Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in London

Infrastructure Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 133 180
Rank change year-on-year -43 +47 +23
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 190 322 391
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.51% 1.81% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 2.04% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 228 296
10th Percentile £335 £300 £400
25th Percentile £400 £407 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £523 £558
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% -6.32% +8.09%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £675 £750 £741
England median daily rate £525 £475 £507
% change year-on-year +10.53% -6.31% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £32.97 £65.90
25th Percentile - £34.42 £70.74
Median hourly rate - £36.84 £78.80
Median % change year-on-year - -53.25% +124.60%
75th Percentile - £38.04 £83.55
90th Percentile - £38.75 £86.40
England median hourly rate £62.50 £46.18 £63.84
% change year-on-year +35.34% -27.66% +27.68%

All Process and 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 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 1 May 2025. 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 -21 34 £596 +13.57% 23
South London +10 5 £470 +10.59% 3
West London +12 3 £400 +60.00% 7
North London -3 3 £285 +14.00%
East London - 3 £473 - 1
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (11.05%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.21%) Confluence
4 3 (1.58%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.58%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) nginx
5 1 (0.53%) Traefik
Applications
1 6 (3.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.58%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 102 (53.68%) Azure
2 56 (29.47%) Microsoft 365
3 47 (24.74%) Entra ID
4 39 (20.53%) AWS
5 27 (14.21%) IaaS
6 14 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (5.79%) GCP
8 9 (4.74%) SaaS
9 8 (4.21%) GitHub
9 8 (4.21%) OneDrive
10 7 (3.68%) PaaS
11 5 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (2.63%) Nutanix
12 4 (2.11%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 4 (2.11%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.11%) Mimecast
12 4 (2.11%) Power Automate
12 4 (2.11%) Serverless
13 3 (1.58%) Amazon EKS
13 3 (1.58%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 56 (29.47%) Firewall
2 43 (22.63%) DNS
3 25 (13.16%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (12.63%) DHCP
5 19 (10.00%) VPN
6 16 (8.42%) WAN
7 15 (7.89%) MPLS
7 15 (7.89%) Network Security
8 14 (7.37%) TCP/IP
9 10 (5.26%) LAN
10 8 (4.21%) Wireless
11 7 (3.68%) Cisco IOS
12 6 (3.16%) Internet
12 6 (3.16%) SD-WAN
13 5 (2.63%) NAS
13 5 (2.63%) SAN
13 5 (2.63%) VLAN
14 4 (2.11%) BGP
14 4 (2.11%) OSPF
15 3 (1.58%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.16%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.58%) DB2
4 2 (1.05%) DynamoDB
4 2 (1.05%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.05%) Power BI
5 1 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.53%) Big Data
5 1 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.53%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 16 (8.42%) Jenkins
2 11 (5.79%) GitLab
3 10 (5.26%) JIRA
4 6 (3.16%) ScriptRunner
5 4 (2.11%) Git
6 2 (1.05%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.53%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.53%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.53%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.53%) Postman
7 1 (0.53%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
General
1 57 (30.00%) Finance
2 38 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 14 (7.37%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.32%) Banking
5 7 (3.68%) Documentation Skills
6 6 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.16%) Marketing
7 5 (2.63%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.63%) Spanish Language
7 5 (2.63%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.11%) Electronics
8 4 (2.11%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.58%) Legal
9 3 (1.58%) Military
9 3 (1.58%) Retail
10 2 (1.05%) Law
10 2 (1.05%) Local Government
11 1 (0.53%) French Language
11 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 121 (63.68%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (18.95%) Senior
3 29 (15.26%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 21 (11.05%) Azure Engineer
5 16 (8.42%) Network Engineer
6 15 (7.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (7.37%) DevOps Engineer
7 14 (7.37%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Architect
8 10 (5.26%) Integration Engineer
8 10 (5.26%) Lead
9 9 (4.74%) Cloud Engineer
10 8 (4.21%) VMware Engineer
10 8 (4.21%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (4.21%) Windows Engineer
11 7 (3.68%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.16%) Analyst
12 6 (3.16%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (3.16%) Senior Network Engineer
13 5 (2.63%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.58%) ARM Templates
