Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £540, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 246 214
Rank change year-on-year +1 -32 +2
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 223 125 190
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.11% 0.93% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.19% 1.00% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 90 155
10th Percentile £325 £348 £300
25th Percentile £413 £402 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £597 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £650
England median daily rate £525 £500 £486
% change year-on-year +5.00% +2.93% -2.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £30.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +141.80% -55.56% -6.90%

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 18,744 12,443 15,290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 92.96% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,120 8,377 10,481
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 366 208 194
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.05 £17.88
25th Percentile £21.93 £23.00 £22.28
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.85% -12.16% -6.67%
75th Percentile £62.44 £50.88 £55.75
90th Percentile £80.63 £65.00 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.96% -44.11% +2.86%

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 1 September 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 1 September 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 -4 29 £625 +8.70% 11
West London - 8 £675 - 8
South London -14 4 £473 -21.25% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 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.

1 217 (97.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 99 (44.39%) Azure
3 97 (43.50%) Windows
4 84 (37.67%) Microsoft
5 78 (34.98%) Security Cleared
6 70 (31.39%) Infrastructure as Code
7 65 (29.15%) Terraform
8 62 (27.80%) Active Directory
8 62 (27.80%) PowerShell
8 62 (27.80%) Windows Server
9 59 (26.46%) VMware
10 55 (24.66%) DNS
11 53 (23.77%) DevOps
12 51 (22.87%) SC Cleared
13 49 (21.97%) DHCP
14 43 (19.28%) CI/CD
14 43 (19.28%) VMware Infrastructure
15 42 (18.83%) Migration
16 39 (17.49%) Kubernetes
17 37 (16.59%) Firewall
18 36 (16.14%) Python
19 34 (15.25%) Linux
20 32 (14.35%) AWS
21 30 (13.45%) Microsoft 365
22 29 (13.00%) Ansible
22 29 (13.00%) DV Cleared
22 29 (13.00%) Entra ID
22 29 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
23 28 (12.56%) Infrastructure Automation
24 27 (12.11%) VPN

