Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in London

Infrastructure Engineering
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 180 152 178
Rank change year-on-year -28 +26 +18
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 171 306 366
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.41% 1.75% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.53% 1.98% 1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 224 274
10th Percentile £363 £304 £400
25th Percentile £425 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £558
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -7.66% +6.99%
75th Percentile £611 £641 £650
90th Percentile £665 £741 £784
England median daily rate £525 £475 £509
% change year-on-year +10.53% -6.59% +7.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £67.84
25th Percentile - - £75.58
Median hourly rate - - £87.05
75th Percentile - - £90.00
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £67.50 £54.88 £65.00
% change year-on-year +23.01% -15.58% +52.94%

All Process and 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 11,178 15,459 23,168
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 88.48% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,507 11,105 16,762
10th Percentile £350 £340 £375
25th Percentile £431 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 316 266
10th Percentile £16.50 £15.72 £18.25
25th Percentile £23.78 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £30.81 £28.00 £39.63
Median % change year-on-year +10.02% -29.34% +12.29%
75th Percentile £49.75 £48.75 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.10 £66.88 £82.50
England median hourly rate £28.00 £37.18 £37.32
% change year-on-year -24.69% -0.38% +49.28%

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 29 May 2025.

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 29 May 2025. 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 -19 33 £600 +9.09% 31
South London +9 4 £535 +25.88%
West London +13 3 £400 +60.00% 26
East London - 3 £473 - 4
North London -1 1 £675 +170.00% 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 21 (12.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (9.36%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.68%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) nginx
4 1 (0.58%) Traefik
Applications
1 3 (1.75%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 98 (57.31%) Azure
2 49 (28.65%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (26.32%) Entra ID
4 29 (16.96%) AWS
5 25 (14.62%) IaaS
6 13 (7.60%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (7.60%) GCP
7 11 (6.43%) SaaS
8 8 (4.68%) GitHub
8 8 (4.68%) PaaS
9 5 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 5 (2.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 5 (2.92%) Serverless
10 4 (2.34%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (2.34%) Mimecast
10 4 (2.34%) Power Automate
10 4 (2.34%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
11 3 (1.75%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (1.17%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 53 (30.99%) Firewall
2 39 (22.81%) DNS
3 23 (13.45%) VPN
4 21 (12.28%) DHCP
5 19 (11.11%) WAN
6 18 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (8.77%) TCP/IP
8 13 (7.60%) LAN
8 13 (7.60%) MPLS
9 9 (5.26%) Network Security
10 8 (4.68%) SD-WAN
11 7 (4.09%) Wireless
12 5 (2.92%) 4G
12 5 (2.92%) VLAN
13 4 (2.34%) Internet
13 4 (2.34%) SAN
14 3 (1.75%) NAS
15 2 (1.17%) Cisco IOS
15 2 (1.17%) DMZ
15 2 (1.17%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.75%) Power BI
4 2 (1.17%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.58%) Big Data
5 1 (0.58%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.58%) Looker
5 1 (0.58%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 12 (7.02%) JIRA
2 11 (6.43%) Jenkins
3 8 (4.68%) GitLab
4 6 (3.51%) ScriptRunner
5 3 (1.75%) Git
6 2 (1.17%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.58%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.58%) eggPlant
7 1 (0.58%) JIRA Agile
7 1 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.58%) Postman
7 1 (0.58%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.58%) TeamCity
General
1 50 (29.24%) Finance
2 36 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 11 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (6.43%) Banking
4 8 (4.68%) Public Sector
5 7 (4.09%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (2.92%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (2.92%) Spanish Language
7 4 (2.34%) Investment Banking
7 4 (2.34%) Marketing
8 3 (1.75%) Military
9 2 (1.17%) Legal
9 2 (1.17%) Local Government
9 2 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.58%) French Language
10 1 (0.58%) Front Office
10 1 (0.58%) iGaming
10 1 (0.58%) Law
10 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.58%) Retail
Job Titles
1 111 (64.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 33 (19.30%) Senior
3 27 (15.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (11.70%) Azure Engineer
5 17 (9.94%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (6.43%) Architect
6 11 (6.43%) Cloud Engineer
7 10 (5.85%) Lead
8 9 (5.26%) VMware Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.68%) Windows Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Integration Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Network Engineer
