1.77%) Dell
13 22 (1.69%) Arista
14 20 (1.54%) Tenable
15 19 (1.46%) Juniper
16 18 (1.38%) Zscaler
17 15 (1.15%) CyberArk
18 13 (1.00%) SolarWinds