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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 189 163 124
Rank change year-on-year -26 -39 +71
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 199 229 344
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.38% 1.63% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.51% 1.81% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 174 242
10th Percentile £400 £321 £354
25th Percentile £453 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £700 £688 £713
England median daily rate £500 £525 £493
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.60% +3.68%
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% -41.23%
75th Percentile £32.30 - £38.04
90th Percentile £34.16 - £38.75
England median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year -45.60% +8.70% +6.98%

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 13,144 12,678 15,980
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.30% 90.34% 88.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,697 8,106 11,397
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 155 261
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.94 £16.63
25th Percentile £24.65 £23.99 £19.99
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.01%
75th Percentile £53.75 £53.75 £54.13
90th Percentile £68.93 £80.45 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -17.65% +21.43%

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 16 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 16 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 +10 37 £550 -5.78% 17
West London -19 3 £300 -25.00% 3
South London -7 1 - - 4
East London - 1 - - 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 26 (13.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.02%) Confluence
3 5 (2.51%) Apache
3 5 (2.51%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.51%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.51%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (1.01%) nginx
5 2 (1.01%) Traefik
6 1 (0.50%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.50%) Jupyter
6 1 (0.50%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.50%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 85 (42.71%) Azure
2 52 (26.13%) AWS
3 42 (21.11%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (15.08%) Entra ID
5 21 (10.55%) GCP
6 17 (8.54%) Serverless
7 16 (8.04%) GitHub
8 14 (7.04%) Amazon S3
8 14 (7.04%) IaaS
9 13 (6.53%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (6.03%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (5.03%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 10 (5.03%) Nutanix
12 9 (4.52%) Amazon EKS
12 9 (4.52%) AWS Lambda
12 9 (4.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 8 (4.02%) Amazon ECS
13 8 (4.02%) AWS CloudFormation
14 7 (3.52%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (3.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 46 (23.12%) Firewall
2 30 (15.08%) VPN
3 26 (13.07%) DNS
4 25 (12.56%) WAN
5 18 (9.05%) LAN
6 17 (8.54%) Network Security
7 16 (8.04%) TCP/IP
8 13 (6.53%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (5.03%) SSL
10 9 (4.52%) MPLS
11 8 (4.02%) DHCP
12 5 (2.51%) HTTP
12 5 (2.51%) SD-WAN
12 5 (2.51%) VLAN
12 5 (2.51%) Wireless
13 4 (2.01%) WLAN
14 3 (1.51%) BGP
14 3 (1.51%) Cisco Wireless
14 3 (1.51%) OSPF
15 2 (1.01%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.02%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.01%) Big Data
3 4 (2.01%) DynamoDB
3 4 (2.01%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.51%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.51%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.51%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.01%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.01%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.01%) MariaDB
5 2 (1.01%) MySQL
5 2 (1.01%) Power BI
5 2 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.50%) Parquet
6 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 18 (9.05%) Git
2 16 (8.04%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.53%) GitLab
4 7 (3.52%) JIRA
5 3 (1.51%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.50%) Jaeger
6 1 (0.50%) MLflow
General
1 50 (25.13%) Finance
2 46 (23.12%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (9.05%) Banking
5 12 (6.03%) Public Sector
6 7 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.02%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.01%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.01%) Front Office
8 4 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.51%) Billing
9 3 (1.51%) Military
9 3 (1.51%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.01%) Legal
11 1 (0.50%) Games
11 1 (0.50%) International Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.50%) Marketing
11 1 (0.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 101 (50.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 31 (15.58%) Senior
3 19 (9.55%) Network Engineer
4 17 (8.54%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 14 (7.04%) Security Engineer
6 12 (6.03%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
6 12 (6.03%) Platform Engineer
7 11 (5.53%) Azure Engineer
7 11 (5.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 9 (4.52%) Developer
8 9 (4.52%) Site Reliability Engineer
9 8 (4.02%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.02%) Cloud Engineer
9 8 (4.02%) DevOps Engineer
10 6 (3.02%) VMware Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Automation Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) AWS Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Data Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Design Engineer
11 5 (2.51%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.03%) Kafka
2 5 (2.51%) REST
3 4 (2.01%) ARM Templates
3 4 (2.01%) GraphQL
3 4 (2.01%) gRPC
3 4 (2.01%) NumPy
3 4 (2.01%) Pandas
3 4 (2.01%) RESTful
4 3 (1.51%) Middleware
4 3 (1.51%) SciPy
4 3 (1.51%) Spring
4 3 (1.51%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.51%) YAML
5 2 (1.01%) AWT
5 2 (1.01%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (1.01%) GWT
5 2 (1.01%) JMS
5 2 (1.01%) Loki
5 2 (1.01%) Rendezvous
5 2 (1.01%) TIBCO EMS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.53%) Cloud Native
1 11 (5.53%) Onboarding
2 10 (5.03%) Data Centre
3 9 (4.52%) Public Cloud
4 7 (3.52%) PKI
5 6 (3.02%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (3.02%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.02%) Hybrid Cloud
5 6 (3.02%) Private Cloud
5 6 (3.02%) Replication
6 5 (2.51%) Equities
7 4 (2.01%) DataPower
7 4 (2.01%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.51%) CCTV
8 3 (1.51%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.51%) Clustering
8 3 (1.51%) Derivative
8 3 (1.51%) Equity Derivative
8 3 (1.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.51%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 54 (27.14%) Windows
2 41 (20.60%) Linux
3 37 (18.59%) Windows Server
4 12 (6.03%) Unix
5 4 (2.01%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.01%) Ubuntu
5 4 (2.01%) VMS
5 4 (2.01%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.51%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (1.01%) Android
7 2 (1.01%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.50%) CentOS
8 1 (0.50%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (26.63%) Infrastructure as Code
2 52 (26.13%) CI/CD
3 49 (24.62%) DevOps
4 40 (20.10%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (13.57%) Containerisation
6 25 (12.56%) Migration
7 24 (12.06%) Agile
8 20 (10.05%) Observability
9 19 (9.55%) Platform Engineering
10 17 (8.54%) High Availability
10 17 (8.54%) Infrastructure Automation
11 16 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (7.04%) Analytics
12 14 (7.04%) ITIL
13 13 (6.53%) Cloud Security
13 13 (6.53%) Test Automation
14 12 (6.03%) Project Delivery
14 12 (6.03%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 11 (5.53%) Architectural Design
15 11 (5.53%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 55 (27.64%) Python
2 32 (16.08%) PowerShell
3 16 (8.04%) Java
4 14 (7.04%) Bash
5 10 (5.03%) SQL
6 7 (3.52%) Go
7 6 (3.02%) Perl
8 5 (2.51%) Shell Script
9 3 (1.51%) Bicep
9 3 (1.51%) C#
9 3 (1.51%) C++
9 3 (1.51%) Ruby
10 2 (1.01%) Scala
11 1 (0.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 26 (13.07%) Security Cleared
2 17 (8.54%) Degree
3 16 (8.04%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.03%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (4.52%) Azure Certification
6 8 (4.02%) DV Cleared
7 7 (3.52%) CCNP
8 6 (3.02%) CCNA
8 6 (3.02%) CISSP
8 6 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (2.51%) CISM
10 4 (2.01%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.51%) JNCIP
11 3 (1.51%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.51%) PhD
12 2 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 2 (1.01%) PMI Certification
12 2 (1.01%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (1.51%) NIST
2 2 (1.01%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.01%) SLA
3 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.50%) GDPR
3 1 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
3 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.50%) QA
3 1 (0.50%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (22.11%) Active Directory
2 31 (15.58%) Docker
3 19 (9.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (4.52%) Virtual Machines
5 8 (4.02%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (3.52%) Hyper-V
7 4 (2.01%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (1.51%) BitLocker
8 3 (1.51%) Firmware
8 3 (1.51%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (1.01%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.01%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.01%) vSphere
10 1 (0.50%) etcd
10 1 (0.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 62 (31.16%) Terraform
2 34 (17.09%) Kubernetes
2 34 (17.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (16.08%) Ansible
4 19 (9.55%) SCCM
5 15 (7.54%) Grafana
6 8 (4.02%) Prometheus
7 6 (3.02%) CASB
7 6 (3.02%) SCOrch
8 5 (2.51%) FortiGate
8 5 (2.51%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (2.01%) AirWatch
9 4 (2.01%) Argo
9 4 (2.01%) Puppet
10 3 (1.51%) Istio
10 3 (1.51%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (1.51%) vCenter Server
11 2 (1.01%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (1.01%) vMotion
11 2 (1.01%) vRealize
Vendors
1 63 (31.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (13.57%) VMware
3 16 (8.04%) Palo Alto
4 13 (6.53%) Cisco
4 13 (6.53%) F5
4 13 (6.53%) Google
5 10 (5.03%) CyberArk
6 8 (4.02%) Zscaler
7 7 (3.52%) CheckPoint
7 7 (3.52%) Fortinet
8 6 (3.02%) Dell
8 6 (3.02%) Veeam
9 5 (2.51%) Citrix
9 5 (2.51%) Juniper
9 5 (2.51%) NetApp
10 4 (2.01%) Aruba
10 4 (2.01%) Commvault
10 4 (2.01%) IBM
10 4 (2.01%) Oracle
10 4 (2.01%) SolarWinds