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 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 193 165
Rank change year-on-year +58 -28 0
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 416 186 260
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 1.37% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 1.49% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 138 210
10th Percentile £395 £357 £325
25th Percentile £450 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £622
90th Percentile £689 £675 £700
England median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £30.00 £67.50
% change year-on-year +141.80% -55.56% -6.90%

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 17,900 12,495 14,396
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 92.36% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,760 8,322 10,079
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 £662 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £777 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 283 253 201
10th Percentile £17.07 £16.50 £17.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.50 £35.71
Median % change year-on-year +20.34% -17.39% -12.41%
75th Percentile £56.25 £48.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £71.25
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%

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 14 August 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 14 August 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 54 £575 -4.17% 34
West London -10 9 £675 - 4
South London -9 5 £500 -16.67% 8
East London 0 3 £638 +34.92% 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 21 (5.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.13%) CICS
3 13 (3.13%) Confluence
4 8 (1.92%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.68%) Apache
6 4 (0.96%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (0.72%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.24%) CloudStack
9 1 (0.24%) CMS
9 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.24%) JBoss
9 1 (0.24%) nginx
9 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.24%) SAS
9 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.72%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 191 (45.91%) Azure
2 103 (24.76%) AWS
3 53 (12.74%) GitHub
4 47 (11.30%) Azure DevOps
5 45 (10.82%) GCP
6 44 (10.58%) Entra ID
7 41 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
8 39 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
9 32 (7.69%) IaaS
10 29 (6.97%) Azure AKS
11 24 (5.77%) PaaS
12 23 (5.53%) SaaS
13 20 (4.81%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (4.81%) Azure Monitor
14 18 (4.33%) Serverless
15 16 (3.85%) Amazon S3
16 12 (2.88%) AWS Lambda
17 11 (2.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 11 (2.64%) Datadog
17 11 (2.64%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 79 (18.99%) DNS
2 60 (14.42%) Firewall
3 58 (13.94%) DHCP
4 42 (10.10%) VPN
5 33 (7.93%) Network Security
6 31 (7.45%) TCP/IP
7 20 (4.81%) WAN
8 17 (4.09%) SSL
9 15 (3.61%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (3.37%) LAN
11 11 (2.64%) SAN
12 9 (2.16%) HTTP
12 9 (2.16%) VLAN
13 7 (1.68%) SD-WAN
13 7 (1.68%) SMTP
14 6 (1.44%) BGP
14 6 (1.44%) NAS
14 6 (1.44%) Wireless
15 5 (1.20%) DMZ
15 5 (1.20%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.16%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.44%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.44%) Db2
3 6 (1.44%) DynamoDB
4 5 (1.20%) Power BI
5 3 (0.72%) Apache Iceberg
5 3 (0.72%) Big Data
5 3 (0.72%) ClickHouse
5 3 (0.72%) Flink
5 3 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
5 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 26 (6.25%) Git
2 19 (4.57%) GitLab
2 19 (4.57%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.92%) JIRA
4 4 (0.96%) Chocolatey
5 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.48%) Subversion
7 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.24%) CMake
7 1 (0.24%) Gradle
7 1 (0.24%) Introscope
7 1 (0.24%) Maven
7 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
General
1 94 (22.60%) Social Skills
2 70 (16.83%) Finance
3 36 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (7.93%) Banking
5 22 (5.29%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.33%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.88%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.64%) Retail
9 8 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.92%) Law
10 7 (1.68%) Legal
11 5 (1.20%) Automotive
11 5 (1.20%) Billing
11 5 (1.20%) Publishing
12 4 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.72%) Military
14 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.48%) Local Government
14 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 222 (53.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (12.98%) Cloud Engineer
3 49 (11.78%) Senior
4 41 (9.86%) Azure Engineer
4 41 (9.86%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (8.65%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 29 (6.97%) DevOps Engineer
7 25 (6.01%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 23 (5.53%) Lead
9 22 (5.29%) Network Engineer
10 18 (4.33%) Architect
11 14 (3.37%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (3.13%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.88%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 11 (2.64%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 11 (2.64%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (2.64%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (2.64%) Support Engineer
15 10 (2.40%) Infrastructure Support
