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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 190 142
Rank change year-on-year +34 -48 +17
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 348 188 317
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.76% 1.39% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 1.51% 2.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 143 247
10th Percentile £402 £350 £325
25th Percentile £429 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +0.96% -5.45%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £639
90th Percentile £719 £650 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £57.75 £54.88
% change year-on-year +25.61% +5.24% -24.31%

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 17,586 12,456 15,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.02% 92.16% 88.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,692 8,329 11,079
10th Percentile £360 £331 £338
25th Percentile £440 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £769 £798 £800
England median daily rate £525 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 234 288
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.82 £24.66 £20.03
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.00 £30.06
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% +6.45% -27.57%
75th Percentile £59.00 £50.38 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.60 £68.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -6.09%

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 10 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 10 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 +8 49 £575 +2.22% 36
West London -10 8 £675 - 4
South London -7 7 £425 -29.17%
East London -2 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 19 (5.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (3.45%) CICS
3 8 (2.30%) SharePoint
4 7 (2.01%) Confluence
4 7 (2.01%) WebSphere
5 5 (1.44%) Apache
6 3 (0.86%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.29%) CloudStack
8 1 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.29%) SAS
8 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.29%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (0.86%) AutoCAD
2 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 163 (46.84%) Azure
2 92 (26.44%) AWS
3 48 (13.79%) GitHub
4 46 (13.22%) GCP
5 35 (10.06%) Azure DevOps
6 34 (9.77%) GitHub Actions
7 30 (8.62%) IaaS
8 29 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
9 28 (8.05%) Entra ID
10 25 (7.18%) Azure AKS
10 25 (7.18%) PaaS
11 20 (5.75%) SaaS
12 19 (5.46%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (5.46%) Serverless
13 16 (4.60%) Azure Monitor
14 15 (4.31%) Amazon S3
14 15 (4.31%) AWS Lambda
15 12 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 8 (2.30%) AWS CloudFormation
16 8 (2.30%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 59 (16.95%) DNS
2 41 (11.78%) DHCP
3 38 (10.92%) Firewall
4 31 (8.91%) VPN
5 22 (6.32%) Network Security
6 15 (4.31%) WAN
7 13 (3.74%) TCP/IP
8 10 (2.87%) LAN
9 8 (2.30%) SMTP
10 7 (2.01%) SAN
10 7 (2.01%) SSL
11 5 (1.44%) DMZ
11 5 (1.44%) NAS
11 5 (1.44%) SD-WAN
11 5 (1.44%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (1.15%) HTTP
12 4 (1.15%) MPLS
12 4 (1.15%) Remote Desktop
12 4 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.86%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.30%) DynamoDB
3 7 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.72%) Db2
4 6 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.44%) Big Data
6 3 (0.86%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.86%) MongoDB
6 3 (0.86%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.86%) RDBMS
6 3 (0.86%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.86%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.57%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.57%) Power BI
8 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.29%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 19 (5.46%) GitLab
2 14 (4.02%) Jenkins
3 13 (3.74%) Git
4 5 (1.44%) Bitbucket
4 5 (1.44%) JIRA
5 2 (0.57%) Subversion
6 1 (0.29%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.29%) Chocolatey
6 1 (0.29%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.29%) CMake
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) Introscope
6 1 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 79 (22.70%) Social Skills
2 65 (18.68%) Finance
3 29 (8.33%) Banking
4 20 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (5.46%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 13 (3.74%) Legal
8 8 (2.30%) Law
8 8 (2.30%) Retail
9 6 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.44%) Billing
10 5 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.15%) Publishing
12 3 (0.86%) Military
13 2 (0.57%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 197 (56.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 53 (15.23%) Cloud Engineer
3 38 (10.92%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 32 (9.20%) Senior
5 31 (8.91%) Azure Engineer
6 22 (6.32%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 21 (6.03%) DevOps Engineer
8 18 (5.17%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (4.89%) Architect
10 16 (4.60%) Lead
11 13 (3.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 13 (3.74%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
12 12 (3.45%) Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.16%) Network Engineer
14 10 (2.87%) Infrastructure Support
14 10 (2.87%) Support Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) NetApp Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) Security Engineer
