Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 March 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 272 213 197
Rank change year-on-year -59 -16 +64
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 134 128 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 1.01% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.08% 1.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 104 136
10th Percentile £356 £314 £300
25th Percentile £413 £377 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £464
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +13.21% -15.68%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 £638
England median daily rate £500 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -10.00%

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 15,474 11,829 16,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 93.61% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,350 8,097 12,160
10th Percentile £350 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £430 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 150 335
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.19 £15.97
25th Percentile £22.05 £24.66 £19.52
Median hourly rate £35.71 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £61.00 £53.31 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £67.63 £65.00
England median hourly rate £40.54 £34.11 £32.50
% change year-on-year +18.85% +4.95% -24.42%

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 27 March 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 27 March 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 -24 15 £550 -8.33% 9
West London -16 2 £300 -25.00% 2
East London -3 1 £155 -
South London -18 1 £425 -7.61%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 March 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.

1 124 (92.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (47.76%) Azure
3 47 (35.07%) Microsoft
4 38 (28.36%) Windows
5 36 (26.87%) Security Cleared
6 35 (26.12%) Terraform
7 33 (24.63%) PowerShell
8 30 (22.39%) Infrastructure as Code
8 30 (22.39%) VMware
9 29 (21.64%) Active Directory
10 26 (19.40%) Migration
10 26 (19.40%) Windows Server
11 24 (17.91%) SC Cleared
12 23 (17.16%) DevOps
12 23 (17.16%) Firewall
12 23 (17.16%) GitHub
12 23 (17.16%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (17.16%) VMware Infrastructure
12 23 (17.16%) VPN
13 21 (15.67%) DNS
13 21 (15.67%) Linux
14 19 (14.18%) CI/CD
14 19 (14.18%) WAN
15 18 (13.43%) Kubernetes
15 18 (13.43%) Microsoft Intune
16 16 (11.94%) Ansible
17 15 (11.19%) Cloud Security
18 14 (10.45%) DHCP
18 14 (10.45%) GCP
18 14 (10.45%) Hyper-V

