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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 185 157
Rank change year-on-year +42 -28 -19
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 434 202 255
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.15% 1.51% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 1.63% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 145 196
10th Percentile £382 £352 £325
25th Percentile £450 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +0.19% +1.90%
75th Percentile £638 £610 £650
90th Percentile £706 £675 £700
England median daily rate £550 £500 £511
% change year-on-year +10.00% -2.20% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 2
10th Percentile £54.03 £24.40 -
25th Percentile £61.56 £26.50 -
Median hourly rate £66.50 £30.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +121.67% -73.21% +24.44%
75th Percentile £73.56 £32.70 -
90th Percentile £84.93 £34.32 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £32.00 £70.00
% change year-on-year +126.69% -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 17,967 12,400 14,406
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.89% 92.57% 89.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,762 8,167 9,402
10th Percentile £359 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £664 £663 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 240 183
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.22 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.02 £25.03 £24.17
Median hourly rate £33.60 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.07% -17.12% -8.36%
75th Percentile £59.25 £47.50 £56.00
90th Percentile £80.63 £64.78 £78.68
England median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £42.69
% change year-on-year +59.05% -41.09% -4.07%

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 8 October 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 8 October 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 8 October 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 -5 47 £600 +9.09% 54
West London -9 10 £675 - 5
South London -5 6 £520 -13.33% 3
East London +5 3 £500 +38.89% 3
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 26 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 23 (5.30%) Microsoft Exchange
3 17 (3.92%) Confluence
4 12 (2.76%) CICS
5 7 (1.61%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.38%) Apache
7 5 (1.15%) nginx
8 4 (0.92%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
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
1 202 (46.54%) Azure
2 110 (25.35%) AWS
3 58 (13.36%) Entra ID
4 50 (11.52%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (11.29%) GitHub
6 48 (11.06%) GCP
7 42 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
8 37 (8.53%) GitHub Actions
9 26 (5.99%) Azure AKS
10 23 (5.30%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (4.15%) Amazon S3
11 18 (4.15%) IaaS
11 18 (4.15%) OpenShift
12 17 (3.92%) Azure Monitor
13 14 (3.23%) OCI
14 13 (3.00%) SaaS
15 12 (2.76%) Datadog
15 12 (2.76%) Serverless
16 10 (2.30%) Power Platform
17 9 (2.07%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (17.28%) DNS
2 55 (12.67%) Firewall
3 54 (12.44%) DHCP
4 38 (8.76%) VPN
5 32 (7.37%) Network Security
6 31 (7.14%) TCP/IP
7 19 (4.38%) SSL
8 16 (3.69%) WAN
9 15 (3.46%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (2.76%) LAN
10 12 (2.76%) SAN
11 11 (2.53%) HTTP
12 9 (2.07%) BGP
12 9 (2.07%) VLAN
13 7 (1.61%) Wireless
14 6 (1.38%) NAS
15 5 (1.15%) Cisco ISE
15 5 (1.15%) MPLS
15 5 (1.15%) SD-WAN
15 5 (1.15%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (7.37%) SQL Server
2 8 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.61%) Power BI
4 6 (1.38%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.38%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.38%) Oracle Database
5 5 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.92%) Big Data
7 3 (0.69%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (0.69%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.69%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.69%) Db2
7 3 (0.69%) DynamoDB
7 3 (0.69%) Flink
7 3 (0.69%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.69%) Relational Database
7 3 (0.69%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (6.45%) Git
2 22 (5.07%) Jenkins
3 19 (4.38%) GitLab
4 13 (3.00%) JIRA
5 4 (0.92%) Artifactory
5 4 (0.92%) Chocolatey
5 4 (0.92%) Sonatype Nexus
6 3 (0.69%) JUnit
6 3 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
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%) Gradle
8 1 (0.23%) MLflow
8 1 (0.23%) Terragrunt
General
1 106 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 103 (23.73%) Finance
3 42 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (8.53%) Banking
5 22 (5.07%) Public Sector
6 17 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 11 (2.53%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.07%) Retail
9 7 (1.61%) Legal
10 6 (1.38%) Billing
10 6 (1.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.38%) Law
10 6 (1.38%) Publishing
11 5 (1.15%) Automotive
12 4 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.92%) International Banking
13 3 (0.69%) Local Government
13 3 (0.69%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 202 (46.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (11.98%) Senior
3 51 (11.75%) Cloud Engineer
4 40 (9.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 39 (8.99%) DevOps Engineer
6 36 (8.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 34 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
8 32 (7.37%) Lead
9 26 (5.99%) Architect
10 22 (5.07%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 22 (5.07%) Network Engineer
11 18 (4.15%) Platform Engineer
12 16 (3.69%) Support Engineer
13 14 (3.23%) Security Engineer
14 13 (3.00%) Automation Engineer
15 12 (2.76%) Azure DevOps Engineer
