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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 156 123
Rank change year-on-year -33 -33 +74
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 205 222 363
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.60% 1.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.52% 1.77% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 165 255
10th Percentile £400 £325 £325
25th Percentile £447 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £627 £650 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £741
England median daily rate £505 £525 £484
% change year-on-year -3.81% +8.53% -3.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile £24.06 - £32.97
25th Percentile £25.65 - £34.42
Median hourly rate £28.75 £112.00 £36.84
Median % change year-on-year -74.33% +204.02% -53.25%
75th Percentile £32.30 - £38.04
90th Percentile £34.16 - £38.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -45.60% +35.34% -26.32%

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 13,482 12,521 16,487
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.03% 90.48% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,929 7,934 11,797
10th Percentile £350 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 155 336
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.90 £24.88 £19.83
Median hourly rate £34.14 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.47% +14.75% -18.67%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.75 £79.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.31 £36.42
% change year-on-year -26.69% -5.80% +4.05%

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 31 January 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 31 January 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 -3 35 £550 -7.17% 21
South London -4 3 £425 -9.57% 3
West London -22 3 £300 -25.00% 2
East London - 1 - - 2
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 28 (13.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.44%) Apache
2 5 (2.44%) Apache Spark
2 5 (2.44%) Confluence
2 5 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.98%) nginx
4 2 (0.98%) Traefik
5 1 (0.49%) Cloud Foundry
5 1 (0.49%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.49%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 91 (44.39%) Azure
2 46 (22.44%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (21.95%) AWS
4 33 (16.10%) Entra ID
5 24 (11.71%) GCP
6 17 (8.29%) Serverless
7 15 (7.32%) IaaS
8 13 (6.34%) GitHub
9 12 (5.85%) Amazon S3
9 12 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (5.37%) Nutanix
11 10 (4.88%) Microsoft Purview
12 9 (4.39%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
13 8 (3.90%) Amazon EKS
14 7 (3.41%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 7 (3.41%) Mimecast
14 7 (3.41%) PaaS
15 6 (2.93%) Amazon ECS
15 6 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 42 (20.49%) Firewall
2 25 (12.20%) DNS
2 25 (12.20%) WAN
3 24 (11.71%) VPN
4 18 (8.78%) LAN
5 16 (7.80%) Network Security
6 13 (6.34%) Wi-Fi
7 10 (4.88%) TCP/IP
8 9 (4.39%) MPLS
9 8 (3.90%) DHCP
10 5 (2.44%) SD-WAN
10 5 (2.44%) SSL
10 5 (2.44%) VLAN
11 4 (1.95%) Software-Defined Networking
11 4 (1.95%) Wireless
11 4 (1.95%) WLAN
12 3 (1.46%) BGP
12 3 (1.46%) Cisco Wireless
12 3 (1.46%) HTTP
12 3 (1.46%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.39%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.95%) Big Data
3 4 (1.95%) DynamoDB
3 4 (1.95%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.46%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.46%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.46%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.98%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.98%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.98%) MySQL
5 2 (0.98%) Power BI
5 2 (0.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.49%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.49%) Parquet
6 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (6.34%) Git
2 12 (5.85%) Jenkins
3 10 (4.88%) GitLab
4 6 (2.93%) JIRA
5 1 (0.49%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.49%) MLflow
5 1 (0.49%) Robot Framework
General
1 54 (26.34%) Finance
2 48 (23.41%) Social Skills
3 22 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.27%) Banking
5 10 (4.88%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (2.93%) Spanish Language
8 5 (2.44%) Legal
9 4 (1.95%) Billing
9 4 (1.95%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (1.95%) Front Office
9 4 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.46%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.98%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.98%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.98%) Military
11 2 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Aviation
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (53.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 29 (14.15%) Senior
3 18 (8.78%) Network Engineer
4 16 (7.80%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (6.83%) Security Engineer
6 13 (6.34%) Azure Engineer
6 13 (6.34%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (5.85%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 10 (4.88%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 10 (4.88%) Cloud Engineer
9 9 (4.39%) Developer
9 9 (4.39%) Platform Engineer
10 7 (3.41%) Architect
10 7 (3.41%) DevOps Engineer
10 7 (3.41%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 6 (2.93%) Linux Engineer
