3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Third Line Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Third Line Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £481, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 366 400
Rank change year-on-year -12 +34 +150
Contract jobs requiring a 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 2 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.014% 0.020% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.021% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £359 - £257
25th Percentile £402 £375 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £400 £281
Median % change year-on-year +20.31% +42.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £564 £431 £366
90th Percentile £608 £435 £484
England median daily rate £488 £413 £300
% change year-on-year +18.18% +37.50% -9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 13,283 14,093 17,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.53% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 9,130 12,805
10th Percentile £343 £335 £330
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £760 £799 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 231 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.47 £17.75
25th Percentile £22.25 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.65 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.30% - -
75th Percentile £56.98 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring '3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in London

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in London

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Canon
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee
2 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Nutanix
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (50.00%) SSL
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SSL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Security Patching
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee ePO
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Canon
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) McAfee
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) NetApp
1 1 (50.00%) VMware