Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends in London

Infrastructure Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 192 151
Rank change year-on-year +47 -41 +6
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 364 181 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 1.33% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.45% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 137 232
10th Percentile £402 £348 £325
25th Percentile £449 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £604 £614
90th Percentile £696 £675 £707
England median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £77.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -5.79% +23.20% -13.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,625 12,495 14,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.13% 88.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,646 8,354 10,656
10th Percentile £363 £330 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 234 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.00 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £35.71 £30.90 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -7.89% -21.98%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.98%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the London region over the 6 months to 22 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 +5 49 £575 +4.55% 40
West London -5 8 £675 - 6
South London -12 7 £425 -29.17% 4
East London -1 1 £775 +64.02% 4
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
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 19 (5.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.57%) CICS
4 8 (2.20%) Confluence
4 8 (2.20%) WebSphere
5 3 (0.82%) Apache
6 2 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.27%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.82%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 175 (48.08%) Azure
2 92 (25.27%) AWS
3 50 (13.74%) GitHub
4 41 (11.26%) GCP
5 39 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (9.89%) GitHub Actions
7 35 (9.62%) Entra ID
8 34 (9.34%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (8.52%) IaaS
10 27 (7.42%) Azure AKS
11 26 (7.14%) PaaS
12 22 (6.04%) SaaS
13 20 (5.49%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (5.22%) Serverless
15 16 (4.40%) Amazon S3
15 16 (4.40%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (3.30%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 8 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (2.20%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 68 (18.68%) DNS
2 50 (13.74%) Firewall
3 49 (13.46%) DHCP
4 36 (9.89%) VPN
5 27 (7.42%) Network Security
6 24 (6.59%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.67%) WAN
8 12 (3.30%) LAN
9 10 (2.75%) SAN
10 9 (2.47%) SSL
11 8 (2.20%) SMTP
11 8 (2.20%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (1.65%) HTTP
12 6 (1.65%) NAS
12 6 (1.65%) VLAN
13 5 (1.37%) DMZ
13 5 (1.37%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.37%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (1.10%) BGP
14 4 (1.10%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.20%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.65%) Db2
5 3 (0.82%) Big Data
5 3 (0.82%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
6 2 (0.55%) Power BI
7 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.27%) Metadata
7 1 (0.27%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 19 (5.22%) Git
1 19 (5.22%) GitLab
2 14 (3.85%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.37%) Bitbucket
3 5 (1.37%) JIRA
4 2 (0.55%) Chocolatey
4 2 (0.55%) Subversion
5 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.27%) CMake
5 1 (0.27%) Gradle
5 1 (0.27%) Introscope
5 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 86 (23.63%) Social Skills
2 63 (17.31%) Finance
3 30 (8.24%) Banking
4 28 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.22%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.30%) Legal
8 9 (2.47%) Telecoms
9 8 (2.20%) Law
9 8 (2.20%) Retail
10 6 (1.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.10%) Billing
12 4 (1.10%) Publishing
13 3 (0.82%) Automotive
13 3 (0.82%) Military
14 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 205 (56.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 56 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
3 40 (10.99%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 37 (10.16%) Senior
5 36 (9.89%) Azure Engineer
6 29 (7.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.59%) DevOps Engineer
8 20 (5.49%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (5.49%) Lead
9 17 (4.67%) Network Engineer
10 16 (4.40%) Architect
11 13 (3.57%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (3.57%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 10 (2.75%) Azure DevOps Engineer
12 10 (2.75%) Platform Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) AWS Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) NetApp Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) Security Engineer
13 9 (2.47%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.75%) REST
2 9 (2.47%) JSON
3 8 (2.20%) Middleware
4 7 (1.92%) YAML
5 6 (1.65%) Loki
5 6 (1.65%) RESTful
5 6 (1.65%) SOAP
5 6 (1.65%) Web Services
5 6 (1.65%) WSDL
6 5 (1.37%) 802.1X
6 5 (1.37%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.37%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.37%) OpenID
