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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 138 92
Rank change year-on-year +37 -46 +26
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 918 512 878
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.27% 2.11% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 2.32% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 358 657
10th Percentile £340 £312 £292
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +10.53% -6.13%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £651 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £480
% change year-on-year -2.86% +9.38% -8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 8 35
10th Percentile £46.80 £43.00 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £54.30 £38.81
Median hourly rate £72.54 £63.75 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% +38.05% -27.66%
75th Percentile £78.75 £105.31 £62.50
90th Percentile - £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £63.75 £46.18
% change year-on-year +13.79% +38.05% -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 34,360 22,106 31,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.81% 91.23% 86.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,945 14,454 20,903
10th Percentile £319 £308 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,132 926 2,241
10th Percentile £15.38 £14.56 £12.92
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.50 £16.00
Median hourly rate £46.47 £29.15 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.40% -20.14% -2.14%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.19 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £28.75 £36.50
% change year-on-year +46.09% -21.23% +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 8 May 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 8 May 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 8 May 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 -8 245 £550 +4.76% 97
North of England -3 191 £487 -7.24% 82
South East -1 177 £515 -4.28% 111
South West +11 122 £538 -5.49% 38
Yorkshire -6 110 £428 -18.48% 22
Midlands -9 100 £450 +12.50% 50
North West -22 62 £575 +9.52% 46
East of England +2 61 £475 +0.26% 19
West Midlands -21 60 £525 +52.17% 36
East Midlands 0 39 £450 - 13
North East -6 21 £600 -7.69% 14
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 63 (6.86%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 14 (1.53%) Confluence
4 11 (1.20%) Apache
5 8 (0.87%) TPMS
6 6 (0.65%) IIS
7 4 (0.44%) CICS
7 4 (0.44%) SAS
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.22%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.22%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.22%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) Maximo
2 2 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 293 (31.92%) Azure
2 152 (16.56%) AWS
3 92 (10.02%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (7.63%) Entra ID
5 66 (7.19%) GCP
6 62 (6.75%) GitHub
7 47 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
8 45 (4.90%) IaaS
9 43 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
10 37 (4.03%) PaaS
11 33 (3.59%) SaaS
12 32 (3.49%) OpenShift
12 32 (3.49%) Serverless
13 30 (3.27%) Azure AKS
14 28 (3.05%) Azure Monitor
15 23 (2.51%) Google Kubernetes Engine
16 22 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (2.29%) AWS CloudFormation
18 20 (2.18%) OCI
19 18 (1.96%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 128 (13.94%) Firewall
2 119 (12.96%) DNS
3 71 (7.73%) DHCP
4 57 (6.21%) VPN
5 47 (5.12%) Network Security
6 40 (4.36%) SAN
7 38 (4.14%) WAN
8 30 (3.27%) VLAN
9 28 (3.05%) LAN
9 28 (3.05%) TCP/IP
10 22 (2.40%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 20 (2.18%) BGP
12 19 (2.07%) NAS
13 18 (1.96%) SSL
14 16 (1.74%) OSPF
14 16 (1.74%) SD-WAN
15 15 (1.63%) BIG-IP
15 15 (1.63%) MPLS
15 15 (1.63%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (1.42%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (0.98%) DynamoDB
4 8 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.76%) Metadata
5 7 (0.76%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.65%) Power BI
7 5 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.44%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.44%) DB2
8 4 (0.44%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.44%) Snowflake Schema
9 3 (0.33%) NonStop SQL
9 3 (0.33%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.33%) Pentaho
9 3 (0.33%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.22%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 44 (4.79%) GitLab
2 34 (3.70%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.16%) Git
3 29 (3.16%) JIRA
4 6 (0.65%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.22%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.11%) GoCD
6 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.11%) Introscope
6 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.11%) MSI
6 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (15.36%) Social Skills
2 86 (9.37%) Finance
3 79 (8.61%) Public Sector
4 53 (5.77%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (4.03%) Banking
6 28 (3.05%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.40%) Military
8 17 (1.85%) Legal
9 14 (1.53%) Aerospace
9 14 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 11 (1.20%) Retail
11 10 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.98%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.76%) Billing
14 6 (0.65%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
16 4 (0.44%) Front Office
16 4 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.33%) Investment Banking
17 3 (0.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 604 (65.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 139 (15.14%) Senior
3 104 (11.33%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 58 (6.32%) Cloud Engineer
5 57 (6.21%) Azure Engineer
6 48 (5.23%) Network Engineer
7 43 (4.68%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 41 (4.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 38 (4.14%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 36 (3.92%) VMware Engineer
