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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 161 111
Rank change year-on-year +74 -50 -20
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,391 485 705
As % of all contract jobs in England 3.02% 1.75% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 1.92% 2.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 323 514
10th Percentile £358 £315 £321
25th Percentile £450 £380 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £500 £506
Median % change year-on-year +9.80% -1.23% +1.25%
75th Percentile £625 £603 £594
90th Percentile £688 £668 £685
UK median daily rate £540 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +8.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 7 17
10th Percentile - £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 £99.20 £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 39,062 25,238 28,145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.72% 90.90% 86.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,917 16,041 17,545
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £423
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 2,725 1,497 1,306
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £14.92
25th Percentile £17.85 £17.87 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -1.91%
75th Percentile £68.00 £49.75 £66.50
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% +1.18%

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 16 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 16 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 16 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 +44 416 £550 +4.76% 863
North of England +62 318 £519 +3.80% 289
South East +19 272 £555 +15.03% 279
Midlands +42 153 £475 +5.56% 133
North West +41 145 £525 - 170
South West +27 138 £563 +1.35% 144
Yorkshire +24 122 £500 - 78
West Midlands +9 109 £525 +23.53% 82
East of England +30 80 £513 +35.31% 108
North East +7 61 £600 -7.69% 42
East Midlands +24 42 £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 61 (4.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 44 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 28 (2.01%) Confluence
4 12 (0.86%) Apache
4 12 (0.86%) CICS
5 9 (0.65%) SAS
6 7 (0.50%) WebSphere
7 6 (0.43%) Apache Spark
8 5 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
9 4 (0.29%) nginx
9 4 (0.29%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.22%) CloudStack
11 2 (0.14%) Exchange Server 2013
11 2 (0.14%) IIS
11 2 (0.14%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.072%) CMS
12 1 (0.072%) JBoss
12 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.072%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.36%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.072%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.072%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.072%) CPLEX
6 1 (0.072%) Houdini
6 1 (0.072%) NUKE
6 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.43%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.22%) Primavera
3 2 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 471 (33.86%) Azure
2 256 (18.40%) AWS
3 140 (10.06%) Entra ID
4 123 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
5 101 (7.26%) GCP
6 91 (6.54%) GitHub
7 76 (5.46%) IaaS
8 67 (4.82%) OCI
9 66 (4.74%) Azure DevOps
10 58 (4.17%) GitHub Actions
11 45 (3.24%) SaaS
12 36 (2.59%) PaaS
13 35 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
14 30 (2.16%) Azure AKS
15 26 (1.87%) Power Platform
16 25 (1.80%) Amazon EKS
16 25 (1.80%) Azure Sentinel
16 25 (1.80%) OpenShift
17 21 (1.51%) Amazon S3
18 18 (1.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 228 (16.39%) DNS
2 216 (15.53%) Firewall
3 139 (9.99%) DHCP
4 90 (6.47%) VPN
5 83 (5.97%) Network Security
6 80 (5.75%) TCP/IP
7 64 (4.60%) SAN
7 64 (4.60%) VLAN
8 63 (4.53%) WAN
9 49 (3.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 39 (2.80%) BIG-IP
11 37 (2.66%) LAN
12 36 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
13 34 (2.44%) BGP
13 34 (2.44%) SD-WAN
14 30 (2.16%) SSL
15 29 (2.08%) OSPF
16 27 (1.94%) VXLAN
17 26 (1.87%) Ethernet VPN
