Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends 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 5 June 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 238 205
Rank change year-on-year -7 -33 +51
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 181 114 203
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.98% 0.94% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.01% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 91 150
10th Percentile £350 £363 £275
25th Percentile £425 £419 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £548
90th Percentile £675 £638 £626
England median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +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 17,154 11,319 16,339
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.95% 93.55% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,330 7,658 11,782
10th Percentile £356 £350 £325
25th Percentile £433 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £762 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 278 157 325
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.24 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £39.00 £32.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% +15.07% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.00 £46.86
90th Percentile £76.98 £63.10 £67.60
England median hourly rate £45.56 £29.27 £37.75
% change year-on-year +55.64% -22.46% -16.11%

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 5 June 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 5 June 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 24 £588 -2.08% 14
West London -18 6 £675 +68.75% 1
South London -14 2 £419 -21.73% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 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.

1 173 (95.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 80 (44.20%) Azure
3 73 (40.33%) Security Cleared
4 70 (38.67%) Windows
5 54 (29.83%) Microsoft
6 48 (26.52%) Terraform
7 47 (25.97%) Infrastructure as Code
8 46 (25.41%) Windows Server
9 45 (24.86%) VMware
10 44 (24.31%) PowerShell
11 43 (23.76%) SC Cleared
12 41 (22.65%) Active Directory
13 40 (22.10%) DNS
14 34 (18.78%) VMware Infrastructure
15 33 (18.23%) CI/CD
15 33 (18.23%) DHCP
15 33 (18.23%) Kubernetes
16 32 (17.68%) DevOps
17 31 (17.13%) DV Cleared
18 30 (16.57%) Linux
19 29 (16.02%) GitHub
20 27 (14.92%) Migration
21 25 (13.81%) AWS
22 23 (12.71%) Firewall
22 23 (12.71%) Hyper-V
23 21 (11.60%) Ansible
24 19 (10.50%) Python
24 19 (10.50%) VPN
25 17 (9.39%) GCP
25 17 (9.39%) IaaS

