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 28 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 129 93
Rank change year-on-year +17 -36 +27
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 882 526 881
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.20% 2.15% 2.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 2.36% 2.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 371 652
10th Percentile £350 £310 £285
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +10.53% -5.94%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 9 35
10th Percentile £44.20 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £58.43 £51.06 £37.63
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -27.66%
75th Percentile £78.75 £73.75 £60.59
90th Percentile £78.88 £200.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +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 34,120 22,289 31,993
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.96% 91.13% 86.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,809 14,625 20,976
10th Percentile £318 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,143 919 2,227
10th Percentile £15.50 £14.74 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.38 £18.51 £16.00
Median hourly rate £44.00 £30.45 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +44.50% -13.00% -6.67%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £29.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +38.08% -16.71% -6.27%

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 28 April 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 28 April 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 28 April 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 -14 245 £550 +4.76% 91
North of England -15 173 £482 -8.19% 92
South East -7 168 £515 -6.36% 107
South West +7 122 £550 -3.30% 71
Yorkshire -16 110 £450 -14.29% 32
Midlands -10 96 £450 +12.50% 53
East of England +1 59 £475 -10.38% 44
West Midlands -30 56 £500 +44.93% 29
North West -24 55 £525 - 37
East Midlands -8 39 £450 - 22
North East -21 10 £500 -23.08% 24
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 65 (7.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.36%) Confluence
4 11 (1.25%) Apache
5 8 (0.91%) TPMS
6 6 (0.68%) IIS
7 4 (0.45%) CICS
7 4 (0.45%) SAS
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.34%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.23%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.23%) nginx
10 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.11%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.23%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (0.68%) Maximo
2 2 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 280 (31.75%) Azure
2 137 (15.53%) AWS
3 92 (10.43%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (8.39%) Entra ID
5 61 (6.92%) GCP
6 58 (6.58%) GitHub
7 45 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (5.10%) IaaS
8 39 (4.42%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (4.42%) PaaS
9 33 (3.74%) OpenShift
9 33 (3.74%) Serverless
10 32 (3.63%) Azure AKS
11 29 (3.29%) Azure Monitor
11 29 (3.29%) SaaS
12 23 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
12 23 (2.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 22 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
14 20 (2.27%) Nutanix
15 19 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 123 (13.95%) Firewall
2 112 (12.70%) DNS
3 66 (7.48%) DHCP
4 62 (7.03%) VPN
5 45 (5.10%) Network Security
6 39 (4.42%) SAN
7 34 (3.85%) WAN
8 28 (3.17%) LAN
8 28 (3.17%) VLAN
9 27 (3.06%) TCP/IP
10 18 (2.04%) NAS
11 17 (1.93%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 17 (1.93%) SSL
12 16 (1.81%) BGP
12 16 (1.81%) MPLS
13 13 (1.47%) Fibre Channel
13 13 (1.47%) iSCSI
13 13 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
14 12 (1.36%) OSPF
15 11 (1.25%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.74%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.02%) DynamoDB
4 8 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.79%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.79%) Power BI
6 6 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.68%) Metadata
6 6 (0.68%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.57%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.45%) Data Lake
8 4 (0.45%) Data Mining
8 4 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.45%) DB2
9 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
9 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.34%) Pentaho
9 3 (0.34%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.23%) Big Data
10 2 (0.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (3.97%) GitLab
2 33 (3.74%) Jenkins
3 29 (3.29%) JIRA
4 28 (3.17%) Git
5 6 (0.68%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.11%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.11%) GoCD
7 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.11%) Introscope
7 1 (0.11%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.11%) MSI
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 141 (15.99%) Social Skills
2 87 (9.86%) Finance
3 77 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 54 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (4.65%) Banking
6 31 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
7 22 (2.49%) Military
8 17 (1.93%) Legal
9 13 (1.47%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (1.13%) Retail
11 8 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 7 (0.79%) Billing
12 7 (0.79%) Telecoms
13 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.45%) Front Office
14 4 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.34%) Investment Banking
15 3 (0.34%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 573 (64.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 123 (13.95%) Senior
3 87 (9.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 59 (6.69%) Azure Engineer
5 58 (6.58%) Cloud Engineer
6 45 (5.10%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 42 (4.76%) Network Engineer
8 41 (4.65%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 37 (4.20%) VMware Engineer
