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 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 260 230 184
Rank change year-on-year -30 -46 +61
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 114 169 268
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.80% 1.07% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 1.14% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 134 190
10th Percentile £328 £304 £362
25th Percentile £400 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £645 £650 £700
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.49%
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 £57.99
% change year-on-year +40.61% -58.30% -24.20%

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 13,090 14,839 18,513
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 93.65% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,692 9,606 13,396
10th Percentile £333 £339 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -2.22%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £799 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 161 216
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.08
25th Percentile £21.35 £23.80 £21.69
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £36.14
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +3.76% +3.26%
75th Percentile £51.48 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.42 £81.18 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

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 29 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 29 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 0 19 £550 +4.76% 4
East London - 5 £155 - 1
West London -14 1 - - 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 56 (49.12%) Azure
3 45 (39.47%) Microsoft
4 37 (32.46%) Windows
5 35 (30.70%) Terraform
6 34 (29.82%) Active Directory
7 32 (28.07%) Windows Server
8 30 (26.32%) Linux
9 28 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (23.68%) Firewall
11 26 (22.81%) Python
12 24 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
13 22 (19.30%) Microsoft Intune
14 21 (18.42%) VMware
14 21 (18.42%) VPN
15 20 (17.54%) DevOps
15 20 (17.54%) SCCM
16 19 (16.67%) Ansible
17 18 (15.79%) CI/CD
17 18 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
17 18 (15.79%) PowerShell
17 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
18 17 (14.91%) VMware Infrastructure
19 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
19 16 (14.04%) SC Cleared
19 16 (14.04%) WAN
20 15 (13.16%) AWS
20 15 (13.16%) Cisco
20 15 (13.16%) DNS
20 15 (13.16%) Entra ID

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 18 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (5.26%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (2.63%) Confluence
3 3 (2.63%) SharePoint
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 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 56 (49.12%) Azure
2 28 (24.56%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (13.16%) AWS
3 15 (13.16%) Entra ID
4 10 (8.77%) GitHub
5 8 (7.02%) GCP
5 8 (7.02%) Mimecast
6 7 (6.14%) Amazon S3
6 7 (6.14%) IaaS
7 6 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (4.39%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 5 (4.39%) Amazon EC2
8 5 (4.39%) Amazon ELB
8 5 (4.39%) Nutanix
8 5 (4.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 4 (3.51%) Azure Monitor
9 4 (3.51%) Serverless
10 3 (2.63%) Azure Sentinel
10 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (2.63%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (23.68%) Firewall
2 21 (18.42%) VPN
3 16 (14.04%) WAN
4 15 (13.16%) DNS
4 15 (13.16%) TCP/IP
5 14 (12.28%) SSL
6 8 (7.02%) SD-WAN
6 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (6.14%) HTTP
8 6 (5.26%) Network Security
9 5 (4.39%) LAN
9 5 (4.39%) MPLS
10 4 (3.51%) DHCP
11 3 (2.63%) DMARC
12 2 (1.75%) BGP
12 2 (1.75%) OSPF
12 2 (1.75%) SAN
12 2 (1.75%) SMTP
12 2 (1.75%) tcpdump
12 2 (1.75%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.63%) 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 7 (6.14%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.26%) Git
2 6 (5.26%) GitLab
3 4 (3.51%) JIRA
3 4 (3.51%) Robot Framework
General
1 25 (21.93%) Finance
2 20 (17.54%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.77%) Public Sector
4 8 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.02%) Banking
4 8 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (5.26%) Spanish Language
6 5 (4.39%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.51%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.63%) Law
9 2 (1.75%) Front Office
9 2 (1.75%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.75%) Legal
9 2 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
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%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.51%) Middleware
2 3 (2.63%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.75%) ARM Templates
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%) 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%) OAuth
4 1 (0.88%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.88%) PySpark
4 1 (0.88%) RESTful
4 1 (0.88%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (0.88%) Ultra Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.53%) Data Centre
2 6 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (5.26%) Private Cloud
3 5 (4.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.39%) PKI
4 3 (2.63%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.63%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.63%) Replication
5 2 (1.75%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.75%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.75%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.75%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) CCTV
6 1 (0.88%) Cyber Security Posture
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.88%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 37 (32.46%) Windows
2 32 (28.07%) Windows Server
3 30 (26.32%) Linux
4 10 (8.77%) Unix
5 5 (4.39%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.63%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.63%) VMS
7 2 (1.75%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.88%) Android
8 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.88%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (92.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 24 (21.05%) Infrastructure as Code
3 20 (17.54%) DevOps
4 18 (15.79%) CI/CD
5 16 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (12.28%) Infrastructure Automation
7 12 (10.53%) Cybersecurity
7 12 (10.53%) High Availability
7 12 (10.53%) ITIL
7 12 (10.53%) Low Latency
8 11 (9.65%) Information Security
8 11 (9.65%) Migration
8 11 (9.65%) Test Automation
9 10 (8.77%) Cloud Security
10 9 (7.89%) Data Protection
11 8 (7.02%) Agile
12 7 (6.14%) Configuration Management
12 7 (6.14%) Incident Management
12 7 (6.14%) Information Security Management
12 7 (6.14%) Security Management
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%) Bicep
7 1 (0.88%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 16 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 8 (7.02%) Degree
4 4 (3.51%) CCNA
4 4 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 3 (2.63%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.75%) CCNP
6 2 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 2 (1.75%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.88%) CCIE
7 1 (0.88%) CISSP
7 1 (0.88%) CWNA
7 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.88%) GIAC
7 1 (0.88%) GSEC
7 1 (0.88%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.63%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (2.63%) NIST
2 2 (1.75%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.88%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 34 (29.82%) Active Directory
2 17 (14.91%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.77%) Docker
3 10 (8.77%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.26%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.63%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.88%) etcd
7 1 (0.88%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.88%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 35 (30.70%) Terraform
2 22 (19.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 20 (17.54%) SCCM
4 19 (16.67%) Ansible
5 7 (6.14%) CASB
5 7 (6.14%) SCOrch
6 5 (4.39%) Grafana
6 5 (4.39%) Kubernetes
7 4 (3.51%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.75%) ITRS Geneos
8 2 (1.75%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (1.75%) Single Sign-On
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%) SCOM
9 1 (0.88%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.88%) vRealize
Vendors
1 45 (39.47%) Microsoft
2 21 (18.42%) VMware
3 15 (13.16%) Cisco
4 13 (11.40%) F5
5 11 (9.65%) Palo Alto
6 6 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 6 (5.26%) Google
7 5 (4.39%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.39%) Meraki
7 5 (4.39%) Veeam
7 5 (4.39%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.51%) Commvault
8 4 (3.51%) Dell
9 3 (2.63%) Aruba
9 3 (2.63%) Citrix
9 3 (2.63%) CyberArk
9 3 (2.63%) Solace
9 3 (2.63%) Tenable
10 2 (1.75%) CrowdStrike
10 2 (1.75%) Databricks