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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 198 156
Rank change year-on-year +57 -42 +2
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 375 178 281
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 1.31% 1.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 1.42% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 135 224
10th Percentile £407 £350 £325
25th Percentile £449 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +1.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £624 £625
90th Percentile £693 £675 £700
England median daily rate £536 £525 £501
% change year-on-year +2.17% +4.79% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £72.54 £77.00 £68.75
% change year-on-year -5.79% +12.00% -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 17,663 12,532 14,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.96% 92.17% 88.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,664 8,387 10,335
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 289 242 212
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.85 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -18.07%
75th Percentile £57.00 £49.31 £54.06
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.23 £71.25
England median hourly rate £46.62 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +85.35% -39.40% -2.35%

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 29 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 29 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 +12 52 £575 - 28
West London -10 8 £675 - 2
South London -18 5 £425 -29.17% 5
East London +1 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 (5.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 17 (4.53%) SharePoint
3 13 (3.47%) CICS
4 10 (2.67%) Confluence
5 8 (2.13%) WebSphere
6 3 (0.80%) Apache
6 3 (0.80%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.27%) CloudStack
7 1 (0.27%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (0.27%) IBM HTTP Server
7 1 (0.27%) JBoss
7 1 (0.27%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.27%) SAS
7 1 (0.27%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.80%) AutoCAD
2 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.53%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 177 (47.20%) Azure
2 92 (24.53%) AWS
3 54 (14.40%) GitHub
4 42 (11.20%) Azure DevOps
4 42 (11.20%) GCP
5 38 (10.13%) GitHub Actions
6 36 (9.60%) Entra ID
7 34 (9.07%) Microsoft 365
8 30 (8.00%) IaaS
9 29 (7.73%) Azure AKS
10 25 (6.67%) PaaS
11 22 (5.87%) SaaS
12 21 (5.60%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (5.33%) Azure Monitor
14 19 (5.07%) Serverless
15 16 (4.27%) Amazon S3
15 16 (4.27%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (3.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 8 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
17 8 (2.13%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 71 (18.93%) DNS
2 52 (13.87%) DHCP
3 51 (13.60%) Firewall
4 36 (9.60%) VPN
5 28 (7.47%) Network Security
6 25 (6.67%) TCP/IP
7 17 (4.53%) WAN
8 12 (3.20%) LAN
9 10 (2.67%) SSL
9 10 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (2.40%) SAN
11 8 (2.13%) SMTP
12 6 (1.60%) HTTP
12 6 (1.60%) NAS
12 6 (1.60%) VLAN
13 5 (1.33%) DMZ
13 5 (1.33%) SD-WAN
13 5 (1.33%) Structured Cabling
14 4 (1.07%) BGP
14 4 (1.07%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.73%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.13%) Amazon RDS
2 8 (2.13%) DynamoDB
3 7 (1.87%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.60%) Db2
5 4 (1.07%) Power BI
6 3 (0.80%) Big Data
6 3 (0.80%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.27%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.27%) Delta Lake
8 1 (0.27%) Metadata
8 1 (0.27%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 19 (5.07%) Git
1 19 (5.07%) GitLab
2 16 (4.27%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.87%) JIRA
4 5 (1.33%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.53%) Chocolatey
5 2 (0.53%) Subversion
6 1 (0.27%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.27%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.27%) CMake
6 1 (0.27%) Gradle
6 1 (0.27%) Introscope
6 1 (0.27%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.27%) Terragrunt
General
1 85 (22.67%) Social Skills
2 62 (16.53%) Finance
3 30 (8.00%) Banking
4 29 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.33%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.53%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (2.67%) Legal
7 10 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 9 (2.40%) Retail
9 8 (2.13%) Law
10 7 (1.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.07%) Billing
12 4 (1.07%) Publishing
13 3 (0.80%) Automotive
13 3 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.80%) Military
13 3 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.53%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.53%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 210 (56.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 55 (14.67%) Cloud Engineer
3 39 (10.40%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
3 39 (10.40%) Senior
4 35 (9.33%) Azure Engineer
5 31 (8.27%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 24 (6.40%) DevOps Engineer
7 22 (5.87%) Lead
8 18 (4.80%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 18 (4.80%) Network Engineer
9 15 (4.00%) Architect
10 13 (3.47%) 3rd Line Engineer
10 13 (3.47%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.47%) Platform Engineer
11 10 (2.67%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 10 (2.67%) Infrastructure Support
11 10 (2.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (2.40%) AWS Engineer
