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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 178 148
Rank change year-on-year +21 -30 +21
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 318 175 307
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.68% 1.42% 1.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.89% 1.54% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 224 137 235
10th Percentile £401 £350 £317
25th Percentile £439 £413 £413
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% -1.19%

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 16,786 11,384 15,545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.80% 92.33% 88.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,180 7,623 11,100
10th Percentile £360 £343 £342
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £518 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.46% -0.98% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 205 314
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +16.24% -26.18%
75th Percentile £58.92 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.91% -26.67% +7.05%

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 16 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 16 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 -6 46 £588 +4.44% 22
West London -16 8 £675 +68.75% 4
South London -6 6 £425 -20.56% 1
East London -5 1 £775 +64.02% 2
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 (6.60%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.20%) CICS
3 6 (1.89%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.26%) Apache
5 3 (0.94%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.63%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.31%) Confluence
7 1 (0.31%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.31%) SAS
7 1 (0.31%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.94%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 149 (46.86%) Azure
2 81 (25.47%) AWS
3 44 (13.84%) GCP
4 40 (12.58%) GitHub
5 32 (10.06%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (9.75%) Azure DevOps
6 31 (9.75%) IaaS
7 30 (9.43%) Entra ID
8 28 (8.81%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (7.55%) PaaS
10 23 (7.23%) Azure AKS
11 19 (5.97%) Serverless
12 18 (5.66%) SaaS
13 15 (4.72%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (4.72%) Azure Monitor
14 13 (4.09%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (3.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (3.46%) Nutanix
16 10 (3.14%) Amazon S3
17 8 (2.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 60 (18.87%) DNS
2 39 (12.26%) DHCP
3 36 (11.32%) Firewall
4 29 (9.12%) VPN
5 19 (5.97%) Network Security
6 14 (4.40%) WAN
7 12 (3.77%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.14%) SMTP
9 9 (2.83%) LAN
10 7 (2.20%) SSL
11 6 (1.89%) MPLS
12 5 (1.57%) SAN
12 5 (1.57%) SD-WAN
13 4 (1.26%) HTTP
13 4 (1.26%) NAS
13 4 (1.26%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.94%) DMZ
14 3 (0.94%) Internet
14 3 (0.94%) OSPF
14 3 (0.94%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.23%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.83%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.52%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.52%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.89%) Db2
5 5 (1.57%) Big Data
5 5 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.94%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.94%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.94%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.63%) Power BI
7 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.31%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 18 (5.66%) GitLab
2 13 (4.09%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.46%) Git
4 5 (1.57%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.26%) JIRA
6 1 (0.31%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.31%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.31%) CMake
6 1 (0.31%) Gradle
6 1 (0.31%) Introscope
General
1 72 (22.64%) Social Skills
2 58 (18.24%) Finance
3 26 (8.18%) Banking
4 19 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (5.35%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.40%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.77%) Legal
8 8 (2.52%) Retail
9 7 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.89%) Law
11 5 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.57%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.26%) Billing
12 4 (1.26%) Publishing
13 3 (0.94%) Military
14 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 184 (57.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (15.09%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (10.38%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.43%) Senior
5 25 (7.86%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (5.66%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (5.35%) DevOps Engineer
8 16 (5.03%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 16 (5.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 15 (4.72%) Architect
9 15 (4.72%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 12 (3.77%) NetApp Engineer
10 12 (3.77%) Network Engineer
10 12 (3.77%) Storage Engineer
11 11 (3.46%) Platform Engineer
11 11 (3.46%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.14%) Infrastructure Support
13 9 (2.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 9 (2.83%) Security Engineer
14 8 (2.52%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.46%) REST
2 9 (2.83%) JSON
3 6 (1.89%) RESTful
3 6 (1.89%) SOAP
