Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 224 188
Rank change year-on-year -43 -36 +76
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 141 126 211
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 0.99% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.06% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 100 141
10th Percentile £354 £318 £300
25th Percentile £413 £395 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £563
90th Percentile £640 £650 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -4.76% +13.51% -7.50%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 15,851 11,873 16,820
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 93.61% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,608 8,134 12,136
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £753 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 148 336
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.15 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -21.66%
75th Percentile £60.12 £51.39 £46.59
90th Percentile £76.58 £65.00 £64.14
England median hourly rate £42.50 £33.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year +28.79% - -24.36%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 4 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in London

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies 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 4 April 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
Central London -23 16 £550 -8.33% 9
South London -17 2 £419 -8.97%
West London -21 2 £300 -25.00% 2
East London -1 1 £155 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 April 2026, 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 Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 132 (93.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (45.39%) Azure
3 49 (34.75%) Microsoft
4 44 (31.21%) Security Cleared
4 44 (31.21%) Windows
5 35 (24.82%) PowerShell
5 35 (24.82%) Terraform
6 33 (23.40%) Active Directory
6 33 (23.40%) VMware
7 30 (21.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 29 (20.57%) Migration
8 29 (20.57%) Windows Server
9 28 (19.86%) SC Cleared
10 25 (17.73%) VMware Infrastructure
11 24 (17.02%) DNS
11 24 (17.02%) Linux
12 23 (16.31%) DevOps
12 23 (16.31%) Firewall
13 21 (14.89%) GitHub
13 21 (14.89%) Kubernetes
13 21 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
13 21 (14.89%) VPN
14 19 (13.48%) CI/CD
15 18 (12.77%) DHCP
15 18 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
16 16 (11.35%) Cloud Security
16 16 (11.35%) DV Cleared
16 16 (11.35%) Hyper-V
16 16 (11.35%) WAN
17 14 (9.93%) Ansible

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 14 (9.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.71%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.71%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.71%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.71%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (45.39%) Azure
2 21 (14.89%) GitHub
2 21 (14.89%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (9.93%) IaaS
4 13 (9.22%) PaaS
5 12 (8.51%) AWS
5 12 (8.51%) GCP
6 9 (6.38%) Entra ID
6 9 (6.38%) Nutanix
7 8 (5.67%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (5.67%) SaaS
8 7 (4.96%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.26%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (3.55%) Azure AKS
10 5 (3.55%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (2.84%) Serverless
12 3 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (2.13%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (2.13%) Azure Stack
12 3 (2.13%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 24 (17.02%) DNS
2 23 (16.31%) Firewall
3 21 (14.89%) VPN
4 18 (12.77%) DHCP
5 16 (11.35%) WAN
6 14 (9.93%) LAN
7 7 (4.96%) SMTP
8 5 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (2.84%) MPLS
9 4 (2.84%) SAN
10 3 (2.13%) Network Security
10 3 (2.13%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (1.42%) DKIM
11 2 (1.42%) DMARC
11 2 (1.42%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.42%) SD-WAN
11 2 (1.42%) VLAN
12 1 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.71%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.26%) Elasticsearch
2 5 (3.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.42%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.71%) Power BI
5 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.67%) Artifactory
2 1 (0.71%) Chocolatey
2 1 (0.71%) Git
2 1 (0.71%) GitLab
2 1 (0.71%) Introscope
2 1 (0.71%) Jenkins
General
1 28 (19.86%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.60%) Finance
3 10 (7.09%) Banking
4 7 (4.96%) Legal
5 5 (3.55%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.13%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.13%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.42%) Billing
7 2 (1.42%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.42%) Law
7 2 (1.42%) Retail
8 1 (0.71%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.71%) Aviation
8 1 (0.71%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.71%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.71%) Local Government