12 9 (2.40%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.40%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.67%) REST
2 9 (2.40%) JSON
2 9 (2.40%) Middleware
3 7 (1.87%) YAML
4 6 (1.60%) ARM Templates
4 6 (1.60%) Loki
4 6 (1.60%) RESTful
4 6 (1.60%) SOAP
4 6 (1.60%) Web Services
4 6 (1.60%) WSDL
5 5 (1.33%) .NET
5 5 (1.33%) 802.1X
5 5 (1.33%) AWS CDK
5 5 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.33%) OpenID
6 4 (1.07%) SAML
7 3 (0.80%) ADO
7 3 (0.80%) HTML
7 3 (0.80%) ModSecurity
8 2 (0.53%) LangChain
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.60%) Data Centre
1 21 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
2 20 (5.33%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.27%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.47%) Clustering
4 13 (3.47%) Mainframe
4 13 (3.47%) PKI
5 12 (3.20%) Public Cloud
6 9 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
6 9 (2.40%) Enterprise Storage
7 8 (2.13%) CMDB
8 7 (1.87%) Enterprise Cloud
9 6 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
9 6 (1.60%) DataPower
9 6 (1.60%) Linux Command Line
9 6 (1.60%) Online Banking
9 6 (1.60%) Replication
9 6 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 122 (32.53%) Windows
2 73 (19.47%) Windows Server
3 61 (16.27%) Linux
4 15 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 13 (3.47%) zOS
6 9 (2.40%) Unix
7 7 (1.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (1.60%) Ubuntu
8 6 (1.60%) VMS
9 5 (1.33%) Android
9 5 (1.33%) Apple iOS
9 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
10 4 (1.07%) Windows 10
10 4 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.53%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.53%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.27%) Amazon Linux
12 1 (0.27%) CentOS
12 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (31.47%) Infrastructure as Code
2 108 (28.80%) DevOps
3 98 (26.13%) CI/CD
4 57 (15.20%) Migration
5 53 (14.13%) Platform Engineering
6 48 (12.80%) AI
7 43 (11.47%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (11.20%) Infrastructure Automation
9 39 (10.40%) Containerisation
10 36 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
11 35 (9.33%) Agile
12 34 (9.07%) Incident Response
13 33 (8.80%) Disaster Recovery
14 30 (8.00%) Observability
14 30 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
15 28 (7.47%) Configuration Management
16 26 (6.93%) Roadmaps
17 25 (6.67%) ITIL
18 24 (6.40%) High Availability
19 23 (6.13%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 88 (23.47%) PowerShell
2 86 (22.93%) Python
3 38 (10.13%) Bash
4 32 (8.53%) SQL
5 19 (5.07%) C#
6 17 (4.53%) Java
7 16 (4.27%) Bicep
7 16 (4.27%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.87%) Go
9 6 (1.60%) JavaScript
9 6 (1.60%) JCL
10 3 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
10 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.53%) C++
11 2 (0.53%) Korn
11 2 (0.53%) Perl
11 2 (0.53%) Ruby
12 1 (0.27%) C
12 1 (0.27%) Jython
12 1 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 125 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 85 (22.67%) SC Cleared
3 41 (10.93%) DV Cleared
4 21 (5.60%) Azure Certification
5 18 (4.80%) Degree
6 14 (3.73%) Cisco Certification
7 12 (3.20%) CISSP
8 10 (2.67%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.13%) CCNA
10 7 (1.87%) CCNP
10 7 (1.87%) CISM
11 6 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (1.33%) PMI Certification
13 4 (1.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (1.07%) PMP
14 3 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
14 3 (0.80%) JNCIP
14 3 (0.80%) JNCIS
14 3 (0.80%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.20%) QA
1 12 (3.20%) SLA
2 10 (2.67%) NIST
3 9 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (1.60%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.07%) SOC 2
6 3 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.80%) GDPR
6 3 (0.80%) NCSC
7 2 (0.53%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.53%) PMO
8 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.27%) FedRAMP
8 1 (0.27%) GRC
8 1 (0.27%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 75 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 60 (16.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (9.07%) Docker
4 22 (5.87%) Hyper-V
5 21 (5.60%) VMware ESXi
6 15 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
6 15 (4.00%) vSphere
7 13 (3.47%) Virtual Desktop
8 8 (2.13%) BitLocker
8 8 (2.13%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (1.33%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.07%) Terminal Services
10 4 (1.07%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.80%) Firmware
11 3 (0.80%) NFS
12 2 (0.53%) Postfix
12 2 (0.53%) Sendmail
12 2 (0.53%) Varnish
13 1 (0.27%) Ceph
13 1 (0.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 122 (32.53%) Terraform
2 74 (19.73%) Kubernetes
3 53 (14.13%) Ansible
4 22 (5.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (4.53%) vCenter Server
6 15 (4.00%) Grafana
6 15 (4.00%) Puppet
7 13 (3.47%) Prometheus
8 12 (3.20%) Packer
9 11 (2.93%) SCCM
10 8 (2.13%) vMotion
11 7 (1.87%) Argo
11 7 (1.87%) FortiGate
12 6 (1.60%) systemd
13 5 (1.33%) Nessus
14 4 (1.07%) Nagios
15 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
15 3 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
15 3 (0.80%) yum
16 2 (0.53%) SCOM
Vendors
1 110 (29.33%) Microsoft
2 79 (21.07%) VMware
3 25 (6.67%) Citrix
4 22 (5.87%) Google
5 20 (5.33%) Cisco
6 15 (4.00%) NetApp
6 15 (4.00%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.67%) Zscaler
8 9 (2.40%) Oracle
8 9 (2.40%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.40%) Tenable
9 8 (2.13%) HP
10 7 (1.87%) IBM
11 6 (1.60%) Dynatrace
11 6 (1.60%) Qualys
12 5 (1.33%) Dell
12 5 (1.33%) EMC
12 5 (1.33%) Splunk
13 4 (1.07%) CyberArk
13 4 (1.07%) Symantec