Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 208 152
Rank change year-on-year +57 -56 +23
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 879 385 691
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.76% 1.31% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.91% 1.42% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 584 261 523
10th Percentile £325 £329 £310
25th Percentile £413 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year - +13.51% -7.50%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £513 £463
% change year-on-year +0.44% +10.86% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 2 7
10th Percentile £44.20 - £20.73
25th Percentile £58.43 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £72.54 £200.00 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.73% +196.30% +5.73%
75th Percentile £77.06 - £77.00
90th Percentile £78.75 - £77.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £72.54 £200.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -63.73% +788.89% -64.16%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 46,065 27,116 40,535
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 92.32% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,032 17,461 26,079
10th Percentile £325 £288 £280
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.55% -4.76% -2.60%
75th Percentile £621 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,078 1,132 2,932
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.87 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.75 £17.79 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.00 £27.70 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.23% -26.13% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £57.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -5.88%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 18 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 June 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
England +45 756 £525 - 208
UK excluding London +47 609 £515 +0.44% 195
Work from Home +41 192 £568 +13.50% 87
London -5 191 £525 - 41
North of England +19 183 £500 +17.65% 40
South East +6 163 £525 -4.55% 53
South West +24 96 £545 -5.22% 51
Yorkshire -11 78 £350 -26.32% 10
Midlands -22 73 £450 +12.50% 26
North West +4 70 £575 +29.94% 22
Scotland +15 48 £571 +8.81% 4
West Midlands -37 45 £475 +18.75% 17
North East +1 42 £600 -7.69% 8
East of England -13 36 £450 - 13
East Midlands -7 27 £450 +12.50% 9
Wales -1 13 £400 -30.43% 12
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 2
Channel Islands - 1 £550 -

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 11 June 2026, 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 featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 861 (97.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 318 (36.18%) Security Cleared
3 271 (30.83%) Azure
4 270 (30.72%) Windows
5 220 (25.03%) VMware
6 213 (24.23%) SC Cleared
7 180 (20.48%) Microsoft
8 169 (19.23%) Windows Server
9 163 (18.54%) Active Directory
10 158 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
11 157 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
12 146 (16.61%) Terraform
13 136 (15.47%) DNS
14 135 (15.36%) DevOps
15 130 (14.79%) Linux
16 124 (14.11%) Firewall
17 120 (13.65%) AWS
17 120 (13.65%) PowerShell
18 115 (13.08%) DV Cleared
19 114 (12.97%) Python
20 111 (12.63%) CI/CD
21 99 (11.26%) DHCP
22 88 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
23 85 (9.67%) Ansible
24 84 (9.56%) Kubernetes
25 80 (9.10%) Migration
26 75 (8.53%) Hyper-V
27 65 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
27 65 (7.39%) vSphere
28 64 (7.28%) GitHub

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 45 (5.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 10 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.68%) TPMS
4 4 (0.46%) Apache
4 4 (0.46%) Confluence
5 2 (0.23%) CloudStack
6 1 (0.11%) IBM HTTP Server
6 1 (0.11%) IIS
6 1 (0.11%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.11%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.11%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 271 (30.83%) Azure
2 120 (13.65%) AWS
