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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 197 147
Rank change year-on-year +55 -50 +2
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 423 183 271
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.09% 1.36% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.47% 1.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 286 134 214
10th Percentile £375 £360 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £535 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.90% +1.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £634 £625
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £550 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.23% +1.25%
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% -

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 17,959 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £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 £675 £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 302 252 179
10th Percentile £16.52 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -3.37%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 0 50 £620 +12.73% 56
West London -13 10 £675 - 15
South London -5 6 £473 -21.25% 4
East London +4 3 £500 +38.89% 7
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 (5.20%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.31%) Confluence
4 12 (2.84%) CICS
5 7 (1.65%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.42%) Apache
7 4 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.71%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.71%) nginx
9 2 (0.47%) 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 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.24%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 191 (45.15%) Azure
2 106 (25.06%) AWS
3 48 (11.35%) Entra ID
4 45 (10.64%) GCP
4 45 (10.64%) GitHub
5 43 (10.17%) Azure DevOps
5 43 (10.17%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (8.27%) GitHub Actions
7 26 (6.15%) Azure AKS
8 25 (5.91%) IaaS
9 20 (4.73%) Amazon EKS
10 19 (4.49%) SaaS
11 16 (3.78%) Amazon S3
11 16 (3.78%) PaaS
12 15 (3.55%) Azure Monitor
12 15 (3.55%) OpenShift
13 14 (3.31%) Serverless
14 13 (3.07%) OCI
15 12 (2.84%) Datadog
16 10 (2.36%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 72 (17.02%) DNS
2 56 (13.24%) DHCP
3 55 (13.00%) Firewall
4 36 (8.51%) VPN
5 33 (7.80%) Network Security
6 30 (7.09%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.02%) SSL
7 17 (4.02%) WAN
8 15 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (3.07%) SAN
10 12 (2.84%) LAN
11 11 (2.60%) HTTP
12 10 (2.36%) VLAN
13 9 (2.13%) BGP
14 7 (1.65%) NAS
14 7 (1.65%) Wireless
15 6 (1.42%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.18%) DMZ
16 5 (1.18%) MPLS
16 5 (1.18%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.89%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.42%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.42%) Power BI
4 5 (1.18%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.95%) Db2
5 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (0.71%) Big Data
6 3 (0.71%) ClickHouse
6 3 (0.71%) Flink
6 3 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.47%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (6.38%) Git
2 20 (4.73%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.49%) GitLab
4 10 (2.36%) JIRA
5 4 (0.95%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.47%) Artifactory
7 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.47%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
7 2 (0.47%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.47%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.47%) 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%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 97 (22.93%) Social Skills
2 88 (20.80%) Finance
3 41 (9.69%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (7.57%) Banking
5 21 (4.96%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.02%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.84%) Telecoms
8 10 (2.36%) Retail
9 8 (1.89%) Law
10 6 (1.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.18%) Automotive
11 5 (1.18%) Billing
11 5 (1.18%) Legal
11 5 (1.18%) Publishing
12 4 (0.95%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Local Government
13 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
14 2 (0.47%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.47%) Military
14 2 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 202 (47.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 51 (12.06%) Cloud Engineer
3 49 (11.58%) Senior
4 38 (8.98%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (8.51%) Azure Engineer
6 35 (8.27%) DevOps Engineer
6 35 (8.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (8.04%) Lead
8 25 (5.91%) Architect
9 22 (5.20%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 22 (5.20%) Network Engineer
10 16 (3.78%) Platform Engineer
11 14 (3.31%) Support Engineer
12 13 (3.07%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.84%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 11 (2.60%) AWS Engineer
14 11 (2.60%) Microsoft Engineer
14 11 (2.60%) Security Engineer
15 10 (2.36%) Automation Engineer
15 10 (2.36%) Infrastructure Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (31.91%) Terraform
2 13 (3.07%) REST
3 11 (2.60%) ARM Templates
3 11 (2.60%) Middleware
3 11 (2.60%) YAML
4 8 (1.89%) Kafka
