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 30 September 2026.

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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 241 224
Rank change year-on-year -6 -17 -24
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 216 128 171
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 0.96% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% 1.03% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 91 136
10th Percentile £350 £331 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -2.44% -1.91%
75th Percentile £638 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £650
England median daily rate £537 £483 £500
% change year-on-year +11.29% -3.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +131.25% -46.67% -15.79%

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 18,957 12,407 15,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 92.78% 93.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,263 8,292 9,885
10th Percentile £360 £330 £340
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 406 199 175
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £17.35
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £23.98
Median hourly rate £40.00 £28.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.10% -19.57% -6.67%
75th Percentile £63.75 £49.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £65.11 £77.75
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% -1.92%

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 30 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 30 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 -18 28 £613 +11.36% 20
West London - 8 £675 - 3
South London -4 4 £473 -21.25%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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.

1 209 (96.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 101 (46.76%) Azure
3 96 (44.44%) Windows
4 89 (41.20%) Microsoft
5 76 (35.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 69 (31.94%) Security Cleared
7 67 (31.02%) Terraform
8 66 (30.56%) Active Directory
9 64 (29.63%) Windows Server
10 62 (28.70%) PowerShell
11 61 (28.24%) VMware
12 56 (25.93%) DNS
13 49 (22.69%) DHCP
14 48 (22.22%) DevOps
15 47 (21.76%) VMware Infrastructure
16 44 (20.37%) SC Cleared
17 41 (18.98%) CI/CD
17 41 (18.98%) Migration
18 37 (17.13%) Linux
18 37 (17.13%) Microsoft 365
19 36 (16.67%) Entra ID
20 35 (16.20%) Firewall
20 35 (16.20%) Kubernetes
21 34 (15.74%) Infrastructure Automation
22 33 (15.28%) AWS
22 33 (15.28%) Python
23 28 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
24 27 (12.50%) Ansible
24 27 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
24 27 (12.50%) DV Cleared

