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 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 138 90
Rank change year-on-year +41 -48 +23
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 1,045 496 880
As % of all contract jobs in England 2.49% 2.06% 2.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.93% 2.25% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 336 672
10th Percentile £335 £329 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £494
Median % change year-on-year - +6.33% -1.25%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £599
90th Percentile £675 £650 £690
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 6 29
10th Percentile £44.20 £53.22 £34.35
25th Percentile £58.43 £57.16 £45.00
Median hourly rate £72.54 £67.50 £54.88
Median % change year-on-year +7.47% +23.01% -20.18%
75th Percentile £77.06 £168.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £200.00 -
UK median hourly rate £72.54 £67.50 £54.88
% change year-on-year +7.47% +23.01% -15.58%

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 35,679 21,999 31,507
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.05% 91.35% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,608 14,249 20,517
10th Percentile £325 £304 £300
25th Percentile £413 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,238 979 2,317
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.76 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -24.00% +1.35%
75th Percentile £68.00 £59.60 £61.30
90th Percentile £81.93 £75.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.68% -24.58% +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 5 June 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 5 June 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 5 June 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 +12 291 £550 +4.76% 153
North of England +15 237 £500 -4.76% 89
South East +10 206 £525 -4.55% 109
South West +18 120 £545 -4.18% 78
Yorkshire -1 118 £419 -20.24% 23
Midlands +7 108 £450 +12.50% 47
North West +7 85 £550 +4.79% 51
West Midlands -17 70 £525 +40.00% 31
East of England 0 59 £475 +1.82% 23
North East -1 40 £600 -7.69% 15
East Midlands 0 37 £450 - 16
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 60 (5.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 19 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 16 (1.53%) Confluence
4 10 (0.96%) Apache
5 7 (0.67%) CICS
6 5 (0.48%) TPMS
7 4 (0.38%) SAS
8 3 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.29%) IIS
9 2 (0.19%) Apache Pulsar
9 2 (0.19%) CloudStack
9 2 (0.19%) nginx
9 2 (0.19%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.096%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.096%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.096%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 15 (1.44%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.19%) Acrobat
3 2 (0.19%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.096%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.096%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.096%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Maximo
2 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.096%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.096%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 338 (32.34%) Azure
2 183 (17.51%) AWS
3 90 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (8.23%) GCP
5 74 (7.08%) GitHub
6 73 (6.99%) Entra ID
7 55 (5.26%) IaaS
8 51 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
9 48 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
10 40 (3.83%) SaaS
11 37 (3.54%) PaaS
12 33 (3.16%) Azure AKS
12 33 (3.16%) OCI
13 29 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
14 27 (2.58%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 25 (2.39%) Serverless
16 23 (2.20%) OpenShift
17 17 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
17 17 (1.63%) Nutanix
18 14 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 152 (14.55%) Firewall
2 141 (13.49%) DNS
3 87 (8.33%) DHCP
4 62 (5.93%) VPN
5 50 (4.78%) Network Security
6 47 (4.50%) WAN
7 44 (4.21%) SAN
8 39 (3.73%) VLAN
9 36 (3.44%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 33 (3.16%) TCP/IP
11 30 (2.87%) BGP
12 29 (2.78%) BIG-IP
12 29 (2.78%) SD-WAN
