Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 267 214 186
Rank change year-on-year -53 -28 +64
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 114 172 270
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.81% 1.10% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 1.17% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 136 190
10th Percentile £329 £316 £345
25th Percentile £400 £387 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.15% +3.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £641 £650 £678
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £24.40 - -
25th Percentile £26.50 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £35.00
75th Percentile £32.70 - -
90th Percentile £34.32 - -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £42.09 £70.00
% change year-on-year -19.22% -39.87% -8.20%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 13,007 14,697 18,713
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 93.96% 93.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 9,513 13,580
10th Percentile £333 £338 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -3.08% -1.30%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £792 £795
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 235 156 221
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.16
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.15 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.48% -2.24% +20.63%
75th Percentile £47.75 £56.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.11% +50.00%

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 13 November 2025.

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 13 November 2025. 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 18 £550 +5.26% 41
East London - 5 £155 - 4
West London -11 1 - - 5
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2025, 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.

1 105 (92.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 57 (50.00%) Azure
3 44 (38.60%) Microsoft
4 40 (35.09%) Windows
5 34 (29.82%) Terraform
5 34 (29.82%) Windows Server
6 32 (28.07%) Active Directory
7 30 (26.32%) Linux
8 28 (24.56%) Firewall
9 26 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (22.81%) Python
10 23 (20.18%) Infrastructure as Code
10 23 (20.18%) Microsoft Intune
11 22 (19.30%) DevOps
12 20 (17.54%) Ansible
12 20 (17.54%) VMware
12 20 (17.54%) VPN
13 19 (16.67%) Security Cleared
14 18 (15.79%) CI/CD
14 18 (15.79%) PowerShell
14 18 (15.79%) SCCM
15 17 (14.91%) DNS
16 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
16 16 (14.04%) SC Cleared
16 16 (14.04%) TCP/IP
16 16 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
17 15 (13.16%) AWS
17 15 (13.16%) Entra ID
17 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
18 14 (12.28%) Cisco

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 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.63%) Confluence
4 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.88%) Apache
5 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.88%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.88%) Traefik
Applications
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 57 (50.00%) Azure
2 26 (22.81%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.16%) AWS
3 15 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.65%) GitHub
5 8 (7.02%) GCP
5 8 (7.02%) Mimecast
6 7 (6.14%) Amazon S3
6 7 (6.14%) IaaS
7 5 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 5 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (4.39%) Amazon ELB
7 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.39%) Nutanix
7 5 (4.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Monitor
8 3 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
8 3 (2.63%) OneDrive
8 3 (2.63%) SaaS
8 3 (2.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 28 (24.56%) Firewall
2 20 (17.54%) VPN
3 17 (14.91%) DNS
4 16 (14.04%) TCP/IP
5 14 (12.28%) SSL
5 14 (12.28%) WAN
6 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (6.14%) HTTP
7 7 (6.14%) Network Security
7 7 (6.14%) SD-WAN
8 5 (4.39%) DHCP
8 5 (4.39%) LAN
9 3 (2.63%) DMARC
9 3 (2.63%) MPLS
10 2 (1.75%) BGP
10 2 (1.75%) OSPF
10 2 (1.75%) SMTP
10 2 (1.75%) tcpdump
10 2 (1.75%) Wireless
10 2 (1.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.88%) Apache Iceberg
2 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.88%) Delta Lake
2 1 (0.88%) Parquet
2 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.88%) Power BI
2 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (7.02%) Jenkins
2 7 (6.14%) GitLab
3 6 (5.26%) Git
4 4 (3.51%) JIRA
4 4 (3.51%) Robot Framework
General
1 25 (21.93%) Finance
2 22 (19.30%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (6.14%) Banking
5 7 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.39%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.39%) Spanish Language
7 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Law
8 3 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.75%) Front Office
9 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Legal
9 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.88%) International Banking
10 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
10 1 (0.88%) Local Government
10 1 (0.88%) Marketing
10 1 (0.88%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) Middleware
2 3 (2.63%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.75%) YAML
4 1 (0.88%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.88%) ADO
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.88%) ARM Templates
4 1 (0.88%) AWT
4 1 (0.88%) JMS
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) LDAP
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.88%) OAuth
4 1 (0.88%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.88%) PySpark
4 1 (0.88%) Rendezvous
4 1 (0.88%) RESTful
4 1 (0.88%) SAML
4 1 (0.88%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.65%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.26%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.51%) PKI
4 3 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.75%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.75%) Replication
5 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.88%) CCTV
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (0.88%) Equities
6 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 40 (35.09%) Windows
2 34 (29.82%) Windows Server
3 30 (26.32%) Linux
4 10 (8.77%) Unix
5 6 (5.26%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.63%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.63%) VMS
7 1 (0.88%) Android
7 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (92.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 23 (20.18%) Infrastructure as Code
3 22 (19.30%) DevOps
4 18 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (12.28%) Infrastructure Automation
7 13 (11.40%) High Availability
8 12 (10.53%) Low Latency
9 11 (9.65%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (9.65%) ITIL
9 11 (9.65%) Test Automation
10 10 (8.77%) Cloud Security
10 10 (8.77%) Information Security
10 10 (8.77%) Migration
11 9 (7.89%) Data Protection
11 9 (7.89%) Incident Management
12 8 (7.02%) Agile
12 8 (7.02%) Containerisation
12 8 (7.02%) Security Operations
13 7 (6.14%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 26 (22.81%) Python
2 18 (15.79%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.89%) Bash
4 8 (7.02%) Perl
5 3 (2.63%) Go
5 3 (2.63%) SQL
6 2 (1.75%) Java
6 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 19 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.02%) Degree
4 5 (4.39%) CCNA
4 5 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.63%) CCNP
6 3 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.75%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.88%) CCIE
8 1 (0.88%) CISSP
8 1 (0.88%) CWNA
8 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.88%) GIAC
8 1 (0.88%) GSEC
8 1 (0.88%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.63%) NIST
1 3 (2.63%) SLA
2 2 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 32 (28.07%) Active Directory
2 16 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.77%) Docker
3 10 (8.77%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.88%) etcd
7 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 34 (29.82%) Terraform
2 23 (20.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (17.54%) Ansible
4 18 (15.79%) SCCM
5 7 (6.14%) Kubernetes
6 6 (5.26%) CASB
6 6 (5.26%) SCOrch
7 5 (4.39%) Grafana
8 4 (3.51%) Prometheus
9 3 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (1.75%) Argo
10 2 (1.75%) FortiGate
10 2 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
10 2 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (1.75%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (1.75%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.88%) AirWatch
11 1 (0.88%) SCOM
11 1 (0.88%) SELinux
11 1 (0.88%) vRealize
Vendors
1 44 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.54%) VMware
3 14 (12.28%) Cisco
4 13 (11.40%) F5
5 11 (9.65%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.26%) Google
7 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.39%) Fortinet
7 5 (4.39%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.51%) Commvault
8 4 (3.51%) Dell
8 4 (3.51%) Meraki
8 4 (3.51%) Tenable
8 4 (3.51%) Veeam
9 3 (2.63%) Aruba
9 3 (2.63%) Citrix
9 3 (2.63%) Solace
10 2 (1.75%) Canon
10 2 (1.75%) CyberArk
10 2 (1.75%) SolarWinds