Senior Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends in South London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
London > South London

The median Senior Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in South London is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 42 - 44
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Engineer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in South London 0.44% - 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £425
75th Percentile £438 - £438
90th Percentile - - -
London median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.38% +6.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in South London with a recognized job title 221 220 277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.36% 96.92% 96.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 144 190
10th Percentile £298 £200 £185
25th Percentile £413 £395 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £627 £780 £673
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 3 24
10th Percentile £54.44 £23.77 £17.00
25th Percentile £54.55 £27.61 £18.75
Median hourly rate £67.70 £34.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year +99.12% +44.68% -46.11%
75th Percentile £76.58 £56.20 £55.54
90th Percentile - £69.52 £83.75
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £29.72
% change year-on-year -7.14% +17.77% -15.09%

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in South London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in South London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in South London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Engineer within the South London region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
Merton - 1 £425 - 1
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
London

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Senior Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South London region featuring Senior Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint

Senior Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DKIM
1 1 (100.00%) DMARC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Proofpoint