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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 125 93
Rank change year-on-year -5 -32 +32
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 765 544 890
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.05% 2.20% 2.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 2.43% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 375 650
10th Percentile £325 £321 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £538 £484
Median % change year-on-year -4.88% +11.11% -3.25%
75th Percentile £598 £613 £600
90th Percentile £666 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -3.81% +5.00% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 38
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £31.75 £53.22 £37.21
Median hourly rate £56.87 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +35.34% -26.32%
75th Percentile £75.70 £70.96 £63.75
90th Percentile £85.40 £200.00 £70.38
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -12.00% +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 32,274 22,410 32,751
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.76% 86.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,683 14,625 21,650
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £504 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.05% - -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 1,981 836 2,152
10th Percentile £15.38 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.86 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.26 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.25% +2.32% -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.69
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.35 £71.87
UK median hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -3.08% - -7.14%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -10 232 £550 +3.53% 94
North of England -20 157 £481 -8.48% 90
South East -8 147 £500 -6.98% 98
South West +8 118 £550 -2.22% 59
Yorkshire -15 95 £450 -14.29% 34
North West -21 55 £491 -6.48% 47
Midlands -43 55 £450 +12.50% 43
East of England -16 42 £475 -13.64% 25
West Midlands -51 29 £485 +38.43% 32
East Midlands -22 26 £450 - 11
North East -16 7 £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 55 (7.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (2.22%) Confluence
2 17 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.57%) Apache
4 10 (1.31%) TPMS
5 8 (1.05%) IIS
6 4 (0.52%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.39%) nginx
8 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
8 2 (0.26%) CICS
8 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.13%) SAS
9 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 12 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.26%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (0.92%) Maximo
2 3 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 251 (32.81%) Azure
2 115 (15.03%) AWS
3 97 (12.68%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (9.67%) Entra ID
5 54 (7.06%) GCP
6 49 (6.41%) GitHub
7 42 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.97%) IaaS
9 35 (4.58%) PaaS
10 32 (4.18%) Serverless
11 31 (4.05%) GitHub Actions
11 31 (4.05%) OpenShift
12 29 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
13 23 (3.01%) AWS CloudFormation
13 23 (3.01%) Azure AKS
14 22 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (2.75%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 20 (2.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 20 (2.61%) Nutanix
17 18 (2.35%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 125 (16.34%) Firewall
2 89 (11.63%) DNS
3 61 (7.97%) VPN
4 52 (6.80%) DHCP
5 40 (5.23%) Network Security
6 37 (4.84%) WAN
7 33 (4.31%) TCP/IP
8 32 (4.18%) LAN
9 30 (3.92%) SAN
10 26 (3.40%) Wi-Fi
11 24 (3.14%) VLAN
12 17 (2.22%) MPLS
12 17 (2.22%) SSL
13 13 (1.70%) SSH
14 12 (1.57%) BGP
14 12 (1.57%) NAS
14 12 (1.57%) SNMP
15 11 (1.44%) Fibre Channel
15 11 (1.44%) iSCSI
16 9 (1.18%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.14%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.05%) DynamoDB
3 8 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.05%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (0.65%) Big Data
5 5 (0.65%) Power BI
5 5 (0.65%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.39%) MySQL
7 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.39%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.26%) DB2
8 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 36 (4.71%) Jenkins
2 30 (3.92%) GitLab
2 30 (3.92%) JIRA
3 25 (3.27%) Git
4 6 (0.78%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.26%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.13%) GoCD
6 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.13%) Introscope
6 1 (0.13%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.13%) MSI
6 1 (0.13%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 143 (18.69%) Social Skills
2 91 (11.90%) Finance
3 65 (8.50%) Public Sector
4 55 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (4.97%) Banking
6 32 (4.18%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.61%) Military
8 18 (2.35%) Legal
9 13 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.05%) Billing
10 8 (1.05%) Retail
11 7 (0.92%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.65%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.52%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.52%) Front Office
13 4 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.52%) Spanish Language
14 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 472 (61.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (12.94%) Senior
3 75 (9.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 59 (7.71%) Azure Engineer
5 47 (6.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 41 (5.36%) Cloud Engineer
7 35 (4.58%) Network Engineer
8 34 (4.44%) VMware Engineer
9 32 (4.18%) Infrastructure Support
10 31 (4.05%) Automation Engineer
10 31 (4.05%) Support Engineer
11 28 (3.66%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (3.40%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 26 (3.40%) Platform Engineer
