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 24 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 134 180 163
Rank change year-on-year +46 -17 -16
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 435 192 265
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.14% 1.42% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 1.54% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 137 207
10th Percentile £375 £360 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +1.52% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £639
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £550 £500 £509
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.72% +1.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £52.85 £24.40 -
25th Percentile £58.63 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £30.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.67% -73.21% +24.44%
75th Percentile £81.63 £32.70 -
90th Percentile £88.15 £34.32 -
England median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +131.25% -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 18,096 12,472 14,422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.86% 92.52% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,865 8,232 9,521
10th Percentile £359 £331 £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 £673 £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 316 252 179
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £33.60 £31.00 £36.80
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -15.77% -1.87%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.39%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 24 September 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 51 £620 +12.73% 51
West London -12 10 £675 - 12
South London -7 6 £473 -21.25% 3
East London +2 3 £500 +38.89% 5
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 23 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.45%) Confluence
4 13 (2.99%) CICS
5 7 (1.61%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.38%) Apache
7 4 (0.92%) nginx
7 4 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
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
1 198 (45.52%) Azure
2 113 (25.98%) AWS
3 52 (11.95%) Entra ID
4 49 (11.26%) GCP
5 46 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (10.34%) GitHub
7 44 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (6.21%) Azure AKS
10 24 (5.52%) IaaS
11 21 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (4.14%) SaaS
13 16 (3.68%) Amazon S3
14 15 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (3.45%) OpenShift
14 15 (3.45%) PaaS
15 14 (3.22%) Serverless
16 13 (2.99%) OCI
17 12 (2.76%) Datadog
18 11 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 76 (17.47%) DNS
2 58 (13.33%) DHCP
3 56 (12.87%) Firewall
4 38 (8.74%) VPN
5 33 (7.59%) Network Security
6 30 (6.90%) TCP/IP
7 18 (4.14%) SSL
8 17 (3.91%) WAN
9 15 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (2.99%) SAN
11 12 (2.76%) LAN
12 11 (2.53%) HTTP
13 10 (2.30%) VLAN
14 9 (2.07%) BGP
15 7 (1.61%) NAS
15 7 (1.61%) Wireless
16 6 (1.38%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.15%) DMZ
17 5 (1.15%) MPLS
17 5 (1.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.38%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.38%) Power BI
4 5 (1.15%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.92%) Db2
5 4 (0.92%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (0.69%) Big Data
6 3 (0.69%) ClickHouse
6 3 (0.69%) Flink
6 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (6.67%) Git
2 22 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.60%) GitLab
4 11 (2.53%) JIRA
5 4 (0.92%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.69%) JUnit
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
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%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.23%) CMake
8 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 102 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 94 (21.61%) Finance
3 43 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.05%) Banking
5 21 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.07%) Retail
9 8 (1.84%) Law
10 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.38%) Legal
11 5 (1.15%) Automotive
11 5 (1.15%) Billing
11 5 (1.15%) Publishing
12 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Local Government
13 3 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Military
14 2 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 208 (47.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 53 (12.18%) Cloud Engineer
3 51 (11.72%) Senior
4 40 (9.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (8.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 36 (8.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (7.82%) Azure Engineer
6 34 (7.82%) Lead
7 26 (5.98%) Architect
8 22 (5.06%) Network Engineer
9 20 (4.60%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.45%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.22%) Security Engineer
13 13 (2.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Automation Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 12 (2.76%) Microsoft Engineer
15 11 (2.53%) AWS Engineer
15 11 (2.53%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (33.33%) Terraform
2 16 (3.68%) REST
3 12 (2.76%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.53%) Middleware
4 11 (2.53%) YAML
5 9 (2.07%) Kafka
6 8 (1.84%) Web Services
7 7 (1.61%) .NET