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 21 (9.72%) SharePoint
2 19 (8.80%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (2.78%) CICS
3 6 (2.78%) WebSphere
4 4 (1.85%) Confluence
4 4 (1.85%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.46%) nginx
5 1 (0.46%) OpenStack
Applications
1 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 101 (46.76%) Azure
2 37 (17.13%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 33 (15.28%) AWS
5 20 (9.26%) GitHub
6 17 (7.87%) GCP
7 16 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (6.94%) IaaS
9 13 (6.02%) Azure AKS
9 13 (6.02%) PaaS
10 12 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
10 12 (5.56%) SaaS
11 11 (5.09%) Azure Monitor
12 7 (3.24%) Power Platform
13 5 (2.31%) Azure Functions
13 5 (2.31%) Datadog
13 5 (2.31%) Nutanix
13 5 (2.31%) OpenShift
13 5 (2.31%) Serverless
14 4 (1.85%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 56 (25.93%) DNS
2 49 (22.69%) DHCP
3 35 (16.20%) Firewall
4 25 (11.57%) VPN
5 19 (8.80%) TCP/IP
6 15 (6.94%) Network Security
7 10 (4.63%) SAN
7 10 (4.63%) VLAN
8 8 (3.70%) LAN
8 8 (3.70%) WAN
8 8 (3.70%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (2.78%) NAS
9 6 (2.78%) Wireless
10 4 (1.85%) 4G
10 4 (1.85%) SMTP
11 3 (1.39%) SSL
12 2 (0.93%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.93%) Internet
12 2 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.93%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (1.85%) Power BI
3 3 (1.39%) Big Data
4 2 (0.93%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.46%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.46%) MySQL
5 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.78%) Git
2 5 (2.31%) GitLab
2 5 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.85%) Chocolatey
3 4 (1.85%) JIRA
4 2 (0.93%) Sonatype Nexus
5 1 (0.46%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.46%) CMake
5 1 (0.46%) Gradle
General
1 32 (14.81%) Finance
2 29 (13.43%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.72%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (6.48%) Banking
5 9 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.31%) Automotive
7 5 (2.31%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.39%) Law
8 3 (1.39%) Legal
9 2 (0.93%) Billing
9 2 (0.93%) Local Government
9 2 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.46%) Front Office
10 1 (0.46%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.46%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (31.02%) Terraform
2 8 (3.70%) ARM Templates
3 6 (2.78%) Middleware
4 5 (2.31%) 802.1X
4 5 (2.31%) OpenID
4 5 (2.31%) YAML
5 3 (1.39%) .NET
5 3 (1.39%) OAuth
5 3 (1.39%) SAML
6 2 (0.93%) JSON
6 2 (0.93%) Kafka
6 2 (0.93%) REST
7 1 (0.46%) Apache NiFi
7 1 (0.46%) Bazel
7 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.46%) LEMP Stack
7 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.46%) OpenGL
7 1 (0.46%) Qt
7 1 (0.46%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (10.65%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (5.56%) PKI
3 11 (5.09%) Clustering
4 10 (4.63%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.24%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.78%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.31%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (2.31%) Linux Command Line
7 5 (2.31%) Robotics
8 4 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (1.85%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.85%) Security Operations Centre
9 3 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.39%) Enterprise Storage
10 2 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.93%) CCTV
10 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) IoT
10 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 96 (44.44%) Windows
2 64 (29.63%) Windows Server
3 37 (17.13%) Linux
4 7 (3.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.78%) VMS
5 6 (2.78%) Windows Server 2019
5 6 (2.78%) zOS
6 5 (2.31%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.85%) Android
7 4 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.85%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.39%) Unix
8 3 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.93%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.46%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.46%) Oracle Linux
10 1 (0.46%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (96.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 76 (35.19%) Infrastructure as Code
3 48 (22.22%) DevOps
4 41 (18.98%) CI/CD
4 41 (18.98%) Migration
5 34 (15.74%) Infrastructure Automation
6 28 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
8 26 (12.04%) ITIL
9 19 (8.80%) High Availability
10 18 (8.33%) AI
10 18 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.87%) Root Cause Analysis
12 16 (7.41%) Platform Engineering
13 15 (6.94%) Incident Management
14 14 (6.48%) Cloud Security
14 14 (6.48%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 13 (6.02%) Identity Access Management
16 12 (5.56%) Containerisation
16 12 (5.56%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 62 (28.70%) PowerShell
2 33 (15.28%) Python
3 19 (8.80%) Bash
4 16 (7.41%) SQL
5 14 (6.48%) Bicep
6 13 (6.02%) C#
7 8 (3.70%) Java
8 6 (2.78%) Go
9 3 (1.39%) C++
10 1 (0.46%) C
10 1 (0.46%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.46%) Perl
10 1 (0.46%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (31.94%) Security Cleared
2 44 (20.37%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 18 (8.33%) Degree
5 11 (5.09%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (4.63%) Azure Certification
7 9 (4.17%) CCNP
7 9 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (3.24%) CCNA
9 5 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.85%) JNCIP
10 4 (1.85%) JNCIS
11 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.46%) CISA
12 1 (0.46%) CISM
12 1 (0.46%) CISSP
12 1 (0.46%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.46%) MCSE
12 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.63%) SLA
2 6 (2.78%) QA
3 3 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.93%) NIST
4 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.46%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.46%) NCSC
5 1 (0.46%) NIST 800
System Software
1 66 (30.56%) Active Directory
2 47 (21.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (9.72%) Hyper-V
4 15 (6.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 15 (6.94%) VMware ESXi
5 14 (6.48%) vSphere
6 9 (4.17%) Docker
6 9 (4.17%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (2.78%) Firmware
7 6 (2.78%) Virtual Servers
8 4 (1.85%) BitLocker
8 4 (1.85%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.39%) Terminal Services
10 2 (0.93%) IAG
11 1 (0.46%) Ceph
11 1 (0.46%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.46%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 35 (16.20%) Kubernetes
2 27 (12.50%) Ansible
2 27 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 11 (5.09%) SCCM
3 11 (5.09%) vCenter Server
4 6 (2.78%) Prometheus
4 6 (2.78%) Puppet
5 5 (2.31%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.31%) systemd
6 4 (1.85%) Packer
6 4 (1.85%) vMotion
7 3 (1.39%) Argo
7 3 (1.39%) Failover Clustering
7 3 (1.39%) Grafana
7 3 (1.39%) Microsoft Clustering
7 3 (1.39%) Nagios
7 3 (1.39%) SCOM
8 2 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.46%) Cilium
9 1 (0.46%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 89 (41.20%) Microsoft
2 61 (28.24%) VMware
3 16 (7.41%) Cisco
4 11 (5.09%) Google
5 10 (4.63%) Citrix
6 7 (3.24%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.78%) HP
7 6 (2.78%) IBM
7 6 (2.78%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.31%) NetApp
8 5 (2.31%) Tenable
9 4 (1.85%) AppDynamics
9 4 (1.85%) Juniper
9 4 (1.85%) MikroTik
9 4 (1.85%) Oracle
9 4 (1.85%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.39%) Symantec
11 2 (0.93%) BMC
11 2 (0.93%) Commvault
11 2 (0.93%) Remedy