Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in England

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 141 91 112
Rank change year-on-year -50 +21 +18
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 512 898 1,084
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.05% 2.38% 2.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.79% 2.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 343 679 809
10th Percentile £329 £300 £325
25th Percentile £400 £383 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £599 £600 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 31 24
10th Percentile £52.79 £37.63 £46.00
25th Percentile £55.38 £45.59 £56.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £54.88 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year +32.12% -24.31% +70.59%
75th Percentile £200.00 £70.00 £78.00
90th Percentile - - £85.81
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £54.88 £68.75
% change year-on-year +32.12% -20.18% +90.38%

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 22,796 32,164 42,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.36% 85.21% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,738 20,790 29,638
10th Percentile £300 £302 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £503 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.29% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,088 2,402 1,537
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.79 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £16.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £26.75 £38.06 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -29.72% +7.97% +37.27%
75th Percentile £55.25 £61.48 £64.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.93% +7.14% +34.62%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 21 June 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 21 June 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 -29 180 £525 +1.94% 951
North of England +9 98 £525 +16.67% 284
South East -24 92 £550 +15.79% 259
Yorkshire +39 55 £525 +16.67% 96
South West -19 53 £563 +12.50% 147
Midlands -14 47 £400 -13.51% 142
North West -27 40 £525 +16.67% 159
West Midlands -7 33 £400 -23.81% 83
East of England +15 30 £458 -8.35% 122
East Midlands -1 14 £450 +0.22% 58
North East +7 9 £650 +48.57% 29
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (13.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 38 (7.42%) SharePoint
3 35 (6.84%) Confluence
4 15 (2.93%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (1.37%) Apache
5 7 (1.37%) IIS
6 6 (1.17%) Skype for Business
7 4 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.59%) WebSphere
8 3 (0.59%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.20%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.20%) Mattermost
Applications
1 26 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.98%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.78%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 186 (36.33%) Azure
2 100 (19.53%) Microsoft 365
3 94 (18.36%) Entra ID
4 80 (15.63%) AWS
5 52 (10.16%) IaaS
6 25 (4.88%) GCP
6 25 (4.88%) PaaS
7 24 (4.69%) GitHub
8 21 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (3.52%) OpenShift
10 15 (2.93%) SaaS
11 10 (1.95%) Azure Monitor
11 10 (1.95%) OneDrive
12 8 (1.56%) Mimecast
12 8 (1.56%) Serverless
13 7 (1.37%) Nutanix
14 6 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
14 6 (1.17%) Google Workspace
15 5 (0.98%) Azure ExpressRoute
15 5 (0.98%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 131 (25.59%) DNS
2 109 (21.29%) Firewall
3 79 (15.43%) DHCP
4 44 (8.59%) VPN
5 32 (6.25%) SAN
6 31 (6.05%) Network Security
6 31 (6.05%) WAN
7 30 (5.86%) TCP/IP
8 27 (5.27%) LAN
9 25 (4.88%) Wi-Fi
10 17 (3.32%) VLAN
11 15 (2.93%) SMTP
11 15 (2.93%) SSL
12 13 (2.54%) MPLS
12 13 (2.54%) SD-WAN
13 12 (2.34%) Wireless
14 11 (2.15%) Cisco ISE
14 11 (2.15%) NAS
15 10 (1.95%) VSAN
16 9 (1.76%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.91%) Oracle Database
2 18 (3.52%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.93%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
5 8 (1.56%) Big Data
6 3 (0.59%) DynamoDB
6 3 (0.59%) Power BI
7 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.20%) ClickHouse
8 1 (0.20%) Looker
8 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.20%) MySQL
8 1 (0.20%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.20%) UniData
Development Applications
1 46 (8.98%) JIRA
2 25 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 16 (3.13%) Git
4 15 (2.93%) GitLab
5 14 (2.73%) Bitbucket
6 10 (1.95%) ScriptRunner
7 3 (0.59%) Log4j
7 3 (0.59%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.39%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.39%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.39%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.39%) GoogleTest
8 2 (0.39%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.39%) Postman
8 2 (0.39%) Robot Framework
8 2 (0.39%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.20%) JIRA Agile
9 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.20%) TestNG
General
1 119 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 69 (13.48%) Finance
3 52 (10.16%) Public Sector
4 26 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (3.52%) Banking
6 11 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (2.15%) Legal
7 9 (1.76%) Military
7 9 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (1.56%) Law
8 8 (1.56%) Telecoms
9 7 (1.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (0.98%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.78%) Local Government
11 4 (0.78%) Marketing
11 4 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (0.78%) Pharmaceutical
11 4 (0.78%) Spanish Language
12 2 (0.39%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.39%) French Language
Job Titles
1 340 (66.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 57 (11.13%) Senior
3 44 (8.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 34 (6.64%) Azure Engineer
5 31 (6.05%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 30 (5.86%) VMware Engineer
