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 6 March 2026.

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

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 271 230 204
Rank change year-on-year -41 -26 +62
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 128 131 206
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.79% 0.98% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 1.05% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 102 137
10th Percentile £358 £319 £320
25th Percentile £425 £378 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £480
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +11.98% -12.73%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £588
90th Percentile £639 £650 £644
England median daily rate £500 £525 £475
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -4.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £24.06 - -
25th Percentile £25.65 - -
Median hourly rate £28.75 - -
75th Percentile £32.30 - -
90th Percentile £34.16 - -
England median hourly rate £34.00 £42.09 £23.00
% change year-on-year -19.22% +83.00% -63.97%

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 15,069 12,519 16,978
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 93.64% 93.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,092 8,263 12,256
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 142 339
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.21 £15.99
25th Percentile £23.00 £24.66 £19.05
Median hourly rate £34.75 £35.00 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.72% +20.69% -17.14%
75th Percentile £60.12 £53.31 £48.03
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.31 £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £35.89 £33.78
% change year-on-year -2.48% +6.26% -19.20%

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 6 March 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 6 March 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 -16 19 £550 -8.33% 9
East London +3 3 £155 - 4
West London -19 2 £300 -25.00%
South London -17 1 £425 -9.57% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 March 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.

1 117 (91.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 63 (49.22%) Azure
3 47 (36.72%) Microsoft
4 36 (28.13%) Windows
5 32 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 30 (23.44%) VMware
7 29 (22.66%) Active Directory
7 29 (22.66%) Terraform
8 28 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (21.88%) PowerShell
9 26 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (20.31%) Windows Server
10 23 (17.97%) Firewall
10 23 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
11 22 (17.19%) Migration
11 22 (17.19%) SC Cleared
12 21 (16.41%) GitHub
12 21 (16.41%) Linux
12 21 (16.41%) WAN
13 20 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
14 19 (14.84%) DevOps
15 17 (13.28%) CI/CD
15 17 (13.28%) Cloud Security
15 17 (13.28%) VPN
16 16 (12.50%) DNS
16 16 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
17 15 (11.72%) Kubernetes
17 15 (11.72%) Microsoft Exchange
17 15 (11.72%) SCCM
18 13 (10.16%) Ansible