13 27 (2.58%) LAN
14 26 (2.49%) OSPF
15 24 (2.30%) VXLAN
16 23 (2.20%) Ethernet VPN
17 19 (1.82%) NAS
17 19 (1.82%) Wi-Fi
18 18 (1.72%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.44%) SQL Server
2 10 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
2 10 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (0.77%) DynamoDB
3 8 (0.77%) Power BI
4 7 (0.67%) Metadata
4 7 (0.67%) NoSQL
5 6 (0.57%) Db2
6 4 (0.38%) Big Data
6 4 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 4 (0.38%) Data Mining
6 4 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.38%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.38%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.29%) NonStop SQL
7 3 (0.29%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.29%) Pentaho
7 3 (0.29%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (5.07%) GitLab
2 43 (4.11%) Jenkins
3 41 (3.92%) JIRA
4 25 (2.39%) Git
5 8 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.096%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.096%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.096%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.096%) CMake
6 1 (0.096%) GoCD
6 1 (0.096%) Gradle
6 1 (0.096%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.096%) Introscope
6 1 (0.096%) MSI
6 1 (0.096%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.096%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 157 (15.02%) Social Skills
2 90 (8.61%) Finance
3 80 (7.66%) Public Sector
4 56 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
5 41 (3.92%) Banking
6 36 (3.44%) Documentation Skills
7 21 (2.01%) Military
8 18 (1.72%) Legal
9 14 (1.34%) Retail
10 13 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 11 (1.05%) Telecoms
13 10 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (0.96%) Marketing
14 9 (0.86%) Billing
14 9 (0.86%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
17 4 (0.38%) Advertising
17 4 (0.38%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 713 (68.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 185 (17.70%) Senior
3 145 (13.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 71 (6.79%) Cloud Engineer
5 59 (5.65%) Azure Engineer
6 53 (5.07%) Network Engineer
7 50 (4.78%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 44 (4.21%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 42 (4.02%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
10 40 (3.83%) VMware Engineer
11 37 (3.54%) Support Engineer
12 36 (3.44%) Automation Engineer
13 34 (3.25%) Infrastructure Support
14 33 (3.16%) Architect
15 32 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
15 32 (3.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 31 (2.97%) IT Engineer
16 31 (2.97%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
17 30 (2.87%) 3rd Line Engineer
17 30 (2.87%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (2.58%) REST
2 18 (1.72%) SOAP
3 13 (1.24%) ARM Templates
4 11 (1.05%) Web Services
5 9 (0.86%) Elastic Stack
5 9 (0.86%) LDAP
6 8 (0.77%) JSON
6 8 (0.77%) Kafka
7 7 (0.67%) Flash
7 7 (0.67%) Middleware
7 7 (0.67%) OAuth
8 6 (0.57%) RESTful
8 6 (0.57%) WSDL
9 5 (0.48%) GraphQL
9 5 (0.48%) OAuth2
9 5 (0.48%) OpenID
9 5 (0.48%) YAML
10 4 (0.38%) ADO
10 4 (0.38%) Keycloak
10 4 (0.38%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.95%) Data Centre
2 65 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 41 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 40 (3.83%) Cloud Native
4 40 (3.83%) PKI
5 34 (3.25%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.68%) Enterprise Storage
7 27 (2.58%) Private Cloud
8 25 (2.39%) Replication
9 20 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.34%) Clustering
10 14 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.34%) Virtual Team
11 11 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 10 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
13 9 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.77%) CMDB
14 8 (0.77%) Enterprise Cloud
14 8 (0.77%) Linux Command Line
14 8 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 288 (27.56%) Windows
2 175 (16.75%) Windows Server
3 161 (15.41%) Linux
4 31 (2.97%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (1.63%) Apple iOS
7 16 (1.53%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (1.44%) Android
