Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £533, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 256 198
Rank change year-on-year +21 -58 +31
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 214 112 197
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.07% 0.83% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.89% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 85 160
10th Percentile £350 £328 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.91% +4.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £638 £641
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £138.50 £72.75
% change year-on-year -47.62% +90.38% +0.34%

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 18,540 12,626 15,560
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.04% 93.07% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,139 8,542 11,072
10th Percentile £363 £331 £343
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 £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 200 228
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £22.75 £22.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £30.00 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -7.39% -13.61%
75th Percentile £59.36 £50.13 £52.44
90th Percentile £77.83 £63.88 £71.44
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 +10 31 £600 - 9
West London - 8 £675 - 2
South London -16 3 £425 -29.17% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 (97.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 94 (43.93%) Azure
3 88 (41.12%) Windows
4 83 (38.79%) Security Cleared
5 69 (32.24%) Microsoft
6 64 (29.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 64 (29.91%) Terraform
7 57 (26.64%) PowerShell
8 56 (26.17%) Active Directory
8 56 (26.17%) Windows Server
9 54 (25.23%) SC Cleared
10 53 (24.77%) VMware
11 50 (23.36%) DNS
12 46 (21.50%) DevOps
13 45 (21.03%) DHCP
13 45 (21.03%) Kubernetes
14 44 (20.56%) CI/CD
15 38 (17.76%) VMware Infrastructure
16 37 (17.29%) Linux
17 33 (15.42%) Migration
18 32 (14.95%) AWS
18 32 (14.95%) Firewall
18 32 (14.95%) Python
19 31 (14.49%) DV Cleared
20 30 (14.02%) GitHub
21 26 (12.15%) Ansible
22 25 (11.68%) SQL Server
22 25 (11.68%) VPN
23 23 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
24 22 (10.28%) GCP

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 (6.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (6.07%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.27%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.80%) CICS
5 3 (1.40%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.47%) Confluence
6 1 (0.47%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.47%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.47%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 94 (43.93%) Azure
2 32 (14.95%) AWS
3 30 (14.02%) GitHub
4 23 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (10.28%) GCP
6 21 (9.81%) Entra ID
7 20 (9.35%) IaaS
8 19 (8.88%) PaaS
9 17 (7.94%) Azure AKS
10 16 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (7.48%) GitHub Actions
11 15 (7.01%) Azure Monitor
11 15 (7.01%) SaaS
12 5 (2.34%) Azure Stack
12 5 (2.34%) OpenShift
13 4 (1.87%) Datadog
13 4 (1.87%) Power Platform
14 3 (1.40%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 3 (1.40%) Nutanix
14 3 (1.40%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 50 (23.36%) DNS
2 45 (21.03%) DHCP
3 32 (14.95%) Firewall
4 25 (11.68%) VPN
5 16 (7.48%) TCP/IP
6 12 (5.61%) Network Security
7 10 (4.67%) LAN
7 10 (4.67%) WAN
8 8 (3.74%) SAN
8 8 (3.74%) SMTP
9 6 (2.80%) VLAN
9 6 (2.80%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (2.34%) NAS
11 4 (1.87%) Remote Desktop
12 3 (1.40%) Wireless
13 2 (0.93%) 4G
13 2 (0.93%) DKIM
13 2 (0.93%) Internet
13 2 (0.93%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (0.93%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (11.68%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.27%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (3.27%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.40%) Big Data
3 3 (1.40%) Power BI
4 2 (0.93%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.93%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.34%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.87%) Git
3 3 (1.40%) Chocolatey
3 3 (1.40%) GitLab
4 1 (0.47%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.47%) CMake
4 1 (0.47%) Gradle
4 1 (0.47%) Introscope
4 1 (0.47%) JIRA
4 1 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 30 (14.02%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.15%) Finance
3 15 (7.01%) Banking
4 12 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.27%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.80%) Legal
6 6 (2.80%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.40%) Automotive
8 3 (1.40%) Law
9 2 (0.93%) Billing
9 2 (0.93%) Local Government
10 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.47%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.47%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.47%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.47%) Publishing
10 1 (0.47%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.27%) Middleware
2 5 (2.34%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.87%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.40%) OpenID
4 3 (1.40%) YAML
5 2 (0.93%) .NET
5 2 (0.93%) ADO