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 (11.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.34%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.56%) Confluence
4 1 (0.78%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.78%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (49.22%) Azure
2 26 (20.31%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (16.41%) GitHub
4 12 (9.38%) AWS
5 10 (7.81%) GCP
6 9 (7.03%) Nutanix
7 8 (6.25%) Entra ID
8 7 (5.47%) IaaS
8 7 (5.47%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (4.69%) Azure Monitor
9 6 (4.69%) PaaS
10 5 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (3.91%) GitHub Actions
11 4 (3.13%) Amazon EKS
11 4 (3.13%) Azure AKS
11 4 (3.13%) Mimecast
12 3 (2.34%) Azure Stack
12 3 (2.34%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 3 (2.34%) OpenShift
12 3 (2.34%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (17.97%) Firewall
2 21 (16.41%) WAN
3 17 (13.28%) VPN
4 16 (12.50%) DNS
5 13 (10.16%) LAN
6 11 (8.59%) DHCP
7 8 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (3.91%) SD-WAN
9 4 (3.13%) MPLS
9 4 (3.13%) SAN
9 4 (3.13%) SMTP
10 3 (2.34%) Software-Defined Networking
11 2 (1.56%) DKIM
11 2 (1.56%) DMARC
11 2 (1.56%) Network Security
12 1 (0.78%) Calico
12 1 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.78%) VLAN
12 1 (0.78%) VXLAN
12 1 (0.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.91%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.13%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.56%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.78%) Power BI
4 1 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.47%) Artifactory
2 3 (2.34%) GitLab
2 3 (2.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.78%) Chocolatey
General
1 24 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.84%) Finance
3 7 (5.47%) Legal
4 6 (4.69%) Banking
4 6 (4.69%) Spanish Language
5 4 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.34%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.56%) Billing
7 2 (1.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.78%) Aviation
8 1 (0.78%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.78%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.78%) Italian Language
8 1 (0.78%) Local Government
8 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.78%) Retail
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.56%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.56%) YAML
2 1 (0.78%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.78%) ADO
2 1 (0.78%) EDI
2 1 (0.78%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.78%) LDAP
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.78%) Node.js
2 1 (0.78%) REST
2 1 (0.78%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (9.38%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 6 (4.69%) PKI
4 5 (3.91%) Clustering
5 4 (3.13%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 3 (2.34%) Client/Server
6 3 (2.34%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.34%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.34%) Replication
6 3 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.56%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.56%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.78%) CCTV
8 1 (0.78%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.78%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 36 (28.13%) Windows
2 26 (20.31%) Windows Server
3 21 (16.41%) Linux
4 5 (3.91%) Unix
4 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (3.13%) VMS
5 4 (3.13%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (3.13%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.34%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.56%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.78%) Android
8 1 (0.78%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (91.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (21.88%) Infrastructure as Code
3 22 (17.19%) Migration
4 19 (14.84%) DevOps
5 17 (13.28%) CI/CD
5 17 (13.28%) Cloud Security
6 16 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (8.59%) Incident Management
8 9 (7.03%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (6.25%) Information Security
9 8 (6.25%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 7 (5.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (4.69%) Information Security Management
11 6 (4.69%) ISMS
11 6 (4.69%) Security Management
11 6 (4.69%) Security Monitoring
11 6 (4.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (4.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 28 (21.88%) PowerShell
2 9 (7.03%) Python
3 8 (6.25%) SQL
4 5 (3.91%) C#
5 3 (2.34%) Bash
5 3 (2.34%) Bicep
6 2 (1.56%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.78%) Go
7 1 (0.78%) Perl
7 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.03%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.13%) Degree
5 3 (2.34%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.56%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.78%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.78%) CCIE
7 1 (0.78%) CCNA
7 1 (0.78%) CCNP
7 1 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.78%) CISSP
7 1 (0.78%) CWNA
7 1 (0.78%) GIAC
7 1 (0.78%) GSEC
7 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (0.78%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (0.78%) NIST
2 1 (0.78%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (22.66%) Active Directory
2 23 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (7.81%) Docker
4 9 (7.03%) Hyper-V
5 8 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (3.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (3.91%) vSphere
7 4 (3.13%) BitLocker
7 4 (3.13%) Microsoft App-V
7 4 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (1.56%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.78%) etcd
9 1 (0.78%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 29 (22.66%) Terraform
2 20 (15.63%) Microsoft Intune
3 15 (11.72%) Kubernetes
3 15 (11.72%) SCCM
4 13 (10.16%) Ansible
5 6 (4.69%) CASB
5 6 (4.69%) SCOrch
6 5 (3.91%) AirWatch
7 4 (3.13%) Puppet
7 4 (3.13%) vCenter Server
7 4 (3.13%) vMotion
8 2 (1.56%) Grafana
9 1 (0.78%) Argo
9 1 (0.78%) Istio
9 1 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.78%) Packer
9 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.78%) SCOM
9 1 (0.78%) vRealize
9 1 (0.78%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 47 (36.72%) Microsoft
2 30 (23.44%) VMware
3 9 (7.03%) NetApp
4 8 (6.25%) Cisco
4 8 (6.25%) Google
5 6 (4.69%) CyberArk
6 5 (3.91%) Citrix
6 5 (3.91%) Dell
6 5 (3.91%) Fortinet
6 5 (3.91%) SolarWinds
6 5 (3.91%) Veeam
7 4 (3.13%) Commvault
7 4 (3.13%) Zscaler
8 3 (2.34%) Aruba
8 3 (2.34%) Meraki
8 3 (2.34%) Oracle
9 2 (1.56%) Databricks
9 2 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.56%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.78%) LogicMonitor