3 6 (1.89%) Web Services
3 6 (1.89%) WSDL
3 6 (1.89%) YAML
4 5 (1.57%) AWS CDK
5 4 (1.26%) Kafka
5 4 (1.26%) OpenID
6 3 (0.94%) .NET
6 3 (0.94%) ADO
6 3 (0.94%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.94%) HTML
6 3 (0.94%) SAML
6 3 (0.94%) Spring
6 3 (0.94%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.63%) GraphQL
7 2 (0.63%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.29%) Data Centre
1 20 (6.29%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (5.35%) Cloud Native
2 17 (5.35%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.77%) PKI
4 10 (3.14%) Clustering
5 8 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (2.52%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (2.20%) CMDB
6 7 (2.20%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.89%) DataPower
7 6 (1.89%) Online Banking
7 6 (1.89%) Replication
7 6 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.57%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.26%) CCTV
9 4 (1.26%) Enterprise Cloud
9 4 (1.26%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.26%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 100 (31.45%) Windows
2 58 (18.24%) Windows Server
3 48 (15.09%) Linux
4 12 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (3.14%) Unix
6 7 (2.20%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (2.20%) zOS
7 6 (1.89%) Android
7 6 (1.89%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.89%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.57%) VMS
9 4 (1.26%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.31%) AIX
12 1 (0.31%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.31%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (25.79%) DevOps
2 81 (25.47%) Infrastructure as Code
3 73 (22.96%) CI/CD
4 44 (13.84%) Platform Engineering
5 41 (12.89%) AI
5 41 (12.89%) Migration
6 38 (11.95%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (10.69%) Containerisation
8 27 (8.49%) Infrastructure Automation
9 25 (7.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (7.55%) Agile
11 23 (7.23%) Roadmaps
12 22 (6.92%) Incident Response
13 20 (6.29%) Disaster Recovery
14 19 (5.97%) Validation
15 18 (5.66%) Cloud Security
15 18 (5.66%) Observability
16 17 (5.35%) Configuration Management
17 16 (5.03%) ITIL
17 16 (5.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.33%) PowerShell
2 61 (19.18%) Python
3 29 (9.12%) SQL
4 19 (5.97%) Bash
5 18 (5.66%) C#
6 15 (4.72%) Java
6 15 (4.72%) Shell Script
7 11 (3.46%) Bicep
8 6 (1.89%) Go
8 6 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.89%) JCL
9 2 (0.63%) C++
9 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.63%) Ruby
9 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.31%) C
10 1 (0.31%) Jython
10 1 (0.31%) Korn
10 1 (0.31%) Scala
10 1 (0.31%) VB
Qualifications
1 95 (29.87%) Security Cleared
2 59 (18.55%) SC Cleared
3 37 (11.64%) DV Cleared
4 13 (4.09%) Degree
5 11 (3.46%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.83%) CISSP
8 8 (2.52%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.52%) CCNA
9 4 (1.26%) CISM
10 3 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.94%) CCNP
10 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.94%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.63%) CISA
11 2 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.52%) NIST
2 7 (2.20%) QA
3 6 (1.89%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.57%) SLA
5 4 (1.26%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.94%) GDPR
6 3 (0.94%) NCSC
7 2 (0.63%) PMO
8 1 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.31%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.31%) GRC
8 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (19.81%) Active Directory
2 43 (13.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 26 (8.18%) Docker
4 25 (7.86%) Hyper-V
5 13 (4.09%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
7 11 (3.46%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (3.46%) vSphere
8 10 (3.14%) BitLocker
8 10 (3.14%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.26%) Firmware
9 4 (1.26%) Terminal Services
9 4 (1.26%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.94%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.63%) NFS
11 2 (0.63%) Postfix
11 2 (0.63%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.63%) Varnish
12 1 (0.31%) KVM
12 1 (0.31%) RACF
Systems Management
1 88 (27.67%) Terraform
2 63 (19.81%) Kubernetes
3 39 (12.26%) Ansible
4 21 (6.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.40%) Puppet
6 11 (3.46%) vCenter Server
7 10 (3.14%) vMotion
8 9 (2.83%) Packer
9 8 (2.52%) Prometheus
10 7 (2.20%) Grafana
11 4 (1.26%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.94%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.94%) Nagios
12 3 (0.94%) Nessus
12 3 (0.94%) SCCM
12 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.94%) systemd
12 3 (0.94%) yum
13 2 (0.63%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.63%) vRealize
Vendors
1 84 (26.42%) Microsoft
2 58 (18.24%) VMware
3 22 (6.92%) Citrix
4 21 (6.60%) Google
5 16 (5.03%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.72%) NetApp
7 8 (2.52%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.20%) Oracle
8 7 (2.20%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.89%) Dell
10 5 (1.57%) Cisco
10 5 (1.57%) Qualys
10 5 (1.57%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.26%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.26%) HP
11 4 (1.26%) Symantec
11 4 (1.26%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.94%) Informatica
12 3 (0.94%) Netskope
12 3 (0.94%) Tenable