5 2 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.93%) JSON
5 2 (0.93%) REST
5 2 (0.93%) SAML
6 1 (0.47%) Bazel
6 1 (0.47%) Kafka
6 1 (0.47%) LDAP
6 1 (0.47%) Node.js
6 1 (0.47%) OAuth
6 1 (0.47%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.47%) OpenGL
6 1 (0.47%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.48%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (6.07%) PKI
3 12 (5.61%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.67%) Clustering
5 7 (3.27%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.80%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.80%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (2.80%) Mainframe
7 5 (2.34%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.40%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.40%) Robotics
10 2 (0.93%) CCTV
10 2 (0.93%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.93%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 88 (41.12%) Windows
2 56 (26.17%) Windows Server
3 37 (17.29%) Linux
4 7 (3.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.80%) zOS
6 5 (2.34%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (1.87%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.87%) VMS
7 4 (1.87%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.40%) Android
8 3 (1.40%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.40%) Unix
8 3 (1.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.93%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.47%) AIX
10 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (97.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 64 (29.91%) Infrastructure as Code
3 46 (21.50%) DevOps
4 44 (20.56%) CI/CD
5 33 (15.42%) Migration
6 20 (9.35%) Infrastructure Automation
7 19 (8.88%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (8.88%) Problem-Solving
8 18 (8.41%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (7.94%) Incident Management
9 17 (7.94%) ITIL
10 15 (7.01%) AI
10 15 (7.01%) Containerisation
10 15 (7.01%) Root Cause Analysis
11 14 (6.54%) Validation
12 13 (6.07%) High Availability
12 13 (6.07%) Infrastructure Transformation
13 12 (5.61%) Site Reliability Engineering
14 11 (5.14%) Change Management
14 11 (5.14%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 57 (26.64%) PowerShell
2 32 (14.95%) Python
3 18 (8.41%) SQL
4 16 (7.48%) Bash
4 16 (7.48%) C#
5 13 (6.07%) Bicep
6 8 (3.74%) Java
7 6 (2.80%) Go
8 2 (0.93%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.93%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.47%) C
9 1 (0.47%) C++
9 1 (0.47%) Jython
9 1 (0.47%) Perl
9 1 (0.47%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (38.79%) Security Cleared
2 54 (25.23%) SC Cleared
3 31 (14.49%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.61%) Degree
5 8 (3.74%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.27%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.80%) CCNP
8 5 (2.34%) CCNA
9 4 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.40%) JNCIP
10 3 (1.40%) JNCIS
10 3 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.47%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.47%) CISA
12 1 (0.47%) CISM
12 1 (0.47%) CISSP
12 1 (0.47%) MCSE
12 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.21%) SLA
2 8 (3.74%) QA
3 3 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.40%) NIST
4 2 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.93%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.47%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.47%) NCSC
5 1 (0.47%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (26.17%) Active Directory
2 38 (17.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.28%) Hyper-V
4 16 (7.48%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (6.07%) Docker
6 11 (5.14%) vSphere
7 10 (4.67%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.21%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.74%) BitLocker
9 8 (3.74%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.87%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.87%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (1.40%) Firmware
12 1 (0.47%) Ceph
12 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.47%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 64 (29.91%) Terraform
2 45 (21.03%) Kubernetes
3 26 (12.15%) Ansible
4 16 (7.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (6.07%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.21%) Puppet
7 8 (3.74%) SCCM
7 8 (3.74%) vMotion
8 5 (2.34%) Packer
8 5 (2.34%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.87%) FortiGate
9 4 (1.87%) systemd
10 3 (1.40%) Nagios
11 2 (0.93%) Argo
11 2 (0.93%) Grafana
11 2 (0.93%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.47%) Cilium
12 1 (0.47%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.47%) Proxmox
12 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 69 (32.24%) Microsoft
2 53 (24.77%) VMware
3 17 (7.94%) Google
4 16 (7.48%) Citrix
5 14 (6.54%) Cisco
6 11 (5.14%) NetApp
7 7 (3.27%) HP
8 6 (2.80%) Dynatrace
8 6 (2.80%) IBM
8 6 (2.80%) Red Hat
9 4 (1.87%) Dell
9 4 (1.87%) Symantec
9 4 (1.87%) Tenable
9 4 (1.87%) Zscaler
10 3 (1.40%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.40%) Juniper
10 3 (1.40%) MikroTik
10 3 (1.40%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.93%) Proofpoint
11 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds