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 2 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 184 142
Rank change year-on-year +14 -42 +43
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 279 170 307
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.52% 1.40% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.52% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 132 226
10th Percentile £402 £363 £306
25th Percentile £428 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +1.94% -6.79%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £640
90th Percentile £719 £673 £738
England median daily rate £525 £525 £486
% change year-on-year - +8.08% -2.85%

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 16,221 11,218 15,466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 92.28% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,826 7,519 11,090
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £431 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 192 320
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.19 £24.54 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.25 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.73% +15.18% -28.97%
75th Percentile £58.92 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £78.63 £63.23 £68.08
England median hourly rate £47.00 £28.60 £37.50
% change year-on-year +64.34% -23.73% +0.43%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -4.17% 35
South London -8 6 £425 -20.56% 3
West London -22 5 £675 +68.75% 3
East London -7 1 £775 +64.02% 1
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 20 (7.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.51%) CICS
2 7 (2.51%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.43%) Apache
4 3 (1.08%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
5 2 (0.72%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.36%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.36%) SAS
6 1 (0.36%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (0.72%) AutoCAD
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 127 (45.52%) Azure
2 67 (24.01%) AWS
3 34 (12.19%) GCP
3 34 (12.19%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (11.83%) GitHub
5 27 (9.68%) Entra ID
5 27 (9.68%) IaaS
6 25 (8.96%) Azure DevOps
7 21 (7.53%) GitHub Actions
7 21 (7.53%) PaaS
8 19 (6.81%) Azure AKS
8 19 (6.81%) Serverless
9 16 (5.73%) SaaS
10 15 (5.38%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (4.30%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (3.23%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 9 (3.23%) Amazon S3
12 9 (3.23%) Nutanix
13 8 (2.87%) Amazon EKS
13 8 (2.87%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 51 (18.28%) DNS
2 32 (11.47%) Firewall
3 31 (11.11%) DHCP
4 22 (7.89%) VPN
5 16 (5.73%) Network Security
6 14 (5.02%) WAN
7 11 (3.94%) LAN
8 10 (3.58%) TCP/IP
9 7 (2.51%) SMTP
10 6 (2.15%) MPLS
11 5 (1.79%) SAN
12 4 (1.43%) HTTP
12 4 (1.43%) NAS
12 4 (1.43%) SD-WAN
12 4 (1.43%) SSL
13 3 (1.08%) DMZ
13 3 (1.08%) Internet
13 3 (1.08%) Software-Defined Networking
13 3 (1.08%) Structured Cabling
14 2 (0.72%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.45%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.87%) DynamoDB
3 6 (2.15%) DB2
3 6 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
4 5 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.08%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.08%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.72%) Big Data
7 2 (0.72%) Hadoop
7 2 (0.72%) Power BI
7 2 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.36%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.36%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 16 (5.73%) GitLab
2 10 (3.58%) Git
2 10 (3.58%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.79%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.08%) JIRA
5 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.36%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.36%) CMake
5 1 (0.36%) Gradle
5 1 (0.36%) Introscope
General
1 59 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 49 (17.56%) Finance
3 26 (9.32%) Banking
4 16 (5.73%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (5.38%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.30%) Legal
7 10 (3.58%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.79%) Retail
10 4 (1.43%) Billing
10 4 (1.43%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.08%) Law
11 3 (1.08%) Military
11 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Front Office
12 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.72%) Local Government
13 1 (0.36%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 168 (60.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 42 (15.05%) Cloud Engineer
3 29 (10.39%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 27 (9.68%) Senior
5 22 (7.89%) Azure Engineer
6 18 (6.45%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.38%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 14 (5.02%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 14 (5.02%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 13 (4.66%) Architect
9 13 (4.66%) NetApp Engineer
9 13 (4.66%) Storage Engineer
10 12 (4.30%) Network Engineer
11 9 (3.23%) Security Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.51%) Lead
13 7 (2.51%) Platform Engineer
14 6 (2.15%) Analyst
14 6 (2.15%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.87%) JSON
2 6 (2.15%) REST
2 6 (2.15%) RESTful
2 6 (2.15%) SOAP
2 6 (2.15%) Web Services
2 6 (2.15%) WSDL
3 4 (1.43%) Kafka
3 4 (1.43%) YAML
4 3 (1.08%) ARM Templates
4 3 (1.08%) AWS CDK
4 3 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.08%) OpenID
4 3 (1.08%) Spring
4 3 (1.08%) Spring Boot
5 2 (0.72%) .NET
5 2 (0.72%) ADO
5 2 (0.72%) GraphQL
5 2 (0.72%) Middleware
5 2 (0.72%) SAML
6 1 (0.36%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.73%) Data Centre
1 16 (5.73%) Hybrid Cloud
2 14 (5.02%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 8 (2.87%) Enterprise Storage
4 8 (2.87%) PKI
5 7 (2.51%) Clustering
5 7 (2.51%) Mainframe
6 6 (2.15%) DataPower
6 6 (2.15%) Online Banking
6 6 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.79%) Replication
8 4 (1.43%) CCTV
8 4 (1.43%) CMDB
8 4 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.43%) Enterprise Cloud
8 4 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.43%) Security Posture
9 3 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 87 (31.18%) Windows
2 49 (17.56%) Windows Server
3 41 (14.70%) Linux
4 8 (2.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (2.87%) Unix
5 7 (2.51%) zOS
6 6 (2.15%) Android
6 6 (2.15%) Apple iOS
6 6 (2.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (2.15%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (1.79%) VMS
8 4 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.72%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.72%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.72%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.36%) AIX
10 1 (0.36%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (22.94%) Infrastructure as Code
2 62 (22.22%) CI/CD
2 62 (22.22%) DevOps
3 34 (12.19%) Migration
3 34 (12.19%) Platform Engineering
4 32 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
5 24 (8.60%) AI
6 23 (8.24%) Containerisation
7 22 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (7.53%) Infrastructure Automation
9 20 (7.17%) Disaster Recovery
10 19 (6.81%) Roadmaps
11 17 (6.09%) Agile
12 15 (5.38%) Cloud Security
12 15 (5.38%) ITIL
13 14 (5.02%) High Availability
13 14 (5.02%) Incident Management
13 14 (5.02%) Incident Response
13 14 (5.02%) Mentoring
13 14 (5.02%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 56 (20.07%) PowerShell
2 48 (17.20%) Python
3 28 (10.04%) SQL
4 17 (6.09%) C#
5 14 (5.02%) Bash
6 13 (4.66%) Shell Script
7 11 (3.94%) Java
8 10 (3.58%) Bicep
9 6 (2.15%) JCL
10 4 (1.43%) Go
10 4 (1.43%) JavaScript
11 3 (1.08%) C++
11 3 (1.08%) Ruby
12 1 (0.36%) C
12 1 (0.36%) Jython
12 1 (0.36%) Korn
12 1 (0.36%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.36%) Scala
12 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 83 (29.75%) Security Cleared
2 53 (19.00%) SC Cleared
3 30 (10.75%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.87%) Azure Certification
4 8 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (2.87%) CISSP
4 8 (2.87%) Degree
5 6 (2.15%) CCNA
6 3 (1.08%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.08%) CCNP
6 3 (1.08%) CISM
6 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.72%) CISA
7 2 (0.72%) PMP
8 1 (0.36%) CCSP
8 1 (0.36%) MCSE
8 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.51%) NIST
1 7 (2.51%) QA
2 5 (1.79%) SLA
3 4 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.08%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.08%) GDPR
4 3 (1.08%) NCSC
4 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.08%) SOC 2
5 2 (0.72%) PMO
6 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.36%) FedRAMP
6 1 (0.36%) GRC
6 1 (0.36%) NIST 800
6 1 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 53 (19.00%) Active Directory
2 38 (13.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (7.53%) Hyper-V
4 20 (7.17%) Docker
5 11 (3.94%) vSphere
6 10 (3.58%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (3.58%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (2.87%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (2.51%) BitLocker
8 7 (2.51%) Microsoft App-V
9 4 (1.43%) Firmware
9 4 (1.43%) VMware NSX
10 3 (1.08%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.72%) NFS
11 2 (0.72%) Postfix
11 2 (0.72%) Sendmail
11 2 (0.72%) Varnish
12 1 (0.36%) KVM
12 1 (0.36%) RACF
12 1 (0.36%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 70 (25.09%) Terraform
2 49 (17.56%) Kubernetes
3 27 (9.68%) Ansible
4 24 (8.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (2.87%) Puppet
5 8 (2.87%) vCenter Server
6 7 (2.51%) Packer
6 7 (2.51%) vMotion
7 4 (1.43%) AirWatch
7 4 (1.43%) Grafana
8 3 (1.08%) FortiGate
8 3 (1.08%) Prometheus
8 3 (1.08%) SCCM
9 2 (0.72%) HAProxy
9 2 (0.72%) Nessus
9 2 (0.72%) vRealize
10 1 (0.36%) CA Wily
10 1 (0.36%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 51 (18.28%) VMware
3 19 (6.81%) Citrix
4 16 (5.73%) NetApp
5 15 (5.38%) Google
6 11 (3.94%) ServiceNow
7 7 (2.51%) Red Hat
8 6 (2.15%) CyberArk
8 6 (2.15%) Dell
8 6 (2.15%) Oracle
9 5 (1.79%) Cisco
9 5 (1.79%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.08%) Blue Coat
10 3 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.08%) Informatica
10 3 (1.08%) Netskope
10 3 (1.08%) Palo Alto
10 3 (1.08%) Qualys
10 3 (1.08%) Tenable
10 3 (1.08%) Zscaler