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 15 June 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 238 211
Rank change year-on-year +4 -27 +43
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 193 113 206
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.02% 0.92% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.98% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 89 157
10th Percentile £351 £360 £275
25th Percentile £425 £425 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £544
90th Percentile £675 £638 £630
England median daily rate £525 £525 £463
% change year-on-year - +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 17,572 11,533 16,554
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 93.55% 93.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,599 7,810 11,889
10th Percentile £358 £342 £325
25th Percentile £431 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £799 £800
England median daily rate £520 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 165 326
10th Percentile £18.75 £20.10 £15.97
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £39.25 £34.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% +22.26% -22.75%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.75 £46.50
90th Percentile £78.88 £64.50 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £29.00 £39.55
% change year-on-year +55.17% -26.68% -10.76%

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 15 June 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 15 June 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 -7 28 £588 -2.08% 7
West London -14 8 £675 +68.75% 2
South London -9 2 £419 -21.73% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 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.

1 184 (95.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 84 (43.52%) Azure
3 76 (39.38%) Security Cleared
4 75 (38.86%) Windows
5 56 (29.02%) Microsoft
6 55 (28.50%) Terraform
7 54 (27.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 50 (25.91%) PowerShell
8 50 (25.91%) Windows Server
9 48 (24.87%) VMware
10 45 (23.32%) Active Directory
10 45 (23.32%) SC Cleared
11 44 (22.80%) DNS
12 40 (20.73%) Kubernetes
13 38 (19.69%) DevOps
14 37 (19.17%) CI/CD
15 36 (18.65%) DHCP
16 35 (18.13%) VMware Infrastructure
17 33 (17.10%) GitHub
18 32 (16.58%) DV Cleared
18 32 (16.58%) Linux
19 28 (14.51%) Migration
20 27 (13.99%) AWS
21 25 (12.95%) Firewall
22 24 (12.44%) Ansible
22 24 (12.44%) Hyper-V
23 23 (11.92%) Python
24 21 (10.88%) VPN
25 20 (10.36%) GCP
26 19 (9.84%) IaaS

