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 31 January 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 214 190
Rank change year-on-year -49 -24 +74
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 122 141 234
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.82% 1.02% 1.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.89% 1.09% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 108 165
10th Percentile £360 £293 £338
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +9.38% -12.73%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £646
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 £34.00 £24.18 £23.00
% change year-on-year +40.61% +5.13% -64.62%

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 13,721 12,957 17,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.64% 93.63% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,099 8,286 12,493
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% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 141 321
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.60 £24.50 £19.05
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile £63.08 £53.75 £50.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £78.75 £66.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.11% +4.29%

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 31 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 31 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 -9 17 £550 -4.35% 8
East London - 3 £155 -
West London -22 2 £300 -25.00% 1
South London -6 1 £425 -9.57% 3
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 31 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.

1 109 (89.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 63 (51.64%) Azure
3 51 (41.80%) Microsoft
4 34 (27.87%) Windows
5 32 (26.23%) Terraform
6 30 (24.59%) Active Directory
7 29 (23.77%) Windows Server
8 28 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
8 28 (22.95%) Microsoft 365
9 26 (21.31%) Linux
9 26 (21.31%) Microsoft Intune
9 26 (21.31%) VMware
10 23 (18.85%) Firewall
11 21 (17.21%) DevOps
11 21 (17.21%) Migration
11 21 (17.21%) PowerShell
11 21 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
12 18 (14.75%) Ansible
12 18 (14.75%) SCCM
12 18 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
12 18 (14.75%) WAN
13 17 (13.93%) Security Cleared
13 17 (13.93%) VPN
14 16 (13.11%) CI/CD
14 16 (13.11%) Cloud Security
14 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Exchange
15 15 (12.30%) DNS
15 15 (12.30%) Python
16 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure Automation
17 12 (9.84%) AWS

