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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 192 149
Rank change year-on-year +43 -43 +7
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 361 182 295
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.82% 1.34% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 1.46% 1.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 138 232
10th Percentile £401 £348 £325
25th Percentile £449 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £604 £614
90th Percentile £692 £675 £707
England median daily rate £528 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.50% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £73.27 £77.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -4.84% +23.20% -13.79%

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 17,589 12,488 14,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.92% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,618 8,349 10,661
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 238 247
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £21.41 £24.66 £21.05
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.40 £33.55
Median % change year-on-year +18.41% -9.38% -19.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.25
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +88.87% -37.13% -6.43%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 49 £575 +4.55% 32
West London -6 8 £675 - 4
South London -11 7 £425 -29.17% 6
East London -1 1 £775 +64.02% 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 18 (4.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 13 (3.60%) CICS
2 13 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.22%) Confluence
3 8 (2.22%) WebSphere
4 3 (0.83%) Apache
5 2 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.28%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.28%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.28%) JBoss
6 1 (0.28%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.83%) AutoCAD
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 170 (47.09%) Azure
2 93 (25.76%) AWS
3 50 (13.85%) GitHub
4 42 (11.63%) GCP
5 38 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (9.97%) GitHub Actions
7 33 (9.14%) Entra ID
8 32 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (8.31%) IaaS
10 27 (7.48%) Azure AKS
11 25 (6.93%) PaaS
12 21 (5.82%) Amazon EKS
12 21 (5.82%) SaaS
13 19 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
13 19 (5.26%) Serverless
14 17 (4.71%) Amazon S3
15 16 (4.43%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (3.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 8 (2.22%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (2.22%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 66 (18.28%) DNS
2 47 (13.02%) Firewall
3 46 (12.74%) DHCP
4 34 (9.42%) VPN
5 25 (6.93%) Network Security
6 22 (6.09%) TCP/IP
7 16 (4.43%) WAN
8 11 (3.05%) LAN
9 9 (2.49%) SSL
10 8 (2.22%) SAN
10 8 (2.22%) SMTP
11 6 (1.66%) HTTP
11 6 (1.66%) NAS
11 6 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
12 5 (1.39%) DMZ
12 5 (1.39%) SD-WAN
12 5 (1.39%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (1.11%) BGP
13 4 (1.11%) MPLS
13 4 (1.11%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.37%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.49%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.22%) DynamoDB
4 7 (1.94%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (1.66%) Db2
6 3 (0.83%) Big Data
6 3 (0.83%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.83%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.55%) Power BI
8 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.28%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.28%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.28%) Metadata
8 1 (0.28%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 19 (5.26%) GitLab
2 17 (4.71%) Git
3 14 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.39%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.39%) JIRA
5 2 (0.55%) Subversion
6 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.28%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.28%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.28%) CMake
6 1 (0.28%) Gradle
6 1 (0.28%) Introscope
6 1 (0.28%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 86 (23.82%) Social Skills
2 62 (17.17%) Finance
3 30 (8.31%) Banking
4 26 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.99%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.32%) Legal
8 8 (2.22%) Law
8 8 (2.22%) Retail
8 8 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.11%) Billing
11 4 (1.11%) Publishing
12 3 (0.83%) Military
13 2 (0.55%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.55%) Automotive
13 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 205 (56.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 56 (15.51%) Cloud Engineer
3 40 (11.08%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 35 (9.70%) Senior
5 34 (9.42%) Azure Engineer
6 26 (7.20%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 23 (6.37%) DevOps Engineer
8 19 (5.26%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 18 (4.99%) Lead
10 15 (4.16%) Architect
10 15 (4.16%) Network Engineer
11 13 (3.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (3.60%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 11 (3.05%) Platform Engineer
13 10 (2.77%) Infrastructure Support
14 9 (2.49%) AWS Engineer
14 9 (2.49%) Azure DevOps Engineer
14 9 (2.49%) NetApp Engineer
14 9 (2.49%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (2.49%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.77%) REST
