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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 182 141
Rank change year-on-year +10 -41 +40
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 285 172 307
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.55% 1.42% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.75% 1.54% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 134 226
10th Percentile £400 £350 £306
25th Percentile £426 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.79%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £640
90th Percentile £717 £650 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £486
% change year-on-year - +8.08% -2.85%

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 16,309 11,148 15,377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.69% 92.30% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,878 7,454 11,015
10th Percentile £358 £350 £338
25th Percentile £435 £430 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -1.55% -0.36% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 194 318
10th Percentile £18.14 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.16 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £36.75 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.95% +15.18% -28.59%
75th Percentile £58.98 £49.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.73 £63.18 £68.23
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.77% -23.93% +0.54%

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 4 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 4 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 +1 43 £575 -4.17% 40
South London -10 6 £425 -20.56% 2
West London -21 5 £675 +68.75% 2
East London -7 1 £775 +64.02% 1
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 20 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.46%) CICS
2 7 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.40%) Apache
4 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.70%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.35%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.35%) SAS
6 1 (0.35%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 131 (45.96%) Azure
2 69 (24.21%) AWS
3 36 (12.63%) GCP
4 33 (11.58%) Microsoft 365
5 32 (11.23%) GitHub
6 28 (9.82%) Entra ID
7 27 (9.47%) IaaS
8 26 (9.12%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (7.37%) PaaS
10 20 (7.02%) GitHub Actions
11 19 (6.67%) Azure AKS
12 18 (6.32%) Serverless
13 16 (5.61%) SaaS
14 14 (4.91%) AWS Lambda
15 13 (4.56%) Azure Monitor
16 9 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 9 (3.16%) Amazon S3
16 9 (3.16%) Nutanix
17 8 (2.81%) Azure Stack
17 8 (2.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 51 (17.89%) DNS
2 33 (11.58%) Firewall
3 32 (11.23%) DHCP
4 23 (8.07%) VPN
5 17 (5.96%) Network Security
6 14 (4.91%) WAN
7 10 (3.51%) LAN
7 10 (3.51%) TCP/IP
8 7 (2.46%) SMTP
9 6 (2.11%) MPLS
10 5 (1.75%) SAN
11 4 (1.40%) HTTP
11 4 (1.40%) NAS
11 4 (1.40%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.40%) SSL
12 3 (1.05%) DMZ
12 3 (1.05%) Internet
12 3 (1.05%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (1.05%) Structured Cabling
13 2 (0.70%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.81%) DynamoDB
3 6 (2.11%) DB2
3 6 (2.11%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.05%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.05%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.05%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.70%) Big Data
7 2 (0.70%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.70%) Power BI
7 2 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.35%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.35%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.35%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 16 (5.61%) GitLab
2 10 (3.51%) Git
2 10 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.75%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.05%) JIRA
5 1 (0.35%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.35%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.35%) CMake
5 1 (0.35%) Gradle
5 1 (0.35%) Introscope
General
1 63 (22.11%) Social Skills
2 50 (17.54%) Finance
3 25 (8.77%) Banking
4 17 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.91%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.21%) Legal
7 11 (3.86%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.11%) Retail
9 5 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.40%) Billing
10 4 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.40%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.05%) Law
11 3 (1.05%) Military
12 2 (0.70%) Front Office
12 2 (0.70%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.70%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.70%) Local Government
13 1 (0.35%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 169 (59.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (14.74%) Cloud Engineer
3 29 (10.18%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (9.82%) Senior
5 23 (8.07%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.26%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.91%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (4.91%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (4.91%) Architect
9 13 (4.56%) NetApp Engineer
9 13 (4.56%) Storage Engineer
10 12 (4.21%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.16%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
12 8 (2.81%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 8 (2.81%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (2.81%) Support Engineer
13 6 (2.11%) Analyst
