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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 198 159
Rank change year-on-year +55 -39 -13
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 421 185 262
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.07% 1.37% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.33% 1.48% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 136 208
10th Percentile £375 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £529 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.97% +0.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £614
90th Percentile £698 £700 £700
England median daily rate £549 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +9.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £52.85 - -
25th Percentile £58.63 - -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +131.67% - -
75th Percentile £81.63 - -
90th Percentile £88.15 - -
England median hourly rate £74.00 £30.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +146.67% -57.14% -3.45%

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 18,084 12,490 14,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.97% 92.58% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,813 8,262 9,757
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 257 180
10th Percentile £16.71 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.25 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.38 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £86.15 £63.75 £72.19
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +0.58%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 50 £620 +15.67% 48
West London -15 10 £675 - 11
South London -6 6 £473 -10.00% 4
East London +4 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 22 (5.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (4.99%) SharePoint
3 14 (3.33%) Confluence
4 12 (2.85%) CICS
5 7 (1.66%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.43%) Apache
7 4 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.71%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.71%) nginx
9 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.24%) CloudStack
10 1 (0.24%) CMS
10 1 (0.24%) JBoss
10 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 185 (43.94%) Azure
2 102 (24.23%) AWS
3 46 (10.93%) GitHub
4 45 (10.69%) Entra ID
5 43 (10.21%) GCP
6 42 (9.98%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
7 35 (8.31%) GitHub Actions
8 26 (6.18%) Azure AKS
8 26 (6.18%) IaaS
9 20 (4.75%) Amazon EKS
10 19 (4.51%) SaaS
11 17 (4.04%) PaaS
12 16 (3.80%) Amazon S3
13 15 (3.56%) Azure Monitor
14 14 (3.33%) Serverless
15 13 (3.09%) OCI
16 12 (2.85%) Datadog
17 10 (2.38%) OpenShift
18 9 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 75 (17.81%) DNS
2 58 (13.78%) DHCP
3 57 (13.54%) Firewall
4 39 (9.26%) VPN
5 33 (7.84%) Network Security
6 30 (7.13%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.04%) SSL
7 17 (4.04%) WAN
8 15 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (3.09%) SAN
10 12 (2.85%) LAN
11 11 (2.61%) HTTP
12 10 (2.38%) VLAN
13 9 (2.14%) BGP
14 7 (1.66%) NAS
14 7 (1.66%) SMTP
14 7 (1.66%) Wireless
15 6 (1.43%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.19%) SSH
16 5 (1.19%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (6.89%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.43%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.19%) Power BI
6 4 (0.95%) Db2
6 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.95%) Oracle Database
6 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (0.71%) Big Data
7 3 (0.71%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.71%) Flink
7 3 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (6.41%) Git
2 18 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.04%) GitLab
4 9 (2.14%) JIRA
5 4 (0.95%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.48%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.48%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.48%) Subversion
8 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.24%) CMake
8 1 (0.24%) Gradle
8 1 (0.24%) IBM UrbanCode
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 94 (22.33%) Social Skills
2 82 (19.48%) Finance
3 38 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.36%) Banking
5 20 (4.75%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.04%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.85%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.61%) Retail
9 8 (1.90%) Law
10 6 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.19%) Automotive
11 5 (1.19%) Billing
11 5 (1.19%) Legal
11 5 (1.19%) Publishing
12 4 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Local Government
13 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.48%) Military
14 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 206 (48.93%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 49 (11.64%) Cloud Engineer
3 48 (11.40%) Senior
4 36 (8.55%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 35 (8.31%) Azure Engineer
6 34 (8.08%) DevOps Engineer
6 34 (8.08%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 31 (7.36%) Lead
8 23 (5.46%) Network Engineer
9 22 (5.23%) Architect
10 21 (4.99%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
12 14 (3.33%) Support Engineer
13 13 (3.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.85%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 11 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
15 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Engineer
16 10 (2.38%) Infrastructure Support
16 10 (2.38%) Security Engineer
