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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 198 156
Rank change year-on-year +53 -42 +2
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 379 178 281
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 1.31% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 1.42% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 135 224
10th Percentile £401 £350 £325
25th Percentile £445 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £649 £624 £625
90th Percentile £691 £675 £700
England median daily rate £536 £525 £501
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.79% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £77.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year -5.79% +12.00% -5.17%

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 17,817 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.00% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,764 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £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 £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.89 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.61 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.68% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £56.81 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -39.40% -2.35%

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 30 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 30 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 +9 52 £575 - 26
West London -11 8 £675 - 2
South London -18 5 £425 -29.17% 5
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 20 (5.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 18 (4.75%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.43%) CICS
4 11 (2.90%) Confluence
5 8 (2.11%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.79%) Apache
6 3 (0.79%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.26%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.26%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.26%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.26%) JBoss
7 1 (0.26%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.26%) SAS
7 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.79%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 181 (47.76%) Azure
2 93 (24.54%) AWS
3 56 (14.78%) GitHub
4 44 (11.61%) Azure DevOps
5 42 (11.08%) GCP
6 39 (10.29%) GitHub Actions
7 38 (10.03%) Entra ID
8 36 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
9 31 (8.18%) IaaS
10 29 (7.65%) Azure AKS
11 26 (6.86%) PaaS
12 23 (6.07%) SaaS
13 22 (5.80%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (5.28%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (5.28%) Serverless
15 17 (4.49%) Amazon S3
16 16 (4.22%) AWS Lambda
17 12 (3.17%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 9 (2.37%) Datadog
19 8 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 74 (19.53%) DNS
2 55 (14.51%) DHCP
3 52 (13.72%) Firewall
4 37 (9.76%) VPN
5 28 (7.39%) Network Security
6 25 (6.60%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.49%) WAN
8 12 (3.17%) LAN
9 11 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (2.64%) SAN
10 10 (2.64%) SSL
11 8 (2.11%) SMTP
12 7 (1.85%) VLAN
13 6 (1.58%) HTTP
13 6 (1.58%) NAS
14 5 (1.32%) DMZ
14 5 (1.32%) SD-WAN
14 5 (1.32%) Structured Cabling
15 4 (1.06%) BGP
15 4 (1.06%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.92%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.11%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.85%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.58%) Db2
5 4 (1.06%) Power BI
6 3 (0.79%) Big Data
6 3 (0.79%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.26%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.26%) Metadata
8 1 (0.26%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 19 (5.01%) Git
1 19 (5.01%) GitLab
2 16 (4.22%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.85%) JIRA
4 5 (1.32%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.79%) Chocolatey
6 2 (0.53%) Subversion
7 1 (0.26%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.26%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.26%) CMake
7 1 (0.26%) Gradle
7 1 (0.26%) Introscope
7 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.26%) Terragrunt
General
1 86 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.62%) Finance
3 31 (8.18%) Banking
4 30 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (5.54%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.49%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.64%) Legal
7 10 (2.64%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.37%) Retail
9 8 (2.11%) Law
10 7 (1.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.32%) Billing
11 5 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.06%) Publishing
13 3 (0.79%) Automotive
13 3 (0.79%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.79%) Military
13 3 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 212 (55.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (14.51%) Cloud Engineer
3 40 (10.55%) Senior
4 39 (10.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 37 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
6 32 (8.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 24 (6.33%) DevOps Engineer
8 22 (5.80%) Lead
9 20 (5.28%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 18 (4.75%) Network Engineer
11 15 (3.96%) Architect
12 13 (3.43%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 13 (3.43%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.64%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 10 (2.64%) Infrastructure Support
13 10 (2.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (2.37%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (2.37%) Project Manager
14 9 (2.37%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.64%) REST
2 9 (2.37%) JSON