13 25 (3.27%) Architect
13 25 (3.27%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
14 22 (2.88%) Security Engineer
14 22 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 21 (2.75%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.27%) REST
2 16 (2.09%) ARM Templates
3 14 (1.83%) SOAP
4 11 (1.44%) OAuth
4 11 (1.44%) SAML
5 9 (1.18%) OAuth2
5 9 (1.18%) OpenID
6 8 (1.05%) Kafka
7 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
7 7 (0.92%) LDAP
7 7 (0.92%) Web Services
8 5 (0.65%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.65%) Middleware
9 4 (0.52%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
9 4 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
10 3 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
10 3 (0.39%) OpenAPI
10 3 (0.39%) Spring Boot
10 3 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.23%) Data Centre
1 40 (5.23%) PKI
2 39 (5.10%) Hybrid Cloud
3 29 (3.79%) Public Cloud
4 28 (3.66%) Onboarding
5 24 (3.14%) Replication
6 22 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 22 (2.88%) Private Cloud
7 20 (2.61%) Enterprise Storage
8 17 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
9 13 (1.70%) Clustering
10 12 (1.57%) Self-Motivation
11 7 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (0.78%) CCTV
12 6 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.78%) DataPower
12 6 (0.78%) Mainframe
12 6 (0.78%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 238 (31.11%) Windows
2 132 (17.25%) Linux
2 132 (17.25%) Windows Server
3 27 (3.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 18 (2.35%) Unix
5 17 (2.22%) Ubuntu
6 15 (1.96%) VMS
6 15 (1.96%) Windows 10
7 14 (1.83%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.83%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.70%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.78%) CentOS
9 6 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (0.52%) Android
10 4 (0.52%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.26%) Debian
12 2 (0.26%) SUSE
12 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.26%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (20.00%) DevOps
2 138 (18.04%) Infrastructure as Code
3 126 (16.47%) CI/CD
4 106 (13.86%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (11.90%) Migration
6 82 (10.72%) Agile
7 73 (9.54%) Containerisation
8 69 (9.02%) ITIL
8 69 (9.02%) Platform Engineering
9 63 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
9 63 (8.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 62 (8.10%) High Availability
11 59 (7.71%) Infrastructure Automation
12 54 (7.06%) Project Delivery
13 48 (6.27%) Observability
14 44 (5.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 41 (5.36%) Cloud Security
16 36 (4.71%) Change Management
16 36 (4.71%) RBAC
17 34 (4.44%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 136 (17.78%) PowerShell
2 119 (15.56%) Python
3 57 (7.45%) Bash
4 28 (3.66%) SQL
5 27 (3.53%) Bicep
6 23 (3.01%) Shell Script
7 12 (1.57%) Java
8 11 (1.44%) C#
9 9 (1.18%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.18%) PHP
10 7 (0.92%) Ruby
11 6 (0.78%) Perl
12 4 (0.52%) C++
12 4 (0.52%) Go
13 3 (0.39%) Groovy
14 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.26%) JCL
14 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
14 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.13%) VB
Qualifications
1 263 (34.38%) Security Cleared
2 157 (20.52%) SC Cleared
3 105 (13.73%) DV Cleared
4 34 (4.44%) Azure Certification
5 32 (4.18%) Degree
6 27 (3.53%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (2.88%) CISSP
9 20 (2.61%) CISM
10 16 (2.09%) CCNP
11 15 (1.96%) AWS Certification
11 15 (1.96%) CCNA
12 12 (1.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 11 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
14 10 (1.31%) FFIEC
15 9 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 6 (0.78%) PMI Certification
18 5 (0.65%) GIAC
18 5 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.31%) NIST
2 25 (3.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 21 (2.75%) GDPR
4 17 (2.22%) PCI DSS
5 14 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.44%) SLA
7 10 (1.31%) GLBA
8 8 (1.05%) NIST 800
9 4 (0.52%) QA
9 4 (0.52%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.39%) NCSC
11 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.26%) Data Quality
11 2 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
12 1 (0.13%) ISO 8583
12 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 169 (22.09%) Active Directory
2 147 (19.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (8.89%) Docker
4 61 (7.97%) Hyper-V
5 42 (5.49%) vSphere
6 36 (4.71%) VMware ESXi
7 22 (2.88%) Virtual Machines
8 19 (2.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (1.96%) VMware NSX
10 10 (1.31%) NFS
11 8 (1.05%) BitLocker
12 6 (0.78%) Firmware
12 6 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
13 3 (0.39%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.39%) Sendmail
14 2 (0.26%) QEMU
14 2 (0.26%) SRDF
15 1 (0.13%) Postfix
15 1 (0.13%) UAG
15 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 156 (20.39%) Terraform
2 128 (16.73%) Kubernetes
3 84 (10.98%) Ansible
4 67 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
5 52 (6.80%) SCCM
6 32 (4.18%) vCenter Server
7 28 (3.66%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (2.61%) Grafana
9 16 (2.09%) Prometheus
9 16 (2.09%) Puppet
10 11 (1.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.31%) Istio
11 10 (1.31%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.31%) VxRail
12 9 (1.18%) Red Hat Satellite
12 9 (1.18%) SCOM
13 8 (1.05%) Packer
13 8 (1.05%) vRealize
14 7 (0.92%) Dell DRAC
14 7 (0.92%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 230 (30.07%) Microsoft
2 192 (25.10%) VMware
3 45 (5.88%) Cisco
4 37 (4.84%) Citrix
5 36 (4.71%) Red Hat
6 35 (4.58%) ServiceNow
7 33 (4.31%) Dell
7 33 (4.31%) Google
8 31 (4.05%) NetApp
9 29 (3.79%) Fortinet
10 27 (3.53%) Veeam
11 23 (3.01%) Splunk
12 19 (2.48%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.35%) IBM
14 17 (2.22%) F5
15 16 (2.09%) Thales
16 14 (1.83%) SolarWinds
17 13 (1.70%) Aruba
18 12 (1.57%) Oracle
19 10 (1.31%) Juniper