11 6 (2.93%) VMware Engineer
12 5 (2.44%) Design Engineer
12 5 (2.44%) Integration Engineer
12 5 (2.44%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.90%) Kafka
2 4 (1.95%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.95%) NumPy
2 4 (1.95%) Pandas
2 4 (1.95%) RESTful
3 3 (1.46%) gRPC
3 3 (1.46%) REST
3 3 (1.46%) SciPy
3 3 (1.46%) Spring
3 3 (1.46%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.46%) YAML
4 2 (0.98%) GraphQL
4 2 (0.98%) Loki
4 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (0.98%) Middleware
4 2 (0.98%) OpenTelemetry
4 2 (0.98%) PySpark
5 1 (0.49%) FastAPI
5 1 (0.49%) Fluent Bit
5 1 (0.49%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.34%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.85%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.37%) Cloud Native
3 11 (5.37%) Hybrid Cloud
4 7 (3.41%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.41%) PKI
4 7 (3.41%) Public Cloud
5 6 (2.93%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (2.44%) Replication
7 4 (1.95%) DataPower
7 4 (1.95%) Equities
7 4 (1.95%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.46%) CCTV
8 3 (1.46%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.46%) Clustering
8 3 (1.46%) Derivative
8 3 (1.46%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.46%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 56 (27.32%) Windows
2 40 (19.51%) Linux
3 37 (18.05%) Windows Server
4 10 (4.88%) Unix
5 5 (2.44%) VMS
6 4 (1.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.95%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.95%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.46%) Android
7 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (1.46%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.98%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.98%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.49%) CentOS
9 1 (0.49%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.49%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (23.90%) CI/CD
2 48 (23.41%) Infrastructure as Code
3 45 (21.95%) DevOps
4 39 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (12.68%) Migration
6 23 (11.22%) Agile
6 23 (11.22%) Containerisation
7 18 (8.78%) Observability
7 18 (8.78%) Platform Engineering
8 17 (8.29%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (7.80%) ITIL
10 15 (7.32%) Analytics
10 15 (7.32%) Cloud Security
10 15 (7.32%) Infrastructure Automation
11 14 (6.83%) RBAC
12 13 (6.34%) Project Delivery
13 12 (5.85%) High Availability
14 11 (5.37%) Test Automation
15 10 (4.88%) Disaster Recovery
15 10 (4.88%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 48 (23.41%) Python
2 36 (17.56%) PowerShell
3 13 (6.34%) Java
4 12 (5.85%) Bash
5 9 (4.39%) SQL
6 5 (2.44%) Go
6 5 (2.44%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.95%) Bicep
7 4 (1.95%) Perl
8 3 (1.46%) C#
8 3 (1.46%) C++
8 3 (1.46%) Ruby
9 2 (0.98%) Scala
10 1 (0.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 16 (7.80%) Degree
2 16 (7.80%) SC Cleared
3 10 (4.88%) Azure Certification
4 9 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (4.39%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.93%) CCNP
5 6 (2.93%) CISSP
5 6 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.44%) CCNA
6 5 (2.44%) CISM
7 4 (1.95%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.46%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.46%) JNCIS
8 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (1.46%) PhD
9 2 (0.98%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.98%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.98%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.95%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (1.46%) NIST
3 2 (0.98%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.98%) SLA
4 1 (0.49%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.49%) GDPR
4 1 (0.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.49%) QA
4 1 (0.49%) SOC 2
System Software
1 47 (22.93%) Active Directory
2 26 (12.68%) Docker
3 21 (10.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (5.37%) Hyper-V
5 10 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (1.95%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.95%) vSphere
8 3 (1.46%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.46%) Firmware
8 3 (1.46%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.98%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.98%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.49%) etcd
10 1 (0.49%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (26.34%) Terraform
2 41 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (14.63%) Kubernetes
4 28 (13.66%) Ansible
5 19 (9.27%) SCCM
6 13 (6.34%) Grafana
7 7 (3.41%) Prometheus
8 6 (2.93%) CASB
8 6 (2.93%) SCOrch
9 5 (2.44%) AirWatch
9 5 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (1.95%) Argo
10 4 (1.95%) FortiGate
10 4 (1.95%) Puppet
11 3 (1.46%) Istio
11 3 (1.46%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (1.46%) vCenter Server
12 2 (0.98%) Red Hat Satellite
12 2 (0.98%) vMotion
12 2 (0.98%) vRealize
Vendors
1 69 (33.66%) Microsoft
2 30 (14.63%) VMware
3 15 (7.32%) Google
4 13 (6.34%) Cisco
5 12 (5.85%) Palo Alto
6 11 (5.37%) CyberArk
7 7 (3.41%) Dell
7 7 (3.41%) F5
7 7 (3.41%) Fortinet
7 7 (3.41%) Zscaler
8 6 (2.93%) Citrix
8 6 (2.93%) Veeam
9 5 (2.44%) Juniper
9 5 (2.44%) NetApp
9 5 (2.44%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.95%) Aruba
10 4 (1.95%) Commvault
10 4 (1.95%) Databricks
10 4 (1.95%) IBM
10 4 (1.95%) Tenable