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 16 (13.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.64%) Confluence
4 1 (0.82%) Apache
4 1 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.82%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.82%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 63 (51.64%) Azure
2 28 (22.95%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.84%) AWS
4 11 (9.02%) Entra ID
4 11 (9.02%) GitHub
5 9 (7.38%) GCP
5 9 (7.38%) Nutanix
6 8 (6.56%) IaaS
7 7 (5.74%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (4.92%) Mimecast
9 5 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (3.28%) Amazon S3
10 4 (3.28%) PaaS
10 4 (3.28%) Serverless
11 3 (2.46%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (2.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (2.46%) Azure Stack
11 3 (2.46%) Google Kubernetes Engine
11 3 (2.46%) OCI
12 2 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 23 (18.85%) Firewall
2 18 (14.75%) WAN
3 17 (13.93%) VPN
4 15 (12.30%) DNS
5 10 (8.20%) LAN
6 8 (6.56%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (5.74%) DHCP
7 7 (5.74%) TCP/IP
8 6 (4.92%) Network Security
8 6 (4.92%) SSL
9 5 (4.10%) SD-WAN
10 4 (3.28%) HTTP
10 4 (3.28%) MPLS
11 3 (2.46%) SAN
11 3 (2.46%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (1.64%) DKIM
12 2 (1.64%) DMARC
12 2 (1.64%) SMTP
13 1 (0.82%) Cisco Wireless
13 1 (0.82%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.46%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.64%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.82%) Apache Iceberg
3 1 (0.82%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.82%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.82%) Delta Lake
3 1 (0.82%) Parquet
3 1 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.82%) Power BI
3 1 (0.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.74%) Artifactory
2 4 (3.28%) GitLab
2 4 (3.28%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.46%) Git
3 3 (2.46%) JIRA
4 1 (0.82%) Robot Framework
General
1 25 (20.49%) Finance
2 23 (18.85%) Social Skills
3 9 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (5.74%) Banking
5 6 (4.92%) Spanish Language
6 5 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.46%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.64%) Billing
8 2 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.64%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.64%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.64%) Legal
8 2 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.82%) Front Office
9 1 (0.82%) International Banking
9 1 (0.82%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.82%) Local Government
9 1 (0.82%) Marketing
9 1 (0.82%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) ARM Templates
1 2 (1.64%) YAML
2 1 (0.82%) 802.1X
2 1 (0.82%) ADO
2 1 (0.82%) Apache Avro
2 1 (0.82%) EDI
2 1 (0.82%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (0.82%) Middleware
2 1 (0.82%) PySpark
2 1 (0.82%) REST
2 1 (0.82%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.20%) Data Centre
2 7 (5.74%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (4.10%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.28%) PKI
5 3 (2.46%) Client/Server
5 3 (2.46%) Clustering
5 3 (2.46%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.46%) Private Cloud
5 3 (2.46%) Replication
6 2 (1.64%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.64%) Enterprise Storage
6 2 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.64%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.64%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.82%) CCTV
7 1 (0.82%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.82%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.82%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.82%) NHS
7 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 34 (27.87%) Windows
2 29 (23.77%) Windows Server
3 26 (21.31%) Linux
4 8 (6.56%) Unix
5 4 (3.28%) VMS
5 4 (3.28%) Windows 10
6 3 (2.46%) Ubuntu
6 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (2.46%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.82%) Android
8 1 (0.82%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (89.34%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (22.95%) Infrastructure as Code
3 21 (17.21%) DevOps
3 21 (17.21%) Migration
3 21 (17.21%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.11%) CI/CD
4 16 (13.11%) Cloud Security
5 13 (10.66%) Infrastructure Automation
6 10 (8.20%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (7.38%) Information Security
8 8 (6.56%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (6.56%) Incident Management
8 8 (6.56%) ITIL
8 8 (6.56%) Test Automation
8 8 (6.56%) Vulnerability Management
9 7 (5.74%) Data Protection
9 7 (5.74%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (5.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 6 (4.92%) Agile
10 6 (4.92%) Information Security Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.21%) PowerShell
2 15 (12.30%) Python
3 5 (4.10%) Bash
3 5 (4.10%) Perl
4 3 (2.46%) Bicep
5 2 (1.64%) Go
5 2 (1.64%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.64%) SQL
6 1 (0.82%) Java
6 1 (0.82%) Scala
Qualifications
1 17 (13.93%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.84%) SC Cleared
3 7 (5.74%) Degree
4 4 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.64%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.64%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.82%) CCIE
7 1 (0.82%) CCNA
7 1 (0.82%) CCNP
7 1 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.82%) CISSP
7 1 (0.82%) CWNA
7 1 (0.82%) GIAC
7 1 (0.82%) GSEC
7 1 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.28%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.46%) NIST
3 2 (1.64%) SLA
4 1 (0.82%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 30 (24.59%) Active Directory
2 18 (14.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (8.20%) Hyper-V
4 9 (7.38%) Docker
5 8 (6.56%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (4.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (2.46%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (2.46%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.46%) vSphere
8 2 (1.64%) BitLocker
8 2 (1.64%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (1.64%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.82%) etcd
9 1 (0.82%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 32 (26.23%) Terraform
2 26 (21.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 18 (14.75%) Ansible
3 18 (14.75%) SCCM
4 6 (4.92%) CASB
4 6 (4.92%) Kubernetes
4 6 (4.92%) SCOrch
5 5 (4.10%) AirWatch
6 2 (1.64%) Grafana
6 2 (1.64%) Puppet
6 2 (1.64%) vCenter Server
6 2 (1.64%) vMotion
6 2 (1.64%) vRealize
7 1 (0.82%) Argo
7 1 (0.82%) Istio
7 1 (0.82%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.82%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.82%) SCOM
7 1 (0.82%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 51 (41.80%) Microsoft
2 26 (21.31%) VMware
3 9 (7.38%) Cisco
4 7 (5.74%) CyberArk
4 7 (5.74%) F5
5 6 (4.92%) Google
5 6 (4.92%) Palo Alto
6 5 (4.10%) Dell
6 5 (4.10%) NetApp
6 5 (4.10%) SolarWinds
6 5 (4.10%) Veeam
6 5 (4.10%) Zscaler
7 4 (3.28%) Commvault
7 4 (3.28%) Fortinet
8 3 (2.46%) Aruba
8 3 (2.46%) Citrix
8 3 (2.46%) Meraki
8 3 (2.46%) Oracle
8 3 (2.46%) Tenable
9 2 (1.64%) Databricks