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 11 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 180 143
Rank change year-on-year +15 -37 +25
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 311 177 310
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.65% 1.45% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.86% 1.57% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 139 234
10th Percentile £399 £350 £313
25th Percentile £427 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.36%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £638
90th Percentile £719 £650 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.38%

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 16,682 11,302 15,611
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.76% 92.31% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,119 7,563 11,181
10th Percentile £358 £347 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 199 318
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.16 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £32.89 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +13.26% +16.42% -28.34%
75th Percentile £58.88 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.50 £28.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +69.64% -25.33% +4.17%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 45 £575 - 16
West London -18 8 £675 +68.75% 5
South London -9 6 £425 -20.56% 1
East London -6 1 £775 +64.02% 1
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 (6.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.25%) CICS
2 7 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.29%) Apache
4 3 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.64%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.32%) Confluence
6 1 (0.32%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.32%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.96%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 146 (46.95%) Azure
2 78 (25.08%) AWS
3 41 (13.18%) GCP
4 37 (11.90%) GitHub
5 33 (10.61%) Microsoft 365
6 30 (9.65%) IaaS
7 29 (9.32%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (9.32%) Entra ID
8 25 (8.04%) GitHub Actions
9 23 (7.40%) PaaS
10 21 (6.75%) Azure AKS
11 19 (6.11%) Serverless
12 17 (5.47%) SaaS
13 15 (4.82%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (4.82%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (3.86%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (3.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (3.54%) Nutanix
16 10 (3.22%) Amazon S3
17 8 (2.57%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 60 (19.29%) DNS
2 39 (12.54%) DHCP
3 36 (11.58%) Firewall
4 29 (9.32%) VPN
5 18 (5.79%) Network Security
6 15 (4.82%) WAN
7 12 (3.86%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.22%) LAN
9 9 (2.89%) SMTP
10 7 (2.25%) SSL
11 6 (1.93%) MPLS
12 5 (1.61%) SAN
12 5 (1.61%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.29%) HTTP
13 4 (1.29%) NAS
13 4 (1.29%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.96%) DMZ
14 3 (0.96%) Internet
14 3 (0.96%) OSPF
14 3 (0.96%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.40%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.57%) DynamoDB
2 8 (2.57%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.93%) Db2
5 5 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.29%) Big Data
7 3 (0.96%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.96%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.96%) RDBMS
7 3 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.96%) Snowflake Schema
8 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.64%) Power BI
8 2 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.32%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.32%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 18 (5.79%) GitLab
2 12 (3.86%) Jenkins
3 10 (3.22%) Git
4 5 (1.61%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.29%) JIRA
6 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.32%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.32%) CMake
6 1 (0.32%) Gradle
6 1 (0.32%) Introscope
General
1 68 (21.86%) Social Skills
2 55 (17.68%) Finance
3 25 (8.04%) Banking
4 19 (6.11%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (4.82%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.50%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.86%) Legal
8 8 (2.57%) Retail
9 7 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.61%) Law
10 5 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.61%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.29%) Billing
11 4 (1.29%) Publishing
12 3 (0.96%) Local Government
12 3 (0.96%) Military
13 2 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.32%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 182 (58.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 47 (15.11%) Cloud Engineer
3 32 (10.29%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.65%) Senior
5 24 (7.72%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (5.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (4.82%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 15 (4.82%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (4.82%) Architect
7 15 (4.82%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.50%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.86%) NetApp Engineer
9 12 (3.86%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.86%) Storage Engineer
10 10 (3.22%) Platform Engineer
10 10 (3.22%) Support Engineer
11 9 (2.89%) Infrastructure Support
11 9 (2.89%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.57%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 8 (2.57%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.22%) REST
2 8 (2.57%) JSON
