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 26 June 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 236 215
Rank change year-on-year +8 -21 +38
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 196 116 205
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.03% 0.91% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 0.98% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 88 161
10th Percentile £350 £344 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £638 £591 £550
90th Percentile £688 £638 £638
England median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -5.00%

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 17,759 11,870 16,503
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.88% 93.49% 93.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,724 8,036 11,854
10th Percentile £358 £336 £325
25th Percentile £438 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £687
90th Percentile £760 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 297 182 316
10th Percentile £18.48 £18.87 £16.00
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.11 £20.22
Median hourly rate £41.00 £32.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.13% +17.27% -25.21%
75th Percentile £63.10 £50.38 £46.49
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £66.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £28.18 £39.78
% change year-on-year +59.69% -29.15% -8.17%

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 26 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 26 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 30 £575 -4.17% 10
West London -15 8 £675 +68.75% 6
South London -8 2 £419 -30.21%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 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.

1 190 (96.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 85 (43.37%) Azure
3 75 (38.27%) Windows
4 74 (37.76%) Security Cleared
5 56 (28.57%) Terraform
6 55 (28.06%) Infrastructure as Code
6 55 (28.06%) Microsoft
7 52 (26.53%) PowerShell
8 49 (25.00%) VMware
8 49 (25.00%) Windows Server
9 47 (23.98%) Active Directory
10 45 (22.96%) SC Cleared
11 44 (22.45%) Kubernetes
12 42 (21.43%) DNS
13 40 (20.41%) CI/CD
14 39 (19.90%) DevOps
15 36 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
16 35 (17.86%) DHCP
17 32 (16.33%) Linux
18 31 (15.82%) GitHub
19 30 (15.31%) DV Cleared
20 28 (14.29%) AWS
21 26 (13.27%) Python
22 25 (12.76%) Migration
23 24 (12.24%) Ansible
23 24 (12.24%) Firewall
24 23 (11.73%) Hyper-V
25 21 (10.71%) GCP
26 20 (10.20%) VPN
27 19 (9.69%) 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 10 (5.10%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.04%) WebSphere
3 3 (1.53%) CICS
3 3 (1.53%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.51%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.51%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 85 (43.37%) Azure
2 31 (15.82%) GitHub
3 28 (14.29%) AWS
4 21 (10.71%) GCP
5 19 (9.69%) IaaS
6 18 (9.18%) PaaS
7 17 (8.67%) Azure AKS
8 16 (8.16%) Microsoft 365
9 15 (7.65%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (7.65%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (7.14%) Azure Monitor
10 14 (7.14%) Entra ID
11 11 (5.61%) SaaS
12 7 (3.57%) Nutanix
13 6 (3.06%) Azure Stack
14 5 (2.55%) OpenShift
15 4 (2.04%) Google Kubernetes Engine
15 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Purview
16 3 (1.53%) Amazon EKS
16 3 (1.53%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 42 (21.43%) DNS
2 35 (17.86%) DHCP
3 24 (12.24%) Firewall
4 20 (10.20%) VPN
5 9 (4.59%) LAN
5 9 (4.59%) SMTP
5 9 (4.59%) WAN
6 7 (3.57%) TCP/IP
7 6 (3.06%) Network Security
7 6 (3.06%) SAN
8 4 (2.04%) NAS
9 3 (1.53%) Software-Defined Networking
9 3 (1.53%) Wireless
10 2 (1.02%) 4G
10 2 (1.02%) Internet
10 2 (1.02%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (1.02%) Structured Cabling
10 2 (1.02%) VSAN
11 1 (0.51%) Calico
11 1 (0.51%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (9.18%) SQL Server
2 8 (4.08%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.53%) Big Data
5 2 (1.02%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.02%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.02%) Power BI
6 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.04%) Artifactory
1 4 (2.04%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.02%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.51%) Chocolatey
3 1 (0.51%) CMake
3 1 (0.51%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Gradle
3 1 (0.51%) Introscope
General
1 33 (16.84%) Social Skills
2 26 (13.27%) Finance
3 14 (7.14%) Banking
4 8 (4.08%) Legal
5 6 (3.06%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.06%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.55%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (1.53%) Billing
8 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.02%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.02%) Law
8 2 (1.02%) Local Government
8 2 (1.02%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.51%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
9 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Publishing
