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 23 July 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 239 260 206
Rank change year-on-year +21 -54 +19
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 209 114 206
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.05% 0.84% 1.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 0.90% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 86 167
10th Percentile £350 £328 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £524 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +4.75% -9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £550
90th Percentile £688 £638 £639
England median daily rate £525 £525 £482
% change year-on-year - +8.92% -3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £138.50 £72.75
% change year-on-year -47.62% +90.38% +0.34%

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 18,427 12,663 15,835
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.97% 93.09% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,044 8,556 11,285
10th Percentile £363 £331 £338
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 196 248
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £22.69 £22.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.40 £32.15
Median % change year-on-year +23.35% -5.42% -17.58%
75th Percentile £59.72 £50.13 £51.75
90th Percentile £77.47 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.56 £27.29 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.91% -35.78% -3.53%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -4 30 £575 -4.17% 12
West London - 8 £675 - 2
South London -14 3 £425 -29.17% 1
Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 July 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.

1 204 (97.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (44.50%) Azure
3 85 (40.67%) Windows
4 77 (36.84%) Security Cleared
5 65 (31.10%) Microsoft
6 61 (29.19%) Infrastructure as Code
6 61 (29.19%) Terraform
7 55 (26.32%) PowerShell
8 54 (25.84%) Windows Server
9 53 (25.36%) Active Directory
10 50 (23.92%) VMware
11 49 (23.44%) DNS
12 48 (22.97%) SC Cleared
13 45 (21.53%) Kubernetes
14 43 (20.57%) DevOps
14 43 (20.57%) DHCP
15 42 (20.10%) CI/CD
16 37 (17.70%) VMware Infrastructure
17 36 (17.22%) Linux
18 32 (15.31%) AWS
19 31 (14.83%) DV Cleared
19 31 (14.83%) Firewall
20 30 (14.35%) Python
21 29 (13.88%) GitHub
21 29 (13.88%) Migration
22 25 (11.96%) Ansible
22 25 (11.96%) VPN
23 22 (10.53%) Hyper-V
23 22 (10.53%) SQL Server
24 21 (10.05%) Microsoft 365

