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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 183 168
Rank change year-on-year +42 -15 -27
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 435 194 268
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.14% 1.44% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.56% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 139 208
10th Percentile £375 £360 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +1.52% -3.67%
75th Percentile £638 £631 £638
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £550 £500 £510
% change year-on-year +10.00% -1.96% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
10th Percentile £52.85 £24.40 -
25th Percentile £58.63 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £30.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +131.67% -73.21% +24.44%
75th Percentile £81.63 £32.70 -
90th Percentile £88.15 £34.32 -
England median hourly rate £74.00 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +131.25% -54.29% -

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 18,055 12,462 14,540
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.83% 92.50% 89.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,847 8,241 9,589
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.38% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £673 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 315 249 183
10th Percentile £16.50 £17.80 £17.30
25th Percentile £19.42 £25.04 £23.98
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -16.44% -1.19%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £55.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -2.05%

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 25 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 25 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 25 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 -2 51 £620 +12.73% 51
West London -15 10 £675 - 13
South London -6 6 £473 -21.25% 3
East London +3 3 £500 +38.89% 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 23 (5.29%) SharePoint
2 22 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.45%) Confluence
4 13 (2.99%) CICS
5 7 (1.61%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.38%) Apache
7 4 (0.92%) nginx
7 4 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.69%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.23%) CloudStack
10 1 (0.23%) CMS
10 1 (0.23%) JBoss
10 1 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.23%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.23%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.92%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.69%) AutoCAD
3 3 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.23%) CPLEX
4 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (0.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 198 (45.52%) Azure
2 112 (25.75%) AWS
3 52 (11.95%) Entra ID
4 49 (11.26%) GCP
5 46 (10.57%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (10.34%) GitHub
7 44 (10.11%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
9 27 (6.21%) Azure AKS
10 24 (5.52%) IaaS
11 21 (4.83%) Amazon EKS
12 18 (4.14%) SaaS
13 16 (3.68%) Amazon S3
14 15 (3.45%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (3.45%) OpenShift
14 15 (3.45%) PaaS
15 14 (3.22%) Serverless
16 13 (2.99%) OCI
17 12 (2.76%) Datadog
18 11 (2.53%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 77 (17.70%) DNS
2 58 (13.33%) DHCP
3 56 (12.87%) Firewall
4 38 (8.74%) VPN
5 33 (7.59%) Network Security
6 31 (7.13%) TCP/IP
7 18 (4.14%) SSL
8 17 (3.91%) WAN
9 15 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (2.99%) SAN
11 12 (2.76%) LAN
12 11 (2.53%) HTTP
13 10 (2.30%) VLAN
14 9 (2.07%) BGP
15 7 (1.61%) NAS
15 7 (1.61%) Wireless
16 6 (1.38%) SD-WAN
17 5 (1.15%) DMZ
17 5 (1.15%) MPLS
17 5 (1.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (1.38%) BigQuery
3 6 (1.38%) Power BI
4 5 (1.15%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.92%) Db2
5 4 (0.92%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
6 3 (0.69%) Big Data
6 3 (0.69%) ClickHouse
6 3 (0.69%) Flink
6 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.46%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 29 (6.67%) Git
2 22 (5.06%) Jenkins
3 20 (4.60%) GitLab
4 11 (2.53%) JIRA
5 4 (0.92%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.69%) Artifactory
6 3 (0.69%) JUnit
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
6 3 (0.69%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.46%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.46%) HP UFT
7 2 (0.46%) IBM UrbanCode
7 2 (0.46%) Selenium
7 2 (0.46%) SonarQube
7 2 (0.46%) Subversion
8 1 (0.23%) Claude Code
8 1 (0.23%) CMake
8 1 (0.23%) Maven
8 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 102 (23.45%) Social Skills
2 93 (21.38%) Finance
3 43 (9.89%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.05%) Banking
5 21 (4.83%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.91%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.76%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.07%) Retail
9 8 (1.84%) Law
10 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.38%) Legal
11 5 (1.15%) Automotive
11 5 (1.15%) Billing
11 5 (1.15%) Publishing
12 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Local Government
13 3 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.46%) Military
Job Titles
1 207 (47.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (11.95%) Cloud Engineer
3 51 (11.72%) Senior
4 40 (9.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 36 (8.28%) DevOps Engineer
5 36 (8.28%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 34 (7.82%) Azure Engineer
6 34 (7.82%) Lead
7 26 (5.98%) Architect
8 22 (5.06%) Network Engineer
9 20 (4.60%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 17 (3.91%) Platform Engineer
11 15 (3.45%) Support Engineer