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 10 (5.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.55%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.55%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 80 (44.20%) Azure
2 29 (16.02%) GitHub
3 25 (13.81%) AWS
4 17 (9.39%) GCP
4 17 (9.39%) IaaS
5 16 (8.84%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (8.84%) PaaS
6 13 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.18%) Entra ID
7 12 (6.63%) Azure AKS
7 12 (6.63%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (5.52%) SaaS
9 8 (4.42%) Nutanix
10 6 (3.31%) Azure Stack
11 4 (2.21%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 4 (2.21%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.66%) OCI
12 3 (1.66%) OpenShift
12 3 (1.66%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 40 (22.10%) DNS
2 33 (18.23%) DHCP
3 23 (12.71%) Firewall
4 19 (10.50%) VPN
5 10 (5.52%) LAN
5 10 (5.52%) WAN
6 9 (4.97%) SMTP
7 6 (3.31%) SAN
7 6 (3.31%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.76%) Network Security
9 4 (2.21%) NAS
10 3 (1.66%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (1.10%) 4G
11 2 (1.10%) Internet
11 2 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.10%) VSAN
11 2 (1.10%) Wireless
12 1 (0.55%) DKIM
12 1 (0.55%) PCoIP
12 1 (0.55%) Unicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.42%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (3.31%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.10%) Big Data
4 2 (1.10%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.10%) Power BI
5 1 (0.55%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 8 (4.42%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.10%) GitLab
2 2 (1.10%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.55%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.55%) CMake
3 1 (0.55%) Git
3 1 (0.55%) Gradle
3 1 (0.55%) Introscope
General
1 32 (17.68%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.71%) Finance
3 12 (6.63%) Banking
4 7 (3.87%) Legal
5 5 (2.76%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (1.66%) Billing
6 3 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.10%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.10%) Law
7 2 (1.10%) Local Government
7 2 (1.10%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.55%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.55%) Mandarin Language
8 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.55%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.66%) ARM Templates
1 3 (1.66%) YAML
2 2 (1.10%) .NET
2 2 (1.10%) ADO
2 2 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.10%) JSON
2 2 (1.10%) OpenID
2 2 (1.10%) REST
3 1 (0.55%) Bazel
3 1 (0.55%) Kafka
3 1 (0.55%) LDAP
3 1 (0.55%) Middleware
3 1 (0.55%) Node.js
3 1 (0.55%) OAuth
3 1 (0.55%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.55%) OpenGL
3 1 (0.55%) Qt
3 1 (0.55%) SAML
3 1 (0.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.08%) Data Centre
1 11 (6.08%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (5.52%) PKI
3 9 (4.97%) Clustering
4 7 (3.87%) Enterprise Storage
4 7 (3.87%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.66%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.10%) CCTV
7 2 (1.10%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.55%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
8 1 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.55%) NHS
8 1 (0.55%) PMI
8 1 (0.55%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 70 (38.67%) Windows
2 46 (25.41%) Windows Server
3 30 (16.57%) Linux
4 7 (3.87%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (2.76%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.76%) Unix
5 5 (2.76%) VMS
5 5 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.66%) Android
6 3 (1.66%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.66%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.55%) AIX
8 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.55%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (95.58%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 47 (25.97%) Infrastructure as Code
3 33 (18.23%) CI/CD
4 32 (17.68%) DevOps
5 27 (14.92%) Migration
6 16 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (7.73%) Disaster Recovery
7 14 (7.73%) Infrastructure Automation
8 13 (7.18%) Cloud Security
8 13 (7.18%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 12 (6.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (6.63%) Incident Management
10 11 (6.08%) Infrastructure Transformation
11 9 (4.97%) High Availability
12 8 (4.42%) Containerisation
12 8 (4.42%) ITIL
12 8 (4.42%) Validation
13 7 (3.87%) Platform Engineering
13 7 (3.87%) RBAC
13 7 (3.87%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 44 (24.31%) PowerShell
2 19 (10.50%) Python
3 14 (7.73%) C#
4 13 (7.18%) SQL
5 9 (4.97%) Bicep
6 8 (4.42%) Bash
7 4 (2.21%) Java
8 2 (1.10%) Go
8 2 (1.10%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.10%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.55%) C
9 1 (0.55%) C++
9 1 (0.55%) Jython
9 1 (0.55%) VB
Qualifications
1 73 (40.33%) Security Cleared
2 43 (23.76%) SC Cleared
3 31 (17.13%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.31%) Degree
5 5 (2.76%) CCNA
5 5 (2.76%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.21%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.66%) CCNP
8 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.55%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.55%) CISA
9 1 (0.55%) CISM
9 1 (0.55%) CISSP
9 1 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.55%) MCSE
9 1 (0.55%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.76%) QA
2 4 (2.21%) SLA
3 3 (1.66%) NIST
4 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.10%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.55%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.55%) GDPR
5 1 (0.55%) NCSC
5 1 (0.55%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (22.65%) Active Directory
2 34 (18.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (12.71%) Hyper-V
4 12 (6.63%) Docker
4 12 (6.63%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.52%) vSphere
6 9 (4.97%) BitLocker
6 9 (4.97%) Microsoft App-V
7 5 (2.76%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (2.76%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (1.66%) Firmware
8 3 (1.66%) Terminal Services
8 3 (1.66%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.10%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.55%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 48 (26.52%) Terraform
2 33 (18.23%) Kubernetes
3 21 (11.60%) Ansible
4 12 (6.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (5.52%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.97%) Puppet
6 9 (4.97%) vMotion
7 5 (2.76%) Packer
8 4 (2.21%) AirWatch
9 3 (1.66%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.10%) Nagios
10 2 (1.10%) SCCM
11 1 (0.55%) CA Wily
11 1 (0.55%) Grafana
11 1 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
11 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
11 1 (0.55%) vRealize
11 1 (0.55%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 54 (29.83%) Microsoft
2 45 (24.86%) VMware
3 15 (8.29%) NetApp
4 14 (7.73%) Citrix
5 13 (7.18%) Google
6 6 (3.31%) Dell
6 6 (3.31%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.76%) Cisco
7 5 (2.76%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.21%) CyberArk
8 4 (2.21%) Oracle
8 4 (2.21%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.66%) HP
9 3 (1.66%) Symantec
10 2 (1.10%) EMC
10 2 (1.10%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.55%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.55%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.55%) Proofpoint
11 1 (0.55%) Veeam