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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 182 151
Rank change year-on-year +24 -31 +19
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 316 175 310
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.67% 1.42% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.88% 1.54% 1.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 137 237
10th Percentile £400 £350 £313
25th Percentile £432 £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 £717 £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 16,789 11,383 15,595
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.79% 92.33% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,185 7,624 11,131
10th Percentile £360 £344 £343
25th Percentile £434 £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 £517 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.67% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 204 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +13.33% -24.29%
75th Percentile £58.94 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.50 £37.75
% change year-on-year +70.91% -27.15% +7.43%

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 15 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 15 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 46 £588 +4.44% 24
West London -14 8 £675 +68.75% 9
South London -5 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 22 (6.96%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.22%) CICS
2 7 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.27%) Apache
4 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.63%) 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 (0.95%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 148 (46.84%) Azure
2 80 (25.32%) AWS
3 44 (13.92%) GCP
4 39 (12.34%) GitHub
5 33 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (9.81%) IaaS
7 30 (9.49%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (9.49%) Entra ID
8 27 (8.54%) GitHub Actions
9 24 (7.59%) PaaS
10 21 (6.65%) Azure AKS
11 19 (6.01%) Serverless
12 18 (5.70%) SaaS
13 15 (4.75%) AWS Lambda
13 15 (4.75%) Azure Monitor
14 12 (3.80%) Amazon EKS
15 11 (3.48%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 11 (3.48%) Nutanix
16 10 (3.16%) Amazon S3
17 8 (2.53%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 61 (19.30%) DNS
2 40 (12.66%) DHCP
3 37 (11.71%) Firewall
4 30 (9.49%) VPN
5 18 (5.70%) Network Security
6 15 (4.75%) WAN
7 12 (3.80%) TCP/IP
8 10 (3.16%) LAN
8 10 (3.16%) SMTP
9 7 (2.22%) SSL
10 6 (1.90%) MPLS
11 5 (1.58%) SAN
11 5 (1.58%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.27%) HTTP
12 4 (1.27%) NAS
12 4 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
13 3 (0.95%) BGP
13 3 (0.95%) DMZ
13 3 (0.95%) Internet
13 3 (0.95%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.28%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.53%) DynamoDB
4 6 (1.90%) Db2
5 5 (1.58%) Big Data
5 5 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.95%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.95%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.95%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.63%) Power BI
7 2 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.32%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.32%) Metadata
8 1 (0.32%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 18 (5.70%) GitLab
2 13 (4.11%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.48%) Git
4 5 (1.58%) Bitbucket
5 4 (1.27%) 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 69 (21.84%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.04%) Finance
3 25 (7.91%) Banking
4 19 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (4.43%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.80%) Legal
8 8 (2.53%) Retail
9 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.90%) Law
11 5 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.58%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.27%) Billing
12 4 (1.27%) Publishing
13 3 (0.95%) Local Government
13 3 (0.95%) Military
14 2 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.32%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 184 (58.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (15.19%) Cloud Engineer
3 33 (10.44%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 30 (9.49%) Senior
5 25 (7.91%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (5.70%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (5.06%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 16 (5.06%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.75%) Architect
8 15 (4.75%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (4.75%) DevOps Engineer
9 12 (3.80%) NetApp Engineer
9 12 (3.80%) Network Engineer
9 12 (3.80%) Storage Engineer
10 11 (3.48%) Platform Engineer
10 11 (3.48%) Support Engineer
11 10 (3.16%) Infrastructure Support
12 9 (2.85%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 9 (2.85%) Security Engineer
13 8 (2.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.48%) REST
2 9 (2.85%) JSON
3 6 (1.90%) RESTful
3 6 (1.90%) SOAP
3 6 (1.90%) Web Services
3 6 (1.90%) WSDL
3 6 (1.90%) YAML
4 5 (1.58%) AWS CDK
5 4 (1.27%) Kafka
5 4 (1.27%) OpenID
6 3 (0.95%) .NET
6 3 (0.95%) ADO
