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 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 136 89
Rank change year-on-year -18 -47 +38
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 553 580 962
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.79% 1.91% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.18% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 384 397 695
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £629 £614
90th Percentile £675 £688 £713
UK median daily rate £487 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -7.24% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 15 41
10th Percentile £27.20 £34.01 £23.00
25th Percentile £29.50 £57.01 £35.00
Median hourly rate £34.00 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.69% +8.33% +8.11%
75th Percentile £77.13 £70.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £84.80 £95.20 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £64.39 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.20% +7.32% +8.11%

All Process and 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 27,655 26,658 34,191
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 89.31% 87.92% 88.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,614 16,424 23,309
10th Percentile £300 £313 £313
25th Percentile £406 £415 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £545
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
75th Percentile £625 £648 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,796 941 1,445
10th Percentile £14.92 £15.25 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.13 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.86% -22.35% +21.43%

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025.

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 10 December 2025. 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 -30 203 £550 - 106
South East -22 106 £450 - 134
North of England -20 89 £487 +2.53% 105
South West -9 66 £550 - 68
Yorkshire -16 47 £487 +2.53% 52
Midlands -28 44 £450 -16.28% 35
North West -17 39 £472 -5.60% 40
East of England -1 34 £406 -29.35% 42
West Midlands -17 34 £482 -19.67% 26
East Midlands -22 10 £433 -13.50% 8
North East -1 4 £466 - 15
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 41 (7.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.17%) Confluence
2 12 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 11 (1.99%) Apache
4 9 (1.63%) IIS
5 6 (1.08%) TPMS
6 5 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.36%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (0.36%) iPlanet
7 2 (0.36%) JBoss
7 2 (0.36%) nginx
7 2 (0.36%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.36%) Traefik
7 2 (0.36%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.18%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.18%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.18%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 208 (37.61%) Azure
2 126 (22.78%) AWS
3 79 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 69 (12.48%) Entra ID
5 34 (6.15%) GitHub
6 31 (5.61%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (5.61%) GCP
7 30 (5.42%) Amazon S3
8 28 (5.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 24 (4.34%) IaaS
10 23 (4.16%) PaaS
10 23 (4.16%) Serverless
11 22 (3.98%) Amazon EC2
12 21 (3.80%) SaaS
13 20 (3.62%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (3.62%) OpenShift
14 19 (3.44%) AWS CloudFormation
15 17 (3.07%) Azure Monitor
16 16 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (2.89%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 112 (20.25%) Firewall
2 83 (15.01%) DNS
3 59 (10.67%) TCP/IP
4 49 (8.86%) VPN
5 45 (8.14%) DHCP
6 40 (7.23%) WAN
7 36 (6.51%) VLAN
8 34 (6.15%) Wi-Fi
9 29 (5.24%) SSL
10 28 (5.06%) SAN
11 27 (4.88%) LAN
12 26 (4.70%) Network Security
13 12 (2.17%) Wireless
14 11 (1.99%) MPLS
15 10 (1.81%) 4G
15 10 (1.81%) BGP
15 10 (1.81%) SD-WAN
16 9 (1.63%) NAS
17 8 (1.45%) OSPF
17 8 (1.45%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.62%) SQL Server
2 7 (1.27%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
4 5 (0.90%) Oracle Database
4 5 (0.90%) Power BI
5 4 (0.72%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.72%) MySQL
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.54%) Big Data
6 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.54%) Oracle Exadata
6 3 (0.54%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.54%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.36%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.36%) Oracle Database 12c
7 2 (0.36%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (6.33%) Jenkins
2 31 (5.61%) Git
3 28 (5.06%) GitLab
4 18 (3.25%) JIRA
5 5 (0.90%) Robot Framework
6 3 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.36%) Bitbucket Server
7 2 (0.36%) CA Release Automation
8 1 (0.18%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.18%) CMake
8 1 (0.18%) GoCD
8 1 (0.18%) Gradle
8 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
8 1 (0.18%) MLflow
8 1 (0.18%) MSI
8 1 (0.18%) Octopus Deploy
8 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.18%) SonarQube
General
1 130 (23.51%) Social Skills
2 86 (15.55%) Finance
3 51 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 49 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (5.24%) Banking
6 24 (4.34%) Documentation Skills
7 16 (2.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.71%) Military
9 9 (1.63%) Retail
10 8 (1.45%) Legal
11 7 (1.27%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.27%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.08%) Aviation
12 6 (1.08%) Local Government
12 6 (1.08%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.08%) Spanish Language
13 5 (0.90%) Aerospace
13 5 (0.90%) Front Office
14 3 (0.54%) Law
Job Titles
1 342 (61.84%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (15.73%) Senior
3 64 (11.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 46 (8.32%) Infrastructure Support
5 42 (7.59%) Support Engineer
6 39 (7.05%) Azure Engineer
6 39 (7.05%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 37 (6.69%) Network Engineer
8 35 (6.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (6.15%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 32 (5.79%) Cloud Engineer