10 34 (3.85%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 32 (3.63%) Automation Engineer
12 31 (3.51%) Architect
12 31 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 26 (2.95%) IT Engineer
13 26 (2.95%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 26 (2.95%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
14 25 (2.83%) Infrastructure Support
14 25 (2.83%) Support Engineer
15 23 (2.61%) 3rd Line Engineer
16 22 (2.49%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (2.83%) REST
2 16 (1.81%) SOAP
3 14 (1.59%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.02%) Web Services
5 8 (0.91%) Kafka
5 8 (0.91%) LDAP
5 8 (0.91%) OAuth
5 8 (0.91%) SAML
6 6 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (0.68%) OAuth2
6 6 (0.68%) OpenID
7 5 (0.57%) Flash
7 5 (0.57%) GraphQL
7 5 (0.57%) Middleware
8 4 (0.45%) ADO
8 4 (0.45%) JSON
8 4 (0.45%) Keycloak
8 4 (0.45%) OpenTelemetry
8 4 (0.45%) RESTful
8 4 (0.45%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.90%) Data Centre
2 44 (4.99%) Hybrid Cloud
3 43 (4.88%) PKI
4 31 (3.51%) Public Cloud
5 30 (3.40%) Cloud Native
6 27 (3.06%) Enterprise Storage
7 26 (2.95%) Onboarding
7 26 (2.95%) Private Cloud
7 26 (2.95%) Replication
8 21 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.47%) Clustering
11 11 (1.25%) Virtual Team
12 9 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.91%) Mainframe
13 8 (0.91%) Management Information System
14 7 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.79%) DataPower
14 7 (0.79%) Operational Technology
15 6 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 262 (29.71%) Windows
2 160 (18.14%) Windows Server
3 141 (15.99%) Linux
4 22 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (1.93%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.93%) Ubuntu
7 15 (1.70%) Android
7 15 (1.70%) VMS
7 15 (1.70%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (1.70%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.47%) Unix
8 13 (1.47%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.79%) Mac OS
9 7 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.68%) CentOS
11 4 (0.45%) Debian
11 4 (0.45%) zOS
12 2 (0.23%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (20.52%) DevOps
2 164 (18.59%) Infrastructure as Code
3 153 (17.35%) CI/CD
4 126 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 104 (11.79%) Migration
6 89 (10.09%) Agile
7 78 (8.84%) Containerisation
7 78 (8.84%) Platform Engineering
8 70 (7.94%) High Availability
8 70 (7.94%) Infrastructure Automation
9 67 (7.60%) ITIL
10 64 (7.26%) Disaster Recovery
11 55 (6.24%) Project Delivery
12 53 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
13 51 (5.78%) Observability
14 48 (5.44%) Zero Trust
15 45 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (4.99%) Technical Leadership
17 42 (4.76%) Cloud Security
18 40 (4.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 140 (15.87%) PowerShell
2 120 (13.61%) Python
3 54 (6.12%) Bash
4 36 (4.08%) SQL
5 31 (3.51%) Bicep
6 23 (2.61%) Shell Script
7 18 (2.04%) C#
8 14 (1.59%) Java
9 9 (1.02%) JavaScript
9 9 (1.02%) PHP
10 7 (0.79%) Ruby
11 6 (0.68%) C++
12 4 (0.45%) Go
12 4 (0.45%) Groovy
12 4 (0.45%) JCL
13 2 (0.23%) ActionScript
13 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.23%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.11%) C
14 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 330 (37.41%) Security Cleared
2 210 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 130 (14.74%) DV Cleared
4 38 (4.31%) Degree
5 27 (3.06%) Azure Certification
6 25 (2.83%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (2.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (2.04%) CISSP
9 16 (1.81%) CCNA
9 16 (1.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 15 (1.70%) CISM
11 14 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 10 (1.13%) CCNP
13 9 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
14 8 (0.91%) FFIEC
15 7 (0.79%) BPSS Clearance
16 6 (0.68%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 6 (0.68%) MCSE
16 6 (0.68%) RHCA
17 5 (0.57%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (3.74%) NIST
2 27 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.93%) GDPR
4 15 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 15 (1.70%) PCI DSS
5 13 (1.47%) QA
6 10 (1.13%) NCSC
6 10 (1.13%) SLA
7 8 (0.91%) GLBA
7 8 (0.91%) NIST 800
8 6 (0.68%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.23%) ISO 19650
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) PMO
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 169 (19.16%) Active Directory
2 166 (18.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 77 (8.73%) Hyper-V
4 69 (7.82%) Docker
5 48 (5.44%) vSphere
6 43 (4.88%) VMware ESXi
7 27 (3.06%) Virtual Machines
8 24 (2.72%) VMware NSX
9 20 (2.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 16 (1.81%) NFS
11 10 (1.13%) BitLocker
12 8 (0.91%) Firmware
13 7 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.45%) Sendmail
15 3 (0.34%) DFS Replication
15 3 (0.34%) GPFS
16 2 (0.23%) Postfix
16 2 (0.23%) QEMU
16 2 (0.23%) UAG
16 2 (0.23%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 171 (19.39%) Terraform
2 146 (16.55%) Kubernetes
3 96 (10.88%) Ansible
4 68 (7.71%) Microsoft Intune
5 43 (4.88%) SCCM
6 36 (4.08%) vCenter Server
7 19 (2.15%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (1.93%) Grafana
8 17 (1.93%) Puppet
9 15 (1.70%) Prometheus
9 15 (1.70%) WSUS
10 14 (1.59%) SCOM
11 11 (1.25%) Packer
12 10 (1.13%) Nessus
12 10 (1.13%) Progress Chef
13 9 (1.02%) VxRail
14 8 (0.91%) Argo
14 8 (0.91%) Istio
14 8 (0.91%) vRealize
15 7 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 226 (25.62%) Microsoft
2 221 (25.06%) VMware
3 55 (6.24%) Cisco
4 50 (5.67%) Citrix
5 39 (4.42%) NetApp
6 33 (3.74%) Veeam
7 32 (3.63%) Dell
8 29 (3.29%) Google
8 29 (3.29%) ServiceNow
9 28 (3.17%) Red Hat
10 27 (3.06%) F5
11 25 (2.83%) Fortinet
12 24 (2.72%) Palo Alto
13 18 (2.04%) IBM
13 18 (2.04%) Splunk
14 16 (1.81%) SolarWinds
15 15 (1.70%) Oracle
16 12 (1.36%) Thales
17 10 (1.13%) Aruba
17 10 (1.13%) EMC