17 9 (2.14%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 131 (31.12%) Terraform
2 12 (2.85%) REST
3 11 (2.61%) Middleware
3 11 (2.61%) YAML
4 10 (2.38%) ARM Templates
5 7 (1.66%) 802.1X
5 7 (1.66%) JSON
5 7 (1.66%) Loki
6 6 (1.43%) .NET
6 6 (1.43%) Kafka
6 6 (1.43%) OpenID
6 6 (1.43%) SAML
7 5 (1.19%) Web Services
8 4 (0.95%) RESTful
8 4 (0.95%) SOAP
8 4 (0.95%) WSDL
9 3 (0.71%) ADO
9 3 (0.71%) HTML
9 3 (0.71%) OAuth
9 3 (0.71%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.60%) Hybrid Cloud
2 27 (6.41%) Cloud Native
3 20 (4.75%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.04%) Clustering
5 16 (3.80%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.85%) Mainframe
6 12 (2.85%) PKI
6 12 (2.85%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.38%) Enterprise Cloud
8 10 (2.38%) Replication
9 9 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.90%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.66%) CMDB
11 7 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.66%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
12 6 (1.43%) Security Posture
13 5 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 132 (31.35%) Windows
2 83 (19.71%) Windows Server
3 77 (18.29%) Linux
4 20 (4.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.85%) Unix
5 12 (2.85%) zOS
6 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.90%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.66%) VMS
8 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.43%) Android
9 6 (1.43%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.43%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.19%) Windows 10
10 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.48%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (33.97%) Infrastructure as Code
2 131 (31.12%) DevOps
3 123 (29.22%) CI/CD
4 70 (16.63%) Platform Engineering
5 67 (15.91%) AI
6 66 (15.68%) Migration
7 63 (14.96%) Infrastructure Automation
8 55 (13.06%) Problem-Solving
9 46 (10.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 42 (9.98%) Configuration Management
10 42 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (9.98%) Disaster Recovery
10 42 (9.98%) Observability
11 38 (9.03%) Containerisation
12 37 (8.79%) Incident Response
13 35 (8.31%) High Availability
14 34 (8.08%) ITIL
15 32 (7.60%) Agile
16 31 (7.36%) Cloud Security
16 31 (7.36%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 108 (25.65%) Python
2 105 (24.94%) PowerShell
3 46 (10.93%) Bash
4 32 (7.60%) SQL
5 22 (5.23%) Bicep
6 18 (4.28%) Java
7 13 (3.09%) C#
8 12 (2.85%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.90%) C++
9 8 (1.90%) Go
9 8 (1.90%) Perl
10 5 (1.19%) C
10 5 (1.19%) JCL
10 5 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.48%) Korn
13 1 (0.24%) Groovy
13 1 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 129 (30.64%) Security Cleared
2 86 (20.43%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.21%) DV Cleared
4 24 (5.70%) Degree
5 21 (4.99%) Azure Certification
6 16 (3.80%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.38%) CCNA
7 10 (2.38%) CCNP
7 10 (2.38%) CISSP
7 10 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.14%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.43%) CISM
9 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.95%) JNCIP
10 4 (0.95%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.71%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.71%) PMP
11 3 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.09%) QA
2 12 (2.85%) SLA
3 11 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (1.90%) NIST
5 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.48%) NCSC
9 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.24%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.24%) GDPR
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%) PMO
System Software
1 85 (20.19%) Active Directory
2 72 (17.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (8.08%) Docker
4 28 (6.65%) Hyper-V
5 24 (5.70%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (4.75%) vSphere
7 19 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
8 13 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.43%) BitLocker
10 6 (1.43%) Firmware
10 6 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.95%) Terminal Services
11 4 (0.95%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.48%) Ceph
12 2 (0.48%) NFS
12 2 (0.48%) Postfix
12 2 (0.48%) RACF
13 1 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 80 (19.00%) Kubernetes
2 68 (16.15%) Ansible
3 31 (7.36%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (4.04%) Grafana
4 17 (4.04%) Puppet
4 17 (4.04%) SCCM
4 17 (4.04%) vCenter Server
5 14 (3.33%) Prometheus
6 10 (2.38%) Packer
7 9 (2.14%) FortiGate
8 8 (1.90%) Argo
8 8 (1.90%) systemd
9 6 (1.43%) Nessus
9 6 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (1.43%) vMotion
10 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Clustering
11 4 (0.95%) Nagios
11 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.95%) SCOM
12 3 (0.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 131 (31.12%) Microsoft
2 98 (23.28%) VMware
3 29 (6.89%) Cisco
4 21 (4.99%) Citrix
4 21 (4.99%) Google
5 18 (4.28%) Red Hat
6 16 (3.80%) Oracle
7 14 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 11 (2.61%) NetApp
9 10 (2.38%) Tenable
9 10 (2.38%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.14%) IBM
11 8 (1.90%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.90%) HP
12 6 (1.43%) Juniper
12 6 (1.43%) Splunk
13 5 (1.19%) Databricks
13 5 (1.19%) Qualys
14 4 (0.95%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.95%) MikroTik