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

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 123 90
Rank change year-on-year -6 -33 +36
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 761 547 909
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.01% 2.24% 2.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 2.46% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 547 383 664
10th Percentile £325 £314 £295
25th Percentile £413 £398 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £609 £600
90th Percentile £671 £675 £713
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.86% +5.00% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 11 37
10th Percentile £26.25 £24.18 £21.25
25th Percentile £52.11 £53.22 £37.08
Median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -27.66%
75th Percentile £78.19 £70.96 £62.50
90th Percentile £82.54 £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 32,652 22,196 32,688
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.09% 90.77% 86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,899 14,634 21,608
10th Percentile £313 £311 £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 £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 2,012 866 2,163
10th Percentile £15.34 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.04 £20.03 £15.97
Median hourly rate £36.71 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.95% - -13.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.67 £57.91
90th Percentile £77.50 £76.25 £71.13
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £31.88 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.36% -1.91% -9.72%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -27 225 £550 +4.76% 89
North of England -28 154 £482 -8.19% 100
South East -15 146 £505 -3.81% 87
South West +9 116 £550 -2.22% 64
Yorkshire -18 93 £463 -11.90% 32
Midlands -40 63 £450 +12.50% 44
North West -35 55 £492 -6.29% 59
East of England -16 43 £475 -13.64% 27
West Midlands -43 35 £466 +24.27% 32
East Midlands -21 28 £450 - 12
North East -14 6 £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 (7.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.10%) Confluence
2 16 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.58%) Apache
4 10 (1.31%) TPMS
5 8 (1.05%) IIS
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.39%) CICS
6 3 (0.39%) nginx
7 2 (0.26%) Apache Pulsar
7 2 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.13%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
8 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.13%) Skype for Business
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.13%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.53%) 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 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 243 (31.93%) Azure
2 113 (14.85%) AWS
3 90 (11.83%) Microsoft 365
4 71 (9.33%) Entra ID
5 53 (6.96%) GCP
6 49 (6.44%) GitHub
7 45 (5.91%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (4.99%) IaaS
9 33 (4.34%) PaaS
10 32 (4.20%) Serverless
11 31 (4.07%) OpenShift
12 30 (3.94%) GitHub Actions
13 28 (3.68%) Azure Monitor
14 25 (3.29%) Azure AKS
15 23 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
16 22 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (2.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 20 (2.63%) Google Kubernetes Engine
18 20 (2.63%) Nutanix
19 17 (2.23%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 125 (16.43%) Firewall
2 90 (11.83%) DNS
3 62 (8.15%) VPN
4 52 (6.83%) DHCP
5 40 (5.26%) Network Security
6 38 (4.99%) WAN
7 33 (4.34%) LAN
7 33 (4.34%) TCP/IP
8 31 (4.07%) SAN
9 26 (3.42%) VLAN
10 21 (2.76%) Wi-Fi
11 18 (2.37%) SSL
12 17 (2.23%) MPLS
13 13 (1.71%) BGP
13 13 (1.71%) NAS
14 12 (1.58%) SNMP
14 12 (1.58%) SSH
15 11 (1.45%) Fibre Channel
15 11 (1.45%) iSCSI
16 10 (1.31%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 10 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.18%) DynamoDB
4 8 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.53%) Big Data
7 4 (0.53%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.53%) Power BI
8 3 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.39%) DB2
8 3 (0.39%) MySQL
8 3 (0.39%) NonStop SQL
8 3 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.39%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.26%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.26%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 35 (4.60%) Jenkins
2 31 (4.07%) GitLab
2 31 (4.07%) JIRA
3 26 (3.42%) Git
4 6 (0.79%) 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
1 140 (18.40%) Social Skills
2 87 (11.43%) Finance
3 64 (8.41%) Public Sector
4 53 (6.96%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (4.99%) Banking
6 30 (3.94%) Documentation Skills
7 20 (2.63%) Military
8 19 (2.50%) Legal
9 13 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.05%) Billing
10 8 (1.05%) Retail
11 6 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.66%) Aerospace
12 5 (0.66%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.53%) Front Office
13 4 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.39%) Investment Banking
14 3 (0.39%) Local Government
14 3 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 471 (61.89%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 99 (13.01%) Senior
3 75 (9.86%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 57 (7.49%) Azure Engineer
5 44 (5.78%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 42 (5.52%) Cloud Engineer
7 36 (4.73%) Network Engineer
7 36 (4.73%) VMware Engineer
8 32 (4.20%) Automation Engineer
9 28 (3.68%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 26 (3.42%) Architect
10 26 (3.42%) DevOps Engineer
10 26 (3.42%) Infrastructure Support
10 26 (3.42%) Support Engineer
11 24 (3.15%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
11 24 (3.15%) Platform Engineer
11 24 (3.15%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 22 (2.89%) Linux Engineer