9 1 (0.51%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.04%) Middleware
2 3 (1.53%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.53%) YAML
3 2 (1.02%) .NET
3 2 (1.02%) ADO
3 2 (1.02%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.02%) JSON
3 2 (1.02%) OpenID
3 2 (1.02%) REST
4 1 (0.51%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.51%) Bazel
4 1 (0.51%) Kafka
4 1 (0.51%) LDAP
4 1 (0.51%) Node.js
4 1 (0.51%) OAuth
4 1 (0.51%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.51%) OpenGL
4 1 (0.51%) Qt
4 1 (0.51%) SAML
4 1 (0.51%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.12%) Data Centre
1 12 (6.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (5.61%) PKI
3 9 (4.59%) Clustering
4 8 (4.08%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.06%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.06%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.53%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.02%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.02%) CCTV
9 2 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (1.02%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
10 1 (0.51%) BYOD
10 1 (0.51%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.51%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 75 (38.27%) Windows
2 49 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 32 (16.33%) Linux
4 6 (3.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (3.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (2.55%) Unix
5 5 (2.55%) VMS
5 5 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (2.04%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.53%) Android
7 3 (1.53%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.53%) zOS
8 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.51%) AIX
9 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (96.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 55 (28.06%) Infrastructure as Code
3 40 (20.41%) CI/CD
4 39 (19.90%) DevOps
5 25 (12.76%) Migration
6 19 (9.69%) Infrastructure Automation
7 17 (8.67%) Problem-Solving
8 14 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
8 14 (7.14%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 13 (6.63%) Containerisation
10 12 (6.12%) Infrastructure Transformation
11 11 (5.61%) AI
11 11 (5.61%) Incident Management
12 10 (5.10%) High Availability
12 10 (5.10%) Observability
12 10 (5.10%) Roadmaps
12 10 (5.10%) Validation
13 9 (4.59%) Cloud Security
13 9 (4.59%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 52 (26.53%) PowerShell
2 26 (13.27%) Python
3 16 (8.16%) C#
4 15 (7.65%) SQL
5 12 (6.12%) Bash
6 11 (5.61%) Bicep
7 7 (3.57%) Java
8 5 (2.55%) Go
9 2 (1.02%) JavaScript
9 2 (1.02%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.51%) C
10 1 (0.51%) C++
10 1 (0.51%) Jython
10 1 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 74 (37.76%) Security Cleared
2 45 (22.96%) SC Cleared
3 30 (15.31%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.08%) Degree
5 5 (2.55%) Azure Certification
5 5 (2.55%) CCNA
5 5 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.53%) CCNP
6 3 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.51%) CISA
7 1 (0.51%) CISM
7 1 (0.51%) CISSP
7 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.51%) MCSE
7 1 (0.51%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.57%) QA
2 4 (2.04%) SLA
3 3 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.53%) NIST
4 2 (1.02%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.51%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) NCSC
5 1 (0.51%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 47 (23.98%) Active Directory
2 36 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 23 (11.73%) Hyper-V
4 14 (7.14%) Docker
4 14 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
5 11 (5.61%) vSphere
6 9 (4.59%) BitLocker
6 9 (4.59%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (4.08%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (2.04%) Terminal Services
10 3 (1.53%) Firmware
10 3 (1.53%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (1.02%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 56 (28.57%) Terraform
2 44 (22.45%) Kubernetes
3 24 (12.24%) Ansible
4 12 (6.12%) vCenter Server
5 11 (5.61%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (5.10%) Puppet
7 9 (4.59%) vMotion
8 5 (2.55%) Packer
9 4 (2.04%) AirWatch
9 4 (2.04%) FortiGate
9 4 (2.04%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.53%) Nagios
10 3 (1.53%) SCCM
11 2 (1.02%) Grafana
12 1 (0.51%) Argo
12 1 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.51%) systemd
12 1 (0.51%) vRealize
12 1 (0.51%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 55 (28.06%) Microsoft
2 49 (25.00%) VMware
3 15 (7.65%) Citrix
3 15 (7.65%) Google
4 12 (6.12%) NetApp
5 7 (3.57%) Cisco
6 6 (3.06%) Dell
6 6 (3.06%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.04%) CyberArk
7 4 (2.04%) HP
7 4 (2.04%) ServiceNow
7 4 (2.04%) SolarWinds
7 4 (2.04%) Symantec
8 3 (1.53%) Dynatrace
8 3 (1.53%) IBM
9 2 (1.02%) EMC
9 2 (1.02%) Fortinet
9 2 (1.02%) Oracle
9 2 (1.02%) Tenable
10 1 (0.51%) Palo Alto