13 6 (2.11%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.81%) JSON
2 7 (2.46%) REST
3 6 (2.11%) RESTful
3 6 (2.11%) SOAP
3 6 (2.11%) Web Services
3 6 (2.11%) WSDL
4 4 (1.40%) Kafka
4 4 (1.40%) YAML
5 3 (1.05%) ARM Templates
5 3 (1.05%) AWS CDK
5 3 (1.05%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.05%) OpenID
5 3 (1.05%) Spring
5 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.70%) .NET
6 2 (0.70%) ADO
6 2 (0.70%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.70%) HTML
6 2 (0.70%) Middleware
6 2 (0.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.61%) Data Centre
1 16 (5.61%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (4.91%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.81%) Enterprise Storage
4 8 (2.81%) PKI
5 7 (2.46%) Clustering
5 7 (2.46%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.11%) DataPower
6 6 (2.11%) Online Banking
6 6 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.75%) CMDB
7 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.75%) Replication
8 4 (1.40%) CCTV
8 4 (1.40%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.40%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.40%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 89 (31.23%) Windows
2 50 (17.54%) Windows Server
3 39 (13.68%) Linux
4 8 (2.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.81%) Unix
5 7 (2.46%) zOS
6 6 (2.11%) Android
6 6 (2.11%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.75%) VMS
8 3 (1.05%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.70%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.70%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.35%) AIX
10 1 (0.35%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.35%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.46%) DevOps
1 64 (22.46%) Infrastructure as Code
2 63 (22.11%) CI/CD
3 35 (12.28%) Migration
4 34 (11.93%) Platform Engineering
5 32 (11.23%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (9.47%) AI
7 23 (8.07%) Containerisation
7 23 (8.07%) Continuous Improvement
8 22 (7.72%) Infrastructure Automation
9 21 (7.37%) Roadmaps
10 20 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (6.67%) Agile
12 16 (5.61%) Cloud Security
12 16 (5.61%) ITIL
13 15 (5.26%) Incident Response
14 14 (4.91%) High Availability
14 14 (4.91%) Incident Management
14 14 (4.91%) Mentoring
14 14 (4.91%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 56 (19.65%) PowerShell
2 49 (17.19%) Python
3 28 (9.82%) SQL
4 17 (5.96%) C#
5 14 (4.91%) Bash
6 13 (4.56%) Shell Script
7 12 (4.21%) Java
8 10 (3.51%) Bicep
9 6 (2.11%) JCL
10 5 (1.75%) JavaScript
11 4 (1.40%) Go
12 3 (1.05%) C++
13 2 (0.70%) Ruby
14 1 (0.35%) C
14 1 (0.35%) Jython
14 1 (0.35%) Korn
14 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
14 1 (0.35%) Scala
14 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 85 (29.82%) Security Cleared
2 54 (18.95%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 9 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (2.81%) Azure Certification
5 8 (2.81%) CISSP
5 8 (2.81%) Degree
6 7 (2.46%) CCNA
7 4 (1.40%) AWS Certification
8 3 (1.05%) CCNP
8 3 (1.05%) CISM
8 3 (1.05%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.70%) CISA
9 2 (0.70%) PMP
10 1 (0.35%) CRISC
10 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.46%) NIST
1 7 (2.46%) QA
2 5 (1.75%) SLA
3 4 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.40%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.05%) GDPR
4 3 (1.05%) NCSC
4 3 (1.05%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.70%) PMO
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.35%) GRC
6 1 (0.35%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 54 (18.95%) Active Directory
2 39 (13.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 22 (7.72%) Hyper-V
4 19 (6.67%) Docker
5 11 (3.86%) vSphere
6 10 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
8 7 (2.46%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.46%) Microsoft App-V
8 7 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (1.40%) Firmware
9 4 (1.40%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.05%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.70%) NFS
11 2 (0.70%) Postfix
11 2 (0.70%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.70%) Varnish
12 1 (0.35%) KVM
12 1 (0.35%) RACF
12 1 (0.35%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 70 (24.56%) Terraform
2 48 (16.84%) Kubernetes
3 28 (9.82%) Ansible
4 23 (8.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.81%) Packer
5 8 (2.81%) Puppet
5 8 (2.81%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.46%) vMotion
7 4 (1.40%) AirWatch
7 4 (1.40%) Grafana
8 3 (1.05%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.05%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.70%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.70%) Nessus
9 2 (0.70%) SCCM
9 2 (0.70%) vRealize
10 1 (0.35%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.35%) Opsgenie
10 1 (0.35%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 76 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 52 (18.25%) VMware
3 19 (6.67%) Citrix
4 16 (5.61%) NetApp
5 15 (5.26%) Google
6 13 (4.56%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.46%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.11%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.11%) Dell
8 6 (2.11%) Oracle
9 5 (1.75%) Cisco
9 5 (1.75%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.40%) Qualys
11 3 (1.05%) Blue Coat
11 3 (1.05%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.05%) Informatica
11 3 (1.05%) Netskope
11 3 (1.05%) Palo Alto
11 3 (1.05%) Tenable
11 3 (1.05%) Zscaler