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 24 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
24 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 228 181
Rank change year-on-year -29 -47 +72
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 120 139 230
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 1.00% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 1.07% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 107 162
10th Percentile £363 £291 £350
25th Percentile £425 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +9.38% -12.73%
75th Percentile £586 £594 £592
90th Percentile £638 £650 £649
England median daily rate £483 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -3.50% +5.26% -
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 £32.00 £24.18 £23.00
% change year-on-year +32.34% +5.13% -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 13,565 13,038 17,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 93.58% 93.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,017 8,376 12,394
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £503 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.29% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 140 289
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.65 £24.42 £19.05
Median hourly rate £33.46 £35.00 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% +18.64% -11.04%
75th Percentile £63.10 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £66.40
England median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £38.45
% change year-on-year -15.43% -8.98% +9.86%

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 24 January 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 24 January 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 -5 20 £550 -4.35% 8
East London - 3 £155 - 1
West London -16 2 £300 -25.00% 2
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 January 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.

1 107 (89.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 58 (48.33%) Azure
3 49 (40.83%) Microsoft
4 34 (28.33%) Terraform
5 33 (27.50%) Windows
6 28 (23.33%) Active Directory
6 28 (23.33%) Windows Server
7 27 (22.50%) Infrastructure as Code
7 27 (22.50%) Linux
7 27 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
8 26 (21.67%) Firewall
9 24 (20.00%) DevOps
9 24 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
9 24 (20.00%) VMware
10 22 (18.33%) Ansible
11 21 (17.50%) Migration
12 20 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 20 (16.67%) VPN
13 19 (15.83%) PowerShell
14 18 (15.00%) Python
14 18 (15.00%) SCCM
14 18 (15.00%) Security Cleared
15 17 (14.17%) CI/CD
15 17 (14.17%) WAN
16 16 (13.33%) DNS
16 16 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
17 15 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
18 14 (11.67%) AWS
18 14 (11.67%) Infrastructure Automation
19 13 (10.83%) Cloud Security

