Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
27 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 151 177 224
Rank change year-on-year +26 +47 +11
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 697 882 1,179
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.47% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.74% 1.56% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 516 664 870
10th Percentile £310 £333 £308
25th Percentile £375 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £550
90th Percentile £681 £675 £627
UK excluding London median daily rate £467 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -1.68% +7.95% +20.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 7
10th Percentile £21.12 £40.58 £16.12
25th Percentile £21.25 £57.33 £29.88
Median hourly rate £45.00 £63.84 £60.48
Median % change year-on-year -29.51% +5.56% +51.19%
75th Percentile £77.00 £75.35 £67.39
90th Percentile £77.55 £86.23 £68.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £60.55 £62.99
% change year-on-year -62.84% -3.87% +111.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 16 Contract 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 27 April 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
England +23 598 £463 -7.50% 290
UK excluding London +28 451 £467 -1.68% 237
London +55 201 £450 -18.18% 71
Work from Home 0 161 £450 -10.00% 141
South East +29 154 £450 - 61
North of England -11 85 £425 -10.53% 41
South West +7 84 £537 +2.19% 53
Scotland +66 53 £500 +21.17% 15
North West -16 52 £425 -10.53% 24
Midlands -3 43 £400 -10.11% 42
West Midlands +24 35 £425 -5.56% 26
Yorkshire +6 29 £415 -2.35% 11
East of England -11 22 £625 +47.06% 26
Wales +7 11 £600 +9.09% 3
East Midlands -8 7 £338 -21.97% 16
North East +15 4 £438 -16.67% 8

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 670 (96.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 311 (44.62%) Windows
3 265 (38.02%) VMware
4 262 (37.59%) Security Cleared
5 254 (36.44%) Active Directory
6 236 (33.86%) Azure
7 204 (29.27%) Microsoft
8 188 (26.97%) Windows Server
9 183 (26.26%) VMware Infrastructure
10 162 (23.24%) Linux
11 151 (21.66%) SC Cleared
12 137 (19.66%) DNS
13 134 (19.23%) Firewall
14 129 (18.51%) Social Skills
15 122 (17.50%) PowerShell
16 117 (16.79%) DV Cleared
17 116 (16.64%) Microsoft 365
18 105 (15.06%) AWS
19 104 (14.92%) Public Sector
20 100 (14.35%) Migration
21 96 (13.77%) DHCP
22 88 (12.63%) SCCM
23 81 (11.62%) SAN
24 79 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
25 78 (11.19%) DevOps
26 75 (10.76%) ITIL
27 74 (10.62%) Data Centre
28 69 (9.90%) Cisco
29 66 (9.47%) Hyper-V
30 65 (9.33%) vCenter Server

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 64 (9.18%) Microsoft Exchange
2 32 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.87%) Confluence
4 8 (1.15%) IIS
5 5 (0.72%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (0.72%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.57%) Apache
6 4 (0.57%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.57%) SAS
7 3 (0.43%) CMS
7 3 (0.43%) WordPress
8 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.57%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.57%) Revit
3 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (0.14%) Eikon
1 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
1 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 236 (33.86%) Azure
2 116 (16.64%) Microsoft 365
3 105 (15.06%) AWS
4 63 (9.04%) Entra ID
5 34 (4.88%) IaaS
6 19 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
6 19 (2.73%) SaaS
7 18 (2.58%) GCP
8 17 (2.44%) OCI
8 17 (2.44%) PaaS
9 15 (2.15%) Power Platform
10 12 (1.72%) Cloud Computing
11 11 (1.58%) OneDrive
12 10 (1.43%) Mimecast
12 10 (1.43%) OpenShift
13 8 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 7 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
14 7 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
14 7 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
14 7 (1.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 137 (19.66%) DNS
2 134 (19.23%) Firewall
3 96 (13.77%) DHCP
4 81 (11.62%) SAN
5 39 (5.60%) WAN
6 32 (4.59%) LAN
7 30 (4.30%) NAS
7 30 (4.30%) Network Security
8 26 (3.73%) TCP/IP
9 25 (3.59%) VPN
10 19 (2.73%) VSAN
11 14 (2.01%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (1.87%) iSCSI
12 13 (1.87%) MPLS
13 12 (1.72%) Fibre Channel
13 12 (1.72%) VLAN
13 12 (1.72%) Wireless
14 10 (1.43%) SD-WAN
15 9 (1.29%) SSL
16 8 (1.15%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.90%) SQL Server
2 13 (1.87%) Power BI
3 6 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (0.72%) MySQL
4 5 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.57%) DB2
5 4 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.29%) Adabas
6 2 (0.29%) Sisense
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.14%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (2.58%) Git
1 18 (2.58%) JIRA
2 11 (1.58%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.29%) GitLab
4 5 (0.72%) Hudson
5 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.29%) CA Gen
5 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) Sonatype Nexus
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.14%) VisualWorks
General
1 129 (18.51%) Social Skills
2 104 (14.92%) Public Sector
3 60 (8.61%) Finance
4 41 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (3.59%) Banking
6 21 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (1.43%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (1.00%) Telecoms
10 6 (0.86%) Investment Banking
10 6 (0.86%) Legal
11 4 (0.57%) Financial Institution
11 4 (0.57%) Front Office
11 4 (0.57%) Local Government
11 4 (0.57%) Military
11 4 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (0.43%) French Language