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 11 (5.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.04%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.52%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.52%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.52%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 84 (43.52%) Azure
2 33 (17.10%) GitHub
3 27 (13.99%) AWS
4 20 (10.36%) GCP
5 19 (9.84%) IaaS
6 17 (8.81%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (8.81%) PaaS
7 14 (7.25%) Azure AKS
7 14 (7.25%) Azure Monitor
7 14 (7.25%) Entra ID
7 14 (7.25%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (6.74%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (5.18%) SaaS
10 9 (4.66%) Nutanix
11 6 (3.11%) Azure Stack
12 4 (2.07%) Google Kubernetes Engine
12 4 (2.07%) Microsoft Purview
12 4 (2.07%) OpenShift
13 3 (1.55%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (22.80%) DNS
2 36 (18.65%) DHCP
3 25 (12.95%) Firewall
4 21 (10.88%) VPN
5 11 (5.70%) LAN
5 11 (5.70%) WAN
6 10 (5.18%) SMTP
7 7 (3.63%) TCP/IP
8 6 (3.11%) SAN
9 5 (2.59%) Network Security
10 4 (2.07%) NAS
11 3 (1.55%) Software-Defined Networking
11 3 (1.55%) Wireless
12 2 (1.04%) 4G
12 2 (1.04%) Internet
12 2 (1.04%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (1.04%) Structured Cabling
12 2 (1.04%) VSAN
13 1 (0.52%) Calico
13 1 (0.52%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.66%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (3.63%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.55%) Big Data
5 2 (1.04%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.04%) Power BI
6 1 (0.52%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 8 (4.15%) Artifactory
2 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.04%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.52%) Chocolatey
4 1 (0.52%) CMake
4 1 (0.52%) Git
4 1 (0.52%) Gradle
4 1 (0.52%) Introscope
General
1 34 (17.62%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.95%) Finance
3 12 (6.22%) Banking
4 7 (3.63%) Legal
5 6 (3.11%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.59%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.59%) Public Sector
7 3 (1.55%) Billing
7 3 (1.55%) Local Government
8 2 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.04%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.04%) Law
8 2 (1.04%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.52%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.52%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Publishing
9 1 (0.52%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.55%) ARM Templates
1 3 (1.55%) YAML
2 2 (1.04%) .NET
2 2 (1.04%) ADO
2 2 (1.04%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.04%) JSON
2 2 (1.04%) OpenID
2 2 (1.04%) REST
3 1 (0.52%) Bazel
3 1 (0.52%) Kafka
3 1 (0.52%) LDAP
3 1 (0.52%) Middleware
3 1 (0.52%) Node.js
3 1 (0.52%) OAuth
3 1 (0.52%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.52%) OpenGL
3 1 (0.52%) Qt
3 1 (0.52%) SAML
3 1 (0.52%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.22%) Data Centre
1 12 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
1 12 (6.22%) PKI
2 10 (5.18%) Clustering
3 8 (4.15%) Onboarding
4 7 (3.63%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.55%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.55%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.04%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.04%) CCTV
7 2 (1.04%) Operational Technology
7 2 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
8 1 (0.52%) CUDA
8 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.52%) NHS
8 1 (0.52%) PMI
8 1 (0.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 75 (38.86%) Windows
2 50 (25.91%) Windows Server
3 32 (16.58%) Linux
4 7 (3.63%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (3.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.59%) Unix
6 5 (2.59%) VMS
6 5 (2.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (2.07%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.55%) Android
8 3 (1.55%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.52%) AIX
10 1 (0.52%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 184 (95.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 54 (27.98%) Infrastructure as Code
3 38 (19.69%) DevOps
4 37 (19.17%) CI/CD
5 28 (14.51%) Migration
6 18 (9.33%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (8.29%) Infrastructure Automation
7 16 (8.29%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 14 (7.25%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (6.74%) Cloud Security
9 13 (6.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (6.22%) Incident Management
11 11 (5.70%) Containerisation
11 11 (5.70%) Infrastructure Transformation
12 10 (5.18%) AI
13 9 (4.66%) High Availability
13 9 (4.66%) Observability
13 9 (4.66%) Validation
14 8 (4.15%) Platform Engineering
14 8 (4.15%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.91%) PowerShell
2 23 (11.92%) Python
3 16 (8.29%) C#
4 14 (7.25%) SQL
5 11 (5.70%) Bash
6 9 (4.66%) Bicep
7 6 (3.11%) Java
8 4 (2.07%) Go
9 2 (1.04%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.04%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.52%) C
10 1 (0.52%) C++
10 1 (0.52%) Jython
10 1 (0.52%) VB
Qualifications
1 76 (39.38%) Security Cleared
2 45 (23.32%) SC Cleared
3 32 (16.58%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.63%) Degree
5 5 (2.59%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.59%) CCNA
5 5 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.55%) CCNP
6 3 (1.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.52%) CISA
7 1 (0.52%) CISM
7 1 (0.52%) CISSP
7 1 (0.52%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.52%) MCSE
7 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.59%) QA
2 4 (2.07%) SLA
3 3 (1.55%) NIST
4 2 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.04%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.52%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.52%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) NCSC
5 1 (0.52%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 45 (23.32%) Active Directory
2 35 (18.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (12.44%) Hyper-V
4 13 (6.74%) Docker
4 13 (6.74%) VMware ESXi
5 10 (5.18%) BitLocker
5 10 (5.18%) Microsoft App-V
5 10 (5.18%) vSphere
6 7 (3.63%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (3.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (2.07%) Terminal Services
9 3 (1.55%) Firmware
9 3 (1.55%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.04%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 55 (28.50%) Terraform
2 40 (20.73%) Kubernetes
3 24 (12.44%) Ansible
4 12 (6.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (5.70%) Puppet
5 11 (5.70%) vCenter Server
6 10 (5.18%) vMotion
7 5 (2.59%) Packer
8 4 (2.07%) AirWatch
8 4 (2.07%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.55%) FortiGate
9 3 (1.55%) Nagios
10 2 (1.04%) Grafana
10 2 (1.04%) SCCM
11 1 (0.52%) Argo
11 1 (0.52%) CA Wily
11 1 (0.52%) Cilium
11 1 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.52%) vRealize
11 1 (0.52%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 56 (29.02%) Microsoft
2 48 (24.87%) VMware
3 15 (7.77%) Citrix
3 15 (7.77%) Google
4 14 (7.25%) NetApp
5 6 (3.11%) Cisco
5 6 (3.11%) Dell
5 6 (3.11%) Red Hat
6 5 (2.59%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.07%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.07%) HP
7 4 (2.07%) Oracle
7 4 (2.07%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.07%) Symantec
8 3 (1.55%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.04%) EMC
9 2 (1.04%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.52%) CheckPoint
10 1 (0.52%) Qualys
10 1 (0.52%) Veeam