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

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 165 126
Rank change year-on-year -24 -39 +62
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 241 197 344
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.56% 1.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.70% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 175 155 240
10th Percentile £400 £318 £300
25th Percentile £427 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £614 £638
90th Percentile £698 £675 £750
England median daily rate £517 £533 £488
% change year-on-year -3.05% +9.33% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.97
25th Percentile - - £34.42
Median hourly rate - - £36.84
75th Percentile - - £38.04
90th Percentile - - £38.75
England median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -28.95%

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 15,438 11,597 15,848
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.12% 91.69% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,339 7,865 11,332
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £758 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 249 165 334
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.11 £15.96
25th Percentile £22.41 £24.18 £19.65
Median hourly rate £35.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.43% +16.67% -23.08%
75th Percentile £56.00 £50.75 £49.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £63.75 £66.68
England median hourly rate £40.54 £32.00 £34.21
% change year-on-year +26.69% -6.46% -8.77%

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 April 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 12 April 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 -7 43 £575 -3.56% 23
South London -12 7 £425 -9.57% 3
West London -20 4 £463 +15.63% 1
East London -4 1 £775 +32.48% 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 27 (11.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.66%) Apache
4 3 (1.24%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.24%) CICS
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 104 (43.15%) Azure
2 51 (21.16%) AWS
3 38 (15.77%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (11.62%) Entra ID
4 28 (11.62%) IaaS
5 26 (10.79%) GCP
6 25 (10.37%) GitHub
7 23 (9.54%) PaaS
7 23 (9.54%) Serverless
8 19 (7.88%) Azure DevOps
9 17 (7.05%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
10 14 (5.81%) SaaS
11 12 (4.98%) Azure AKS
12 11 (4.56%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (4.56%) Nutanix
13 10 (4.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (4.15%) Amazon S3
14 9 (3.73%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.18%) DNS
1 39 (16.18%) Firewall
2 27 (11.20%) VPN
3 21 (8.71%) DHCP
4 20 (8.30%) WAN
5 17 (7.05%) LAN
6 12 (4.98%) Network Security
7 8 (3.32%) MPLS
8 7 (2.90%) SMTP
8 7 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (2.07%) SAN
10 4 (1.66%) SD-WAN
10 4 (1.66%) Software-Defined Networking
10 4 (1.66%) TCP/IP
11 3 (1.24%) VLAN
12 2 (0.83%) Cisco Wireless
12 2 (0.83%) DKIM
12 2 (0.83%) DMARC
12 2 (0.83%) OSPF
12 2 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.73%) DynamoDB
3 6 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.24%) Big Data
6 3 (1.24%) DB2
6 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.41%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.41%) Metadata
8 1 (0.41%) Power BI
8 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.81%) GitLab
2 13 (5.39%) Git
3 12 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.41%) Introscope
5 1 (0.41%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 56 (23.24%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.84%) Finance
3 24 (9.96%) Banking
4 18 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (5.39%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.56%) Legal
7 7 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.66%) Front Office
9 4 (1.66%) Military
9 4 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.66%) Retail
10 3 (1.24%) Billing
10 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.24%) Spanish Language
11 2 (0.83%) Law
11 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 140 (58.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (13.69%) Senior
3 26 (10.79%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
5 19 (7.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (7.05%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 16 (6.64%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (5.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (5.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (5.39%) Architect
9 13 (5.39%) NetApp Engineer
9 13 (5.39%) Storage Engineer
10 12 (4.98%) Network Engineer
11 10 (4.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (3.32%) Developer
13 7 (2.90%) Data Engineer
13 7 (2.90%) Lead
13 7 (2.90%) VMware Engineer
14 5 (2.07%) Site Reliability Engineer
14 5 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.66%) Kafka
2 3 (1.24%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.24%) AWS CDK