16 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.64%) ARM Templates
1 11 (2.64%) REST
2 10 (2.40%) YAML
3 9 (2.16%) JSON
3 9 (2.16%) Middleware
4 7 (1.68%) 802.1X
4 7 (1.68%) Loki
5 6 (1.44%) OpenID
5 6 (1.44%) RESTful
5 6 (1.44%) SAML
5 6 (1.44%) SOAP
5 6 (1.44%) Web Services
5 6 (1.44%) WSDL
6 5 (1.20%) .NET
6 5 (1.20%) Kafka
7 4 (0.96%) ADO
7 4 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
8 3 (0.72%) HTML
8 3 (0.72%) ModSecurity
8 3 (0.72%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.01%) Cloud Native
2 24 (5.77%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.61%) Clustering
6 13 (3.13%) Mainframe
6 13 (3.13%) PKI
6 13 (3.13%) Public Cloud
7 9 (2.16%) Data Protection Act
7 9 (2.16%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.92%) CMDB
8 8 (1.92%) Enterprise Storage
8 8 (1.92%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (1.92%) Replication
9 7 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.68%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.44%) DataPower
10 6 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 6 (1.44%) Online Banking
10 6 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 132 (31.73%) Windows
2 77 (18.51%) Windows Server
3 71 (17.07%) Linux
4 19 (4.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.13%) zOS
6 12 (2.88%) Unix
7 8 (1.92%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.92%) VMS
7 8 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.44%) Android
8 6 (1.44%) Apple iOS
8 6 (1.44%) Windows Server 2016
9 5 (1.20%) Mac OS
9 5 (1.20%) Windows 10
9 5 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2003
11 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.48%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.24%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (31.01%) Infrastructure as Code
2 123 (29.57%) DevOps
3 109 (26.20%) CI/CD
4 68 (16.35%) Migration
5 61 (14.66%) AI
6 59 (14.18%) Platform Engineering
7 53 (12.74%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (12.50%) Infrastructure Automation
9 40 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 39 (9.38%) Containerisation
10 39 (9.38%) Disaster Recovery
11 36 (8.65%) Configuration Management
12 35 (8.41%) Incident Response
13 34 (8.17%) Agile
13 34 (8.17%) Observability
14 33 (7.93%) Stakeholder Management
15 31 (7.45%) High Availability
16 29 (6.97%) ITIL
17 28 (6.73%) Cloud Security
17 28 (6.73%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 102 (24.52%) PowerShell
1 102 (24.52%) Python
2 43 (10.34%) Bash
3 35 (8.41%) SQL
4 20 (4.81%) Bicep
5 19 (4.57%) C#
6 17 (4.09%) Java
7 16 (3.85%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.68%) Go
8 7 (1.68%) Perl
9 6 (1.44%) C++
9 6 (1.44%) JCL
10 4 (0.96%) C
10 4 (0.96%) JavaScript
10 4 (0.96%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.48%) Korn
12 2 (0.48%) Ruby
13 1 (0.24%) Jython
13 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 137 (32.93%) Security Cleared
2 91 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.34%) DV Cleared
4 22 (5.29%) Azure Certification
5 20 (4.81%) Degree
6 16 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.64%) CISSP
8 10 (2.40%) CCNA
8 10 (2.40%) CCNP
9 8 (1.92%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
11 6 (1.44%) CISM
11 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.20%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
13 4 (0.96%) JNCIP
13 4 (0.96%) JNCIS
13 4 (0.96%) PMP
14 3 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 3 (0.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (3.37%) SLA
2 13 (3.13%) QA
3 11 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (2.16%) NIST
5 6 (1.44%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.96%) SOC 2
7 3 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.72%) GDPR
7 3 (0.72%) NCSC
8 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.48%) PMO
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (19.95%) Active Directory
2 66 (15.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (7.69%) Docker
4 25 (6.01%) Hyper-V
5 22 (5.29%) VMware ESXi
6 18 (4.33%) Virtual Machines
7 17 (4.09%) vSphere
8 14 (3.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 7 (1.68%) BitLocker
9 7 (1.68%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (1.68%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.20%) Firmware
11 4 (0.96%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.96%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.72%) NFS
13 2 (0.48%) Ceph
13 2 (0.48%) Postfix
13 2 (0.48%) Sendmail
13 2 (0.48%) Varnish
14 1 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 131 (31.49%) Terraform
2 79 (18.99%) Kubernetes
3 62 (14.90%) Ansible
4 28 (6.73%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.09%) Grafana
5 17 (4.09%) Puppet
5 17 (4.09%) vCenter Server
6 15 (3.61%) SCCM
7 14 (3.37%) Prometheus
8 12 (2.88%) Packer
9 10 (2.40%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.92%) Argo
10 8 (1.92%) systemd
11 7 (1.68%) vMotion
12 6 (1.44%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Clustering
13 5 (1.20%) Nessus
14 4 (0.96%) Nagios
15 3 (0.72%) SCOM
15 3 (0.72%) yum
Vendors
1 125 (30.05%) Microsoft
2 87 (20.91%) VMware
3 24 (5.77%) Cisco
3 24 (5.77%) Citrix
4 23 (5.53%) Google
5 15 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.37%) Oracle
6 14 (3.37%) Red Hat
7 13 (3.13%) NetApp
8 11 (2.64%) Tenable
9 10 (2.40%) Zscaler
10 8 (1.92%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.92%) HP
11 7 (1.68%) IBM
12 6 (1.44%) Qualys
13 5 (1.20%) Dell
13 5 (1.20%) EMC
13 5 (1.20%) Juniper
13 5 (1.20%) Splunk
14 4 (0.96%) MikroTik