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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.67%) Confluence
4 1 (0.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.83%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.83%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.83%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 58 (48.33%) Azure
2 27 (22.50%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (11.67%) AWS
4 11 (9.17%) GitHub
5 10 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 9 (7.50%) GCP
7 8 (6.67%) IaaS
7 8 (6.67%) Nutanix
8 7 (5.83%) Amazon S3
8 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (5.00%) Mimecast
10 5 (4.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 5 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (4.17%) Amazon ELB
10 5 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 4 (3.33%) PaaS
11 4 (3.33%) Serverless
12 3 (2.50%) Azure Sentinel
12 3 (2.50%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 26 (21.67%) Firewall
2 20 (16.67%) VPN
3 17 (14.17%) WAN
4 16 (13.33%) DNS
5 11 (9.17%) TCP/IP
6 10 (8.33%) SSL
7 9 (7.50%) LAN
8 8 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (5.83%) Network Security
10 6 (5.00%) DHCP
11 5 (4.17%) HTTP
11 5 (4.17%) SD-WAN
12 4 (3.33%) MPLS
13 3 (2.50%) SAN
14 2 (1.67%) SMTP
15 1 (0.83%) 802.11
15 1 (0.83%) BGP
15 1 (0.83%) OSPF
15 1 (0.83%) Wireless
15 1 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.50%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.67%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.83%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.83%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.83%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.83%) Parquet
3 1 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.83%) Power BI
3 1 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Artifactory
1 7 (5.83%) Jenkins
2 6 (5.00%) Git
3 5 (4.17%) GitLab
4 3 (2.50%) JIRA
5 2 (1.67%) Robot Framework
General
1 24 (20.00%) Finance
2 22 (18.33%) Social Skills
3 8 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.83%) Banking
5 6 (5.00%) Spanish Language
6 5 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.50%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.67%) Billing
9 2 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.67%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.67%) Legal
9 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.67%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.83%) Aviation
10 1 (0.83%) Front Office
10 1 (0.83%) Local Government
10 1 (0.83%) Military
10 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.83%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.67%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.67%) YAML
2 1 (0.83%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.83%) ADO
2 1 (0.83%) Apache Avro
2 1 (0.83%) EDI
2 1 (0.83%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.83%) Middleware
2 1 (0.83%) PySpark
2 1 (0.83%) REST
2 1 (0.83%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.50%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.17%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (3.33%) PKI
3 4 (3.33%) Private Cloud
4 3 (2.50%) Client/Server
4 3 (2.50%) Clustering
4 3 (2.50%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (2.50%) Replication
5 2 (1.67%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.67%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.67%) Operational Technology
5 2 (1.67%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.67%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.83%) CCTV
6 1 (0.83%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.83%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.83%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.83%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 33 (27.50%) Windows
2 28 (23.33%) Windows Server
3 27 (22.50%) Linux
4 9 (7.50%) Unix
5 4 (3.33%) VMS
5 4 (3.33%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.50%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.83%) Android
7 1 (0.83%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (89.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (22.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 24 (20.00%) DevOps
4 21 (17.50%) Migration
5 20 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.17%) CI/CD
7 14 (11.67%) Infrastructure Automation
8 13 (10.83%) Cloud Security
9 10 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (7.50%) High Availability
10 9 (7.50%) Information Security
10 9 (7.50%) Test Automation
11 8 (6.67%) Incident Management
11 8 (6.67%) ITIL
11 8 (6.67%) Vulnerability Management
12 7 (5.83%) Collaborative Working
12 7 (5.83%) Data Protection
12 7 (5.83%) Disaster Recovery
12 7 (5.83%) Low Latency
12 7 (5.83%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (15.83%) PowerShell
2 18 (15.00%) Python
3 7 (5.83%) Bash
4 6 (5.00%) Perl
5 2 (1.67%) Go
5 2 (1.67%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.67%) SQL
6 1 (0.83%) Bicep
6 1 (0.83%) Java
6 1 (0.83%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.83%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.83%) Degree
4 4 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.67%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.83%) CCIE
7 1 (0.83%) CCNA
7 1 (0.83%) CCNP
7 1 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.83%) CISSP
7 1 (0.83%) CWNA
7 1 (0.83%) GIAC
7 1 (0.83%) GSEC
7 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.50%) NIST
3 2 (1.67%) SLA
4 1 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.83%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 28 (23.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (10.00%) Docker
4 8 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 8 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (2.50%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (2.50%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.67%) BitLocker
7 2 (1.67%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.67%) VMware NSX
7 2 (1.67%) vSphere
8 1 (0.83%) etcd
8 1 (0.83%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 34 (28.33%) Terraform
2 24 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (18.33%) Ansible
4 18 (15.00%) SCCM
5 6 (5.00%) CASB
5 6 (5.00%) Kubernetes
5 6 (5.00%) SCOrch
6 5 (4.17%) AirWatch
7 2 (1.67%) Grafana
7 2 (1.67%) Puppet
7 2 (1.67%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.67%) vMotion
7 2 (1.67%) vRealize
8 1 (0.83%) Argo
8 1 (0.83%) Istio
8 1 (0.83%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (0.83%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.83%) SCOM
8 1 (0.83%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 49 (40.83%) Microsoft
2 24 (20.00%) VMware
3 11 (9.17%) F5
4 9 (7.50%) Cisco
4 9 (7.50%) Palo Alto
5 7 (5.83%) CyberArk
6 6 (5.00%) Google
7 5 (4.17%) CheckPoint
7 5 (4.17%) NetApp
7 5 (4.17%) Veeam
7 5 (4.17%) Zscaler
8 4 (3.33%) Commvault
8 4 (3.33%) Dell
8 4 (3.33%) Fortinet
8 4 (3.33%) SolarWinds
9 3 (2.50%) Aruba
9 3 (2.50%) Citrix
9 3 (2.50%) Meraki
9 3 (2.50%) Oracle
9 3 (2.50%) Tenable
50 Infrastructure Engineer jobs in London