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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 258 232 200
Rank change year-on-year -26 -32 +62
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 158 127 204
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.89% 1.01% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 1.08% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 115 104 144
10th Percentile £368 £316 £275
25th Percentile £417 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £456
Median % change year-on-year - +15.07% -17.42%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £550
90th Percentile £675 £646 £638
England median daily rate £510 £525 £463
% change year-on-year -2.86% +13.51% -7.50%

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 16,515 11,740 16,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 93.40% 93.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,986 8,049 11,935
10th Percentile £350 £341 £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 £680 £675
90th Percentile £754 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 145 336
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.33 £16.01
25th Percentile £24.03 £24.00 £20.02
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.65 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +26.00% -22.54%
75th Percentile £63.32 £50.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £64.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £30.62 £36.50
% change year-on-year +53.52% -16.12% -18.03%

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 May 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 May 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 -15 20 £575 -4.17% 10
West London -26 3 £463 +15.63% 2
South London -16 2 £419 -10.90%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 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.

1 150 (94.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 72 (45.57%) Azure
3 60 (37.97%) Security Cleared
4 54 (34.18%) Windows
5 50 (31.65%) Microsoft
6 44 (27.85%) Terraform
7 41 (25.95%) Infrastructure as Code
7 41 (25.95%) SC Cleared
8 38 (24.05%) PowerShell
9 37 (23.42%) VMware
10 35 (22.15%) Active Directory
11 33 (20.89%) Windows Server
12 28 (17.72%) GitHub
13 27 (17.09%) CI/CD
13 27 (17.09%) DNS
13 27 (17.09%) Kubernetes
13 27 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
14 26 (16.46%) DevOps
14 26 (16.46%) Migration
15 23 (14.56%) Firewall
15 23 (14.56%) Linux
16 21 (13.29%) DHCP
16 21 (13.29%) DV Cleared
17 20 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
18 19 (12.03%) Hyper-V
18 19 (12.03%) VPN
19 18 (11.39%) Ansible
20 16 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
21 15 (9.49%) AWS
21 15 (9.49%) Cloud Security