15 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Specialist
15 12 (2.76%) Infrastructure Support
15 12 (2.76%) Microsoft Engineer
16 11 (2.53%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (33.87%) Terraform
2 18 (4.15%) REST
3 12 (2.76%) ARM Templates
4 11 (2.53%) Kafka
4 11 (2.53%) Middleware
4 11 (2.53%) YAML
5 8 (1.84%) .NET
5 8 (1.84%) Loki
5 8 (1.84%) Web Services
6 7 (1.61%) 802.1X
7 6 (1.38%) JSON
7 6 (1.38%) OAuth
7 6 (1.38%) OpenID
7 6 (1.38%) SOAP
8 5 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
8 5 (1.15%) SAML
9 4 (0.92%) Model Context Protocol
9 4 (0.92%) Spark Streaming
10 3 (0.69%) ModSecurity
10 3 (0.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 38 (8.76%) Cloud Native
1 38 (8.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 26 (5.99%) Data Centre
3 16 (3.69%) Onboarding
3 16 (3.69%) Public Cloud
4 14 (3.23%) Clustering
5 13 (3.00%) Enterprise Cloud
6 12 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
6 12 (2.76%) Mainframe
6 12 (2.76%) PKI
7 11 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
8 10 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
8 10 (2.30%) Replication
8 10 (2.30%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.84%) Private Cloud
10 7 (1.61%) AI Agents
10 7 (1.61%) CMDB
10 7 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
10 7 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.15%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 125 (28.80%) Windows
2 82 (18.89%) Windows Server
3 81 (18.66%) Linux
4 22 (5.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.00%) Unix
6 12 (2.76%) zOS
7 9 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.84%) Ubuntu
9 7 (1.61%) VMS
9 7 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
10 5 (1.15%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.92%) Android
11 4 (0.92%) Apple iOS
11 4 (0.92%) Windows 10
11 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.46%) Amazon Linux
12 2 (0.46%) OpenVMS
12 2 (0.46%) Windows 7
13 1 (0.23%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (37.56%) Infrastructure as Code
2 146 (33.64%) DevOps
3 135 (31.11%) CI/CD
4 76 (17.51%) Platform Engineering
5 72 (16.59%) Infrastructure Automation
6 71 (16.36%) Migration
7 66 (15.21%) AI
8 62 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (13.82%) Stakeholder Management
10 49 (11.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 49 (11.29%) Observability
11 47 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 44 (10.14%) Agile
13 43 (9.91%) Configuration Management
14 42 (9.68%) Containerisation
15 40 (9.22%) Incident Response
16 39 (8.99%) Cloud Security
17 36 (8.29%) ITIL
17 36 (8.29%) Runbook
18 35 (8.06%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 115 (26.50%) Python
2 105 (24.19%) PowerShell
3 50 (11.52%) Bash
4 34 (7.83%) SQL
5 27 (6.22%) Java
6 23 (5.30%) Bicep
7 17 (3.92%) C#
8 13 (3.00%) Go
8 13 (3.00%) Shell Script
9 10 (2.30%) C++
10 8 (1.84%) Perl
11 6 (1.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 5 (1.15%) C
12 5 (1.15%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.15%) JCL
12 5 (1.15%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.46%) COBOL
13 2 (0.46%) Korn
14 1 (0.23%) Groovy
14 1 (0.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 117 (26.96%) Security Cleared
2 82 (18.89%) SC Cleared
3 36 (8.29%) DV Cleared
4 26 (5.99%) Degree
5 24 (5.53%) Azure Certification
6 15 (3.46%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (3.23%) AWS Certification
8 13 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (2.76%) CISSP
10 10 (2.30%) CCNP
11 9 (2.07%) CCNA
12 7 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (1.38%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (1.38%) CISM
13 6 (1.38%) Microsoft Certification
14 4 (0.92%) JNCIP
14 4 (0.92%) JNCIS
15 3 (0.69%) PMI Certification
15 3 (0.69%) PMP
16 2 (0.46%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (2.76%) SLA
3 11 (2.53%) QA
4 8 (1.84%) NIST
5 6 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.92%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 3 (0.69%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.46%) GDPR
9 1 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.23%) FedRAMP
9 1 (0.23%) GLBA
9 1 (0.23%) GRC
9 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
9 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 89 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 74 (17.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 37 (8.53%) Docker
4 24 (5.53%) Hyper-V
5 22 (5.07%) vSphere
6 21 (4.84%) VMware ESXi
7 18 (4.15%) Virtual Machines
8 17 (3.92%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (1.84%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (1.15%) Firmware
11 3 (0.69%) BitLocker
11 3 (0.69%) Microsoft App-V
11 3 (0.69%) RACF
11 3 (0.69%) Terminal Services
11 3 (0.69%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.46%) Ceph
12 2 (0.46%) IAG
12 2 (0.46%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.23%) Dovecot
13 1 (0.23%) NFS
Systems Management
1 92 (21.20%) Kubernetes
2 74 (17.05%) Ansible
3 38 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 25 (5.76%) Grafana
5 20 (4.61%) Prometheus
6 17 (3.92%) Puppet
6 17 (3.92%) SCCM
7 14 (3.23%) vCenter Server
8 11 (2.53%) Argo
9 9 (2.07%) FortiGate
9 9 (2.07%) Packer
10 8 (1.84%) systemd
11 7 (1.61%) Progress Chef
12 6 (1.38%) Nessus
12 6 (1.38%) Single Sign-On
13 5 (1.15%) Microsoft Clustering
14 4 (0.92%) Nagios
14 4 (0.92%) SCOM
15 3 (0.69%) WSUS
15 3 (0.69%) yum
Vendors
1 141 (32.49%) Microsoft
2 97 (22.35%) VMware
3 29 (6.68%) Cisco
4 24 (5.53%) Google
5 20 (4.61%) Oracle
5 20 (4.61%) Red Hat
6 15 (3.46%) Citrix
7 14 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 10 (2.30%) Dynatrace
8 10 (2.30%) IBM
8 10 (2.30%) Tenable
8 10 (2.30%) Zscaler
9 9 (2.07%) HP
10 8 (1.84%) Databricks
10 8 (1.84%) Splunk
11 7 (1.61%) CyberArk
12 6 (1.38%) Juniper
12 6 (1.38%) Qualys
13 5 (1.15%) NetApp
14 4 (0.92%) EMC