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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 177 133
Rank change year-on-year -6 -44 +57
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 241 193 329
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.39% 1.52% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% 1.65% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 155 233
10th Percentile £400 £318 £313
25th Percentile £428 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £641
90th Percentile £709 £675 £750
England median daily rate £525 £525 £488
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £32.97
25th Percentile - - £34.42
Median hourly rate - - £36.84
75th Percentile - - £38.04
90th Percentile - - £38.75
England median hourly rate £72.54 £62.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year +16.06% +35.34% -28.95%

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 15,467 11,685 15,793
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 91.96% 88.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,357 7,937 11,324
10th Percentile £353 £350 £338
25th Percentile £429 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £684 £675
90th Percentile £758 £803 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 166 333
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.30 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.64 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.83%
75th Percentile £56.98 £50.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.60 £63.50 £66.70
England median hourly rate £41.86 £31.64 £35.00
% change year-on-year +32.29% -9.60% -6.17%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 43 £575 -2.95% 27
South London -13 7 £425 -9.57% 3
West London -24 4 £463 +15.63% 1
East London -5 1 £775 +64.02% 6
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 (10.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.07%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.66%) Apache
3 4 (1.66%) CICS
4 3 (1.24%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.41%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.41%) SAS
6 1 (0.41%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.41%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 103 (42.74%) Azure
2 52 (21.58%) AWS
3 37 (15.35%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (11.62%) IaaS
5 27 (11.20%) GCP
6 26 (10.79%) Entra ID
6 26 (10.79%) GitHub
7 24 (9.96%) Serverless
8 23 (9.54%) PaaS
9 20 (8.30%) Azure DevOps
10 18 (7.47%) AWS Lambda
11 15 (6.22%) SaaS
12 14 (5.81%) GitHub Actions
13 13 (5.39%) Azure AKS
14 11 (4.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 10 (4.15%) Nutanix
16 9 (3.73%) Amazon S3
16 9 (3.73%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (3.32%) Amazon EKS
17 8 (3.32%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (16.18%) DNS
2 37 (15.35%) Firewall
3 26 (10.79%) VPN
4 21 (8.71%) DHCP
5 18 (7.47%) WAN
6 16 (6.64%) LAN
7 11 (4.56%) Network Security
8 8 (3.32%) MPLS
9 7 (2.90%) SMTP
10 5 (2.07%) SAN
10 5 (2.07%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (1.66%) SD-WAN
11 4 (1.66%) Software-Defined Networking
12 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
13 2 (0.83%) BGP
13 2 (0.83%) OSPF
13 2 (0.83%) Remote Desktop
13 2 (0.83%) VLAN
13 2 (0.83%) Wireless
13 2 (0.83%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.15%) DynamoDB
1 10 (4.15%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
3 5 (2.07%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.66%) DB2
4 4 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.66%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.83%) Big Data
6 2 (0.83%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.41%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.41%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.41%) Metadata
7 1 (0.41%) Power BI
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (5.81%) GitLab
2 13 (5.39%) Git
3 12 (4.98%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.41%) Introscope
5 1 (0.41%) Jaeger
5 1 (0.41%) JIRA
General
1 55 (22.82%) Social Skills
2 43 (17.84%) Finance
3 24 (9.96%) Banking
4 16 (6.64%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (5.81%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.56%) Legal
7 7 (2.90%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.07%) Retail
10 4 (1.66%) Front Office
10 4 (1.66%) Military
10 4 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Investment Banking
11 3 (1.24%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.83%) Billing
12 2 (0.83%) Law
12 2 (0.83%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 142 (58.92%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 32 (13.28%) Senior
3 28 (11.62%) Cloud Engineer
4 22 (9.13%) Azure Engineer
5 18 (7.47%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 18 (7.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.64%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 14 (5.81%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 14 (5.81%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
8 13 (5.39%) Architect
8 13 (5.39%) NetApp Engineer
8 13 (5.39%) Storage Engineer
9 11 (4.56%) Network Engineer
10 10 (4.15%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
11 8 (3.32%) Developer
12 7 (2.90%) Lead
12 7 (2.90%) VMware Engineer
13 6 (2.49%) Data Engineer
13 6 (2.49%) Security Engineer
