Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in London

Infrastructure Engineering
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 179 203
Rank change year-on-year +33 +24 -31
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 304 366 552
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.74% 1.42% 1.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.56% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 273 416
10th Percentile £300 £400 £350
25th Percentile £406 £463 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +10.58% +9.47%
75th Percentile £644 £650 £613
90th Percentile £743 £750 £675
England median daily rate £475 £511 £475
% change year-on-year -7.09% +7.63% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - £66.12 £31.29
25th Percentile - £71.28 £36.73
Median hourly rate - £84.09 £43.06
Median % change year-on-year - +95.29% -
75th Percentile - £89.15 £47.21
90th Percentile - £89.66 £48.04
England median hourly rate £54.88 £65.00 £43.06
% change year-on-year -15.58% +50.95% +11.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,495 23,478 35,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 90.88% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,110 16,936 26,017
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 270 417
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.50 £17.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.84 £38.25 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.22% +2.00% +15.38%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.94 £51.48
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.28 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.69% +45.00% +7.94%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in London

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 17 May 2024. 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 +61 65 £525 -12.50% 17
West London +14 2 £250 -50.00% 4
North London - 2 £250 -
South London -5 1 £425 -15.00% 1
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (11.84%) Microsoft Exchange
2 20 (6.58%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.63%) Apache
4 7 (2.30%) Tomcat
5 4 (1.32%) IIS
6 2 (0.66%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.33%) Confluence
7 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (0.33%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.66%) Shopify
2 1 (0.33%) Eikon
2 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.33%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 110 (36.18%) Azure
2 90 (29.61%) AWS
3 64 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
4 42 (13.82%) Entra ID
5 24 (7.89%) IaaS
6 14 (4.61%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (4.28%) PaaS
8 12 (3.95%) Mimecast
9 11 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (3.29%) Power Platform
11 9 (2.96%) Amazon EC2
11 9 (2.96%) OneDrive
11 9 (2.96%) SaaS
11 9 (2.96%) Serverless
12 8 (2.63%) Amazon S3
12 8 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
12 8 (2.63%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 7 (2.30%) Cloudflare
13 7 (2.30%) GCP
14 6 (1.97%) Amazon EventBridge
Communications & Networking
1 56 (18.42%) Firewall
2 40 (13.16%) DNS
3 22 (7.24%) WAN
4 16 (5.26%) DHCP
4 16 (5.26%) VPN
5 15 (4.93%) LAN
5 15 (4.93%) SAN
6 13 (4.28%) Wireless
7 12 (3.95%) BGP
7 12 (3.95%) MPLS
7 12 (3.95%) Network Security
7 12 (3.95%) OSPF
8 9 (2.96%) NAS
9 7 (2.30%) SMTP
10 6 (1.97%) SD-WAN
10 6 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (1.97%) WLAN
11 5 (1.64%) IPsec
11 5 (1.64%) VLAN
12 4 (1.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (9.87%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.29%) MongoDB
3 7 (2.30%) Sybase ASE
4 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.99%) Power BI
6 2 (0.66%) DB2
6 2 (0.66%) MySQL
6 2 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.66%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.66%) Sisense
7 1 (0.33%) Adabas
7 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.33%) Big Data
7 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.33%) Data Vault
7 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (9.21%) Jenkins
2 19 (6.25%) Git
2 19 (6.25%) GitLab
3 7 (2.30%) Postman
3 7 (2.30%) SoapUI
4 4 (1.32%) JIRA
5 3 (0.99%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.33%) CA Gen
7 1 (0.33%) Selenium
7 1 (0.33%) VisualWorks
General
1 49 (16.12%) Social Skills
2 40 (13.16%) Finance
3 39 (12.83%) Public Sector
4 22 (7.24%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (5.26%) Banking
6 13 (4.28%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (1.64%) French Language
8 5 (1.64%) Legal
8 5 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (1.64%) Retail
9 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 3 (0.99%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.66%) Billing
11 2 (0.66%) Law
11 2 (0.66%) Marketing
12 1 (0.33%) Advertising
12 1 (0.33%) Front Office
12 1 (0.33%) German Language
Job Titles
1 187 (61.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (9.21%) AWS Engineer
3 27 (8.88%) Senior
4 26 (8.55%) Cloud Engineer
5 25 (8.22%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
6 23 (7.57%) DevOps Engineer
7 21 (6.91%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 20 (6.58%) Azure Engineer
8 20 (6.58%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 17 (5.59%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (4.28%) Python Engineer
