Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 204 248
Rank change year-on-year -37 +44 +10
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 119 213 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.90% 1.21% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.29% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 167 190
10th Percentile £331 £300 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £600 £541 £650
90th Percentile £638 £638 £700
England median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £79.89
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £84.09
75th Percentile - - £88.30
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £200.00 £45.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year +344.44% -37.93% +17.56%

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 12,405 16,530 24,369
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 93.95% 94.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,370 11,825 17,806
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £425 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 305 278
10th Percentile £18.87 £16.00 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.45 £20.22 £22.79
Median hourly rate £32.00 £27.81 £38.25
Median % change year-on-year +15.07% -27.29% +9.29%
75th Percentile £50.50 £46.86 £65.00
90th Percentile £64.00 £68.45 £82.33
England median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £44.06
% change year-on-year -30.00% -9.20% +79.82%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the London region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Central London -5 19 £600 +20.00% 30
South London +2 3 £600 +54.84% 2
East London - 3 £155 - 4
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

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

1 114 (95.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 68 (57.14%) Windows
2 68 (57.14%) Azure
3 57 (47.90%) Microsoft
4 56 (47.06%) Active Directory
5 41 (34.45%) Windows Server
6 38 (31.93%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (31.09%) Firewall
8 33 (27.73%) PowerShell
9 32 (26.89%) Finance
9 32 (26.89%) Entra ID
10 30 (25.21%) VMware
10 30 (25.21%) Microsoft Intune
11 29 (24.37%) Security Cleared
11 29 (24.37%) DNS
12 28 (23.53%) Terraform
13 25 (21.01%) Social Skills
14 23 (19.33%) SC Cleared
15 21 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
15 21 (17.65%) VPN
15 21 (17.65%) Python
15 21 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
16 20 (16.81%) Linux
16 20 (16.81%) Migration
17 18 (15.13%) Infrastructure Management
18 17 (14.29%) DevOps
18 17 (14.29%) Cisco
19 16 (13.45%) DHCP
19 16 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
19 16 (13.45%) IaaS