3 6 (1.93%) RESTful
3 6 (1.93%) SOAP
3 6 (1.93%) Web Services
3 6 (1.93%) WSDL
4 5 (1.61%) AWS CDK
5 4 (1.29%) Kafka
5 4 (1.29%) YAML
6 3 (0.96%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.96%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.96%) HTML
6 3 (0.96%) OpenID
6 3 (0.96%) Spring
6 3 (0.96%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.64%) .NET
7 2 (0.64%) ADO
7 2 (0.64%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.64%) Middleware
7 2 (0.64%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.11%) Data Centre
1 19 (6.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (5.14%) Onboarding
3 14 (4.50%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.54%) PKI
5 9 (2.89%) Clustering
6 8 (2.57%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (2.25%) CMDB
7 7 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.25%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.93%) DataPower
8 6 (1.93%) Online Banking
8 6 (1.93%) Replication
8 6 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.29%) CCTV
10 4 (1.29%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 99 (31.83%) Windows
2 57 (18.33%) Windows Server
3 46 (14.79%) Linux
4 11 (3.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (2.89%) Unix
6 7 (2.25%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (2.25%) zOS
7 6 (1.93%) Android
7 6 (1.93%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.61%) VMS
9 4 (1.29%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.64%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.32%) AIX
12 1 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.32%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (24.76%) Infrastructure as Code
2 76 (24.44%) DevOps
3 69 (22.19%) CI/CD
4 40 (12.86%) Platform Engineering
5 39 (12.54%) Migration
6 38 (12.22%) AI
7 35 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (9.65%) Containerisation
9 26 (8.36%) Infrastructure Automation
10 23 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (7.40%) Roadmaps
11 22 (7.07%) Agile
12 21 (6.75%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (6.11%) Incident Response
13 19 (6.11%) Validation
14 17 (5.47%) Cloud Security
15 16 (5.14%) Configuration Management
15 16 (5.14%) ITIL
16 15 (4.82%) Mentoring
16 15 (4.82%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 69 (22.19%) PowerShell
2 57 (18.33%) Python
3 29 (9.32%) SQL
4 18 (5.79%) Bash
4 18 (5.79%) C#
5 15 (4.82%) Shell Script
6 14 (4.50%) Java
7 10 (3.22%) Bicep
8 6 (1.93%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.93%) JCL
9 5 (1.61%) Go
10 2 (0.64%) C++
10 2 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
10 2 (0.64%) Ruby
11 1 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.32%) Jython
11 1 (0.32%) Korn
11 1 (0.32%) Scala
11 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 92 (29.58%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.65%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.25%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.22%) Azure Certification
4 10 (3.22%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (3.22%) Degree
5 8 (2.57%) CCNA
5 8 (2.57%) CISSP
6 7 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 3 (0.96%) CCNP
7 3 (0.96%) CISM
7 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.96%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 2 (0.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.64%) CISA
8 2 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.25%) NIST
1 7 (2.25%) QA
2 5 (1.61%) PCI DSS
2 5 (1.61%) SLA
3 4 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.96%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.96%) GDPR
4 3 (0.96%) NCSC
4 3 (0.96%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.64%) PMO
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.32%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.32%) GRC
6 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 62 (19.94%) Active Directory
2 42 (13.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (7.72%) Hyper-V
4 23 (7.40%) Docker
5 12 (3.86%) Virtual Desktop
5 12 (3.86%) VMware ESXi
6 11 (3.54%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.54%) vSphere
7 9 (2.89%) BitLocker
7 9 (2.89%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.29%) Firmware
8 4 (1.29%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.96%) Terminal Services
9 3 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.64%) NFS
10 2 (0.64%) Postfix
10 2 (0.64%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.64%) Varnish
11 1 (0.32%) KVM
11 1 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 84 (27.01%) Terraform
2 58 (18.65%) Kubernetes
3 36 (11.58%) Ansible
4 22 (7.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (4.18%) Puppet
6 10 (3.22%) vCenter Server
7 9 (2.89%) Packer
7 9 (2.89%) vMotion
8 7 (2.25%) Grafana
8 7 (2.25%) Prometheus
9 4 (1.29%) AirWatch
10 3 (0.96%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.96%) Nessus
10 3 (0.96%) SCCM
10 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.96%) systemd
10 3 (0.96%) yum
11 2 (0.64%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.64%) Nagios
11 2 (0.64%) vRealize
Vendors
1 83 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 57 (18.33%) VMware
3 21 (6.75%) Citrix
4 18 (5.79%) Google
5 15 (4.82%) NetApp
5 15 (4.82%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.25%) CyberArk
6 7 (2.25%) Oracle
6 7 (2.25%) Red Hat
7 6 (1.93%) Dell
8 5 (1.61%) Cisco
8 5 (1.61%) Qualys
8 5 (1.61%) SolarWinds
9 4 (1.29%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.96%) Blue Coat
10 3 (0.96%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (0.96%) Informatica
10 3 (0.96%) Netskope
10 3 (0.96%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.96%) Tenable