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 17 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 15 (6.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (3.14%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.69%) CICS
5 4 (1.79%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (0.90%) Confluence
7 1 (0.45%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.45%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.45%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.45%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 99 (44.39%) Azure
2 32 (14.35%) AWS
3 30 (13.45%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (13.00%) Entra ID
5 25 (11.21%) GitHub
6 21 (9.42%) IaaS
7 20 (8.97%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (8.52%) GCP
8 19 (8.52%) PaaS
9 17 (7.62%) SaaS
10 15 (6.73%) GitHub Actions
11 14 (6.28%) Azure AKS
11 14 (6.28%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.14%) Power Platform
13 6 (2.69%) Datadog
14 5 (2.24%) Azure Functions
14 5 (2.24%) Nutanix
14 5 (2.24%) OpenShift
14 5 (2.24%) Serverless
15 3 (1.35%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 55 (24.66%) DNS
2 49 (21.97%) DHCP
3 37 (16.59%) Firewall
4 27 (12.11%) VPN
5 19 (8.52%) TCP/IP
6 15 (6.73%) Network Security
7 11 (4.93%) SAN
8 10 (4.48%) LAN
8 10 (4.48%) VLAN
8 10 (4.48%) WAN
9 8 (3.59%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (2.69%) NAS
10 6 (2.69%) SMTP
10 6 (2.69%) Wireless
11 4 (1.79%) 4G
11 4 (1.79%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.90%) Internet
12 2 (0.90%) SSL
12 2 (0.90%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (0.90%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.66%) SQL Server
2 5 (2.24%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (2.24%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (1.79%) Power BI
4 3 (1.35%) Big Data
5 2 (0.90%) BigQuery
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.45%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Git
2 5 (2.24%) Chocolatey
2 5 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.79%) GitLab
4 2 (0.90%) JIRA
5 1 (0.45%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.45%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.45%) CMake
5 1 (0.45%) Gradle
5 1 (0.45%) Introscope
5 1 (0.45%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 33 (14.80%) Social Skills
2 28 (12.56%) Finance
3 18 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.62%) Banking
5 7 (3.14%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.69%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (2.69%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.24%) Automotive
8 3 (1.35%) Law
9 2 (0.90%) Billing
9 2 (0.90%) Local Government
10 1 (0.45%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.45%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.45%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.45%) Legal
10 1 (0.45%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.45%) Publishing
10 1 (0.45%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (29.15%) Terraform
2 8 (3.59%) ARM Templates
3 7 (3.14%) Middleware
4 5 (2.24%) 802.1X
4 5 (2.24%) YAML
5 4 (1.79%) OpenID
6 3 (1.35%) .NET
6 3 (1.35%) SAML
7 2 (0.90%) ADO
7 2 (0.90%) JSON
7 2 (0.90%) OAuth
7 2 (0.90%) REST
8 1 (0.45%) Bazel
8 1 (0.45%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.45%) Kafka
8 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.45%) OpenGL
8 1 (0.45%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 19 (8.52%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (5.83%) Clustering
2 13 (5.83%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.38%) PKI
4 6 (2.69%) Cloud Native
4 6 (2.69%) Mainframe
4 6 (2.69%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.24%) Cyber Threat
5 5 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.24%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (2.24%) Robotics
6 4 (1.79%) Enterprise Storage
6 4 (1.79%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.79%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.35%) CCTV
7 3 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.90%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.90%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 97 (43.50%) Windows
2 62 (27.80%) Windows Server
3 34 (15.25%) Linux
4 7 (3.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.69%) VMS
5 6 (2.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (2.69%) zOS
6 5 (2.24%) Ubuntu
6 5 (2.24%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.24%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.79%) Android
7 4 (1.79%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.35%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.90%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.45%) AIX
10 1 (0.45%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.45%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.45%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (97.31%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 70 (31.39%) Infrastructure as Code
3 53 (23.77%) DevOps
4 43 (19.28%) CI/CD
5 42 (18.83%) Migration
6 29 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (12.56%) Infrastructure Automation
8 25 (11.21%) Disaster Recovery
9 22 (9.87%) ITIL
10 20 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (8.97%) High Availability
11 18 (8.07%) AI
11 18 (8.07%) Incident Management
12 17 (7.62%) Root Cause Analysis
13 15 (6.73%) Validation
14 14 (6.28%) Platform Engineering
14 14 (6.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 12 (5.38%) Change Management
15 12 (5.38%) Infrastructure Transformation
16 11 (4.93%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 62 (27.80%) PowerShell
2 36 (16.14%) Python
3 18 (8.07%) Bash
4 17 (7.62%) SQL
5 13 (5.83%) Bicep
5 13 (5.83%) C#
6 8 (3.59%) Java
7 6 (2.69%) Go
8 2 (0.90%) C++
9 1 (0.45%) C
9 1 (0.45%) Jython
9 1 (0.45%) Perl
9 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.45%) VB
Qualifications
1 78 (34.98%) Security Cleared
2 51 (22.87%) SC Cleared
3 29 (13.00%) DV Cleared
4 17 (7.62%) Degree
5 12 (5.38%) Azure Certification
5 12 (5.38%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.48%) CCNP
7 8 (3.59%) CCNA
7 8 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.79%) JNCIP
9 4 (1.79%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.45%) CISA
11 1 (0.45%) CISM
11 1 (0.45%) CISSP
11 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.45%) MCSE
11 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.38%) SLA
2 9 (4.04%) QA
3 4 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.35%) NIST
5 2 (0.90%) SOC 2
6 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.45%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.45%) GDPR
6 1 (0.45%) NCSC
6 1 (0.45%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (27.80%) Active Directory
2 43 (19.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (10.76%) Hyper-V
4 17 (7.62%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (5.38%) vSphere
6 11 (4.93%) Virtual Desktop
7 10 (4.48%) Docker
8 9 (4.04%) Virtual Machines
9 6 (2.69%) BitLocker
9 6 (2.69%) Firmware
9 6 (2.69%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (2.69%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.79%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.45%) Ceph
11 1 (0.45%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.45%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.45%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 39 (17.49%) Kubernetes
2 29 (13.00%) Ansible
3 22 (9.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (5.83%) vCenter Server
5 11 (4.93%) SCCM
6 7 (3.14%) Puppet
7 6 (2.69%) FortiGate
7 6 (2.69%) Prometheus
7 6 (2.69%) vMotion
8 5 (2.24%) systemd
9 4 (1.79%) Packer
10 3 (1.35%) Failover Clustering
10 3 (1.35%) Grafana
10 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Clustering
10 3 (1.35%) Nagios
10 3 (1.35%) SCOM
11 2 (0.90%) Argo
11 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.45%) Cilium
12 1 (0.45%) Dell DRAC
Vendors
1 84 (37.67%) Microsoft
2 59 (26.46%) VMware
3 17 (7.62%) Cisco
4 14 (6.28%) Citrix
4 14 (6.28%) Google
5 8 (3.59%) Dynatrace
5 8 (3.59%) NetApp
6 7 (3.14%) HP
7 6 (2.69%) IBM
7 6 (2.69%) Tenable
8 5 (2.24%) AppDynamics
8 5 (2.24%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.79%) Juniper
9 4 (1.79%) MikroTik
9 4 (1.79%) Symantec
9 4 (1.79%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.35%) Dell
10 3 (1.35%) Oracle
11 2 (0.90%) BMC
11 2 (0.90%) EMC