10 7 (4.09%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.51%) Security Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
12 5 (2.92%) Linux Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.34%) LDAP
2 3 (1.75%) ARM Templates
3 2 (1.17%) .NET
3 2 (1.17%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.17%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
3 2 (1.17%) Node.js
3 2 (1.17%) Spring
4 1 (0.58%) ADO
4 1 (0.58%) cloud-init
4 1 (0.58%) Kafka
4 1 (0.58%) Keycloak
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.58%) OAuth
4 1 (0.58%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.58%) OpenID
4 1 (0.58%) SAML
4 1 (0.58%) SOAP
4 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.19%) Data Centre
2 8 (4.68%) PKI
3 7 (4.09%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
4 6 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.92%) Security Operations Centre
6 4 (2.34%) Clustering
6 4 (2.34%) Legacy Applications
6 4 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.34%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (1.17%) Cloud Native
8 2 (1.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.17%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.58%) BYOD
9 1 (0.58%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 1 (0.58%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.58%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.58%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 87 (50.88%) Windows
2 48 (28.07%) Windows Server
3 23 (13.45%) Linux
4 16 (9.36%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.75%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.75%) Unix
7 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.58%) CentOS
8 1 (0.58%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.64%) DevOps
2 33 (19.30%) Migration
3 26 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.87%) CI/CD
5 19 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
6 18 (10.53%) Agile
7 17 (9.94%) Cloud Security
7 17 (9.94%) Infrastructure as Code
8 15 (8.77%) Project Delivery
9 14 (8.19%) Containerisation
10 13 (7.60%) Data Loss Prevention
10 13 (7.60%) Incident Management
10 13 (7.60%) Platform Engineering
11 12 (7.02%) Business Continuity
11 12 (7.02%) Disaster Recovery
12 11 (6.43%) High Availability
12 11 (6.43%) Mentoring
12 11 (6.43%) Time Management
13 10 (5.85%) Identity Management
13 10 (5.85%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (25.73%) PowerShell
2 25 (14.62%) Python
3 8 (4.68%) SQL
4 6 (3.51%) Groovy
5 5 (2.92%) Perl
6 4 (2.34%) Bicep
6 4 (2.34%) Java
6 4 (2.34%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.75%) Bash
8 2 (1.17%) C#
8 2 (1.17%) C++
8 2 (1.17%) Go
8 2 (1.17%) Ruby
8 2 (1.17%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.58%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 28 (16.37%) Security Cleared
2 24 (14.04%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.85%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (5.26%) CCNP
4 9 (5.26%) Degree
5 7 (4.09%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.92%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.92%) CCNA
7 2 (1.17%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.17%) CCIE
7 2 (1.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.17%) PMP
7 2 (1.17%) VCAP
7 2 (1.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.58%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.92%) NCSC
2 4 (2.34%) QA
3 3 (1.75%) GDPR
3 3 (1.75%) NIST
4 2 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.17%) SLA
5 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.58%) GRC
5 1 (0.58%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 73 (42.69%) Active Directory
2 24 (14.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.77%) Docker
4 14 (8.19%) Hyper-V
5 10 (5.85%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (3.51%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.17%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.17%) vSphere
8 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.58%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.58%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 35 (20.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (18.13%) Terraform
3 19 (11.11%) Kubernetes
4 14 (8.19%) Ansible
5 13 (7.60%) SCCM
6 8 (4.68%) FortiGate
7 6 (3.51%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (2.34%) SELinux
8 4 (2.34%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.75%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (1.75%) Puppet
10 2 (1.17%) CASB
10 2 (1.17%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.17%) NetBackup
10 2 (1.17%) Packer
10 2 (1.17%) SCOrch
11 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.58%) Kustomize
11 1 (0.58%) Nagios
11 1 (0.58%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 70 (40.94%) Microsoft
2 36 (21.05%) VMware
3 20 (11.70%) Cisco
4 9 (5.26%) Meraki
5 7 (4.09%) Atlassian
5 7 (4.09%) Google
6 6 (3.51%) Dell
6 6 (3.51%) Palo Alto
6 6 (3.51%) Splunk
7 5 (2.92%) Citrix
8 4 (2.34%) Fortinet
8 4 (2.34%) NetApp
9 3 (1.75%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.17%) Arista
10 2 (1.17%) Atempo
10 2 (1.17%) Databricks
10 2 (1.17%) F5
10 2 (1.17%) Netskope
10 2 (1.17%) Okta
10 2 (1.17%) Zscaler