2 9 (2.37%) Middleware
3 7 (1.85%) Loki
3 7 (1.85%) YAML
4 6 (1.58%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.58%) RESTful
4 6 (1.58%) SOAP
4 6 (1.58%) Web Services
4 6 (1.58%) WSDL
5 5 (1.32%) .NET
5 5 (1.32%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.32%) AWS CDK
5 5 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.32%) OpenID
6 4 (1.06%) SAML
7 3 (0.79%) ADO
7 3 (0.79%) HTML
7 3 (0.79%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.53%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.54%) Cloud Native
1 21 (5.54%) Data Centre
1 21 (5.54%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (4.22%) Onboarding
3 14 (3.69%) Clustering
4 13 (3.43%) Mainframe
4 13 (3.43%) PKI
5 12 (3.17%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.37%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (2.11%) CMDB
8 7 (1.85%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.58%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.58%) DataPower
9 6 (1.58%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.58%) Online Banking
9 6 (1.58%) Replication
9 6 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.32%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 125 (32.98%) Windows
2 75 (19.79%) Windows Server
3 61 (16.09%) Linux
4 15 (3.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.43%) zOS
6 9 (2.37%) Unix
7 7 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.58%) Android
8 6 (1.58%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.58%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.58%) VMS
9 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
9 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.06%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.79%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
13 1 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
13 1 (0.26%) CentOS
13 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (31.40%) Infrastructure as Code
2 110 (29.02%) DevOps
3 99 (26.12%) CI/CD
4 60 (15.83%) Migration
5 53 (13.98%) Platform Engineering
6 48 (12.66%) AI
7 45 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (11.35%) Infrastructure Automation
9 39 (10.29%) Containerisation
10 36 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (9.23%) Agile
11 35 (9.23%) Disaster Recovery
12 34 (8.97%) Incident Response
13 31 (8.18%) Observability
13 31 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (7.39%) Configuration Management
15 27 (7.12%) ITIL
16 26 (6.86%) Roadmaps
17 25 (6.60%) High Availability
18 24 (6.33%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 90 (23.75%) PowerShell
2 87 (22.96%) Python
3 39 (10.29%) Bash
4 32 (8.44%) SQL
5 19 (5.01%) C#
6 17 (4.49%) Java
7 16 (4.22%) Bicep
7 16 (4.22%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.85%) Go
9 6 (1.58%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.58%) JCL
10 3 (0.79%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.53%) C++
11 2 (0.53%) Korn
11 2 (0.53%) Perl
11 2 (0.53%) Ruby
12 1 (0.26%) C
12 1 (0.26%) Jython
12 1 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 127 (33.51%) Security Cleared
2 87 (22.96%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.82%) DV Cleared
4 23 (6.07%) Azure Certification
5 19 (5.01%) Degree
6 14 (3.69%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (3.17%) CISSP
8 10 (2.64%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.11%) CCNA
10 7 (1.85%) CCNP
10 7 (1.85%) CISM
10 7 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.32%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (1.06%) PMP
14 3 (0.79%) JNCIP
14 3 (0.79%) JNCIS
14 3 (0.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.43%) SLA
2 12 (3.17%) QA
3 10 (2.64%) NIST
4 9 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.58%) PCI DSS
6 4 (1.06%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.79%) GDPR
7 3 (0.79%) NCSC
8 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.53%) PMO
9 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.26%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.26%) GRC
9 1 (0.26%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 78 (20.58%) Active Directory
2 61 (16.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (9.23%) Docker
4 23 (6.07%) Hyper-V
5 21 (5.54%) VMware ESXi
6 16 (4.22%) vSphere
7 15 (3.96%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (3.43%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (2.11%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.11%) Microsoft App-V
10 5 (1.32%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.06%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.06%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.79%) Firmware
12 3 (0.79%) NFS
13 2 (0.53%) Postfix
13 2 (0.53%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.53%) Varnish
14 1 (0.26%) Ceph
14 1 (0.26%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 124 (32.72%) Terraform
2 74 (19.53%) Kubernetes
3 54 (14.25%) Ansible
4 24 (6.33%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.49%) vCenter Server
6 16 (4.22%) Grafana
7 15 (3.96%) Puppet
8 13 (3.43%) Prometheus
8 13 (3.43%) SCCM
9 12 (3.17%) Packer
10 8 (2.11%) Argo
10 8 (2.11%) vMotion
11 7 (1.85%) FortiGate
12 6 (1.58%) systemd
13 5 (1.32%) Nessus
14 4 (1.06%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (1.06%) Nagios
15 3 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.79%) yum
16 2 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 114 (30.08%) Microsoft
2 81 (21.37%) VMware
3 25 (6.60%) Citrix
4 22 (5.80%) Google
5 20 (5.28%) Cisco
6 15 (3.96%) NetApp
6 15 (3.96%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.64%) Oracle
7 10 (2.64%) Tenable
7 10 (2.64%) Zscaler
8 9 (2.37%) Red Hat
9 8 (2.11%) HP
10 7 (1.85%) Dynatrace
10 7 (1.85%) IBM
11 6 (1.58%) Qualys
12 5 (1.32%) Dell
12 5 (1.32%) EMC
12 5 (1.32%) Splunk
13 4 (1.06%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.06%) Symantec