7 4 (1.10%) .NET
7 4 (1.10%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (1.10%) SAML
8 3 (0.82%) ADO
8 3 (0.82%) HTML
8 3 (0.82%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.55%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.59%) Hybrid Cloud
2 21 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.49%) Cloud Native
4 16 (4.40%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.57%) Mainframe
5 13 (3.57%) PKI
6 12 (3.30%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.47%) Clustering
7 9 (2.47%) Distributed Systems
7 9 (2.47%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (2.20%) CMDB
9 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.65%) DataPower
9 6 (1.65%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.65%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.65%) Online Banking
9 6 (1.65%) Replication
9 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.37%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (31.59%) Windows
2 68 (18.68%) Windows Server
3 58 (15.93%) Linux
4 15 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.57%) zOS
6 9 (2.47%) Unix
7 6 (1.65%) Android
7 6 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.65%) Ubuntu
7 6 (1.65%) VMS
7 6 (1.65%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.37%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.10%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.27%) AIX
12 1 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.27%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (29.95%) Infrastructure as Code
2 101 (27.75%) DevOps
3 92 (25.27%) CI/CD
4 52 (14.29%) Migration
5 50 (13.74%) Platform Engineering
6 46 (12.64%) AI
7 39 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (10.44%) Infrastructure Automation
9 36 (9.89%) Containerisation
10 32 (8.79%) Agile
10 32 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 32 (8.79%) Incident Response
11 31 (8.52%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (7.42%) Observability
13 26 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 25 (6.87%) Configuration Management
14 25 (6.87%) Runbook
15 24 (6.59%) Roadmaps
15 24 (6.59%) Validation
16 23 (6.32%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 85 (23.35%) PowerShell
2 84 (23.08%) Python
3 37 (10.16%) Bash
4 28 (7.69%) SQL
5 18 (4.95%) C#
6 17 (4.67%) Bicep
7 16 (4.40%) Java
7 16 (4.40%) Shell Script
8 6 (1.65%) Go
8 6 (1.65%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.65%) JCL
9 3 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.82%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.55%) C++
10 2 (0.55%) Korn
10 2 (0.55%) Perl
10 2 (0.55%) Ruby
11 1 (0.27%) C
11 1 (0.27%) Jython
11 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 117 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 78 (21.43%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.99%) DV Cleared
4 19 (5.22%) Azure Certification
5 17 (4.67%) Degree
6 14 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (3.02%) CISSP
8 10 (2.75%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.20%) CCNA
10 7 (1.92%) CCNP
11 6 (1.65%) CISM
12 5 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.10%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (1.10%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.82%) JNCIP
14 3 (0.82%) JNCIS
14 3 (0.82%) PMP
14 3 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.75%) QA
1 10 (2.75%) SLA
2 9 (2.47%) NIST
3 7 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.65%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.10%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.82%) GDPR
6 3 (0.82%) NCSC
7 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.55%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (18.96%) Active Directory
2 56 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (9.07%) Docker
4 23 (6.32%) Hyper-V
5 21 (5.77%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (4.12%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (4.12%) vSphere
7 12 (3.30%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.20%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.10%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.10%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.82%) Firmware
10 3 (0.82%) NFS
10 3 (0.82%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.55%) Postfix
11 2 (0.55%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.55%) Varnish
12 1 (0.27%) Ceph
12 1 (0.27%) KVM
Systems Management
1 116 (31.87%) Terraform
2 70 (19.23%) Kubernetes
3 48 (13.19%) Ansible
4 23 (6.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.67%) vCenter Server
6 15 (4.12%) Puppet
7 14 (3.85%) Grafana
8 12 (3.30%) Packer
9 11 (3.02%) Prometheus
10 8 (2.20%) SCCM
10 8 (2.20%) vMotion
11 7 (1.92%) Argo
11 7 (1.92%) FortiGate
12 6 (1.65%) systemd
13 5 (1.37%) Nessus
14 4 (1.10%) Nagios
15 3 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.82%) yum
16 2 (0.55%) Check_MK
16 2 (0.55%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 106 (29.12%) Microsoft
2 73 (20.05%) VMware
3 25 (6.87%) Citrix
4 21 (5.77%) Google
5 19 (5.22%) Cisco
6 16 (4.40%) ServiceNow
7 15 (4.12%) NetApp
8 9 (2.47%) Tenable
8 9 (2.47%) Zscaler
9 8 (2.20%) Oracle
9 8 (2.20%) Red Hat
10 7 (1.92%) HP
10 7 (1.92%) IBM
11 6 (1.65%) Dell
11 6 (1.65%) Qualys
12 5 (1.37%) CyberArk
12 5 (1.37%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.37%) EMC
13 4 (1.10%) CrowdStrike
13 4 (1.10%) Symantec