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 (8.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.90%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.63%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.63%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.63%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 72 (45.57%) Azure
2 28 (17.72%) GitHub
3 20 (12.66%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (9.49%) AWS
4 15 (9.49%) IaaS
5 14 (8.86%) PaaS
6 12 (7.59%) GCP
7 11 (6.96%) Azure AKS
7 11 (6.96%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (6.96%) Entra ID
8 10 (6.33%) Azure Monitor
8 10 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (6.33%) SaaS
9 7 (4.43%) Nutanix
10 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Purview
11 4 (2.53%) Serverless
12 3 (1.90%) Azure Stack
12 3 (1.90%) OCI
12 3 (1.90%) OpenShift
13 2 (1.27%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 27 (17.09%) DNS
2 23 (14.56%) Firewall
3 21 (13.29%) DHCP
4 19 (12.03%) VPN
5 14 (8.86%) WAN
6 13 (8.23%) LAN
7 7 (4.43%) SMTP
8 5 (3.16%) SAN
9 4 (2.53%) MPLS
9 4 (2.53%) Network Security
9 4 (2.53%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (1.90%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (1.90%) TCP/IP
11 2 (1.27%) NAS
11 2 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
11 2 (1.27%) VLAN
11 2 (1.27%) VSAN
11 2 (1.27%) Wireless
12 1 (0.63%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.63%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.90%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.27%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Artifactory
2 2 (1.27%) GitLab
2 2 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.63%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.63%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) Introscope
General
1 31 (19.62%) Social Skills
2 23 (14.56%) Finance
3 9 (5.70%) Banking
4 7 (4.43%) Legal
5 6 (3.80%) Public Sector
6 5 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.27%) Billing
9 2 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Law
9 2 (1.27%) Retail
9 2 (1.27%) Spanish Language
9 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.63%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.63%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.63%) Local Government
10 1 (0.63%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.27%) ADO
1 2 (1.27%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
1 2 (1.27%) OpenID
2 1 (0.63%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.63%) EDI
2 1 (0.63%) Kafka
2 1 (0.63%) LDAP
2 1 (0.63%) Middleware
2 1 (0.63%) Node.js
2 1 (0.63%) OAuth
2 1 (0.63%) OAuth2
2 1 (0.63%) OpenGL
2 1 (0.63%) Qt
2 1 (0.63%) REST
2 1 (0.63%) SAML
2 1 (0.63%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.33%) Data Centre
1 10 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 9 (5.70%) PKI
3 8 (5.06%) Clustering
4 7 (4.43%) Enterprise Storage
5 6 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 4 (2.53%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.90%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.27%) CCTV
8 2 (1.27%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.27%) Replication
9 1 (0.63%) CUDA
9 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.63%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.63%) IoT
9 1 (0.63%) NHS
9 1 (0.63%) PMI
9 1 (0.63%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 54 (34.18%) Windows
2 33 (20.89%) Windows Server
3 23 (14.56%) Linux
4 6 (3.80%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (3.16%) Unix
5 5 (3.16%) VMS
5 5 (3.16%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.53%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (1.90%) Android
7 3 (1.90%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.90%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.63%) AIX
9 1 (0.63%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (94.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (25.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 27 (17.09%) CI/CD
4 26 (16.46%) DevOps
4 26 (16.46%) Migration
5 15 (9.49%) Cloud Security
5 15 (9.49%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (8.23%) Disaster Recovery
7 12 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (7.59%) Incident Management
8 10 (6.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
8 10 (6.33%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 8 (5.06%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (5.06%) Infrastructure Automation
10 7 (4.43%) ITIL
10 7 (4.43%) Mentoring
10 7 (4.43%) Mobile Device Management
10 7 (4.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (4.43%) Test Automation
10 7 (4.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 38 (24.05%) PowerShell
2 13 (8.23%) Python
3 12 (7.59%) C#
3 12 (7.59%) SQL
4 7 (4.43%) Bicep
5 4 (2.53%) Bash
6 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.63%) C++
7 1 (0.63%) Java
7 1 (0.63%) Jython
7 1 (0.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 60 (37.97%) Security Cleared
2 41 (25.95%) SC Cleared
3 21 (13.29%) DV Cleared
4 6 (3.80%) Degree
5 5 (3.16%) CCNA
5 5 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.90%) CCNP
8 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.63%) CCIE
8 1 (0.63%) CISSP
8 1 (0.63%) CWNA
8 1 (0.63%) GIAC
8 1 (0.63%) GSEC
8 1 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.63%) MCSE
8 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.53%) QA
2 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.27%) NIST
2 2 (1.27%) SLA
3 1 (0.63%) GDPR
3 1 (0.63%) NCSC
3 1 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 35 (22.15%) Active Directory
2 27 (17.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 19 (12.03%) Hyper-V
4 11 (6.96%) Docker
5 10 (6.33%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (5.70%) vSphere
7 7 (4.43%) BitLocker
7 7 (4.43%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (4.43%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (2.53%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.27%) Firmware
10 1 (0.63%) Terminal Services
10 1 (0.63%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.63%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 44 (27.85%) Terraform
2 27 (17.09%) Kubernetes
3 18 (11.39%) Ansible
4 16 (10.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (5.06%) vCenter Server
6 7 (4.43%) Puppet
6 7 (4.43%) SCCM
6 7 (4.43%) vMotion
7 5 (3.16%) Packer
8 4 (2.53%) AirWatch
9 2 (1.27%) CASB
9 2 (1.27%) FortiGate
9 2 (1.27%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.63%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.63%) Grafana
10 1 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.63%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.63%) vRealize
10 1 (0.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 50 (31.65%) Microsoft
2 37 (23.42%) VMware
3 14 (8.86%) NetApp
4 12 (7.59%) Citrix
5 10 (6.33%) Google
6 6 (3.80%) Cisco
6 6 (3.80%) Dell
7 5 (3.16%) CyberArk
7 5 (3.16%) SolarWinds
8 4 (2.53%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.53%) Oracle
9 3 (1.90%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.90%) Veeam
10 2 (1.27%) EMC
10 2 (1.27%) HP
10 2 (1.27%) Meraki
10 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.63%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.63%) CheckPoint
11 1 (0.63%) Symantec