8 15 (1.44%) Windows 10
9 14 (1.34%) Ubuntu
9 14 (1.34%) Unix
10 10 (0.96%) VMS
11 9 (0.86%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (0.77%) CentOS
12 8 (0.77%) Debian
12 8 (0.77%) Windows Server 2012
13 7 (0.67%) Mac OS
13 7 (0.67%) zOS
14 2 (0.19%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.096%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 206 (19.71%) Infrastructure as Code
2 200 (19.14%) DevOps
3 179 (17.13%) CI/CD
4 127 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (10.43%) Migration
6 98 (9.38%) Agile
7 85 (8.13%) Platform Engineering
8 84 (8.04%) High Availability
9 82 (7.85%) Infrastructure Automation
10 69 (6.60%) Zero Trust
11 67 (6.41%) Disaster Recovery
12 66 (6.32%) Containerisation
13 65 (6.22%) ITIL
14 64 (6.12%) Project Delivery
15 57 (5.45%) Continuous Improvement
16 55 (5.26%) AI
17 51 (4.88%) Observability
18 50 (4.78%) Cybersecurity
19 48 (4.59%) Validation
20 47 (4.50%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 148 (14.16%) Python
2 147 (14.07%) PowerShell
3 59 (5.65%) Bash
4 42 (4.02%) SQL
5 33 (3.16%) Bicep
6 20 (1.91%) Shell Script
7 19 (1.82%) Java
8 17 (1.63%) C#
9 11 (1.05%) JavaScript
10 10 (0.96%) PHP
11 8 (0.77%) ActionScript
12 7 (0.67%) Go
13 6 (0.57%) JCL
14 4 (0.38%) Groovy
15 3 (0.29%) C++
15 3 (0.29%) TypeScript
16 2 (0.19%) C
16 2 (0.19%) Ruby
16 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.096%) Korn
Qualifications
1 379 (36.27%) Security Cleared
2 242 (23.16%) SC Cleared
3 140 (13.40%) DV Cleared
4 37 (3.54%) Degree
5 29 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
6 24 (2.30%) Azure Certification
7 23 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 18 (1.72%) CCNA
8 18 (1.72%) CISSP
9 17 (1.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 13 (1.24%) AWS Certification
10 13 (1.24%) CISM
11 12 (1.15%) CCNP
12 9 (0.86%) MCSE
13 7 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.57%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.57%) RHCA
14 6 (0.57%) VCAP
15 5 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 5 (0.48%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (3.06%) NIST
2 27 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (1.63%) QA
4 14 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
4 14 (1.34%) SLA
5 11 (1.05%) PCI DSS
6 10 (0.96%) GDPR
6 10 (0.96%) NCSC
7 8 (0.77%) NIST 800
8 7 (0.67%) Data Quality
9 5 (0.48%) GLBA
10 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.29%) SOC 2
11 2 (0.19%) ISO 19650
11 2 (0.19%) PMO
12 1 (0.096%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.096%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.096%) FedRAMP
12 1 (0.096%) GRC
12 1 (0.096%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 183 (17.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 182 (17.42%) Active Directory
3 77 (7.37%) Hyper-V
4 59 (5.65%) Docker
4 59 (5.65%) VMware ESXi
4 59 (5.65%) vSphere
5 33 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
5 33 (3.16%) VMware NSX
6 21 (2.01%) Virtual Desktop
7 17 (1.63%) NFS
8 11 (1.05%) BitLocker
9 9 (0.86%) Microsoft App-V
10 8 (0.77%) Firmware
11 5 (0.48%) GPFS
12 4 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
13 3 (0.29%) DFS Replication
13 3 (0.29%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.19%) UAG
14 2 (0.19%) Varnish
14 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 194 (18.56%) Terraform
2 134 (12.82%) Kubernetes
3 115 (11.00%) Ansible
4 57 (5.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 41 (3.92%) vCenter Server
6 28 (2.68%) SCCM
7 18 (1.72%) Grafana
8 17 (1.63%) Puppet
9 16 (1.53%) Prometheus
10 15 (1.44%) WSUS
11 14 (1.34%) Single Sign-On
12 12 (1.15%) SCOM
13 11 (1.05%) Nessus
13 11 (1.05%) Packer
14 10 (0.96%) vRealize
15 9 (0.86%) Argo
15 9 (0.86%) vMotion
15 9 (0.86%) VxRail
16 8 (0.77%) Istio
16 8 (0.77%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 251 (24.02%) VMware
2 239 (22.87%) Microsoft
3 66 (6.32%) Citrix
4 60 (5.74%) Cisco
5 46 (4.40%) F5
6 40 (3.83%) NetApp
6 40 (3.83%) Palo Alto
6 40 (3.83%) ServiceNow
7 38 (3.64%) Google
8 32 (3.06%) Veeam
9 27 (2.58%) Red Hat
10 25 (2.39%) Dell
11 23 (2.20%) Aruba
11 23 (2.20%) Fortinet
12 22 (2.11%) Arista
13 16 (1.53%) Oracle
14 14 (1.34%) SolarWinds
15 13 (1.24%) IBM
16 12 (1.15%) Splunk
16 12 (1.15%) Tenable