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 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 180 162
Rank change year-on-year +39 -18 -19
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 434 199 256
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.15% 1.48% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.60% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 143 197
10th Percentile £385 £360 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +0.19% +1.90%
75th Percentile £638 £616 £650
90th Percentile £704 £675 £700
England median daily rate £550 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £54.03 £24.40 -
25th Percentile £61.56 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £30.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +121.67% -73.21% +24.44%
75th Percentile £73.56 £32.70 -
90th Percentile £84.93 £34.32 -
England median hourly rate £71.74 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +124.20% -54.29% -

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 17,972 12,434 14,457
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.94% 92.55% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,766 8,197 9,428
10th Percentile £360 £332 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £664 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 333 243 184
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.03 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.01 £24.06
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -16.67% -9.62%
75th Percentile £60.75 £47.25 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £78.65
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +59.05% -40.82% -4.49%

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 9 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in London

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 9 October 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 -1 46 £600 +9.09% 53
West London -9 9 £675 - 5
South London -8 6 £520 -13.33% 3
East London +5 3 £500 +38.89% 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 26 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 23 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.92%) Confluence
4 12 (2.76%) CICS
5 7 (1.61%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.38%) Apache
7 5 (1.15%) nginx
8 4 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.23%) CloudStack
10 1 (0.23%) CMS
10 1 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.23%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 202 (46.54%) Azure
2 108 (24.88%) AWS
3 61 (14.06%) Entra ID
4 50 (11.52%) GitHub
4 50 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (10.83%) GCP
6 41 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (8.99%) GitHub Actions
8 25 (5.76%) Azure AKS
9 23 (5.30%) Amazon EKS
10 20 (4.61%) OpenShift
11 18 (4.15%) Amazon S3
11 18 (4.15%) IaaS
12 17 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (3.23%) Datadog
13 14 (3.23%) OCI
14 13 (3.00%) SaaS
15 12 (2.76%) Serverless
16 10 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
16 10 (2.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 75 (17.28%) DNS
2 55 (12.67%) Firewall
3 54 (12.44%) DHCP
4 38 (8.76%) VPN
5 32 (7.37%) Network Security
6 31 (7.14%) TCP/IP
7 19 (4.38%) SSL
8 16 (3.69%) WAN
9 15 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (2.76%) LAN
10 12 (2.76%) SAN
11 11 (2.53%) HTTP
12 9 (2.07%) BGP
12 9 (2.07%) VLAN
13 7 (1.61%) Wireless
14 6 (1.38%) NAS
15 5 (1.15%) DMZ
15 5 (1.15%) HTTPS
15 5 (1.15%) MPLS
15 5 (1.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (7.83%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.84%) Oracle Database
3 7 (1.61%) Power BI
4 6 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.38%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.92%) Big Data
7 3 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (0.69%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.69%) Db2
7 3 (0.69%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.69%) Flink
7 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (6.45%) Git
2 21 (4.84%) Jenkins
3 18 (4.15%) GitLab
4 15 (3.46%) JIRA
5 4 (0.92%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.92%) Chocolatey
5 4 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.69%) JUnit
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.46%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.46%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.46%) Selenium
7 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.46%) Subversion
8 1 (0.23%) CMake
8 1 (0.23%) MLflow
8 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.23%) Vagrant
General
1 110 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 105 (24.19%) Finance
3 44 (10.14%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (8.99%) Banking
5 21 (4.84%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.07%) Retail
9 7 (1.61%) Legal
10 6 (1.38%) Billing
10 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.38%) Law
10 6 (1.38%) Publishing
11 5 (1.15%) Automotive
12 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.92%) International Banking
13 3 (0.69%) Local Government
13 3 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 198 (45.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 50 (11.52%) Cloud Engineer
2 50 (11.52%) Senior
3 39 (8.99%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 38 (8.76%) DevOps Engineer
5 35 (8.06%) Azure Engineer
6 34 (7.83%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 32 (7.37%) Lead
8 25 (5.76%) Architect
9 22 (5.07%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.07%) Network Engineer
10 18 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
11 16 (3.69%) Support Engineer
12 15 (3.46%) Security Engineer