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 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.75%) Skype for Business
3 1 (0.75%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.75%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (47.76%) Azure
2 23 (17.16%) GitHub
2 23 (17.16%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (10.45%) GCP
4 13 (9.70%) AWS
5 11 (8.21%) IaaS
6 10 (7.46%) PaaS
7 9 (6.72%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (6.72%) Entra ID
7 9 (6.72%) Nutanix
8 7 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Purview
10 5 (3.73%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (3.73%) SaaS
11 4 (2.99%) Azure AKS
12 3 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
12 3 (2.24%) Azure Stack
12 3 (2.24%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (2.24%) OCI
12 3 (2.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.16%) Firewall
1 23 (17.16%) VPN
2 21 (15.67%) DNS
3 19 (14.18%) WAN
4 14 (10.45%) DHCP
4 14 (10.45%) LAN
5 6 (4.48%) SMTP
6 5 (3.73%) SD-WAN
6 5 (3.73%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.99%) MPLS
7 4 (2.99%) SAN
8 3 (2.24%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (1.49%) DKIM
9 2 (1.49%) DMARC
9 2 (1.49%) Network Security
9 2 (1.49%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.75%) Cisco Wireless
10 1 (0.75%) VXLAN
10 1 (0.75%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.73%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (3.73%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.49%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.75%) Power BI
4 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.97%) Artifactory
2 3 (2.24%) GitLab
2 3 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.49%) JIRA
4 1 (0.75%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.75%) Git
4 1 (0.75%) Introscope
General
1 27 (20.15%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.67%) Finance
3 10 (7.46%) Banking
4 7 (5.22%) Legal
5 4 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (2.24%) Spanish Language
7 2 (1.49%) Billing
7 2 (1.49%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.49%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.49%) Retail
8 1 (0.75%) Aviation
8 1 (0.75%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.75%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.75%) Local Government
8 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) ADO
1 3 (2.24%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.49%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.75%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.75%) EDI
3 1 (0.75%) LDAP
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.75%) Middleware
3 1 (0.75%) Node.js
3 1 (0.75%) REST
3 1 (0.75%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.75%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.96%) Data Centre
2 9 (6.72%) Hybrid Cloud
3 8 (5.97%) PKI
4 7 (5.22%) Clustering
5 5 (3.73%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (2.99%) Cloud Native
6 4 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 3 (2.24%) Client/Server
7 3 (2.24%) Replication
7 3 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.49%) CCTV
8 2 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.49%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
9 1 (0.75%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.75%) NHS
9 1 (0.75%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 38 (28.36%) Windows
2 26 (19.40%) Windows Server
3 21 (15.67%) Linux
4 6 (4.48%) Unix
4 6 (4.48%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (3.73%) VMS
6 4 (2.99%) Ubuntu
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2016
6 4 (2.99%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.75%) AIX
8 1 (0.75%) Android
8 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (92.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 30 (22.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 26 (19.40%) Migration
4 23 (17.16%) DevOps
5 19 (14.18%) CI/CD
6 15 (11.19%) Cloud Security
7 14 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (8.21%) Incident Management
10 10 (7.46%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (5.97%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 7 (5.22%) Collaborative Working
13 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Automation
14 6 (4.48%) Containerisation
14 6 (4.48%) Mentoring
14 6 (4.48%) RBAC
14 6 (4.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 6 (4.48%) Test Automation
14 6 (4.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 13 (9.70%) Python
3 8 (5.97%) SQL
4 5 (3.73%) Bicep
4 5 (3.73%) C#
5 4 (2.99%) Bash
6 2 (1.49%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.49%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.75%) Java
7 1 (0.75%) Jython
7 1 (0.75%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 24 (17.91%) SC Cleared
3 11 (8.21%) DV Cleared
4 5 (3.73%) Degree
5 4 (2.99%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.49%) CCNA
6 2 (1.49%) CCNP
6 2 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.49%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.75%) CCIE
7 1 (0.75%) CISSP
7 1 (0.75%) CWNA
7 1 (0.75%) GIAC
7 1 (0.75%) GSEC
7 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.75%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.24%) QA
3 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.49%) NIST
3 2 (1.49%) SLA
4 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.75%) GDPR
4 1 (0.75%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (21.64%) Active Directory
2 23 (17.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (10.45%) Hyper-V
4 10 (7.46%) Docker
5 7 (5.22%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (4.48%) BitLocker
6 6 (4.48%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (3.73%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (3.73%) vSphere
8 2 (1.49%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.75%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.75%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (26.12%) Terraform
2 18 (13.43%) Kubernetes
2 18 (13.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (11.94%) Ansible
4 12 (8.96%) SCCM
5 6 (4.48%) Puppet
5 6 (4.48%) vCenter Server
5 6 (4.48%) vMotion
6 4 (2.99%) AirWatch
7 3 (2.24%) CASB
7 3 (2.24%) SCOrch
8 2 (1.49%) Grafana
8 2 (1.49%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.75%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.75%) Packer
9 1 (0.75%) SCOM
9 1 (0.75%) vRealize
9 1 (0.75%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 47 (35.07%) Microsoft
2 30 (22.39%) VMware
3 10 (7.46%) Citrix
3 10 (7.46%) Google
3 10 (7.46%) NetApp
4 9 (6.72%) Cisco
5 6 (4.48%) Dell
5 6 (4.48%) SolarWinds
6 5 (3.73%) CyberArk
6 5 (3.73%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.73%) Veeam
7 4 (2.99%) Oracle
8 3 (2.24%) Aruba
8 3 (2.24%) Meraki
8 3 (2.24%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.49%) Databricks
9 2 (1.49%) HP
9 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.75%) Dynatrace
10 1 (0.75%) Equitrac