6 3 (0.95%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.95%) HTML
6 3 (0.95%) SAML
6 3 (0.95%) Spring
6 3 (0.95%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.63%) Middleware
7 2 (0.63%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.33%) Data Centre
1 20 (6.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 17 (5.38%) Onboarding
3 15 (4.75%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.80%) PKI
5 10 (3.16%) Clustering
6 8 (2.53%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (2.22%) CMDB
7 7 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (2.22%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.90%) DataPower
8 6 (1.90%) Online Banking
8 6 (1.90%) Replication
8 6 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.58%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) CCTV
10 4 (1.27%) Enterprise Cloud
10 4 (1.27%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 101 (31.96%) Windows
2 59 (18.67%) Windows Server
3 48 (15.19%) Linux
4 12 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 10 (3.16%) Unix
6 7 (2.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (2.22%) zOS
7 6 (1.90%) Android
7 6 (1.90%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.58%) VMS
9 4 (1.27%) Windows 10
10 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.63%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.32%) AIX
12 1 (0.32%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.32%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (25.32%) DevOps
2 79 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 72 (22.78%) CI/CD
4 42 (13.29%) Platform Engineering
5 41 (12.97%) AI
5 41 (12.97%) Migration
6 37 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (10.13%) Containerisation
8 26 (8.23%) Infrastructure Automation
9 24 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (7.28%) Agile
10 23 (7.28%) Roadmaps
11 21 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
11 21 (6.65%) Incident Response
12 19 (6.01%) Validation
13 18 (5.70%) Cloud Security
14 17 (5.38%) Observability
15 16 (5.06%) Configuration Management
15 16 (5.06%) ITIL
15 16 (5.06%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 71 (22.47%) PowerShell
2 60 (18.99%) Python
3 29 (9.18%) SQL
4 19 (6.01%) Bash
5 18 (5.70%) C#
6 15 (4.75%) Java
6 15 (4.75%) Shell Script
7 10 (3.16%) Bicep
8 6 (1.90%) Go
8 6 (1.90%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.90%) 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 (0.32%) C
10 1 (0.32%) Jython
10 1 (0.32%) Korn
10 1 (0.32%) Scala
10 1 (0.32%) VB
Qualifications
1 93 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.35%) SC Cleared
3 36 (11.39%) DV Cleared
4 12 (3.80%) Degree
5 11 (3.48%) Azure Certification
6 10 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.85%) CISSP
8 8 (2.53%) AWS Certification
8 8 (2.53%) CCNA
9 4 (1.27%) CISM
10 3 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.95%) CCNP
10 3 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.95%) PMI Certification
10 3 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.63%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.63%) CISA
11 2 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.53%) NIST
2 7 (2.22%) QA
3 6 (1.90%) PCI DSS
4 5 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.58%) SLA
5 4 (1.27%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.95%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.95%) GDPR
6 3 (0.95%) NCSC
7 2 (0.63%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.32%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 64 (20.25%) Active Directory
2 43 (13.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.91%) Docker
3 25 (7.91%) Hyper-V
4 13 (4.11%) VMware ESXi
5 12 (3.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (3.48%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (3.48%) vSphere
7 10 (3.16%) BitLocker
7 10 (3.16%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (1.27%) Firmware
8 4 (1.27%) Terminal Services
8 4 (1.27%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.95%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.63%) NFS
10 2 (0.63%) Postfix
10 2 (0.63%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.63%) Varnish
11 1 (0.32%) KVM
11 1 (0.32%) RACF
Systems Management
1 86 (27.22%) Terraform
2 61 (19.30%) Kubernetes
3 38 (12.03%) Ansible
4 22 (6.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (4.43%) Puppet
6 11 (3.48%) vCenter Server
7 10 (3.16%) vMotion
8 9 (2.85%) Packer
9 8 (2.53%) Prometheus
10 7 (2.22%) Grafana
11 4 (1.27%) AirWatch
12 3 (0.95%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.95%) Nagios
12 3 (0.95%) Nessus
12 3 (0.95%) SCCM
12 3 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.95%) systemd
12 3 (0.95%) yum
13 2 (0.63%) HAProxy
13 2 (0.63%) vRealize
Vendors
1 85 (26.90%) Microsoft
2 58 (18.35%) VMware
3 22 (6.96%) Citrix
4 21 (6.65%) Google
5 16 (5.06%) ServiceNow
6 15 (4.75%) NetApp
7 8 (2.53%) CyberArk
8 7 (2.22%) Oracle
8 7 (2.22%) Red Hat
9 6 (1.90%) Dell
10 5 (1.58%) Cisco
10 5 (1.58%) Qualys
10 5 (1.58%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
11 4 (1.27%) HP
11 4 (1.27%) Symantec
11 4 (1.27%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.95%) Netskope
12 3 (0.95%) Splunk
12 3 (0.95%) Tenable