17 26 (1.87%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 22 (1.58%) Oracle Exadata
3 20 (1.44%) Data Lake
3 20 (1.44%) Oracle Database
3 20 (1.44%) Power BI
4 17 (1.22%) Relational Database
5 15 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.01%) Metadata
6 14 (1.01%) RDBMS
7 13 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.65%) Pentaho
10 8 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (0.43%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.29%) Db2
13 4 (0.29%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.29%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 69 (4.96%) GitLab
2 55 (3.95%) Git
3 51 (3.67%) JIRA
4 49 (3.52%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.29%) Chocolatey
7 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.14%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 1 (0.072%) CircleCI
9 1 (0.072%) CMake
9 1 (0.072%) Gradle
9 1 (0.072%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.072%) MLflow
9 1 (0.072%) Snyk
9 1 (0.072%) Terragrunt
9 1 (0.072%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 236 (16.97%) Social Skills
2 135 (9.71%) Finance
3 101 (7.26%) Public Sector
4 79 (5.68%) Analytical Skills
5 55 (3.95%) Documentation Skills
6 51 (3.67%) Banking
7 24 (1.73%) Telecoms
8 23 (1.65%) Manufacturing
9 19 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 18 (1.29%) Military
11 16 (1.15%) Retail
12 15 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 13 (0.93%) Law
14 11 (0.79%) Legal
14 11 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (0.72%) Automotive
15 10 (0.72%) Marketing
16 5 (0.36%) Billing
16 5 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 875 (62.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 276 (19.84%) Senior
3 216 (15.53%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 145 (10.42%) Cloud Engineer
5 105 (7.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 89 (6.40%) Azure Engineer
7 71 (5.10%) Network Engineer
8 68 (4.89%) Lead
9 60 (4.31%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 58 (4.17%) DevOps Engineer
11 56 (4.03%) Architect
12 49 (3.52%) VMware Engineer
13 43 (3.09%) Platform Engineer
14 41 (2.95%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
15 39 (2.80%) Security Engineer
16 35 (2.52%) IT Engineer
16 35 (2.52%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 34 (2.44%) Support Engineer
18 31 (2.23%) Infrastructure Support
18 31 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 292 (20.99%) Terraform
2 27 (1.94%) ARM Templates
3 20 (1.44%) REST
4 18 (1.29%) Kafka
5 15 (1.08%) YAML
6 14 (1.01%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 13 (0.93%) JSON
8 12 (0.86%) 802.1X
8 12 (0.86%) Middleware
8 12 (0.86%) SAML
9 11 (0.79%) LDAP
9 11 (0.79%) OpenID
10 10 (0.72%) Loki
11 8 (0.58%) .NET
11 8 (0.58%) ModSecurity
11 8 (0.58%) OAuth
12 7 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
13 6 (0.43%) Web Services
14 5 (0.36%) Flash
15 4 (0.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 137 (9.85%) Data Centre
2 98 (7.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 67 (4.82%) Cloud Native
4 57 (4.10%) PKI
5 51 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 51 (3.67%) Public Cloud
6 45 (3.24%) Replication
7 35 (2.52%) Enterprise Storage
7 35 (2.52%) Private Cloud
8 29 (2.08%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.94%) Linux Command Line
10 24 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
11 23 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
12 21 (1.51%) Clustering
12 21 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
13 19 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (1.29%) Security Posture
15 16 (1.15%) Product Ownership
16 14 (1.01%) Virtual Team
17 13 (0.93%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 381 (27.39%) Windows
2 269 (19.34%) Linux
3 255 (18.33%) Windows Server
4 57 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 21 (1.51%) Unix
6 19 (1.37%) CentOS
6 19 (1.37%) Ubuntu
6 19 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 19 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
7 17 (1.22%) Android
7 17 (1.22%) Apple iOS
8 16 (1.15%) VMS
9 14 (1.01%) AIX