2 2 (1.05%) .NET
2 2 (1.05%) 802.1X
2 2 (1.05%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.05%) Kafka
2 2 (1.05%) LDAP
2 2 (1.05%) Node.js
2 2 (1.05%) Spring
3 1 (0.53%) ADO
3 1 (0.53%) cloud-init
3 1 (0.53%) Keycloak
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.53%) OAuth
3 1 (0.53%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.53%) OpenID
3 1 (0.53%) pytest
3 1 (0.53%) SAML
3 1 (0.53%) SOAP
3 1 (0.53%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (9.47%) Data Centre
2 11 (5.79%) Video Conferencing
3 9 (4.74%) PKI
4 6 (3.16%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (2.63%) Public Cloud
6 4 (2.11%) Clustering
6 4 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.11%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.58%) NHS
7 3 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
7 3 (1.58%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.05%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.05%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.05%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.05%) Wiki
9 1 (0.53%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 97 (51.05%) Windows
2 56 (29.47%) Windows Server
3 31 (16.32%) Linux
4 21 (11.05%) Windows 10
5 9 (4.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (3.16%) Unix
7 3 (1.58%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.53%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.53%) CentOS
8 1 (0.53%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.53%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.05%) DevOps
2 37 (19.47%) Migration
3 28 (14.74%) CI/CD
4 25 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (9.47%) Infrastructure Management
6 17 (8.95%) Agile
6 17 (8.95%) Containerisation
6 17 (8.95%) Infrastructure as Code
6 17 (8.95%) Project Delivery
7 16 (8.42%) Platform Engineering
8 15 (7.89%) Cloud Security
8 15 (7.89%) Data Loss Prevention
8 15 (7.89%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (6.84%) Configuration Management
9 13 (6.84%) ITIL
9 13 (6.84%) Time Management
10 12 (6.32%) Server Management
11 11 (5.79%) Business Continuity
11 11 (5.79%) Service Delivery
12 10 (5.26%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 48 (25.26%) PowerShell
2 29 (15.26%) Python
3 12 (6.32%) SQL
4 6 (3.16%) Bash
4 6 (3.16%) Groovy
5 5 (2.63%) Perl
6 4 (2.11%) Java
6 4 (2.11%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.58%) Bicep
8 2 (1.05%) C#
8 2 (1.05%) C++
8 2 (1.05%) Ruby
8 2 (1.05%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.53%) Go
9 1 (0.53%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 33 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 28 (14.74%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.32%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (6.32%) DV Cleared
4 8 (4.21%) CCNP
4 8 (4.21%) Degree
5 7 (3.68%) CCNA
6 5 (2.63%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.58%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.05%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (1.05%) CCIE
8 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.05%) VCAP
8 2 (1.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.53%) MCSE
9 1 (0.53%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.53%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.63%) NCSC
2 3 (1.58%) NIST
2 3 (1.58%) QA
3 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.05%) DICOM
3 2 (1.05%) GDPR
3 2 (1.05%) HL7
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.53%) GRC
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.53%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 78 (41.05%) Active Directory
2 34 (17.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (9.47%) Docker
4 16 (8.42%) Hyper-V
5 9 (4.74%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (3.16%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.05%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.05%) vSphere
8 1 (0.53%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.53%) Firmware
8 1 (0.53%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.53%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 35 (18.42%) Microsoft Intune
1 35 (18.42%) Terraform
2 22 (11.58%) Kubernetes
3 17 (8.95%) Ansible
3 17 (8.95%) SCCM
4 6 (3.16%) FortiGate
5 5 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.58%) Packer
6 3 (1.58%) Puppet
7 2 (1.05%) CASB
7 2 (1.05%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (1.05%) NetBackup
7 2 (1.05%) SCOrch
7 2 (1.05%) SELinux
7 2 (1.05%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.53%) Kustomize
8 1 (0.53%) Nagios
8 1 (0.53%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.53%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 74 (38.95%) Microsoft
2 50 (26.32%) VMware
3 31 (16.32%) Cisco
4 11 (5.79%) Meraki
5 8 (4.21%) Palo Alto
5 8 (4.21%) Splunk
6 7 (3.68%) Atlassian
6 7 (3.68%) Fortinet
6 7 (3.68%) Google
7 5 (2.63%) Dell
7 5 (2.63%) NetApp
7 5 (2.63%) Oracle
8 4 (2.11%) Citrix
8 4 (2.11%) SAP
9 3 (1.58%) Commvault
9 3 (1.58%) McAfee
9 3 (1.58%) Mitel
9 3 (1.58%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.05%) Atempo
10 2 (1.05%) Proofpoint