11 21 (3.80%) IT Engineer
11 21 (3.80%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.62%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (3.62%) Platform Engineer
12 20 (3.62%) VMware Engineer
13 18 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
14 17 (3.07%) Security Engineer
15 16 (2.89%) Windows Engineer
16 15 (2.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.71%) Middleware
1 15 (2.71%) SAML
2 13 (2.35%) OpenID
3 10 (1.81%) ARM Templates
4 9 (1.63%) REST
5 8 (1.45%) Kafka
5 8 (1.45%) OAuth
5 8 (1.45%) YAML
6 7 (1.27%) RESTful
7 6 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
7 6 (1.08%) Microsoft Graph
7 6 (1.08%) OAuth2
8 5 (0.90%) GraphQL
9 4 (0.72%) gRPC
9 4 (0.72%) NumPy
9 4 (0.72%) Pandas
10 3 (0.54%) FIX Protocol
10 3 (0.54%) GWT
10 3 (0.54%) SciPy
10 3 (0.54%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 35 (6.33%) Data Centre
2 34 (6.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 32 (5.79%) Replication
4 28 (5.06%) PKI
5 20 (3.62%) Onboarding
6 17 (3.07%) Private Cloud
7 14 (2.53%) Public Cloud
8 13 (2.35%) Analytical Mindset
9 12 (2.17%) Cloud Native
10 9 (1.63%) Clustering
11 8 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
11 8 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (1.45%) Management Information System
12 7 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.27%) NHS
13 6 (1.08%) Equities
13 6 (1.08%) Mainframe
13 6 (1.08%) Product Ownership
13 6 (1.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 213 (38.52%) Windows
2 135 (24.41%) Linux
3 110 (19.89%) Windows Server
4 26 (4.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (4.34%) Unix
6 21 (3.80%) Windows 10
7 14 (2.53%) Ubuntu
8 12 (2.17%) VMS
9 9 (1.63%) Mac OS
10 8 (1.45%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (1.27%) Android
11 7 (1.27%) Windows Server 2016
12 6 (1.08%) Apple iOS
12 6 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
13 5 (0.90%) CentOS
14 3 (0.54%) SUSE
15 2 (0.36%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
15 2 (0.36%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.18%) AIX
16 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (20.98%) DevOps
2 107 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
3 104 (18.81%) Infrastructure as Code
4 99 (17.90%) CI/CD
5 71 (12.84%) Migration
6 64 (11.57%) ITIL
7 55 (9.95%) Containerisation
7 55 (9.95%) High Availability
8 52 (9.40%) Agile
9 44 (7.96%) Disaster Recovery
10 41 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
10 41 (7.41%) Observability
11 39 (7.05%) Infrastructure Automation
11 39 (7.05%) Platform Engineering
12 32 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
13 28 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
14 26 (4.70%) Change Management
15 25 (4.52%) Task Automation
16 24 (4.34%) Service Management
17 23 (4.16%) DevSecOps
Programming Languages
1 123 (22.24%) Python
2 99 (17.90%) PowerShell
3 62 (11.21%) Bash
4 25 (4.52%) SQL
5 24 (4.34%) Java
6 16 (2.89%) Shell Script
7 14 (2.53%) Bicep
7 14 (2.53%) Go
7 14 (2.53%) Perl
8 6 (1.08%) C++
8 6 (1.08%) Ruby
9 4 (0.72%) C#
10 3 (0.54%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.36%) Groovy
11 2 (0.36%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.18%) C
12 1 (0.18%) Scala
12 1 (0.18%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.18%) VB
12 1 (0.18%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 164 (29.66%) Security Cleared
2 106 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 60 (10.85%) DV Cleared
4 38 (6.87%) Azure Certification
5 34 (6.15%) Degree
6 32 (5.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (3.62%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (3.25%) Network+ Certification
9 15 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
10 13 (2.35%) CCNP
11 12 (2.17%) AWS Certification
11 12 (2.17%) CCNA
11 12 (2.17%) CISSP
11 12 (2.17%) Server+ Certification
12 11 (1.99%) CISM
13 9 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.08%) FFIEC
14 6 (1.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 4 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.07%) GDPR
2 12 (2.17%) NIST
3 10 (1.81%) PCI DSS
4 9 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.63%) SLA
5 6 (1.08%) GLBA
6 5 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (0.90%) QA
7 3 (0.54%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.54%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) COBIT
8 2 (0.36%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 140 (25.32%) Active Directory
2 103 (18.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 61 (11.03%) Docker
4 54 (9.76%) Hyper-V
5 25 (4.52%) vSphere
6 22 (3.98%) Virtual Machines
7 20 (3.62%) VMware ESXi
8 10 (1.81%) VMware NSX
9 7 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.72%) NFS
10 4 (0.72%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.54%) Firmware
11 3 (0.54%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.36%) BitLocker
12 2 (0.36%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.36%) Tivoli Directory Server
13 1 (0.18%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.18%) etcd
13 1 (0.18%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.18%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 142 (25.68%) Terraform
2 81 (14.65%) Ansible
3 78 (14.10%) Kubernetes
4 58 (10.49%) Microsoft Intune
5 57 (10.31%) SCCM
6 23 (4.16%) Single Sign-On
7 22 (3.98%) Grafana
8 19 (3.44%) vCenter Server
9 16 (2.89%) Prometheus
10 15 (2.71%) FortiGate
11 14 (2.53%) Red Hat Satellite
12 12 (2.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (1.63%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (1.45%) Dell DRAC
15 7 (1.27%) CASB
15 7 (1.27%) SCOrch
15 7 (1.27%) vRealize
16 6 (1.08%) SCOM
17 5 (0.90%) Nessus
17 5 (0.90%) Packer
Vendors
1 180 (32.55%) Microsoft
2 147 (26.58%) VMware
3 36 (6.51%) Palo Alto
4 35 (6.33%) Cisco
5 34 (6.15%) Google
5 34 (6.15%) Red Hat
6 28 (5.06%) Dell
7 27 (4.88%) F5
8 21 (3.80%) Splunk
9 19 (3.44%) ServiceNow
10 18 (3.25%) Citrix
10 18 (3.25%) IBM
11 16 (2.89%) CheckPoint
11 16 (2.89%) Veeam
12 15 (2.71%) Fortinet
13 14 (2.53%) Oracle
13 14 (2.53%) Zscaler
14 13 (2.35%) Aruba
15 12 (2.17%) HP
16 10 (1.81%) Juniper