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 13 (6.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (4.78%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.35%) WebSphere
4 6 (2.87%) CICS
5 2 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.48%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.48%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.48%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 93 (44.50%) Azure
2 32 (15.31%) AWS
3 29 (13.88%) GitHub
4 21 (10.05%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (9.57%) Entra ID
5 20 (9.57%) GCP
5 20 (9.57%) IaaS
6 19 (9.09%) PaaS
7 17 (8.13%) Azure AKS
8 16 (7.66%) GitHub Actions
9 15 (7.18%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (7.18%) Azure Monitor
9 15 (7.18%) SaaS
10 6 (2.87%) Azure Stack
11 5 (2.39%) OpenShift
12 4 (1.91%) Datadog
12 4 (1.91%) Nutanix
13 3 (1.44%) Google Kubernetes Engine
13 3 (1.44%) Power Platform
13 3 (1.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 49 (23.44%) DNS
2 43 (20.57%) DHCP
3 31 (14.83%) Firewall
4 25 (11.96%) VPN
5 15 (7.18%) TCP/IP
6 11 (5.26%) Network Security
7 10 (4.78%) LAN
7 10 (4.78%) WAN
8 9 (4.31%) SAN
9 8 (3.83%) SMTP
10 6 (2.87%) VLAN
11 5 (2.39%) NAS
11 5 (2.39%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (1.91%) Remote Desktop
13 3 (1.44%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (1.44%) Wireless
14 2 (0.96%) 4G
14 2 (0.96%) DKIM
14 2 (0.96%) Internet
14 2 (0.96%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.35%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
3 3 (1.44%) Big Data
4 2 (0.96%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.96%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.96%) Power BI
5 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.39%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.91%) Git
3 3 (1.44%) Chocolatey
3 3 (1.44%) GitLab
4 1 (0.48%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.48%) CMake
4 1 (0.48%) Gradle
4 1 (0.48%) Introscope
4 1 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 32 (15.31%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.48%) Finance
3 15 (7.18%) Banking
4 12 (5.74%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.35%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.87%) Legal
7 5 (2.39%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (2.39%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.44%) Automotive
8 3 (1.44%) Law
9 2 (0.96%) Billing
9 2 (0.96%) Local Government
10 1 (0.48%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.48%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.48%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.48%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (0.48%) Publishing
10 1 (0.48%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.35%) Middleware
2 5 (2.39%) ARM Templates
3 4 (1.91%) 802.1X
4 3 (1.44%) OpenID
4 3 (1.44%) YAML
5 2 (0.96%) .NET
5 2 (0.96%) ADO
5 2 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.96%) JSON
5 2 (0.96%) REST
5 2 (0.96%) SAML
6 1 (0.48%) Bazel
6 1 (0.48%) Kafka
6 1 (0.48%) LDAP
6 1 (0.48%) Node.js
6 1 (0.48%) OAuth
6 1 (0.48%) OAuth2
6 1 (0.48%) OpenGL
6 1 (0.48%) Qt
6 1 (0.48%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.66%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (6.22%) PKI
3 11 (5.26%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.83%) Clustering
5 7 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.87%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.87%) Enterprise Storage
6 6 (2.87%) Mainframe
7 5 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.91%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.44%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.44%) Robotics
10 2 (0.96%) CCTV
10 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.96%) Hedge funds
10 2 (0.96%) IoT
10 2 (0.96%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 85 (40.67%) Windows
2 54 (25.84%) Windows Server
3 36 (17.22%) Linux
4 7 (3.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (2.87%) zOS
6 5 (2.39%) VMS
6 5 (2.39%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.91%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.91%) Windows 10
8 3 (1.44%) Android
8 3 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 3 (1.44%) Unix
8 3 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.48%) AIX
10 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (97.61%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 61 (29.19%) Infrastructure as Code
3 43 (20.57%) DevOps
4 42 (20.10%) CI/CD
5 29 (13.88%) Migration
6 20 (9.57%) Infrastructure Automation
7 18 (8.61%) Problem-Solving
8 17 (8.13%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (8.13%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (7.18%) AI
9 15 (7.18%) Containerisation
10 14 (6.70%) ITIL
10 14 (6.70%) Validation
11 13 (6.22%) Incident Management
12 12 (5.74%) Infrastructure Transformation
12 12 (5.74%) Root Cause Analysis
12 12 (5.74%) Site Reliability Engineering
13 11 (5.26%) High Availability
14 10 (4.78%) Agile
14 10 (4.78%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 55 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 30 (14.35%) Python
3 16 (7.66%) Bash
3 16 (7.66%) C#
3 16 (7.66%) SQL
4 13 (6.22%) Bicep
5 8 (3.83%) Java
6 6 (2.87%) Go
7 2 (0.96%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.96%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.48%) C
8 1 (0.48%) C++
8 1 (0.48%) Jython
8 1 (0.48%) Perl
8 1 (0.48%) VB
Qualifications
1 77 (36.84%) Security Cleared
2 48 (22.97%) SC Cleared
3 31 (14.83%) DV Cleared
4 12 (5.74%) Degree
5 8 (3.83%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (3.35%) Azure Certification
7 6 (2.87%) CCNP
8 5 (2.39%) CCNA
9 4 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.44%) JNCIP
10 3 (1.44%) JNCIS
10 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.48%) CISA
11 1 (0.48%) CISM
11 1 (0.48%) CISSP
11 1 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.48%) MCSE
11 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.83%) SLA
2 7 (3.35%) QA
3 3 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.44%) NIST
4 2 (0.96%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.48%) FedRAMP
5 1 (0.48%) GDPR
5 1 (0.48%) NCSC
5 1 (0.48%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (25.36%) Active Directory
2 37 (17.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (10.53%) Hyper-V
4 16 (7.66%) VMware ESXi
5 13 (6.22%) Docker
6 11 (5.26%) vSphere
7 10 (4.78%) Virtual Desktop
8 9 (4.31%) Virtual Machines
9 8 (3.83%) BitLocker
9 8 (3.83%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.91%) Terminal Services
11 3 (1.44%) Firmware
11 3 (1.44%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.48%) Ceph
12 1 (0.48%) VMware NSX
12 1 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 61 (29.19%) Terraform
2 45 (21.53%) Kubernetes
3 25 (11.96%) Ansible
4 15 (7.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (6.22%) vCenter Server
6 9 (4.31%) Puppet
7 8 (3.83%) vMotion
8 6 (2.87%) SCCM
9 5 (2.39%) Packer
9 5 (2.39%) Prometheus
10 4 (1.91%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.91%) systemd
11 3 (1.44%) Nagios
12 2 (0.96%) Argo
12 2 (0.96%) Grafana
13 1 (0.48%) Cilium
13 1 (0.48%) Jamf Pro
13 1 (0.48%) Nessus
13 1 (0.48%) Proxmox
13 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (31.10%) Microsoft
2 50 (23.92%) VMware
3 16 (7.66%) Citrix
4 15 (7.18%) Google
5 13 (6.22%) Cisco
6 11 (5.26%) NetApp
7 6 (2.87%) Dynatrace
7 6 (2.87%) HP
7 6 (2.87%) IBM
7 6 (2.87%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.39%) Dell
9 4 (1.91%) Symantec
9 4 (1.91%) Tenable
10 3 (1.44%) AppDynamics
10 3 (1.44%) Juniper
10 3 (1.44%) MikroTik
10 3 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.44%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.44%) Zscaler
11 2 (0.96%) Proofpoint