Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 271 218 178
Rank change year-on-year -53 -40 +69
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 113 163 240
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.78% 1.09% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 1.16% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 129 163
10th Percentile £329 £300 £363
25th Percentile £416 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £600
90th Percentile £642 £650 £650
England median daily rate £471 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.80% - +5.26%
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 £24.18 £23.00
% change year-on-year +40.61% +5.13% -54.00%

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 13,298 14,027 17,250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 93.50% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,806 9,073 12,454
10th Percentile £344 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 154 210
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.65 £17.23
25th Percentile £22.00 £23.80 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.13 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.64% - -
75th Percentile £57.00 £54.69 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.40 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.57% -22.58% +39.02%

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 24 December 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 24 December 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 -8 18 £550 - 9
East London - 5 £155 - 1
West London -15 2 £300 -25.00% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 December 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.

1 100 (88.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (47.79%) Azure
3 43 (38.05%) Microsoft
4 35 (30.97%) Terraform
5 34 (30.09%) Windows
6 30 (26.55%) Active Directory
6 30 (26.55%) Windows Server
7 29 (25.66%) Linux
8 27 (23.89%) Firewall
9 26 (23.01%) Infrastructure as Code
10 25 (22.12%) Microsoft 365
11 23 (20.35%) Python
12 22 (19.47%) DevOps
12 22 (19.47%) Microsoft Intune
12 22 (19.47%) VPN
13 21 (18.58%) Ansible
14 20 (17.70%) VMware
15 19 (16.81%) PowerShell
15 19 (16.81%) SCCM
16 17 (15.04%) CI/CD
16 17 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (15.04%) Security Cleared
17 16 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
17 16 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
18 15 (13.27%) DNS
18 15 (13.27%) Migration
18 15 (13.27%) TCP/IP
18 15 (13.27%) WAN
19 14 (12.39%) Infrastructure Automation
19 14 (12.39%) SC 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 16 (14.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.65%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.65%) Confluence
4 1 (0.88%) Apache
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.88%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.88%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 54 (47.79%) Azure
2 25 (22.12%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (11.50%) AWS
4 11 (9.73%) Entra ID
5 10 (8.85%) GitHub
6 8 (7.08%) GCP
6 8 (7.08%) IaaS
7 7 (6.19%) Amazon S3
8 6 (5.31%) Mimecast
9 5 (4.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 5 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (4.42%) Amazon ELB
9 5 (4.42%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (4.42%) Nutanix
9 5 (4.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 4 (3.54%) PaaS
10 4 (3.54%) Serverless
11 3 (2.65%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.65%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.65%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 27 (23.89%) Firewall
2 22 (19.47%) VPN
3 15 (13.27%) DNS
3 15 (13.27%) TCP/IP
3 15 (13.27%) WAN
4 13 (11.50%) SSL
5 8 (7.08%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (6.19%) HTTP
6 7 (6.19%) LAN
7 6 (5.31%) Network Security
7 6 (5.31%) SD-WAN
8 5 (4.42%) DHCP
8 5 (4.42%) MPLS
9 2 (1.77%) SAN
9 2 (1.77%) tcpdump
9 2 (1.77%) Wireshark
10 1 (0.88%) Multicast
10 1 (0.88%) NetScaler
10 1 (0.88%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.88%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) 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%) Elasticsearch
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 7 (6.19%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.31%) Git
3 5 (4.42%) GitLab
4 4 (3.54%) Artifactory
4 4 (3.54%) JIRA
4 4 (3.54%) Robot Framework
General
1 22 (19.47%) Finance
2 20 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 8 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (7.08%) Banking
4 7 (6.19%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.31%) Spanish Language
6 5 (4.42%) Financial Institution
6 5 (4.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Front Office
8 2 (1.77%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.77%) Local Government
8 2 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.88%) Billing
9 1 (0.88%) International Banking
9 1 (0.88%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.88%) Marketing
9 1 (0.88%) Military
9 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.54%) Middleware
2 3 (2.65%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.77%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.77%) YAML
4 1 (0.88%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.88%) ADO
4 1 (0.88%) Apache Avro
4 1 (0.88%) AWT
4 1 (0.88%) EDI
4 1 (0.88%) GWT
4 1 (0.88%) JMS
4 1 (0.88%) Kafka
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.88%) PySpark
4 1 (0.88%) Rendezvous
4 1 (0.88%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (0.88%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.73%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.31%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.31%) Private Cloud
3 4 (3.54%) PKI
3 4 (3.54%) Replication
4 3 (2.65%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (1.77%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.77%) Clustering
5 2 (1.77%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.77%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) CCTV
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.88%) Equities
6 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 34 (30.09%) Windows
2 30 (26.55%) Windows Server
3 29 (25.66%) Linux
4 10 (8.85%) Unix
5 4 (3.54%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.65%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.65%) VMS
6 3 (2.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.77%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.88%) Android
8 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (88.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 26 (23.01%) Infrastructure as Code
3 22 (19.47%) DevOps
4 17 (15.04%) CI/CD
4 17 (15.04%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (13.27%) Migration
6 14 (12.39%) Infrastructure Automation
7 12 (10.62%) High Availability
7 12 (10.62%) ITIL
7 12 (10.62%) Low Latency
8 11 (9.73%) Cloud Security
8 11 (9.73%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (9.73%) Test Automation
9 9 (7.96%) Information Security
10 8 (7.08%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (6.19%) Agile
11 7 (6.19%) Configuration Management
11 7 (6.19%) Data Protection
11 7 (6.19%) Incident Management
11 7 (6.19%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (20.35%) Python
2 19 (16.81%) PowerShell
3 9 (7.96%) Bash
4 8 (7.08%) Perl
5 3 (2.65%) Go
5 3 (2.65%) SQL
6 2 (1.77%) Java
6 2 (1.77%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.88%) Bicep
7 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (15.04%) Security Cleared
2 14 (12.39%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.96%) Degree
4 3 (2.65%) CCNA
4 3 (2.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (2.65%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.77%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.77%) CCNP
5 2 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.88%) CCIE
6 1 (0.88%) CISSP
6 1 (0.88%) CWNA
6 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.88%) GIAC
6 1 (0.88%) GSEC
6 1 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (2.65%) NIST
2 2 (1.77%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 30 (26.55%) Active Directory
2 16 (14.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.73%) Docker
4 7 (6.19%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (5.31%) Hyper-V
6 5 (4.42%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (2.65%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (2.65%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.88%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.88%) etcd
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (30.97%) Terraform
2 22 (19.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (18.58%) Ansible
4 19 (16.81%) SCCM
5 6 (5.31%) CASB
5 6 (5.31%) SCOrch
6 5 (4.42%) Grafana
6 5 (4.42%) Kubernetes
7 4 (3.54%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.77%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.88%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.88%) Argo
9 1 (0.88%) Istio
9 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.88%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.88%) Puppet
9 1 (0.88%) SCOM
9 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.88%) vMotion
Vendors
1 43 (38.05%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.70%) VMware
3 13 (11.50%) F5
4 12 (10.62%) Cisco
5 10 (8.85%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.31%) Google
7 5 (4.42%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.42%) Fortinet
7 5 (4.42%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.54%) Commvault
8 4 (3.54%) Dell
8 4 (3.54%) Meraki
8 4 (3.54%) Veeam
9 3 (2.65%) Aruba
9 3 (2.65%) Citrix
9 3 (2.65%) CyberArk
9 3 (2.65%) NetApp
9 3 (2.65%) Oracle
9 3 (2.65%) Solace
9 3 (2.65%) Tenable