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 1 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 189 165
Rank change year-on-year +51 -24 -20
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 421 190 262
As % of all contract jobs in London 2.10% 1.42% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.35% 1.54% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 285 141 211
10th Percentile £375 £360 £325
25th Percentile £449 £425 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £536 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% +2.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £614
90th Percentile £700 £675 £700
England median daily rate £549 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.57% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £52.85 - -
25th Percentile £58.63 - -
Median hourly rate £69.50 £30.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +131.67% - -
75th Percentile £81.63 - -
90th Percentile £88.15 - -
England median hourly rate £74.00 £30.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year +146.67% -56.36% -5.17%

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 17,877 12,377 14,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.04% 92.46% 88.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,691 8,233 9,872
10th Percentile £360 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 255 194
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.00 £17.33
25th Percentile £19.98 £24.89 £22.28
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -11.11% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.75 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.69
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +1.18%

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 1 September 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London over the 6 months to 1 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in London

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 1 September 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 +6 52 £620 +14.18% 38
West London -9 10 £675 - 16
South London -14 6 £473 -21.25% 8
East London +3 4 £638 +34.92% 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 21 (4.99%) SharePoint
2 20 (4.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.33%) Confluence
4 11 (2.61%) CICS
5 8 (1.90%) WebSphere
6 6 (1.43%) Apache
7 4 (0.95%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.71%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.71%) nginx
9 2 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.24%) CloudStack
10 1 (0.24%) CMS
10 1 (0.24%) IBM HTTP Server
10 1 (0.24%) JBoss
10 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
10 1 (0.24%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.71%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.24%) CPLEX
3 1 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.24%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.71%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 186 (44.18%) Azure
2 103 (24.47%) AWS
3 49 (11.64%) GitHub
4 46 (10.93%) Azure DevOps
5 44 (10.45%) GCP
6 42 (9.98%) Entra ID
6 42 (9.98%) Microsoft 365
7 37 (8.79%) GitHub Actions
8 29 (6.89%) IaaS
9 26 (6.18%) Azure AKS
10 22 (5.23%) SaaS
11 20 (4.75%) PaaS
12 19 (4.51%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (4.51%) Azure Monitor
13 16 (3.80%) Amazon S3
14 14 (3.33%) Serverless
15 13 (3.09%) OCI
16 11 (2.61%) Datadog
17 9 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 9 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 77 (18.29%) DNS
2 59 (14.01%) DHCP
2 59 (14.01%) Firewall
3 41 (9.74%) VPN
4 32 (7.60%) Network Security
5 31 (7.36%) TCP/IP
6 19 (4.51%) WAN
7 17 (4.04%) SSL
8 15 (3.56%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (3.33%) LAN
10 13 (3.09%) SAN
11 11 (2.61%) HTTP
12 10 (2.38%) VLAN
13 9 (2.14%) BGP
14 7 (1.66%) NAS
14 7 (1.66%) SMTP
14 7 (1.66%) Wireless
15 6 (1.43%) SD-WAN
16 5 (1.19%) SSH
16 5 (1.19%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.13%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.14%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (1.43%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.19%) Power BI
6 4 (0.95%) Db2
6 4 (0.95%) DynamoDB
6 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.71%) Apache Iceberg
7 3 (0.71%) Big Data
7 3 (0.71%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.71%) Flink
7 3 (0.71%) Oracle Database
7 3 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
7 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 27 (6.41%) Git
2 18 (4.28%) Jenkins
3 17 (4.04%) GitLab
4 8 (1.90%) JIRA
5 4 (0.95%) Chocolatey
6 3 (0.71%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
7 2 (0.48%) Subversion
8 1 (0.24%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.24%) CircleCI
8 1 (0.24%) CMake
8 1 (0.24%) Gradle
8 1 (0.24%) Introscope
8 1 (0.24%) Maven
8 1 (0.24%) Terragrunt
8 1 (0.24%) Vagrant
General
1 96 (22.80%) Social Skills
2 76 (18.05%) Finance
3 37 (8.79%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (7.36%) Banking
5 21 (4.99%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (2.85%) Telecoms
8 11 (2.61%) Retail
9 8 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.90%) Law
10 5 (1.19%) Automotive
10 5 (1.19%) Billing
10 5 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (1.19%) Publishing
11 4 (0.95%) Legal
12 3 (0.71%) Local Government
12 3 (0.71%) Military
12 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.48%) Aviation
13 2 (0.48%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 217 (51.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (12.35%) Cloud Engineer
2 52 (12.35%) Senior
3 39 (9.26%) Azure Engineer
4 38 (9.03%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
5 37 (8.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (7.84%) DevOps Engineer
7 29 (6.89%) Lead