11 11 (3.62%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
11 11 (3.62%) Security Engineer
11 11 (3.62%) Site Reliability Engineer
11 11 (3.62%) Support Engineer
12 10 (3.29%) Infrastructure Support
12 10 (3.29%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 10 (3.29%) Network Engineer
12 10 (3.29%) Site Engineer
13 9 (2.96%) Migration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.95%) Kafka
2 11 (3.62%) RabbitMQ
3 9 (2.96%) RESTful
4 7 (2.30%) SOAP
5 5 (1.64%) YAML
6 4 (1.32%) AWS CDK
7 2 (0.66%) J2EE
7 2 (0.66%) Jinja
7 2 (0.66%) JSON
7 2 (0.66%) LDAP
7 2 (0.66%) NETCONF
7 2 (0.66%) Spring Boot
7 2 (0.66%) VML
7 2 (0.66%) XML
7 2 (0.66%) YANG
8 1 (0.33%) EDI
8 1 (0.33%) LAMP
8 1 (0.33%) React
8 1 (0.33%) SAML
8 1 (0.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.58%) Replication
2 19 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 16 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 13 (4.28%) PKI
5 11 (3.62%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (2.30%) Algorithms
6 7 (2.30%) Data Structures
6 7 (2.30%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.64%) Clustering
7 5 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.32%) NHS
8 4 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.99%) CCTV
9 3 (0.99%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 3 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.99%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.99%) Security Posture
10 2 (0.66%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 132 (43.42%) Windows
2 84 (27.63%) Windows Server
3 73 (24.01%) Linux
4 23 (7.57%) Windows Server 2016
5 21 (6.91%) Windows 10
6 20 (6.58%) Windows Server 2019
7 12 (3.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (1.64%) Mac OS
8 5 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (1.32%) Unix
10 3 (0.99%) Apple iOS
10 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.66%) zOS
12 1 (0.33%) Android
12 1 (0.33%) VMS
12 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (25.99%) DevOps
2 62 (20.39%) CI/CD
3 59 (19.41%) Migration
4 34 (11.18%) Infrastructure as Code
5 31 (10.20%) ITIL
5 31 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (9.54%) Agile
7 25 (8.22%) Configuration Management
7 25 (8.22%) Microservices
8 23 (7.57%) Cybersecurity
8 23 (7.57%) Platform Engineering
9 21 (6.91%) Disaster Recovery
10 17 (5.59%) Change Management
11 16 (5.26%) Containerisation
12 13 (4.28%) Project Delivery
12 13 (4.28%) Scrum
12 13 (4.28%) Site Reliability Engineering
12 13 (4.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (3.95%) Information Security
13 12 (3.95%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.79%) Python
2 43 (14.14%) PowerShell
3 16 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 16 (5.26%) Shell Script
4 13 (4.28%) C#
5 11 (3.62%) Java
5 11 (3.62%) SQL
6 6 (1.97%) Bash
6 6 (1.97%) C++
6 6 (1.97%) Go
7 5 (1.64%) Perl
7 5 (1.64%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.99%) Bicep
8 3 (0.99%) PHP
9 2 (0.66%) C
10 1 (0.33%) Natural
10 1 (0.33%) Ruby
10 1 (0.33%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 64 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 39 (12.83%) DV Cleared
3 38 (12.50%) SC Cleared
4 18 (5.92%) Azure Certification
5 14 (4.61%) Degree
6 8 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (1.32%) MCSE
8 4 (1.32%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.99%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.99%) CCNA
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.33%) CCNP
11 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.33%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.32%) GDPR
2 4 (1.32%) NCSC
2 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.32%) SLA
3 3 (0.99%) QA
4 2 (0.66%) COBIT
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 104 (34.21%) Active Directory
2 44 (14.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (6.58%) Hyper-V
4 14 (4.61%) Docker
5 10 (3.29%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 9 (2.96%) vSphere
7 4 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (1.32%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (1.32%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.99%) KVM
8 3 (0.99%) XenApp
9 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.33%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 53 (17.43%) Terraform
2 44 (14.47%) Ansible
3 34 (11.18%) Kubernetes
4 27 (8.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (8.88%) SCCM
5 20 (6.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 15 (4.93%) Puppet
7 13 (4.28%) Grafana
7 13 (4.28%) Prometheus
8 10 (3.29%) Consul
9 7 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (1.97%) WSUS
11 5 (1.64%) FortiGate
12 4 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
12 4 (1.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (1.32%) vRealize
13 3 (0.99%) AirWatch
13 3 (0.99%) CASB
13 3 (0.99%) SCOM
14 2 (0.66%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 89 (29.28%) Microsoft
2 75 (24.67%) VMware
3 19 (6.25%) Veeam
4 17 (5.59%) Citrix
5 13 (4.28%) Cisco
6 12 (3.95%) Juniper
6 12 (3.95%) Palo Alto
6 12 (3.95%) SaltStack
7 10 (3.29%) Bloomberg
7 10 (3.29%) Dell
7 10 (3.29%) HP
7 10 (3.29%) Red Hat
8 9 (2.96%) Refinitiv
9 8 (2.63%) ServiceNow
10 7 (2.30%) F5
10 7 (2.30%) Fortinet
10 7 (2.30%) Okta
10 7 (2.30%) Sybase
11 6 (1.97%) CA
12 5 (1.64%) Apple