13 6 (2.49%) Site Reliability Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.66%) JSON
1 4 (1.66%) Kafka
1 4 (1.66%) RESTful
1 4 (1.66%) SOAP
1 4 (1.66%) Web Services
1 4 (1.66%) WSDL
2 3 (1.24%) AWS CDK
2 3 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (1.24%) NumPy
2 3 (1.24%) Pandas
2 3 (1.24%) REST
2 3 (1.24%) SciPy
2 3 (1.24%) Spring
2 3 (1.24%) Spring Boot
3 2 (0.83%) ADO
3 2 (0.83%) ARM Templates
3 2 (0.83%) GraphQL
3 2 (0.83%) OpenID
3 2 (0.83%) SAML
4 1 (0.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.22%) Data Centre
1 15 (6.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 11 (4.56%) Cloud Native
3 10 (4.15%) Onboarding
3 10 (4.15%) PKI
4 8 (3.32%) Clustering
4 8 (3.32%) DataPower
4 8 (3.32%) Mainframe
5 7 (2.90%) Enterprise Storage
6 5 (2.07%) CCTV
6 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.66%) Online Banking
7 4 (1.66%) Replication
7 4 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.24%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.24%) Derivative
8 3 (1.24%) Equities
8 3 (1.24%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.24%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.24%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (29.46%) Windows
2 39 (16.18%) Linux
3 38 (15.77%) Windows Server
4 8 (3.32%) Unix
5 7 (2.90%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (2.07%) Android
6 5 (2.07%) Apple iOS
6 5 (2.07%) VMS
7 4 (1.66%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (1.66%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (1.66%) zOS
8 3 (1.24%) Mac OS
8 3 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.24%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.41%) AIX
10 1 (0.41%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (22.41%) CI/CD
2 52 (21.58%) DevOps
3 51 (21.16%) Infrastructure as Code
4 34 (14.11%) Migration
5 27 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (9.54%) Containerisation
7 22 (9.13%) Platform Engineering
8 16 (6.64%) Cloud Security
8 16 (6.64%) Disaster Recovery
9 15 (6.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 15 (6.22%) ITIL
9 15 (6.22%) Observability
10 14 (5.81%) Agile
10 14 (5.81%) AI
10 14 (5.81%) Analytics
10 14 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
10 14 (5.81%) Roadmaps
11 13 (5.39%) Incident Management
11 13 (5.39%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 12 (4.98%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (21.99%) PowerShell
2 45 (18.67%) Python
3 21 (8.71%) SQL
4 15 (6.22%) Shell Script
5 13 (5.39%) C#
6 11 (4.56%) Bash
7 7 (2.90%) Bicep
7 7 (2.90%) Java
8 5 (2.07%) Ruby
9 4 (1.66%) JCL
10 3 (1.24%) C++
10 3 (1.24%) Go
10 3 (1.24%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.41%) Jython
11 1 (0.41%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.41%) Perl
11 1 (0.41%) Scala
11 1 (0.41%) VB
Qualifications
1 67 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.67%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.54%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.39%) Degree
5 11 (4.56%) Azure Certification
6 7 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (2.49%) CCNA
8 4 (1.66%) CISSP
9 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.24%) CCNP
9 3 (1.24%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.24%) PhD
9 3 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.83%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.41%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.49%) NIST
2 4 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.66%) QA
3 3 (1.24%) GDPR
3 3 (1.24%) NCSC
4 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.83%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.83%) SLA
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.41%) SOC 2
System Software
1 50 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 34 (14.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (10.37%) Docker
4 20 (8.30%) Hyper-V
5 11 (4.56%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (4.15%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (4.15%) vSphere
7 8 (3.32%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.90%) Microsoft App-V
9 6 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
10 5 (2.07%) Firmware
11 4 (1.66%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.83%) NFS
12 2 (0.83%) Postfix
12 2 (0.83%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.83%) Varnish
13 1 (0.41%) Terminal Services
13 1 (0.41%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 57 (23.65%) Terraform
2 41 (17.01%) Kubernetes
3 33 (13.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 24 (9.96%) Ansible
5 11 (4.56%) SCCM
6 9 (3.73%) Puppet
6 9 (3.73%) vCenter Server
7 7 (2.90%) vMotion
8 6 (2.49%) Grafana
8 6 (2.49%) Packer
9 4 (1.66%) AirWatch
9 4 (1.66%) Prometheus
10 3 (1.24%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.83%) CASB
11 2 (0.83%) HAProxy
11 2 (0.83%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.83%) SCOM
11 2 (0.83%) SCOrch
11 2 (0.83%) vRealize
12 1 (0.41%) Istio
Vendors
1 69 (28.63%) Microsoft
2 44 (18.26%) VMware
3 17 (7.05%) Citrix
4 14 (5.81%) NetApp
5 13 (5.39%) Google
6 8 (3.32%) Cisco
6 8 (3.32%) Dell
7 7 (2.90%) SolarWinds
8 6 (2.49%) Fortinet
8 6 (2.49%) Oracle
8 6 (2.49%) Veeam
9 5 (2.07%) CyberArk
9 5 (2.07%) ServiceNow
10 4 (1.66%) IBM
10 4 (1.66%) Palo Alto
10 4 (1.66%) Red Hat
11 3 (1.24%) CrowdStrike
11 3 (1.24%) Informatica
11 3 (1.24%) Meraki
12 2 (0.83%) Adyen