7 7 (1.61%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.61%) JSON
7 7 (1.61%) Loki
7 7 (1.61%) OpenID
7 7 (1.61%) SOAP
8 6 (1.38%) SAML
9 4 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.92%) Model Context Protocol
9 4 (0.92%) OAuth
9 4 (0.92%) RESTful
9 4 (0.92%) WSDL
10 3 (0.69%) LangGraph
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (7.36%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.91%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.45%) Clustering
5 15 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.22%) Enterprise Cloud
7 13 (2.99%) Mainframe
8 12 (2.76%) PKI
9 11 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.30%) Replication
10 10 (2.30%) Security Posture
11 9 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.84%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.61%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.61%) CMDB
13 7 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 130 (29.89%) Windows
2 83 (19.08%) Linux
2 83 (19.08%) Windows Server
3 22 (5.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (3.22%) Unix
5 13 (2.99%) zOS
6 9 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.84%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.84%) VMS
8 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.38%) Android
9 6 (1.38%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.38%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.15%) Windows 10
10 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.46%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (36.32%) Infrastructure as Code
2 142 (32.64%) DevOps
3 136 (31.26%) CI/CD
4 74 (17.01%) Platform Engineering
5 71 (16.32%) Migration
6 69 (15.86%) Infrastructure Automation
7 68 (15.63%) AI
8 62 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
9 53 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
10 46 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
11 45 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
12 44 (10.11%) Observability
13 43 (9.89%) Configuration Management
14 41 (9.43%) Containerisation
15 39 (8.97%) Cloud Security
15 39 (8.97%) Incident Response
16 37 (8.51%) Agile
17 36 (8.28%) ITIL
18 35 (8.05%) High Availability
19 33 (7.59%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 115 (26.44%) Python
2 103 (23.68%) PowerShell
3 48 (11.03%) Bash
4 34 (7.82%) SQL
5 25 (5.75%) Bicep
5 25 (5.75%) Java
6 15 (3.45%) C#
7 14 (3.22%) Shell Script
8 12 (2.76%) Go
9 9 (2.07%) C++
10 8 (1.84%) Perl
11 6 (1.38%) JCL
12 5 (1.15%) C
12 5 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.15%) TypeScript
13 4 (0.92%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.46%) COBOL
14 2 (0.46%) Korn
15 1 (0.23%) Groovy
15 1 (0.23%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 128 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 86 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 42 (9.66%) DV Cleared
4 25 (5.75%) Azure Certification
4 25 (5.75%) Degree
5 16 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.22%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.76%) CISSP
8 11 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.30%) CCNA
9 10 (2.30%) CCNP
10 6 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.38%) CISM
10 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.92%) JNCIP
11 4 (0.92%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.69%) PMP
13 2 (0.46%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.99%) QA
2 12 (2.76%) SLA
3 11 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.61%) NIST
5 5 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.46%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.23%) GDPR
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (20.46%) Active Directory
2 73 (16.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (8.05%) Docker
4 25 (5.75%) Hyper-V
5 22 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (4.83%) vSphere
7 19 (4.37%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.38%) Firmware
11 4 (0.92%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.92%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.92%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.69%) RACF
12 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.46%) Ceph
13 2 (0.46%) IAG
13 2 (0.46%) NFS
13 2 (0.46%) Postfix
13 2 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 89 (20.46%) Kubernetes
2 74 (17.01%) Ansible
3 35 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (4.60%) Grafana
5 17 (3.91%) Prometheus
5 17 (3.91%) Puppet
6 16 (3.68%) SCCM
7 15 (3.45%) vCenter Server
8 10 (2.30%) Packer
9 9 (2.07%) Argo
9 9 (2.07%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.84%) systemd
11 6 (1.38%) Nessus
11 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
12 5 (1.15%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.92%) Nagios
13 4 (0.92%) SCOM
13 4 (0.92%) vMotion
14 3 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (31.26%) Microsoft
2 97 (22.30%) VMware
3 30 (6.90%) Cisco
4 23 (5.29%) Google
5 19 (4.37%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.14%) Oracle
7 17 (3.91%) Citrix
8 14 (3.22%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.30%) IBM
9 10 (2.30%) Tenable
9 10 (2.30%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.07%) HP
10 9 (2.07%) NetApp
11 8 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.84%) Splunk
12 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.38%) Databricks
13 6 (1.38%) Juniper
14 5 (1.15%) Qualys
15 4 (0.92%) Veeam