2 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.24%) JSON
2 3 (1.24%) NumPy
2 3 (1.24%) Pandas
2 3 (1.24%) REST
2 3 (1.24%) RESTful
2 3 (1.24%) SciPy
2 3 (1.24%) SOAP
2 3 (1.24%) Spring
2 3 (1.24%) Spring Boot
2 3 (1.24%) Web Services
2 3 (1.24%) WSDL
3 2 (0.83%) ADO
3 2 (0.83%) GraphQL
3 2 (0.83%) OpenID
3 2 (0.83%) OpenTelemetry
3 2 (0.83%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.64%) Data Centre
1 16 (6.64%) Hybrid Cloud
2 13 (5.39%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.98%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.56%) PKI
5 8 (3.32%) Clustering
6 7 (2.90%) DataPower
6 7 (2.90%) Enterprise Storage
6 7 (2.90%) Mainframe
7 5 (2.07%) CCTV
7 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.66%) Replication
8 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.24%) Derivative
9 3 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.24%) Equities
9 3 (1.24%) Equity Derivative
9 3 (1.24%) Online Banking
9 3 (1.24%) Operational Technology
9 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (29.46%) Windows
2 41 (17.01%) Linux
3 37 (15.35%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.32%) Unix
5 7 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (2.49%) Android
7 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
7 5 (2.07%) Ubuntu
7 5 (2.07%) VMS
8 4 (1.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
9 3 (1.24%) Windows 10
9 3 (1.24%) zOS
10 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.41%) CentOS
11 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (21.99%) CI/CD
2 52 (21.58%) DevOps
2 52 (21.58%) Infrastructure as Code
3 35 (14.52%) Migration
4 25 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (9.54%) Containerisation
6 21 (8.71%) Platform Engineering
7 17 (7.05%) Cloud Security
8 16 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (6.64%) ITIL
9 15 (6.22%) AI
9 15 (6.22%) Analytics
9 15 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (6.22%) Observability
10 14 (5.81%) Agile
11 13 (5.39%) Incident Management
11 13 (5.39%) Roadmaps
12 12 (4.98%) Project Delivery
12 12 (4.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.99%) PowerShell
2 46 (19.09%) Python
3 20 (8.30%) SQL
4 14 (5.81%) Shell Script
5 12 (4.98%) Bash
5 12 (4.98%) C#
6 7 (2.90%) Bicep
6 7 (2.90%) Java
7 5 (2.07%) Ruby
8 3 (1.24%) C++
8 3 (1.24%) Go
8 3 (1.24%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.24%) JCL
9 1 (0.41%) Jython
9 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
9 1 (0.41%) Perl
9 1 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 66 (27.39%) Security Cleared
2 43 (17.84%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.54%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.39%) Azure Certification
5 12 (4.98%) Degree
6 7 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.07%) CCNA
8 4 (1.66%) CCNP
8 4 (1.66%) CISSP
9 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.24%) PhD
9 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.83%) CISM
10 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.07%) NIST
2 4 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.66%) QA
3 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.24%) NCSC
4 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.83%) GDPR
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.41%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 32 (13.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (10.37%) Docker
4 19 (7.88%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (4.15%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (3.32%) BitLocker
6 8 (3.32%) vSphere
7 7 (2.90%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (2.90%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (1.66%) Firmware
9 3 (1.24%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.83%) NFS
10 2 (0.83%) Postfix
10 2 (0.83%) Sendmail
10 2 (0.83%) Varnish
11 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 58 (24.07%) Terraform
2 41 (17.01%) Kubernetes
3 34 (14.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (10.37%) Ansible
5 13 (5.39%) SCCM
6 9 (3.73%) Puppet
6 9 (3.73%) vCenter Server
7 8 (3.32%) Grafana
8 7 (2.90%) vMotion
9 5 (2.07%) Packer
10 4 (1.66%) AirWatch
10 4 (1.66%) Prometheus
11 3 (1.24%) CASB
11 3 (1.24%) FortiGate
11 3 (1.24%) SCOrch
12 2 (0.83%) HAProxy
12 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.83%) SCOM
12 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.83%) vRealize
Vendors
1 70 (29.05%) Microsoft
2 42 (17.43%) VMware
3 17 (7.05%) Citrix
4 14 (5.81%) Google
4 14 (5.81%) NetApp
5 9 (3.73%) Cisco
6 8 (3.32%) Dell
7 7 (2.90%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.49%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.49%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.49%) Oracle
8 6 (2.49%) Veeam
9 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.66%) IBM
10 4 (1.66%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.66%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.24%) Informatica
11 3 (1.24%) Meraki
11 3 (1.24%) Splunk