9 14 (1.01%) Rocky
9 14 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
10 12 (0.86%) zOS
11 11 (0.79%) Mac OS
12 8 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.43%) Debian
13 6 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 347 (24.95%) Infrastructure as Code
2 284 (20.42%) CI/CD
3 280 (20.13%) DevOps
4 181 (13.01%) Migration
5 174 (12.51%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (11.57%) Platform Engineering
7 128 (9.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 120 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 119 (8.55%) Agile
10 115 (8.27%) Infrastructure Automation
11 104 (7.48%) AI
11 104 (7.48%) Observability
12 101 (7.26%) Technical Leadership
13 100 (7.19%) Disaster Recovery
13 100 (7.19%) High Availability
14 98 (7.05%) Cybersecurity
15 96 (6.90%) ITIL
16 91 (6.54%) Project Delivery
17 77 (5.54%) Configuration Management
18 76 (5.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 238 (17.11%) PowerShell
2 228 (16.39%) Python
3 116 (8.34%) Bash
4 66 (4.74%) SQL
5 57 (4.10%) Bicep
6 31 (2.23%) Java
7 15 (1.08%) C#
8 13 (0.93%) ActionScript
9 12 (0.86%) Shell Script
10 10 (0.72%) Go
11 9 (0.65%) C++
11 9 (0.65%) Perl
12 7 (0.50%) TypeScript
13 6 (0.43%) C
14 5 (0.36%) JCL
14 5 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
15 4 (0.29%) JavaScript
16 3 (0.22%) Groovy
17 2 (0.14%) Korn
17 2 (0.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 540 (38.82%) Security Cleared
2 334 (24.01%) SC Cleared
3 205 (14.74%) DV Cleared
4 57 (4.10%) Degree
5 41 (2.95%) Azure Certification
6 33 (2.37%) Cisco Certification
6 33 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 21 (1.51%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.44%) CISSP
10 18 (1.29%) CCNA
10 18 (1.29%) CCNP
11 17 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.93%) MCSE
13 12 (0.86%) VCAP
14 11 (0.79%) PMI Certification
15 10 (0.72%) PMP
16 9 (0.65%) CISM
17 7 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
17 7 (0.50%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.09%) QA
2 34 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 22 (1.58%) NCSC
3 22 (1.58%) NIST
4 18 (1.29%) SLA
5 16 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 15 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
7 9 (0.65%) PMO
8 8 (0.58%) GRC
8 8 (0.58%) JSP 440
9 7 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.22%) SOC 2
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) IASME
12 2 (0.14%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.072%) GDPR
13 1 (0.072%) ISO 19650
13 1 (0.072%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 265 (19.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 257 (18.48%) Active Directory
3 110 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 77 (5.54%) vSphere
5 73 (5.25%) VMware ESXi
6 67 (4.82%) Docker
7 59 (4.24%) Virtual Machines
8 38 (2.73%) VMware NSX
9 26 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
10 15 (1.08%) NFS
10 15 (1.08%) Oracle RAC
11 12 (0.86%) Firmware
12 11 (0.79%) KVM
12 11 (0.79%) Virtual Servers
13 6 (0.43%) oVirt
14 5 (0.36%) BitLocker
14 5 (0.36%) Ceph
14 5 (0.36%) GPFS
15 4 (0.29%) Microsoft App-V
15 4 (0.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 191 (13.73%) Ansible
2 175 (12.58%) Kubernetes
3 81 (5.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 49 (3.52%) SCCM
5 42 (3.02%) vCenter Server
6 30 (2.16%) Grafana
7 25 (1.80%) Prometheus
8 21 (1.51%) WSUS
9 20 (1.44%) Puppet
10 18 (1.29%) Argo
11 17 (1.22%) Nessus
11 17 (1.22%) NetBackup
12 16 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
13 15 (1.08%) Oracle RMAN
14 14 (1.01%) Data Guard
14 14 (1.01%) SCOM
15 12 (0.86%) Packer
16 11 (0.79%) Progress Chef
17 10 (0.72%) FortiGate
17 10 (0.72%) VxRail
Vendors
1 350 (25.16%) Microsoft
2 340 (24.44%) VMware
3 82 (5.90%) Cisco
4 63 (4.53%) Citrix
5 57 (4.10%) F5
5 57 (4.10%) Oracle
6 46 (3.31%) NetApp
7 41 (2.95%) Google
8 39 (2.80%) Palo Alto
9 38 (2.73%) Veeam
10 35 (2.52%) Red Hat
11 29 (2.08%) ServiceNow
12 24 (1.73%) Arista
13 23 (1.65%) Dell
14 22 (1.58%) Aruba
15 20 (1.44%) Tenable
16 19 (1.37%) Juniper
17 18 (1.29%) Zscaler
18 17 (1.22%) IBM
19 16 (1.15%) CyberArk