8 24 (5.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 23 (5.46%) Network Engineer
10 20 (4.75%) Architect
11 16 (3.80%) Platform Engineer
12 13 (3.09%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 12 (2.85%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 12 (2.85%) Support Engineer
14 11 (2.61%) AWS Engineer
15 10 (2.38%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 10 (2.38%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
15 10 (2.38%) Infrastructure Support
15 10 (2.38%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (30.64%) Terraform
2 11 (2.61%) ARM Templates
2 11 (2.61%) YAML
3 10 (2.38%) Middleware
3 10 (2.38%) REST
4 7 (1.66%) 802.1X
4 7 (1.66%) JSON
4 7 (1.66%) Loki
5 6 (1.43%) Kafka
5 6 (1.43%) OpenID
5 6 (1.43%) SAML
6 5 (1.19%) .NET
7 4 (0.95%) ADO
7 4 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
7 4 (0.95%) RESTful
7 4 (0.95%) SOAP
7 4 (0.95%) Web Services
7 4 (0.95%) WSDL
8 3 (0.71%) ModSecurity
8 3 (0.71%) Spark Streaming
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.65%) Cloud Native
2 27 (6.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 22 (5.23%) Data Centre
4 17 (4.04%) Clustering
5 15 (3.56%) Onboarding
6 12 (2.85%) PKI
6 12 (2.85%) Public Cloud
7 11 (2.61%) Distributed Systems
7 11 (2.61%) Mainframe
8 10 (2.38%) Replication
9 9 (2.14%) Data Protection Act
9 9 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
10 8 (1.90%) Enterprise Cloud
10 8 (1.90%) Private Cloud
11 7 (1.66%) CMDB
11 7 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 7 (1.66%) Enterprise Storage
12 6 (1.43%) AI Agents
13 5 (1.19%) Distributed Applications
13 5 (1.19%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 133 (31.59%) Windows
2 83 (19.71%) Windows Server
3 73 (17.34%) Linux
4 21 (4.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (2.85%) Unix
6 11 (2.61%) zOS
7 9 (2.14%) Ubuntu
7 9 (2.14%) Windows Server 2019
8 8 (1.90%) VMS
9 7 (1.66%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (1.43%) Android
10 6 (1.43%) Apple iOS
10 6 (1.43%) Mac OS
11 5 (1.19%) Windows 10
11 5 (1.19%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
14 2 (0.48%) Amazon Linux
14 2 (0.48%) OpenVMS
14 2 (0.48%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (32.07%) Infrastructure as Code
2 128 (30.40%) DevOps
3 116 (27.55%) CI/CD
4 68 (16.15%) Migration
5 67 (15.91%) Platform Engineering
6 65 (15.44%) AI
7 59 (14.01%) Infrastructure Automation
8 53 (12.59%) Problem-Solving
9 42 (9.98%) Disaster Recovery
10 40 (9.50%) Configuration Management
10 40 (9.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 39 (9.26%) Containerisation
11 39 (9.26%) Observability
12 35 (8.31%) High Availability
12 35 (8.31%) Incident Response
13 32 (7.60%) Agile
14 31 (7.36%) ITIL
15 30 (7.13%) Roadmaps
16 29 (6.89%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 110 (26.13%) Python
2 103 (24.47%) PowerShell
3 44 (10.45%) Bash
4 33 (7.84%) SQL
5 20 (4.75%) Bicep
6 19 (4.51%) Java
7 15 (3.56%) C#
8 12 (2.85%) Shell Script
9 8 (1.90%) C++
9 8 (1.90%) Go
9 8 (1.90%) Perl
10 5 (1.19%) C
10 5 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.95%) JavaScript
11 4 (0.95%) JCL
12 2 (0.48%) Korn
12 2 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.24%) Groovy
13 1 (0.24%) R
13 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 135 (32.07%) Security Cleared
2 90 (21.38%) SC Cleared
3 43 (10.21%) DV Cleared
4 23 (5.46%) Degree
5 22 (5.23%) Azure Certification
6 17 (4.04%) Cisco Certification
7 11 (2.61%) CCNA
7 11 (2.61%) CCNP
7 11 (2.61%) CISSP
8 9 (2.14%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.43%) CISM
9 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.95%) JNCIP
10 4 (0.95%) JNCIS
10 4 (0.95%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 3 (0.71%) PMP
11 3 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.09%) QA
1 13 (3.09%) SLA
2 12 (2.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (1.90%) NIST
4 5 (1.19%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.71%) NCSC
6 3 (0.71%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.48%) GDPR
8 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.24%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 81 (19.24%) Active Directory
2 70 (16.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (8.08%) Docker
4 29 (6.89%) Hyper-V
5 24 (5.70%) VMware ESXi
6 19 (4.51%) Virtual Machines
6 19 (4.51%) vSphere
7 13 (3.09%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (1.90%) Virtual Servers
9 6 (1.43%) BitLocker
9 6 (1.43%) Firmware
9 6 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (0.95%) Terminal Services
10 4 (0.95%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.48%) Ceph
11 2 (0.48%) NFS
11 2 (0.48%) Postfix
12 1 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.24%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.24%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 79 (18.76%) Kubernetes
2 63 (14.96%) Ansible
3 27 (6.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (4.28%) Grafana
4 18 (4.28%) Puppet
5 17 (4.04%) vCenter Server
6 16 (3.80%) SCCM
7 15 (3.56%) Prometheus
8 11 (2.61%) Packer
9 10 (2.38%) FortiGate
10 8 (1.90%) Argo
10 8 (1.90%) systemd
11 6 (1.43%) Nessus
11 6 (1.43%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (1.43%) vMotion
12 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Clustering
13 4 (0.95%) Nagios
13 4 (0.95%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.95%) SCOM
14 3 (0.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 129 (30.64%) Microsoft
2 94 (22.33%) VMware
3 29 (6.89%) Cisco
4 22 (5.23%) Google
5 21 (4.99%) Citrix
6 16 (3.80%) Oracle
6 16 (3.80%) Red Hat
7 14 (3.33%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.85%) NetApp
9 10 (2.38%) Tenable
9 10 (2.38%) Zscaler
10 8 (1.90%) Dynatrace
10 8 (1.90%) HP
10 8 (1.90%) IBM
11 6 (1.43%) Juniper
11 6 (1.43%) Splunk
12 5 (1.19%) Databricks
12 5 (1.19%) Dell
12 5 (1.19%) EMC
12 5 (1.19%) Qualys