Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
26 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 235 197
Rank change year-on-year -41 -38 +64
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 115 134 217
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.73% 1.00% 1.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.06% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 103 147
10th Percentile £360 £314 £325
25th Percentile £425 £376 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% +10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £644
England median daily rate £500 £525 £465
% change year-on-year -4.76% +12.91% -3.38%
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 14,665 12,602 16,855
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.58% 93.61% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,824 8,218 12,188
10th Percentile £350 £337 £325
25th Percentile £425 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
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 226 145 333
10th Percentile £18.07 £21.23 £15.96
25th Percentile £23.14 £24.66 £19.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% +28.07% -18.57%
75th Percentile £60.19 £53.75 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.61 £65.00
England median hourly rate £34.38 £36.50 £34.38
% change year-on-year -5.80% +6.18% -14.06%

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 February 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 February 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 -2 16 £550 -8.33% 15
East London - 3 £155 - 3
West London -18 2 £300 -25.00% 1
South London -16 1 £425 -9.57%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 February 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.

1 105 (91.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 59 (51.30%) Azure
3 48 (41.74%) Microsoft
4 32 (27.83%) Windows
5 31 (26.96%) Active Directory
6 28 (24.35%) VMware
7 27 (23.48%) Windows Server
8 26 (22.61%) Microsoft 365
9 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
9 25 (21.74%) Terraform
10 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Intune
11 21 (18.26%) Firewall
11 21 (18.26%) PowerShell
11 21 (18.26%) VMware Infrastructure
12 20 (17.39%) Migration
12 20 (17.39%) Security Cleared
12 20 (17.39%) WAN
13 19 (16.52%) Linux
14 18 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
15 17 (14.78%) Cloud Security
16 16 (13.91%) SCCM
17 15 (13.04%) DNS
17 15 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
17 15 (13.04%) VPN
18 14 (12.17%) DevOps
18 14 (12.17%) GitHub
19 13 (11.30%) SC Cleared
20 12 (10.43%) AWS
20 12 (10.43%) CI/CD
20 12 (10.43%) LAN