13 21 (2.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 21 (2.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (3.29%) REST
2 16 (2.10%) ARM Templates
3 15 (1.97%) SOAP
4 11 (1.45%) OAuth
5 10 (1.31%) SAML
6 9 (1.18%) OAuth2
7 8 (1.05%) OpenID
7 8 (1.05%) Web Services
8 7 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
8 7 (0.92%) Kafka
8 7 (0.92%) LDAP
9 5 (0.66%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.66%) Middleware
10 4 (0.53%) ADO
10 4 (0.53%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
11 3 (0.39%) Apache NiFi
11 3 (0.39%) OpenAPI
11 3 (0.39%) Spring Boot
11 3 (0.39%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 41 (5.39%) PKI
2 40 (5.26%) Data Centre
3 38 (4.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 30 (3.94%) Public Cloud
5 27 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.29%) Replication
7 22 (2.89%) Private Cloud
8 21 (2.76%) Cloud Native
9 20 (2.63%) Enterprise Storage
10 17 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (1.71%) Clustering
13 7 (0.92%) DataPower
13 7 (0.92%) Mainframe
14 6 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
14 6 (0.79%) CCTV
14 6 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.79%) Operational Technology
14 6 (0.79%) Product Ownership
14 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 231 (30.35%) Windows
2 132 (17.35%) Linux
2 132 (17.35%) Windows Server
3 25 (3.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 17 (2.23%) Ubuntu
5 16 (2.10%) Unix
6 15 (1.97%) VMS
7 14 (1.84%) Windows Server 2012
7 14 (1.84%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (1.71%) Windows 10
8 13 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (0.79%) CentOS
9 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (0.39%) Android
10 3 (0.39%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.39%) Debian
10 3 (0.39%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.39%) zOS
11 2 (0.26%) SUSE
11 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (20.11%) DevOps
2 137 (18.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 127 (16.69%) CI/CD
4 105 (13.80%) Problem-Solving
5 88 (11.56%) Migration
6 84 (11.04%) Agile
7 74 (9.72%) Containerisation
8 68 (8.94%) Platform Engineering
9 65 (8.54%) High Availability
9 65 (8.54%) ITIL
10 63 (8.28%) Disaster Recovery
11 62 (8.15%) Infrastructure Automation
12 61 (8.02%) Cybersecurity
13 54 (7.10%) Project Delivery
14 48 (6.31%) Observability
15 45 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
16 39 (5.12%) Cloud Security
17 36 (4.73%) Change Management
17 36 (4.73%) RBAC
17 36 (4.73%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 135 (17.74%) PowerShell
2 117 (15.37%) Python
3 58 (7.62%) Bash
4 29 (3.81%) SQL
5 28 (3.68%) Bicep
6 24 (3.15%) Shell Script
7 11 (1.45%) C#
7 11 (1.45%) Java
8 9 (1.18%) JavaScript
8 9 (1.18%) PHP
9 6 (0.79%) Ruby
10 4 (0.53%) C++
10 4 (0.53%) Go
10 4 (0.53%) Groovy
10 4 (0.53%) Perl
11 3 (0.39%) JCL
12 2 (0.26%) ActionScript
12 2 (0.26%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.26%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (34.95%) Security Cleared
2 160 (21.02%) SC Cleared
3 109 (14.32%) DV Cleared
4 31 (4.07%) Azure Certification
4 31 (4.07%) Degree
5 27 (3.55%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (2.63%) CISSP
8 18 (2.37%) CISM
9 15 (1.97%) CCNA
9 15 (1.97%) CCNP
10 14 (1.84%) AWS Certification
11 13 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 10 (1.31%) FFIEC
13 9 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
13 9 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.66%) CompTIA Security+
15 5 (0.66%) GIAC
15 5 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.34%) NIST
2 25 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.37%) GDPR
4 16 (2.10%) PCI DSS
5 15 (1.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (1.45%) SLA
7 10 (1.31%) GLBA
8 8 (1.05%) NIST 800
9 5 (0.66%) QA
10 4 (0.53%) NCSC
11 3 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.39%) Data Quality
12 2 (0.26%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.26%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
13 1 (0.13%) PMO
13 1 (0.13%) RMADS
System Software
1 159 (20.89%) Active Directory
2 147 (19.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 67 (8.80%) Docker
4 59 (7.75%) Hyper-V
5 44 (5.78%) vSphere
6 39 (5.12%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (3.02%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (2.37%) Virtual Desktop
8 18 (2.37%) VMware NSX
9 10 (1.31%) NFS
10 8 (1.05%) BitLocker
11 6 (0.79%) Firmware
11 6 (0.79%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.39%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.39%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.26%) QEMU
13 2 (0.26%) SRDF
14 1 (0.13%) Postfix
14 1 (0.13%) UAG
14 1 (0.13%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 153 (20.11%) Terraform
2 130 (17.08%) Kubernetes
3 83 (10.91%) Ansible
4 64 (8.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 47 (6.18%) SCCM
6 32 (4.20%) vCenter Server
7 27 (3.55%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (2.50%) Grafana
9 16 (2.10%) Prometheus
9 16 (2.10%) Puppet
10 11 (1.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 10 (1.31%) Istio
11 10 (1.31%) Progress Chef
11 10 (1.31%) SCOM
12 9 (1.18%) VxRail
13 8 (1.05%) Packer
13 8 (1.05%) Red Hat Satellite
13 8 (1.05%) vRealize
14 6 (0.79%) FortiGate
14 6 (0.79%) vMotion
Vendors
1 215 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 195 (25.62%) VMware
3 48 (6.31%) Cisco
4 44 (5.78%) Citrix
5 34 (4.47%) Red Hat
6 32 (4.20%) Google
6 32 (4.20%) ServiceNow
7 31 (4.07%) Dell
7 31 (4.07%) NetApp
8 28 (3.68%) Fortinet
8 28 (3.68%) Veeam
9 23 (3.02%) Splunk
10 20 (2.63%) Palo Alto
11 18 (2.37%) F5
12 17 (2.23%) IBM
13 15 (1.97%) Thales
14 14 (1.84%) SolarWinds
15 12 (1.58%) Aruba
15 12 (1.58%) Oracle
16 10 (1.31%) Juniper