13 13 (3.00%) Automation Engineer
13 13 (3.00%) Microsoft Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Support
15 11 (2.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (34.10%) Terraform
2 20 (4.61%) REST
3 12 (2.76%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.53%) Kafka
4 11 (2.53%) Middleware
4 11 (2.53%) YAML
5 10 (2.30%) .NET
5 10 (2.30%) Web Services
6 8 (1.84%) Loki
7 7 (1.61%) 802.1X
8 6 (1.38%) JSON
8 6 (1.38%) OAuth
8 6 (1.38%) OpenID
8 6 (1.38%) SOAP
9 5 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (1.15%) SAML
10 4 (0.92%) Model Context Protocol
10 4 (0.92%) Spark Streaming
11 3 (0.69%) LangGraph
11 3 (0.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 37 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 26 (5.99%) Data Centre
4 18 (4.15%) Onboarding
5 16 (3.69%) Public Cloud
6 14 (3.23%) Clustering
7 13 (3.00%) Enterprise Cloud
8 12 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.76%) Mainframe
8 12 (2.76%) PKI
9 11 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
9 11 (2.53%) Security Posture
10 10 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
10 10 (2.30%) Replication
11 9 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
12 8 (1.84%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.84%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.61%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.61%) CMDB
14 5 (1.15%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 123 (28.34%) Windows
2 82 (18.89%) Windows Server
3 80 (18.43%) Linux
4 22 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.00%) Unix
6 12 (2.76%) zOS
7 9 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.84%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.61%) VMS
9 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.15%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (0.69%) Android
12 3 (0.69%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.46%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.23%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (37.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 149 (34.33%) DevOps
3 137 (31.57%) CI/CD
4 76 (17.51%) Platform Engineering
5 73 (16.82%) Infrastructure Automation
5 73 (16.82%) Migration
6 64 (14.75%) AI
6 64 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
7 62 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 51 (11.75%) Disaster Recovery
8 51 (11.75%) Observability
9 49 (11.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (10.60%) Agile
11 43 (9.91%) Configuration Management
11 43 (9.91%) Incident Response
12 42 (9.68%) Containerisation
13 40 (9.22%) Cloud Security
14 38 (8.76%) Runbook
15 36 (8.29%) ITIL
16 35 (8.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 114 (26.27%) Python
2 104 (23.96%) PowerShell
3 49 (11.29%) Bash
4 35 (8.06%) SQL
5 27 (6.22%) Java
6 24 (5.53%) Bicep
7 18 (4.15%) C#
8 13 (3.00%) Go
8 13 (3.00%) Shell Script
9 10 (2.30%) C++
10 8 (1.84%) Perl
11 7 (1.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.15%) C
12 5 (1.15%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.15%) JCL
12 5 (1.15%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.46%) COBOL
13 2 (0.46%) Korn
14 1 (0.23%) Groovy
14 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 114 (26.27%) Security Cleared
2 80 (18.43%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.83%) DV Cleared
4 26 (5.99%) Degree
5 24 (5.53%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.23%) AWS Certification
8 13 (3.00%) CISSP
8 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.30%) CCNP
10 9 (2.07%) CCNA
11 7 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
12 6 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (1.38%) CISM
12 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (0.92%) JNCIP
13 4 (0.92%) JNCIS
14 3 (0.69%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.69%) PMP
15 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.76%) SLA
3 11 (2.53%) QA
4 8 (1.84%) NIST
5 6 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.23%) GLBA
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 90 (20.74%) Active Directory
2 73 (16.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (8.53%) Docker
4 23 (5.30%) Hyper-V
5 22 (5.07%) vSphere
6 21 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
7 19 (4.38%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.15%) Firmware
11 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.69%) RACF
11 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.46%) Ceph
12 2 (0.46%) IAG
12 2 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.23%) DFS Replication
13 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
Systems Management
1 92 (21.20%) Kubernetes
2 73 (16.82%) Ansible
3 39 (8.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (5.76%) Grafana
5 20 (4.61%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.92%) Puppet
6 17 (3.92%) SCCM
7 14 (3.23%) vCenter Server
8 11 (2.53%) Argo
9 9 (2.07%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.84%) Packer
10 8 (1.84%) systemd
11 7 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 6 (1.38%) Nessus
12 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (0.92%) Nagios
14 4 (0.92%) SCOM
15 3 (0.69%) WSUS
15 3 (0.69%) yum
Vendors
1 144 (33.18%) Microsoft
2 96 (22.12%) VMware
3 29 (6.68%) Cisco
4 24 (5.53%) Google
5 22 (5.07%) Oracle
5 22 (5.07%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.46%) Citrix
7 14 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.30%) Dynatrace
8 10 (2.30%) IBM
8 10 (2.30%) Tenable
8 10 (2.30%) Zscaler
9 9 (2.07%) HP
10 8 (1.84%) Databricks
10 8 (1.84%) Splunk
11 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.38%) Juniper
12 6 (1.38%) Qualys
13 5 (1.15%) NetApp
13 5 (1.15%) UiPath