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 16 (13.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (9.24%) SharePoint
3 7 (5.88%) Confluence
4 5 (4.20%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Alphatax
Cloud Services
1 68 (57.14%) Azure
2 38 (31.93%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (26.89%) Entra ID
4 16 (13.45%) AWS
4 16 (13.45%) IaaS
5 10 (8.40%) GitHub
6 8 (6.72%) GCP
7 6 (5.04%) SaaS
8 5 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.20%) Azure Monitor
8 5 (4.20%) PaaS
9 4 (3.36%) Mimecast
10 3 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (2.52%) Nutanix
10 3 (2.52%) OneDrive
11 2 (1.68%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (1.68%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.68%) Azure ExpressRoute
11 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (1.68%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 37 (31.09%) Firewall
2 29 (24.37%) DNS
3 21 (17.65%) VPN
4 16 (13.45%) DHCP
5 14 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 13 (10.92%) WAN
7 12 (10.08%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (7.56%) Network Security
9 8 (6.72%) LAN
10 7 (5.88%) MPLS
10 7 (5.88%) Wireless
11 5 (4.20%) 4G
11 5 (4.20%) SSL
12 4 (3.36%) Internet
13 3 (2.52%) BGP
13 3 (2.52%) Multicast
13 3 (2.52%) OSPF
13 3 (2.52%) SD-WAN
13 3 (2.52%) SMTP
14 2 (1.68%) DMARC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.56%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.04%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.68%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.84%) Big Data
4 1 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.88%) JIRA
2 6 (5.04%) ScriptRunner
3 4 (3.36%) GitLab
4 3 (2.52%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.84%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.84%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (26.89%) Finance
2 25 (21.01%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.92%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.56%) Banking
5 5 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (3.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (3.36%) Law
6 4 (3.36%) Legal
6 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.68%) Military
7 2 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.68%) Spanish Language
8 1 (0.84%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.84%) Front Office
8 1 (0.84%) iGaming
8 1 (0.84%) Local Government
8 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.84%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.68%) 802.1X
1 2 (1.68%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.68%) Node.js
1 2 (1.68%) OAuth
1 2 (1.68%) OAuth2
1 2 (1.68%) SAML
2 1 (0.84%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.84%) LDAP
2 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.84%) Middleware
2 1 (0.84%) OpenID
2 1 (0.84%) RESTful
2 1 (0.84%) Spring
2 1 (0.84%) Ultra Messaging
2 1 (0.84%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.40%) PKI
2 7 (5.88%) Data Centre
3 6 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (4.20%) Security Operations Centre
4 5 (4.20%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (3.36%) Clustering
5 4 (3.36%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.36%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (3.36%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.68%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.84%) Cyber Security Posture
8 1 (0.84%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.84%) Fixed Income
8 1 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.84%) HP Storage
8 1 (0.84%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 68 (57.14%) Windows
2 41 (34.45%) Windows Server
3 20 (16.81%) Linux
4 16 (13.45%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.36%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.52%) Unix
7 2 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (95.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 21 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (16.81%) Migration
4 18 (15.13%) Infrastructure Management
5 17 (14.29%) DevOps
6 14 (11.76%) Incident Management
7 13 (10.92%) Cloud Security
7 13 (10.92%) High Availability
7 13 (10.92%) Infrastructure as Code
8 12 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (9.24%) Business Continuity
10 10 (8.40%) Agile
10 10 (8.40%) CI/CD
11 9 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (7.56%) Data Loss Prevention
11 9 (7.56%) Information Security
11 9 (7.56%) Mentoring
11 9 (7.56%) Security Operations
12 7 (5.88%) Identity Management
12 7 (5.88%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.73%) PowerShell
2 21 (17.65%) Python
3 6 (5.04%) Groovy
3 6 (5.04%) Perl
4 3 (2.52%) SQL
5 2 (1.68%) Bash
5 2 (1.68%) C++
5 2 (1.68%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.68%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.84%) Bicep
6 1 (0.84%) Go
6 1 (0.84%) Java
Qualifications
1 29 (24.37%) Security Cleared
2 23 (19.33%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.56%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.88%) CCNP
4 7 (5.88%) Degree
5 6 (5.04%) CCNA
5 6 (5.04%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.68%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.68%) CCIE
6 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.68%) VCAP
6 2 (1.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) NCSC
2 2 (1.68%) SLA
3 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.84%) GDPR
3 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.84%) NIST
3 1 (0.84%) QA
System Software
1 56 (47.06%) Active Directory
2 21 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.08%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (6.72%) Docker
5 7 (5.88%) Hyper-V
5 7 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.84%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.84%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.84%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 30 (25.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (23.53%) Terraform
3 13 (10.92%) SCCM
4 10 (8.40%) Kubernetes
5 8 (6.72%) FortiGate
6 7 (5.88%) Ansible
7 5 (4.20%) vCenter Server
8 4 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (2.52%) CASB
9 3 (2.52%) SCOrch
10 2 (1.68%) Grafana
10 2 (1.68%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.68%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.68%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.68%) Prometheus
10 2 (1.68%) Puppet
11 1 (0.84%) Argo
11 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.84%) PowerCLI
11 1 (0.84%) vMotion
Vendors
1 57 (47.90%) Microsoft
2 30 (25.21%) VMware
3 17 (14.29%) Cisco
4 7 (5.88%) Atlassian
5 6 (5.04%) Citrix
5 6 (5.04%) Fortinet
5 6 (5.04%) Google
5 6 (5.04%) Meraki
6 4 (3.36%) Dell
6 4 (3.36%) McAfee
7 3 (2.52%) F5
7 3 (2.52%) NetApp
7 3 (2.52%) Qualys
7 3 (2.52%) Splunk
8 2 (1.68%) Atempo
8 2 (1.68%) HP
8 2 (1.68%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.68%) Red Hat
8 2 (1.68%) Veeam
8 2 (1.68%) Veritas