11 34 (3.70%) Automation Engineer
12 32 (3.49%) Architect
12 32 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (2.83%) IT Engineer
13 26 (2.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (2.83%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.72%) Support Engineer
15 24 (2.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 24 (2.61%) Infrastructure Support
16 23 (2.51%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.72%) REST
2 16 (1.74%) SOAP
3 12 (1.31%) ARM Templates
4 9 (0.98%) LDAP
4 9 (0.98%) OAuth
4 9 (0.98%) Web Services
5 8 (0.87%) Kafka
5 8 (0.87%) SAML
6 7 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
6 7 (0.76%) OAuth2
6 7 (0.76%) OpenID
7 6 (0.65%) Flash
8 5 (0.54%) GraphQL
8 5 (0.54%) Middleware
9 4 (0.44%) ADO
9 4 (0.44%) JSON
9 4 (0.44%) Keycloak
9 4 (0.44%) OpenTelemetry
9 4 (0.44%) RESTful
9 4 (0.44%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.75%) Data Centre
2 48 (5.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 42 (4.58%) PKI
4 33 (3.59%) Cloud Native
5 32 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 28 (3.05%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.94%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.72%) Private Cloud
8 25 (2.72%) Replication
9 20 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
10 17 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.53%) Virtual Team
12 13 (1.42%) Clustering
13 10 (1.09%) Management Information System
14 9 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
15 8 (0.87%) Mainframe
16 7 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.76%) DataPower
16 7 (0.76%) Mobile App
17 6 (0.65%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 265 (28.87%) Windows
2 162 (17.65%) Windows Server
3 142 (15.47%) Linux
4 23 (2.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 20 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 19 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 18 (1.96%) Ubuntu
8 17 (1.85%) Apple iOS
9 15 (1.63%) Android
10 13 (1.42%) VMS
11 11 (1.20%) Windows 10
11 11 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
12 10 (1.09%) Unix
13 8 (0.87%) CentOS
14 7 (0.76%) Mac OS
15 6 (0.65%) Windows Server 2003
16 5 (0.54%) Debian
17 4 (0.44%) zOS
18 2 (0.22%) Data ONTAP
19 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (20.26%) DevOps
2 177 (19.28%) Infrastructure as Code
3 163 (17.76%) CI/CD
4 130 (14.16%) Problem-Solving
5 105 (11.44%) Migration
6 92 (10.02%) Agile
7 80 (8.71%) Platform Engineering
8 79 (8.61%) Containerisation
9 75 (8.17%) High Availability
9 75 (8.17%) Infrastructure Automation
10 65 (7.08%) ITIL
11 64 (6.97%) Disaster Recovery
12 55 (5.99%) Project Delivery
12 55 (5.99%) Zero Trust
13 51 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
14 50 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
15 49 (5.34%) Observability
16 44 (4.79%) Technical Leadership
17 41 (4.47%) AI
18 40 (4.36%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 137 (14.92%) PowerShell
2 128 (13.94%) Python
3 54 (5.88%) Bash
4 39 (4.25%) SQL
5 31 (3.38%) Bicep
6 21 (2.29%) Shell Script
7 18 (1.96%) C#
8 16 (1.74%) Java
9 10 (1.09%) JavaScript
9 10 (1.09%) PHP
10 6 (0.65%) C++
10 6 (0.65%) Ruby
11 5 (0.54%) Go
12 4 (0.44%) Groovy
12 4 (0.44%) JCL
13 2 (0.22%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.22%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 343 (37.36%) Security Cleared
2 222 (24.18%) SC Cleared
3 130 (14.16%) DV Cleared
4 40 (4.36%) Degree
5 25 (2.72%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.61%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.85%) CISSP
9 15 (1.63%) CCNA
9 15 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 14 (1.53%) AWS Certification
10 14 (1.53%) CISM
11 9 (0.98%) CCNP
11 9 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.87%) FFIEC
13 6 (0.65%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.65%) MCSE
13 6 (0.65%) RHCA
14 5 (0.54%) CompTIA Security+
14 5 (0.54%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.49%) NIST
2 26 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 16 (1.74%) GDPR
3 16 (1.74%) PCI DSS
4 15 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.63%) QA
5 10 (1.09%) NCSC
6 9 (0.98%) SLA
7 8 (0.87%) GLBA
8 7 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.76%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.22%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.22%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
System Software
1 173 (18.85%) Active Directory
2 164 (17.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 78 (8.50%) Hyper-V
4 69 (7.52%) Docker
5 49 (5.34%) vSphere
6 44 (4.79%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (3.05%) Virtual Machines
8 23 (2.51%) VMware NSX
9 19 (2.07%) Virtual Desktop
10 18 (1.96%) NFS
11 9 (0.98%) BitLocker
12 7 (0.76%) Firmware
12 7 (0.76%) Microsoft App-V
13 4 (0.44%) GPFS
13 4 (0.44%) Sendmail
14 3 (0.33%) DFS Replication
15 2 (0.22%) Postfix
15 2 (0.22%) SRDF
15 2 (0.22%) UAG
15 2 (0.22%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 180 (19.61%) Terraform
2 147 (16.01%) Kubernetes
3 105 (11.44%) Ansible
4 59 (6.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (4.03%) SCCM
6 33 (3.59%) vCenter Server
7 18 (1.96%) Grafana
8 17 (1.85%) Puppet
8 17 (1.85%) Single Sign-On
9 16 (1.74%) Prometheus
10 15 (1.63%) WSUS
11 12 (1.31%) Packer
11 12 (1.31%) SCOM
12 11 (1.20%) Nessus
13 10 (1.09%) Progress Chef
14 9 (0.98%) Argo
14 9 (0.98%) vRealize
14 9 (0.98%) VxRail
15 8 (0.87%) Istio
16 7 (0.76%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 223 (24.29%) Microsoft
2 222 (24.18%) VMware
3 55 (5.99%) Cisco
4 53 (5.77%) Citrix
5 42 (4.58%) NetApp
6 32 (3.49%) F5
6 32 (3.49%) Palo Alto
7 31 (3.38%) Veeam
8 29 (3.16%) Google
8 29 (3.16%) ServiceNow
9 28 (3.05%) Dell
10 26 (2.83%) Red Hat
11 23 (2.51%) Fortinet
12 18 (1.96%) IBM
13 16 (1.74%) Oracle
13 16 (1.74%) SolarWinds
13 16 (1.74%) Splunk
14 14 (1.53%) Arista
14 14 (1.53%) Aruba
15 12 (1.31%) Thales