2 9 (2.49%) JSON
3 8 (2.22%) Middleware
4 7 (1.94%) YAML
5 6 (1.66%) Loki
5 6 (1.66%) RESTful
5 6 (1.66%) SOAP
5 6 (1.66%) Web Services
5 6 (1.66%) WSDL
6 5 (1.39%) ARM Templates
6 5 (1.39%) AWS CDK
6 5 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (1.39%) OpenID
7 4 (1.11%) .NET
7 4 (1.11%) 802.1X
7 4 (1.11%) SAML
8 3 (0.83%) ADO
8 3 (0.83%) HTML
8 3 (0.83%) ModSecurity
9 2 (0.55%) pydantic
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.37%) Hybrid Cloud
2 21 (5.82%) Data Centre
3 20 (5.54%) Cloud Native
4 15 (4.16%) Onboarding
5 13 (3.60%) Mainframe
6 12 (3.32%) PKI
7 10 (2.77%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (2.77%) Public Cloud
8 9 (2.49%) Clustering
9 8 (2.22%) CMDB
9 8 (2.22%) Enterprise Storage
10 6 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.66%) DataPower
10 6 (1.66%) Enterprise Cloud
10 6 (1.66%) Online Banking
10 6 (1.66%) Replication
10 6 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (1.39%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.39%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (1.39%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 112 (31.02%) Windows
2 66 (18.28%) Windows Server
3 59 (16.34%) Linux
4 15 (4.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.60%) zOS
6 10 (2.77%) Unix
7 6 (1.66%) Android
7 6 (1.66%) Apple iOS
7 6 (1.66%) VMS
7 6 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (1.39%) Ubuntu
8 5 (1.39%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (1.11%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.55%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.28%) AIX
12 1 (0.28%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.28%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (29.36%) Infrastructure as Code
2 99 (27.42%) DevOps
3 92 (25.48%) CI/CD
4 52 (14.40%) Platform Engineering
5 49 (13.57%) Migration
6 45 (12.47%) AI
7 38 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
8 36 (9.97%) Containerisation
8 36 (9.97%) Infrastructure Automation
9 32 (8.86%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (8.59%) Incident Response
11 30 (8.31%) Agile
11 30 (8.31%) Disaster Recovery
12 27 (7.48%) Observability
13 25 (6.93%) Runbook
13 25 (6.93%) Stakeholder Management
14 23 (6.37%) Configuration Management
14 23 (6.37%) Roadmaps
14 23 (6.37%) Validation
15 21 (5.82%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 84 (23.27%) PowerShell
1 84 (23.27%) Python
2 37 (10.25%) Bash
3 28 (7.76%) SQL
4 18 (4.99%) C#
5 17 (4.71%) Bicep
6 16 (4.43%) Java
6 16 (4.43%) Shell Script
7 6 (1.66%) Go
7 6 (1.66%) JavaScript
7 6 (1.66%) JCL
8 3 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
8 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.55%) C++
9 2 (0.55%) Korn
9 2 (0.55%) Perl
9 2 (0.55%) Ruby
10 1 (0.28%) C
10 1 (0.28%) Jython
10 1 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 116 (32.13%) Security Cleared
2 77 (21.33%) SC Cleared
3 40 (11.08%) DV Cleared
4 17 (4.71%) Azure Certification
5 16 (4.43%) Degree
6 13 (3.60%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.77%) AWS Certification
7 10 (2.77%) CISSP
8 8 (2.22%) CCNA
9 6 (1.66%) CCNP
10 5 (1.39%) CISM
11 4 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
13 2 (0.55%) CISA
13 2 (0.55%) PMP
13 2 (0.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.77%) QA
2 8 (2.22%) NIST
2 8 (2.22%) SLA
3 6 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.66%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.11%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.83%) GDPR
5 3 (0.83%) NCSC
6 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.55%) PMO
7 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.28%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.28%) GRC
7 1 (0.28%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 67 (18.56%) Active Directory
2 55 (15.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (9.14%) Docker
4 23 (6.37%) Hyper-V
5 20 (5.54%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (4.16%) Virtual Machines
7 14 (3.88%) vSphere
8 12 (3.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (2.22%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.22%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.11%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.11%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.83%) Firmware
11 3 (0.83%) NFS
11 3 (0.83%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.55%) Postfix
12 2 (0.55%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.55%) Varnish
13 1 (0.28%) Ceph
13 1 (0.28%) KVM
Systems Management
1 115 (31.86%) Terraform
2 70 (19.39%) Kubernetes
3 47 (13.02%) Ansible
4 21 (5.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.71%) vCenter Server
6 15 (4.16%) Grafana
6 15 (4.16%) Puppet
7 11 (3.05%) Packer
7 11 (3.05%) Prometheus
8 8 (2.22%) vMotion
9 7 (1.94%) Argo
9 7 (1.94%) FortiGate
9 7 (1.94%) SCCM
10 5 (1.39%) Nessus
10 5 (1.39%) systemd
11 4 (1.11%) Nagios
12 3 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (0.83%) yum
13 2 (0.55%) Check_MK
13 2 (0.55%) HAProxy
Vendors
1 102 (28.25%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.39%) VMware
3 25 (6.93%) Citrix
4 22 (6.09%) Google
5 17 (4.71%) Cisco
5 17 (4.71%) ServiceNow
6 14 (3.88%) NetApp
7 8 (2.22%) Oracle
7 8 (2.22%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.22%) Tenable
7 8 (2.22%) Zscaler
8 7 (1.94%) IBM
9 6 (1.66%) Dell
9 6 (1.66%) HP
9 6 (1.66%) Qualys
10 5 (1.39%) CyberArk
11 4 (1.11%) EMC
11 4 (1.11%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.11%) Splunk
11 4 (1.11%) Symantec