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 (13.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.74%) Confluence
4 1 (0.87%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.87%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 59 (51.30%) Azure
2 26 (22.61%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (12.17%) GitHub
4 12 (10.43%) AWS
5 11 (9.57%) Entra ID
6 10 (8.70%) GCP
7 9 (7.83%) Nutanix
8 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Purview
9 5 (4.35%) IaaS
9 5 (4.35%) Mimecast
10 4 (3.48%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (3.48%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.48%) PaaS
11 3 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.61%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.61%) Azure Stack
11 3 (2.61%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (2.61%) OCI
11 3 (2.61%) Serverless
12 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 21 (18.26%) Firewall
2 20 (17.39%) WAN
3 15 (13.04%) DNS
3 15 (13.04%) VPN
4 12 (10.43%) LAN
5 10 (8.70%) DHCP
6 8 (6.96%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (4.35%) SD-WAN
8 4 (3.48%) MPLS
9 3 (2.61%) SAN
9 3 (2.61%) SMTP
9 3 (2.61%) Software-Defined Networking
10 2 (1.74%) DKIM
10 2 (1.74%) DMARC
10 2 (1.74%) Network Security
11 1 (0.87%) Calico
11 1 (0.87%) Cisco IOS
11 1 (0.87%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.87%) VLAN
11 1 (0.87%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.74%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.74%) DynamoDB
2 2 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.87%) Power BI
3 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.09%) Artifactory
2 3 (2.61%) GitLab
2 3 (2.61%) JIRA
3 2 (1.74%) Jenkins
General
1 20 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 18 (15.65%) Finance
3 6 (5.22%) Legal
3 6 (5.22%) Spanish Language
4 5 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.48%) Banking
6 2 (1.74%) Billing
6 2 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.87%) Aviation
7 1 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.87%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.87%) Italian Language
7 1 (0.87%) Local Government
7 1 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.87%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.87%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.74%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.74%) YAML
2 1 (0.87%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.87%) ADO
2 1 (0.87%) EDI
2 1 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (0.87%) LDAP
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.87%) Node.js
2 1 (0.87%) REST
2 1 (0.87%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.70%) Data Centre
2 7 (6.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.35%) PKI
4 4 (3.48%) Clustering
4 4 (3.48%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.61%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.61%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (2.61%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.61%) Replication
6 2 (1.74%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.74%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.74%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.87%) CCTV
7 1 (0.87%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.87%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 32 (27.83%) Windows
2 27 (23.48%) Windows Server
3 19 (16.52%) Linux
4 5 (4.35%) Unix
5 4 (3.48%) VMS
5 4 (3.48%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (3.48%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (2.61%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.61%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.87%) Android
7 1 (0.87%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.87%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (91.30%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
3 20 (17.39%) Migration
4 18 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (14.78%) Cloud Security
6 14 (12.17%) DevOps
7 12 (10.43%) CI/CD
8 10 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
8 10 (8.70%) Incident Management
9 8 (6.96%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (6.96%) Information Security
10 7 (6.09%) Disaster Recovery
10 7 (6.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 6 (5.22%) Architectural Design
11 6 (5.22%) Information Security Management
11 6 (5.22%) Infrastructure Automation
11 6 (5.22%) ISMS
11 6 (5.22%) ITIL
11 6 (5.22%) Security Management
11 6 (5.22%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 21 (18.26%) PowerShell
2 7 (6.09%) Python
3 3 (2.61%) Bash
3 3 (2.61%) Bicep
4 2 (1.74%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.74%) SQL
5 1 (0.87%) Go
5 1 (0.87%) Perl
5 1 (0.87%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 20 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 13 (11.30%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.22%) DV Cleared
4 5 (4.35%) Degree
5 2 (1.74%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.87%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.87%) CCIE
6 1 (0.87%) CCNA
6 1 (0.87%) CCNP
6 1 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.87%) CISSP
6 1 (0.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.87%) CWNA
6 1 (0.87%) GIAC
6 1 (0.87%) GSEC
6 1 (0.87%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.48%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.61%) NIST
3 1 (0.87%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.87%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.87%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (26.96%) Active Directory
2 21 (18.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (9.57%) Hyper-V
4 9 (7.83%) Docker
5 7 (6.09%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.35%) vSphere
7 4 (3.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (3.48%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (2.61%) BitLocker
8 3 (2.61%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.74%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.87%) etcd
10 1 (0.87%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 25 (21.74%) Terraform
2 22 (19.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (13.91%) SCCM
4 10 (8.70%) Ansible
5 8 (6.96%) Kubernetes
6 6 (5.22%) CASB
6 6 (5.22%) SCOrch
7 5 (4.35%) AirWatch
8 3 (2.61%) Puppet
8 3 (2.61%) vCenter Server
8 3 (2.61%) vMotion
9 2 (1.74%) Grafana
10 1 (0.87%) Argo
10 1 (0.87%) Istio
10 1 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.87%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.87%) SCOM
10 1 (0.87%) vRealize
10 1 (0.87%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 48 (41.74%) Microsoft
2 28 (24.35%) VMware
3 8 (6.96%) Cisco
3 8 (6.96%) Google
4 7 (6.09%) Dell
4 7 (6.09%) NetApp
5 6 (5.22%) CyberArk
6 5 (4.35%) SolarWinds
6 5 (4.35%) Veeam
7 4 (3.48%) Citrix
7 4 (3.48%) Commvault
7 4 (3.48%) Fortinet
7 4 (3.48%) Zscaler
8 3 (2.61%) Aruba
8 3 (2.61%) Meraki
8 3 (2.61%) Oracle
9 2 (1.74%) Databricks
9 2 (1.74%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.74%) Proofpoint
10 1 (0.87%) LogicMonitor
42 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in London