3 65 (7.39%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (7.28%) GitHub
5 53 (6.03%) GCP
6 48 (5.46%) Entra ID
7 42 (4.78%) IaaS
8 38 (4.32%) OCI
9 34 (3.87%) SaaS
10 32 (3.64%) PaaS
11 29 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (2.96%) Nutanix
13 24 (2.73%) Google Kubernetes Engine
14 22 (2.50%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (2.28%) GitHub Actions
16 17 (1.93%) Azure AKS
17 8 (0.91%) Cohesity
18 7 (0.80%) Azure Stack
19 6 (0.68%) Azure Key Vault
19 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 136 (15.47%) DNS
2 124 (14.11%) Firewall
3 99 (11.26%) DHCP
4 45 (5.12%) WAN
5 43 (4.89%) VLAN
6 40 (4.55%) VPN
7 36 (4.10%) SAN
8 32 (3.64%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
9 31 (3.53%) Network Security
10 29 (3.30%) LAN
11 28 (3.19%) BIG-IP
12 26 (2.96%) TCP/IP
13 24 (2.73%) BGP
14 23 (2.62%) Ethernet VPN
14 23 (2.62%) SD-WAN
15 22 (2.50%) VXLAN
16 20 (2.28%) OSPF
17 17 (1.93%) Wi-Fi
18 14 (1.59%) SMTP
18 14 (1.59%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 9 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (0.34%) Data Mining
4 3 (0.34%) NonStop SQL
4 3 (0.34%) Oracle Database
4 3 (0.34%) Power BI
5 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.23%) Big Data
5 2 (0.23%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.23%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.23%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.11%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.11%) Flink
6 1 (0.11%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.11%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.11%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.11%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.11%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.11%) TimescaleDB
Development Applications
1 34 (3.87%) GitLab
2 28 (3.19%) Jenkins
3 19 (2.16%) JIRA
4 9 (1.02%) Git
5 8 (0.91%) Artifactory
6 4 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) Chocolatey
7 1 (0.11%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.11%) CMake
7 1 (0.11%) GoCD
7 1 (0.11%) Gradle
7 1 (0.11%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.11%) Introscope
7 1 (0.11%) MSI
7 1 (0.11%) Robot Framework
7 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 96 (10.92%) Social Skills
2 69 (7.85%) Public Sector
3 52 (5.92%) Finance
4 38 (4.32%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (1.82%) Banking
6 16 (1.82%) Legal
7 13 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (1.25%) Aerospace
9 10 (1.14%) Billing
9 10 (1.14%) Marketing
10 9 (1.02%) Manufacturing
11 6 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 5 (0.57%) Local Government
12 5 (0.57%) Military
13 3 (0.34%) Law
14 2 (0.23%) Advertising
14 2 (0.23%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.23%) Retail
15 1 (0.11%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.91%) LDAP
2 7 (0.80%) Flash
2 7 (0.80%) REST
3 6 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (0.57%) ARM Templates
4 5 (0.57%) Keycloak
5 4 (0.46%) OpenID
5 4 (0.46%) SOAP
6 3 (0.34%) ADO
6 3 (0.34%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.34%) SAML
6 3 (0.34%) YAML
7 2 (0.23%) Bazel
7 2 (0.23%) JSON
7 2 (0.23%) Kafka
7 2 (0.23%) Middleware
7 2 (0.23%) Node.js
7 2 (0.23%) OAuth
7 2 (0.23%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 90 (10.24%) Data Centre
2 42 (4.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 39 (4.44%) PKI
4 37 (4.21%) Public Cloud
5 22 (2.50%) Onboarding
6 21 (2.39%) Cloud Native
7 18 (2.05%) Enterprise Storage
7 18 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (1.48%) Private Cloud
9 12 (1.37%) Replication
10 11 (1.25%) Clustering
10 11 (1.25%) Operational Technology
11 8 (0.91%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.68%) Management Information System
13 6 (0.68%) SCADA
13 6 (0.68%) Smartcard
13 6 (0.68%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 270 (30.72%) Windows
2 169 (19.23%) Windows Server
3 130 (14.79%) Linux
4 24 (2.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 22 (2.50%) Windows Server 2019
6 16 (1.82%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.71%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (1.48%) Ubuntu