8 1 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.71%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.13%) ADO
1 3 (2.13%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.42%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.71%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.71%) EDI
3 1 (0.71%) LDAP
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.71%) Middleware
3 1 (0.71%) Node.js
3 1 (0.71%) OpenID
3 1 (0.71%) REST
3 1 (0.71%) SAML
3 1 (0.71%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.71%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.51%) Data Centre
2 10 (7.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 9 (6.38%) PKI
4 8 (5.67%) Clustering
5 6 (4.26%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.84%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.84%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.13%) CCTV
7 3 (2.13%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.13%) Operational Technology
7 3 (2.13%) Replication
7 3 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.71%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.71%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.71%) IoT
9 1 (0.71%) NHS
9 1 (0.71%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 44 (31.21%) Windows
2 29 (20.57%) Windows Server
3 24 (17.02%) Linux
4 7 (4.96%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (4.26%) Unix
5 6 (4.26%) VMS
6 4 (2.84%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.84%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (2.13%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.71%) AIX
9 1 (0.71%) Android
9 1 (0.71%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (93.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (21.28%) Infrastructure as Code
3 29 (20.57%) Migration
4 23 (16.31%) DevOps
5 19 (13.48%) CI/CD
6 16 (11.35%) Cloud Security
7 14 (9.93%) Disaster Recovery
8 13 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (8.51%) Incident Management
10 11 (7.80%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (6.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 7 (4.96%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (4.96%) Containerisation
13 7 (4.96%) Infrastructure Transformation
13 7 (4.96%) ITIL
13 7 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 7 (4.96%) Validation
14 6 (4.26%) Mentoring
14 6 (4.26%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 35 (24.82%) PowerShell
2 11 (7.80%) Python
3 9 (6.38%) SQL
4 6 (4.26%) Bicep
4 6 (4.26%) C#
5 4 (2.84%) Bash
6 2 (1.42%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.42%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.71%) Java
7 1 (0.71%) Jython
7 1 (0.71%) Perl
Qualifications
1 44 (31.21%) Security Cleared
2 28 (19.86%) SC Cleared
3 16 (11.35%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.26%) Degree
5 5 (3.55%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.13%) CCNA
6 3 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.42%) CCNP
7 2 (1.42%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.71%) CCIE
8 1 (0.71%) CISSP
8 1 (0.71%) CWNA
8 1 (0.71%) GIAC
8 1 (0.71%) GSEC
8 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.84%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.13%) QA
3 2 (1.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.42%) NIST
3 2 (1.42%) SLA
4 1 (0.71%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.71%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.71%) NCSC
4 1 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 33 (23.40%) Active Directory
2 25 (17.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.35%) Hyper-V
4 12 (8.51%) Docker
5 8 (5.67%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (4.96%) BitLocker
6 7 (4.96%) Microsoft App-V
7 6 (4.26%) vSphere
8 5 (3.55%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (3.55%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (1.42%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.71%) Firmware
10 1 (0.71%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.71%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (24.82%) Terraform
2 21 (14.89%) Kubernetes
3 18 (12.77%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (9.93%) Ansible
5 12 (8.51%) SCCM
6 7 (4.96%) Puppet
6 7 (4.96%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.96%) vMotion
7 4 (2.84%) AirWatch
8 3 (2.13%) CASB
8 3 (2.13%) SCOrch
9 2 (1.42%) Packer
10 1 (0.71%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.71%) Grafana
10 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.71%) SCOM
10 1 (0.71%) vRealize
10 1 (0.71%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 49 (34.75%) Microsoft
2 33 (23.40%) VMware
3 12 (8.51%) NetApp
4 11 (7.80%) Citrix
5 10 (7.09%) Google
6 8 (5.67%) Cisco
7 7 (4.96%) SolarWinds
8 6 (4.26%) Dell
9 5 (3.55%) CyberArk
9 5 (3.55%) Fortinet
9 5 (3.55%) Veeam
10 4 (2.84%) Oracle
11 3 (2.13%) Meraki
11 3 (2.13%) Red Hat
12 2 (1.42%) Databricks
12 2 (1.42%) HP
12 2 (1.42%) ServiceNow
13 1 (0.71%) CrowdStrike
13 1 (0.71%) LogicMonitor
13 1 (0.71%) Tenable