15 9 (2.59%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.59%) JSON
1 9 (2.59%) REST
2 7 (2.01%) Middleware
3 6 (1.72%) RESTful
3 6 (1.72%) SOAP
3 6 (1.72%) Web Services
3 6 (1.72%) WSDL
3 6 (1.72%) YAML
4 5 (1.44%) AWS CDK
4 5 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.44%) Loki
4 5 (1.44%) OpenID
5 4 (1.15%) .NET
5 4 (1.15%) Kafka
5 4 (1.15%) SAML
6 3 (0.86%) ADO
6 3 (0.86%) ARM Templates
6 3 (0.86%) HTML
6 3 (0.86%) Spring
6 3 (0.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.03%) Cloud Native
1 21 (6.03%) Data Centre
2 20 (5.75%) Hybrid Cloud
3 15 (4.31%) Onboarding
4 12 (3.45%) Mainframe
5 10 (2.87%) Distributed Systems
5 10 (2.87%) PKI
6 8 (2.30%) Clustering
7 7 (2.01%) CMDB
7 7 (2.01%) Enterprise Storage
7 7 (2.01%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.72%) DataPower
8 6 (1.72%) Online Banking
8 6 (1.72%) Replication
8 6 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.44%) AI Agents
9 5 (1.44%) CCTV
9 5 (1.44%) Enterprise Cloud
9 5 (1.44%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 108 (31.03%) Windows
2 62 (17.82%) Windows Server
3 52 (14.94%) Linux
4 12 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (3.45%) zOS
5 9 (2.59%) Unix
6 6 (1.72%) Android
6 6 (1.72%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.72%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.44%) VMS
7 5 (1.44%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (1.15%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.86%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.86%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.57%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.29%) AIX
11 1 (0.29%) Amazon Linux
11 1 (0.29%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (27.87%) Infrastructure as Code
2 94 (27.01%) DevOps
3 88 (25.29%) CI/CD
4 51 (14.66%) Platform Engineering
5 44 (12.64%) AI
5 44 (12.64%) Migration
6 38 (10.92%) Containerisation
7 36 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (8.62%) Infrastructure Automation
9 28 (8.05%) Agile
9 28 (8.05%) Incident Response
10 27 (7.76%) Observability
10 27 (7.76%) Roadmaps
11 26 (7.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (7.47%) Disaster Recovery
12 22 (6.32%) Runbook
13 21 (6.03%) Validation
14 20 (5.75%) Configuration Management
14 20 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (5.46%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 78 (22.41%) PowerShell
2 75 (21.55%) Python
3 30 (8.62%) Bash
3 30 (8.62%) SQL
4 19 (5.46%) Java
5 18 (5.17%) C#
6 15 (4.31%) Shell Script
7 13 (3.74%) Bicep
8 6 (1.72%) Go
8 6 (1.72%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.72%) JCL
9 3 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.86%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.57%) C++
10 2 (0.57%) Korn
10 2 (0.57%) Ruby
10 2 (0.57%) Scala
11 1 (0.29%) Jython
11 1 (0.29%) Perl
11 1 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 107 (30.75%) Security Cleared
2 71 (20.40%) SC Cleared
3 37 (10.63%) DV Cleared
4 14 (4.02%) Azure Certification
4 14 (4.02%) Degree
5 11 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (2.59%) AWS Certification
6 9 (2.59%) CISSP
7 8 (2.30%) CCNA
8 4 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.15%) CCNP
8 4 (1.15%) CISM
9 3 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (0.86%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.57%) CISA
10 2 (0.57%) PMP
10 2 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.59%) QA
2 8 (2.30%) NIST
3 6 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (1.72%) PCI DSS
3 6 (1.72%) SLA
4 4 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.15%) SOC 2
5 3 (0.86%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.86%) GDPR
5 3 (0.86%) NCSC
6 2 (0.57%) PMO
7 1 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.29%) FedRAMP
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
7 1 (0.29%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 63 (18.10%) Active Directory
2 50 (14.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 32 (9.20%) Docker
4 23 (6.61%) Hyper-V
5 17 (4.89%) VMware ESXi
6 14 (4.02%) vSphere
7 12 (3.45%) Virtual Machines
8 11 (3.16%) Virtual Desktop
9 8 (2.30%) BitLocker
9 8 (2.30%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (1.15%) Firmware
10 4 (1.15%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.15%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.86%) NFS
11 3 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.57%) Postfix
12 2 (0.57%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.57%) Varnish
13 1 (0.29%) KVM
13 1 (0.29%) RACF
Systems Management
1 105 (30.17%) Terraform
2 70 (20.11%) Kubernetes
3 41 (11.78%) Ansible
4 19 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (4.31%) Puppet
5 15 (4.31%) vCenter Server
6 14 (4.02%) Grafana
7 11 (3.16%) Prometheus
8 10 (2.87%) Packer
9 8 (2.30%) vMotion
10 6 (1.72%) Argo
10 6 (1.72%) FortiGate
10 6 (1.72%) SCCM
11 5 (1.44%) Nessus
12 4 (1.15%) Nagios
13 3 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
13 3 (0.86%) systemd
13 3 (0.86%) yum
14 2 (0.57%) AirWatch
14 2 (0.57%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 91 (26.15%) Microsoft
2 64 (18.39%) VMware
3 24 (6.90%) Citrix
4 22 (6.32%) Google
5 16 (4.60%) ServiceNow
6 14 (4.02%) NetApp
7 10 (2.87%) Cisco
8 8 (2.30%) Tenable
9 7 (2.01%) Dell
9 7 (2.01%) Oracle
9 7 (2.01%) Red Hat
10 6 (1.72%) CyberArk
10 6 (1.72%) IBM
10 6 (1.72%) Zscaler
11 5 (1.44%) Qualys
12 4 (1.15%) EMC
12 4 (1.15%) HP
12 4 (1.15%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.15%) Splunk
12 4 (1.15%) Symantec