5 7 (1.65%) .NET
5 7 (1.65%) 802.1X
5 7 (1.65%) JSON
5 7 (1.65%) Loki
6 6 (1.42%) OpenID
6 6 (1.42%) SAML
6 6 (1.42%) Web Services
7 4 (0.95%) RESTful
7 4 (0.95%) SOAP
7 4 (0.95%) WSDL
8 3 (0.71%) ADO
8 3 (0.71%) HTML
8 3 (0.71%) OAuth
8 3 (0.71%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.04%) Hybrid Cloud
2 28 (6.62%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.96%) Data Centre
4 16 (3.78%) Onboarding
5 15 (3.55%) Clustering
5 15 (3.55%) Public Cloud
6 13 (3.07%) Enterprise Cloud
7 12 (2.84%) Mainframe
8 11 (2.60%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (2.60%) PKI
9 10 (2.36%) Data Protection Act
9 10 (2.36%) Replication
10 9 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (2.13%) Security Posture
11 8 (1.89%) Private Cloud
12 7 (1.65%) AI Agents
12 7 (1.65%) CMDB
12 7 (1.65%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (1.42%) Enterprise Storage
14 5 (1.18%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 128 (30.26%) Windows
2 80 (18.91%) Linux
2 80 (18.91%) Windows Server
3 21 (4.96%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (3.07%) Unix
5 12 (2.84%) zOS
6 9 (2.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 8 (1.89%) Ubuntu
8 7 (1.65%) VMS
8 7 (1.65%) Windows Server 2016
9 6 (1.42%) Android
9 6 (1.42%) Apple iOS
9 6 (1.42%) Mac OS
10 5 (1.18%) Windows 10
10 5 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
11 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.47%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.47%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.47%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (34.99%) Infrastructure as Code
2 135 (31.91%) DevOps
3 128 (30.26%) CI/CD
4 72 (17.02%) Platform Engineering
5 68 (16.08%) AI
5 68 (16.08%) Migration
6 66 (15.60%) Infrastructure Automation
7 59 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
8 49 (11.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (10.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (9.93%) Configuration Management
10 42 (9.93%) Disaster Recovery
10 42 (9.93%) Observability
11 40 (9.46%) Containerisation
12 37 (8.75%) Incident Response
13 35 (8.27%) High Availability
13 35 (8.27%) ITIL
14 34 (8.04%) Agile
15 33 (7.80%) Cloud Security
16 32 (7.57%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 109 (25.77%) Python
2 101 (23.88%) PowerShell
3 47 (11.11%) Bash
4 34 (8.04%) SQL
5 23 (5.44%) Bicep
6 20 (4.73%) Java
7 14 (3.31%) C#
7 14 (3.31%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.89%) C++
8 8 (1.89%) Go
8 8 (1.89%) Perl
9 5 (1.18%) C
9 5 (1.18%) JCL
9 5 (1.18%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.95%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.71%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.47%) Korn
13 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.24%) Groovy
13 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 126 (29.79%) Security Cleared
2 85 (20.09%) SC Cleared
3 41 (9.69%) DV Cleared
4 24 (5.67%) Azure Certification
5 23 (5.44%) Degree
6 16 (3.78%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (2.84%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.36%) CCNA
8 10 (2.36%) CCNP
8 10 (2.36%) CISSP
8 10 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 6 (1.42%) CISM
9 6 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.95%) JNCIP
10 4 (0.95%) JNCIS
11 3 (0.71%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.71%) PMP
12 2 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.07%) QA
2 12 (2.84%) SLA
3 11 (2.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.65%) NIST
5 5 (1.18%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.95%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.47%) 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 (20.09%) Active Directory
2 70 (16.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (8.27%) Docker
4 25 (5.91%) Hyper-V
5 22 (5.20%) VMware ESXi
6 20 (4.73%) vSphere
7 19 (4.49%) Virtual Machines
8 14 (3.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.42%) Firmware
11 4 (0.95%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.95%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (0.95%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.71%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.47%) Ceph
13 2 (0.47%) NFS
13 2 (0.47%) Postfix
13 2 (0.47%) RACF
14 1 (0.24%) KVM
14 1 (0.24%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 84 (19.86%) Kubernetes
2 72 (17.02%) Ansible
3 33 (7.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (4.49%) Grafana
5 17 (4.02%) SCCM
6 16 (3.78%) Prometheus
6 16 (3.78%) Puppet
7 15 (3.55%) vCenter Server
8 10 (2.36%) Packer
9 9 (2.13%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.89%) Argo
10 8 (1.89%) systemd
11 6 (1.42%) Nessus
11 6 (1.42%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Clustering
13 4 (0.95%) Nagios
13 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.95%) SCOM
13 4 (0.95%) vMotion
14 3 (0.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 132 (31.21%) Microsoft
2 95 (22.46%) VMware
3 29 (6.86%) Cisco
4 22 (5.20%) Google
5 18 (4.26%) Citrix
5 18 (4.26%) Oracle
5 18 (4.26%) Red Hat
6 14 (3.31%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.36%) Tenable
7 10 (2.36%) Zscaler
8 9 (2.13%) HP
8 9 (2.13%) IBM
8 9 (2.13%) NetApp
9 8 (1.89%) Dynatrace
9 8 (1.89%) Splunk
10 7 (1.65%) CyberArk
11 6 (1.42%) Databricks
11 6 (1.42%) Juniper
12 5 (1.18%) Qualys
13 4 (0.95%) Veeam