12 3 (0.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (0.43%) Retail Banking
13 2 (0.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (3.16%) Flash
2 5 (0.72%) .NET
3 4 (0.57%) AWS CDK
3 4 (0.57%) JSON
3 4 (0.57%) POSIX
3 4 (0.57%) YAML
4 3 (0.43%) Jinja
4 3 (0.43%) LAMP
4 3 (0.43%) LDAP
4 3 (0.43%) NETCONF
4 3 (0.43%) Redfish
4 3 (0.43%) RESTful
4 3 (0.43%) XML
4 3 (0.43%) YANG
5 2 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.29%) Middleware
5 2 (0.29%) SAML
6 1 (0.14%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.14%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 74 (10.62%) Data Centre
2 33 (4.73%) PKI
3 27 (3.87%) Replication
4 19 (2.73%) Private Cloud
5 18 (2.58%) Clustering
6 13 (1.87%) Driving Licence
7 12 (1.72%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.29%) Client/Server
8 9 (1.29%) Onboarding
8 9 (1.29%) Public Cloud
9 5 (0.72%) Fat Client
9 5 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
9 5 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (0.72%) NHS
9 5 (0.72%) Thin Client
9 5 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.57%) NVMe
11 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.43%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 311 (44.62%) Windows
2 188 (26.97%) Windows Server
3 162 (23.24%) Linux
4 63 (9.04%) Windows Server 2016
4 63 (9.04%) Windows Server 2019
5 56 (8.03%) Windows 10
6 46 (6.60%) Windows Server 2012
7 39 (5.60%) Unix
8 34 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 16 (2.30%) Windows 7
10 13 (1.87%) Ubuntu
10 13 (1.87%) Windows XP
11 12 (1.72%) AIX
11 12 (1.72%) VMS
12 10 (1.43%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.43%) Windows Server 2008
13 8 (1.15%) CentOS
14 7 (1.00%) Data ONTAP
14 7 (1.00%) Windows Server 2003
15 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (96.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 100 (14.35%) Migration
3 79 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (11.19%) DevOps
5 75 (10.76%) ITIL
6 60 (8.61%) Agile
7 46 (6.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 42 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
9 37 (5.31%) Disaster Recovery
10 34 (4.88%) Project Delivery
11 31 (4.45%) CI/CD
12 24 (3.44%) Storage Management
13 23 (3.30%) Server Management
14 22 (3.16%) Change Management
14 22 (3.16%) Containerisation
15 21 (3.01%) Customer Service
15 21 (3.01%) Virtual Environments
15 21 (3.01%) Virtual Infrastructure
16 20 (2.87%) Computer Science
16 20 (2.87%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 122 (17.50%) PowerShell
2 56 (8.03%) Python
3 35 (5.02%) SQL
4 17 (2.44%) Bash
4 17 (2.44%) Java
5 13 (1.87%) Perl
6 11 (1.58%) C#
7 10 (1.43%) VBScript
8 6 (0.86%) C
9 5 (0.72%) Ruby
10 4 (0.57%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.43%) JavaScript
11 3 (0.43%) Korn
11 3 (0.43%) PHP
11 3 (0.43%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
12 2 (0.29%) Bicep
12 2 (0.29%) C++
12 2 (0.29%) Go
12 2 (0.29%) Natural
Qualifications
1 262 (37.59%) Security Cleared
2 151 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 117 (16.79%) DV Cleared
4 51 (7.32%) Degree
5 48 (6.89%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (6.60%) CCNA
7 26 (3.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (3.59%) CCNP
9 20 (2.87%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 19 (2.73%) Azure Certification
11 14 (2.01%) MCSE
12 8 (1.15%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
14 6 (0.86%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.72%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
16 4 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.57%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (1.29%) SLA
3 8 (1.15%) NIST
4 6 (0.86%) QA
5 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.57%) GDPR
5 4 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 4 (0.57%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 3 (0.43%) NCSC
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.14%) COBIT
8 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 254 (36.44%) Active Directory
2 183 (26.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 66 (9.47%) Hyper-V
4 59 (8.46%) vSphere
5 53 (7.60%) VMware ESXi
6 34 (4.88%) VMware NSX
7 22 (3.16%) Docker
7 22 (3.16%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (3.16%) XenApp
8 8 (1.15%) XenDesktop
9 7 (1.00%) Firmware
9 7 (1.00%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.57%) GPFS
10 4 (0.57%) NFS
10 4 (0.57%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.43%) KVM
11 3 (0.43%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.14%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 88 (12.63%) SCCM
2 65 (9.33%) vCenter Server
3 54 (7.75%) Terraform
4 41 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 38 (5.45%) Ansible
6 35 (5.02%) Kubernetes
7 34 (4.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 32 (4.59%) WSUS
9 20 (2.87%) SCOM
10 15 (2.15%) NetBackup
11 13 (1.87%) EMC NetWorker
12 11 (1.58%) Puppet
12 11 (1.58%) Single Sign-On
13 6 (0.86%) vRealize
13 6 (0.86%) VxRail
14 5 (0.72%) FortiGate
14 5 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
14 5 (0.72%) Red Hat Satellite
15 4 (0.57%) Nessus
15 4 (0.57%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 265 (38.02%) VMware
2 204 (29.27%) Microsoft
3 69 (9.90%) Cisco
4 56 (8.03%) Veeam
5 48 (6.89%) Citrix
6 34 (4.88%) Dell
6 34 (4.88%) HP
7 30 (4.30%) Red Hat
8 23 (3.30%) Palo Alto
9 21 (3.01%) Juniper
9 21 (3.01%) Oracle
10 20 (2.87%) Symantec
11 19 (2.73%) EMC
12 18 (2.58%) Brocade
13 16 (2.30%) 3PAR
13 16 (2.30%) CA
13 16 (2.30%) IBM
13 16 (2.30%) ServiceNow
14 15 (2.15%) Google
15 14 (2.01%) Aruba
320 Infrastructure Engineer jobs Nationwide