7 29 (5.66%) Support Engineer
8 27 (5.27%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 26 (5.08%) Infrastructure Support
10 25 (4.88%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (4.30%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
11 22 (4.30%) Network Engineer
11 22 (4.30%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (4.30%) Windows Engineer
12 21 (4.10%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 21 (4.10%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
13 19 (3.71%) Lead
14 18 (3.52%) Architect
14 18 (3.52%) Linux Engineer
15 17 (3.32%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.15%) Flash
2 10 (1.95%) YAML
3 8 (1.56%) LDAP
4 7 (1.37%) ARM Templates
5 6 (1.17%) REST
5 6 (1.17%) SOAP
6 5 (0.98%) ADO
6 5 (0.98%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (0.98%) Middleware
6 5 (0.98%) OAuth
6 5 (0.98%) SAML
7 4 (0.78%) 802.1X
7 4 (0.78%) Kafka
7 4 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
7 4 (0.78%) RESTful
8 3 (0.59%) HTML
8 3 (0.59%) JDBC
8 3 (0.59%) JMS
8 3 (0.59%) Node.js
8 3 (0.59%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 37 (7.23%) Data Centre
2 29 (5.66%) PKI
3 28 (5.47%) Clustering
4 25 (4.88%) Hybrid Cloud
5 20 (3.91%) Linux Command Line
6 19 (3.71%) Onboarding
7 10 (1.95%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
9 8 (1.56%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.56%) Replication
10 7 (1.37%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
10 7 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.17%) Public Cloud
12 5 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
12 5 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
14 3 (0.59%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 265 (51.76%) Windows
2 172 (33.59%) Windows Server
3 125 (24.41%) Linux
4 47 (9.18%) Windows 10
5 23 (4.49%) Windows Server 2019
6 21 (4.10%) Windows Server 2016
7 20 (3.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (2.34%) Ubuntu
8 12 (2.34%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (2.34%) Windows Server 2012
9 10 (1.95%) Unix
9 10 (1.95%) VMS
10 8 (1.56%) CentOS
11 6 (1.17%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.39%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.39%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.20%) Android
13 1 (0.20%) Debian
13 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (19.73%) Agile
2 91 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
3 80 (15.63%) DevOps
4 76 (14.84%) Migration
5 54 (10.55%) ITIL
6 53 (10.35%) CI/CD
7 48 (9.38%) Infrastructure as Code
8 41 (8.01%) High Availability
9 32 (6.25%) Project Delivery
9 32 (6.25%) Validation
10 30 (5.86%) Containerisation
11 29 (5.66%) Server Management
12 28 (5.47%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (5.08%) Infrastructure Automation
13 26 (5.08%) Service Management
14 24 (4.69%) ITSM
15 23 (4.49%) Computer Science
15 23 (4.49%) Disaster Recovery
15 23 (4.49%) Incident Management
15 23 (4.49%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 143 (27.93%) PowerShell
2 87 (16.99%) Python
3 56 (10.94%) Bash
4 41 (8.01%) SQL
5 26 (5.08%) Perl
6 17 (3.32%) PL/SQL
7 12 (2.34%) Shell Script
8 11 (2.15%) Groovy
9 10 (1.95%) Java
10 8 (1.56%) Bicep
11 7 (1.37%) JavaScript
12 4 (0.78%) C++
13 3 (0.59%) C#
13 3 (0.59%) Go
13 3 (0.59%) Ruby
14 2 (0.39%) TypeScript
15 1 (0.20%) C
15 1 (0.20%) PHP
15 1 (0.20%) VBA
15 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 185 (36.13%) Security Cleared
2 116 (22.66%) SC Cleared
3 76 (14.84%) DV Cleared
4 50 (9.77%) Cisco Certification
4 50 (9.77%) Degree
5 23 (4.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 21 (4.10%) CCNA
7 17 (3.32%) CCNP
8 15 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (2.34%) Azure Certification
10 10 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
11 9 (1.76%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.17%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.98%) MCSE
13 5 (0.98%) VCAP
14 4 (0.78%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.78%) CompTIA Security+
15 3 (0.59%) OCA
15 3 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
15 3 (0.59%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.73%) SLA
2 12 (2.34%) QA
3 9 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.17%) NCSC
5 3 (0.59%) GDPR
5 3 (0.59%) NIST
6 2 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.39%) SOC 2
7 1 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.20%) GRC
7 1 (0.20%) JSP 440
7 1 (0.20%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.20%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 216 (42.19%) Active Directory
2 120 (23.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (11.52%) VMware ESXi
4 58 (11.33%) Hyper-V
5 47 (9.18%) vSphere
6 42 (8.20%) Docker
7 30 (5.86%) Virtual Machines
7 30 (5.86%) VMware NSX
8 13 (2.54%) Virtual Servers
9 11 (2.15%) BitLocker
10 9 (1.76%) DFS Replication
10 9 (1.76%) Microsoft App-V
11 8 (1.56%) Terminal Services
12 6 (1.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.78%) Firmware
14 1 (0.20%) NFS
14 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
14 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 67 (13.09%) Terraform
2 65 (12.70%) Ansible
3 57 (11.13%) Microsoft Intune
4 45 (8.79%) vCenter Server
5 38 (7.42%) Kubernetes
6 33 (6.45%) SCCM
7 29 (5.66%) Puppet
8 21 (4.10%) WSUS
9 17 (3.32%) Single Sign-On
10 11 (2.15%) VxRail
11 10 (1.95%) FortiGate
11 10 (1.95%) Progress Chef
12 8 (1.56%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (1.56%) Nagios
12 8 (1.56%) vMotion
13 7 (1.37%) NetBackup
13 7 (1.37%) vRealize
14 6 (1.17%) PowerCLI
14 6 (1.17%) SCOM
15 5 (0.98%) Nessus
Vendors
1 200 (39.06%) VMware
2 160 (31.25%) Microsoft
3 92 (17.97%) Cisco
4 37 (7.23%) Dell
5 32 (6.25%) Citrix
6 27 (5.27%) Atlassian
6 27 (5.27%) Red Hat
6 27 (5.27%) Veeam
7 25 (4.88%) Google
8 24 (4.69%) Oracle
9 20 (3.91%) HP
9 20 (3.91%) SolarWinds
10 14 (2.73%) Meraki
10 14 (2.73%) Palo Alto
11 11 (2.15%) Symantec
11 11 (2.15%) Wyse
12 10 (1.95%) F5
13 9 (1.76%) Fortinet
13 9 (1.76%) ServiceNow
13 9 (1.76%) Splunk