9 10 (1.14%) Apple iOS
9 10 (1.14%) VMS
10 9 (1.02%) Mac OS
10 9 (1.02%) Unix
11 8 (0.91%) Android
11 8 (0.91%) Debian
11 8 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (0.91%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (0.57%) CentOS
13 2 (0.23%) AIX
14 1 (0.11%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.11%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 861 (97.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 157 (17.86%) Infrastructure as Code
3 135 (15.36%) DevOps
4 111 (12.63%) CI/CD
5 88 (10.01%) Problem-Solving
6 80 (9.10%) Migration
7 64 (7.28%) Infrastructure Automation
8 62 (7.05%) High Availability
9 56 (6.37%) Agile
10 53 (6.03%) ITIL
11 52 (5.92%) Disaster Recovery
12 49 (5.57%) Zero Trust
13 47 (5.35%) Project Delivery
14 41 (4.66%) Cybersecurity
15 40 (4.55%) Validation
16 37 (4.21%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 32 (3.64%) Continuous Improvement
17 32 (3.64%) Load Balancing
17 32 (3.64%) Observability
18 29 (3.30%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 120 (13.65%) PowerShell
2 114 (12.97%) Python
3 36 (4.10%) Bash
4 25 (2.84%) SQL
5 20 (2.28%) Bicep
6 16 (1.82%) C#
7 7 (0.80%) ActionScript
8 6 (0.68%) Java
9 5 (0.57%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.46%) PHP
11 3 (0.34%) Go
11 3 (0.34%) JavaScript
12 2 (0.23%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.11%) C
13 1 (0.11%) C++
13 1 (0.11%) Jython
13 1 (0.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 318 (36.18%) Security Cleared
2 213 (24.23%) SC Cleared
3 115 (13.08%) DV Cleared
4 25 (2.84%) Degree
5 16 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
5 16 (1.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 13 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 11 (1.25%) CCNA
9 9 (1.02%) MCSE
10 8 (0.91%) CCNP
11 6 (0.68%) FFIEC
11 6 (0.68%) VCAP
12 5 (0.57%) RHCA
13 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.46%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.34%) APMG
14 3 (0.34%) GIAC
14 3 (0.34%) GSEC
14 3 (0.34%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (2.50%) NIST
2 19 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (2.16%) QA
3 13 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
4 11 (1.25%) SLA
5 9 (1.02%) GDPR
6 7 (0.80%) NCSC
7 6 (0.68%) GLBA
7 6 (0.68%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.34%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.23%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) FedRAMP
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 163 (18.54%) Active Directory
2 158 (17.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 75 (8.53%) Hyper-V
4 65 (7.39%) vSphere
5 57 (6.48%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (3.98%) Docker
7 29 (3.30%) VMware NSX
8 25 (2.84%) Virtual Machines
9 15 (1.71%) Virtual Desktop
10 12 (1.37%) NFS
11 11 (1.25%) BitLocker
12 9 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.57%) Firmware
13 5 (0.57%) GPFS
14 3 (0.34%) DFS Replication
14 3 (0.34%) Terminal Services
14 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.23%) QEMU
15 2 (0.23%) SRDF
15 2 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 146 (16.61%) Terraform
2 85 (9.67%) Ansible
3 84 (9.56%) Kubernetes
4 41 (4.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 37 (4.21%) vCenter Server
6 32 (3.64%) SCCM
7 14 (1.59%) Puppet
8 13 (1.48%) Grafana
8 13 (1.48%) Prometheus
8 13 (1.48%) WSUS
9 12 (1.37%) Istio
9 12 (1.37%) SCOM
10 11 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
11 9 (1.02%) vMotion
11 9 (1.02%) vRealize
11 9 (1.02%) VxRail
12 8 (0.91%) AirWatch
13 7 (0.80%) Nessus
14 6 (0.68%) Packer
14 6 (0.68%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 220 (25.03%) VMware
2 180 (20.48%) Microsoft
3 57 (6.48%) Citrix
4 51 (5.80%) Cisco
5 40 (4.55%) F5
6 35 (3.98%) Veeam
7 33 (3.75%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.41%) Google
9 25 (2.84%) Dell
10 24 (2.73%) NetApp
11 23 (2.62%) Aruba
11 23 (2.62%) Red Hat
12 22 (2.50%) Oracle
13 20 (2.28%) Arista
14 13 (1.48%) ServiceNow
14 13 (1.48%) SolarWinds
15 11 (1.25%) Fortinet
15 11 (1.25%) Thales
16 10 (1.14%) Tenable
17 9 (1.02%) Splunk