12 14 (3.22%) Security Engineer
13 13 (2.99%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Automation Engineer
14 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
14 12 (2.76%) Microsoft Engineer
15 11 (2.53%) Infrastructure Support
16 10 (2.30%) Senior DevOps
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 146 (33.56%) Terraform
2 16 (3.68%) REST
3 12 (2.76%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.53%) Middleware
4 11 (2.53%) YAML
5 9 (2.07%) Kafka
6 8 (1.84%) Web Services
7 7 (1.61%) .NET
7 7 (1.61%) 802.1X
7 7 (1.61%) JSON
7 7 (1.61%) Loki
7 7 (1.61%) OpenID
7 7 (1.61%) SAML
7 7 (1.61%) SOAP
8 5 (1.15%) OAuth
9 4 (0.92%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (0.92%) Model Context Protocol
9 4 (0.92%) RESTful
9 4 (0.92%) WSDL
10 3 (0.69%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 39 (8.97%) Hybrid Cloud
2 32 (7.36%) Cloud Native
3 23 (5.29%) Data Centre
4 17 (3.91%) Public Cloud
5 15 (3.45%) Clustering
5 15 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 14 (3.22%) Enterprise Cloud
7 13 (2.99%) Mainframe
8 12 (2.76%) PKI
9 11 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.30%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (2.30%) Replication
10 10 (2.30%) Security Posture
11 9 (2.07%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (1.84%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.61%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.61%) CMDB
13 7 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (1.38%) Enterprise Storage
14 6 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 130 (29.89%) Windows
2 84 (19.31%) Linux
3 83 (19.08%) Windows Server
4 22 (5.06%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (3.22%) Unix
6 13 (2.99%) zOS
7 9 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.84%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.84%) VMS
9 7 (1.61%) Mac OS
9 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.38%) Android
10 6 (1.38%) Apple iOS
11 5 (1.15%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
13 2 (0.46%) OpenVMS
13 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
13 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (36.55%) Infrastructure as Code
2 143 (32.87%) DevOps
3 137 (31.49%) CI/CD
4 74 (17.01%) Platform Engineering
5 71 (16.32%) Migration
6 69 (15.86%) AI
6 69 (15.86%) Infrastructure Automation
7 62 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
9 46 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 46 (10.57%) Disaster Recovery
10 45 (10.34%) Observability
11 43 (9.89%) Configuration Management
12 41 (9.43%) Containerisation
13 40 (9.20%) Incident Response
14 39 (8.97%) Cloud Security
15 37 (8.51%) Agile
16 36 (8.28%) ITIL
17 35 (8.05%) High Availability
18 34 (7.82%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (26.67%) Python
2 103 (23.68%) PowerShell
3 49 (11.26%) Bash
4 34 (7.82%) SQL
5 25 (5.75%) Bicep
5 25 (5.75%) Java
6 15 (3.45%) C#
6 15 (3.45%) Shell Script
7 13 (2.99%) Go
8 9 (2.07%) C++
9 8 (1.84%) Perl
10 6 (1.38%) JCL
11 5 (1.15%) C
11 5 (1.15%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (1.15%) TypeScript
12 4 (0.92%) JavaScript
13 2 (0.46%) COBOL
13 2 (0.46%) Korn
14 1 (0.23%) Groovy
14 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 128 (29.43%) Security Cleared
2 86 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 42 (9.66%) DV Cleared
4 25 (5.75%) Azure Certification
4 25 (5.75%) Degree
5 16 (3.68%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (3.22%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.76%) CISSP
8 11 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (2.30%) CCNA
9 10 (2.30%) CCNP
10 6 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 6 (1.38%) CISM
10 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.92%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (0.92%) JNCIP
11 4 (0.92%) JNCIS
12 3 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.69%) PMP
13 2 (0.46%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (2.99%) QA
2 12 (2.76%) SLA
3 11 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.61%) NIST
5 5 (1.15%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.46%) NCSC
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.23%) GDPR
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (20.46%) Active Directory
2 72 (16.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 36 (8.28%) Docker
4 25 (5.75%) Hyper-V
5 22 (5.06%) VMware ESXi
6 21 (4.83%) vSphere
7 18 (4.14%) Virtual Machines
8 16 (3.68%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
10 6 (1.38%) Firmware
11 4 (0.92%) BitLocker
11 4 (0.92%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (0.69%) RACF
12 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
12 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
13 2 (0.46%) Ceph
13 2 (0.46%) IAG
13 2 (0.46%) NFS
13 2 (0.46%) Postfix
13 2 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 90 (20.69%) Kubernetes
2 75 (17.24%) Ansible
3 35 (8.05%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (4.83%) Grafana
5 18 (4.14%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.91%) Puppet
7 16 (3.68%) SCCM
8 15 (3.45%) vCenter Server
9 10 (2.30%) Packer
10 9 (2.07%) Argo
10 9 (2.07%) FortiGate
11 8 (1.84%) systemd
12 7 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (1.38%) Nessus
14 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (1.15%) Progress Chef
15 4 (0.92%) Nagios
15 4 (0.92%) SCOM
15 4 (0.92%) vMotion
16 3 (0.69%) WSUS
Vendors
1 136 (31.26%) Microsoft
2 96 (22.07%) VMware
3 30 (6.90%) Cisco
4 23 (5.29%) Google
5 19 (4.37%) Red Hat
6 18 (4.14%) Oracle
7 16 (3.68%) Citrix
8 14 (3.22%) ServiceNow
9 10 (2.30%) IBM
9 10 (2.30%) Tenable
9 10 (2.30%) Zscaler
10 9 (2.07%) HP
10 9 (2.07%) NetApp
11 8 (1.84%) Dynatrace
11 8 (1.84%) Splunk
12 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
13 6 (1.38%) Databricks
13 6 (1.38%) Juniper
14 5 (1.15%) Qualys
15 4 (0.92%) Veeam