Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in England

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 113 136
Rank change year-on-year +20 +23 +24
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 884 1,091 1,435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.39% 2.29% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 2.54% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 671 812 1,096
10th Percentile £300 £338 £306
25th Percentile £375 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £575
90th Percentile £695 £713 £656
UK median daily rate £475 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -7.32% +7.89% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 22 11
10th Percentile £37.63 £44.50 £20.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £56.25 £26.18
Median hourly rate £54.88 £68.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.18% +61.76% +28.79%
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £57.67
90th Percentile - £87.27 £68.02
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £65.00 £36.11
% change year-on-year -15.58% +79.99% -9.72%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
London +42 307 £515 -6.79% 134
South East +27 235 £475 -5.00% 96
South West 0 123 £494 -10.23% 73
North of England -12 108 £450 -5.26% 98
North West -7 79 £438 -7.89% 52
Midlands -4 63 £450 -0.11% 59
West Midlands +5 49 £525 +16.67% 38
East of England -20 38 £513 +2.50% 41
Yorkshire -11 25 £450 +4.65% 40
East Midlands -11 13 £449 +0.90% 21
North East +5 4 £438 -2.78% 6
Infrastructure Engineering
UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 82 (9.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 49 (5.54%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.05%) Confluence
4 10 (1.13%) Apache
5 9 (1.02%) IIS
6 8 (0.90%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.79%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.68%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.23%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.23%) WordPress
11 1 (0.11%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2007
11 1 (0.11%) Exchange Server 2010
11 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 16 (1.81%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.79%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.45%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.45%) Revit
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.23%) Shopify
2 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.11%) Eikon
2 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.11%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 250 (28.28%) Azure
2 141 (15.95%) AWS
3 127 (14.37%) Microsoft 365
4 62 (7.01%) Entra ID
5 36 (4.07%) IaaS
6 25 (2.83%) PaaS
6 25 (2.83%) Power Platform
7 24 (2.71%) SaaS
8 19 (2.15%) GCP
9 18 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
10 17 (1.92%) Cloud Computing
10 17 (1.92%) Mimecast
11 16 (1.81%) OCI
12 15 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
13 14 (1.58%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 13 (1.47%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.36%) OneDrive
15 12 (1.36%) Serverless
16 10 (1.13%) AWS Lambda
17 9 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 146 (16.52%) Firewall
2 131 (14.82%) DNS
3 102 (11.54%) DHCP
4 88 (9.95%) SAN
5 53 (6.00%) WAN
6 44 (4.98%) LAN
7 43 (4.86%) VPN
8 36 (4.07%) Wireless
9 35 (3.96%) NAS
10 29 (3.28%) TCP/IP
11 25 (2.83%) OSPF
12 23 (2.60%) Network Security
12 23 (2.60%) Software-Defined Radio
13 19 (2.15%) SNMP
14 17 (1.92%) VSAN
15 16 (1.81%) BGP
16 15 (1.70%) Wi-Fi
17 13 (1.47%) VLAN
18 12 (1.36%) MPLS
18 12 (1.36%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (6.79%) SQL Server
2 16 (1.81%) Power BI
3 10 (1.13%) MongoDB
4 9 (1.02%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.02%) MySQL
5 7 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.79%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.68%) Metadata
6 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Power View
6 6 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (0.68%) PowerPivot
6 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.23%) DB2
9 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.23%) Sisense
10 1 (0.11%) Adabas
10 1 (0.11%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 41 (4.64%) Git
2 32 (3.62%) JIRA
3 31 (3.51%) Jenkins
4 24 (2.71%) GitLab
5 18 (2.04%) Robot Framework
6 17 (1.92%) Eclipse
7 16 (1.81%) Bitbucket
7 16 (1.81%) GoogleTest
8 9 (1.02%) Postman
8 9 (1.02%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.79%) Hudson
10 3 (0.34%) Selenium
10 3 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
11 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
12 1 (0.11%) CA Gen
12 1 (0.11%) MSI
12 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
12 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
12 1 (0.11%) VisualWorks
General
1 136 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 97 (10.97%) Public Sector
3 55 (6.22%) Finance
4 50 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.15%) Banking
7 11 (1.24%) Manufacturing
7 11 (1.24%) Telecoms
8 9 (1.02%) Aerospace
9 8 (0.90%) Legal
10 7 (0.79%) Military
10 7 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.68%) Publishing
11 6 (0.68%) Retail
12 5 (0.57%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.57%) German Language
13 4 (0.45%) Back Office
13 4 (0.45%) Front Office
13 4 (0.45%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 586 (66.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 77 (8.71%) Senior
3 62 (7.01%) Network Engineer
3 62 (7.01%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (4.75%) Cloud Engineer
5 40 (4.52%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 33 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
6 33 (3.73%) VMware Engineer
7 32 (3.62%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 31 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
9 30 (3.39%) AWS Engineer
10 29 (3.28%) Architect
10 29 (3.28%) Storage Engineer
11 27 (3.05%) Support Engineer
12 26 (2.94%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
13 25 (2.83%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 24 (2.71%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 22 (2.49%) Infrastructure Technician
16 20 (2.26%) IT Engineer
16 20 (2.26%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.60%) CSS
1 23 (2.60%) HTML
2 18 (2.04%) Flash
3 13 (1.47%) RabbitMQ
4 12 (1.36%) Kafka
5 11 (1.24%) RESTful
6 9 (1.02%) SOAP
7 6 (0.68%) .NET
8 4 (0.45%) AWS CDK
8 4 (0.45%) YAML
9 3 (0.34%) Elastic Stack
9 3 (0.34%) J2EE
9 3 (0.34%) JSON
9 3 (0.34%) Middleware
9 3 (0.34%) Spring Boot
9 3 (0.34%) XML
10 2 (0.23%) LAMP
10 2 (0.23%) LDAP
10 2 (0.23%) Node.js
10 2 (0.23%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 79 (8.94%) Data Centre
2 44 (4.98%) PKI
3 24 (2.71%) Replication
4 23 (2.60%) Private Cloud
5 20 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 18 (2.04%) NHS
7 16 (1.81%) Clustering
8 12 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.36%) Driving Licence
9 9 (1.02%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.02%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (1.02%) Mobile App
10 8 (0.90%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (0.79%) Fat Client
11 7 (0.79%) Thin Client
12 5 (0.57%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.57%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 341 (38.57%) Windows
2 212 (23.98%) Linux
3 211 (23.87%) Windows Server
4 56 (6.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 55 (6.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 54 (6.11%) Windows 10
7 53 (6.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 39 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 24 (2.71%) Unix
10 14 (1.58%) AIX
10 14 (1.58%) Windows XP
11 12 (1.36%) Ubuntu
12 10 (1.13%) Mac OS
12 10 (1.13%) VMS
13 9 (1.02%) Windows 7
13 9 (1.02%) Windows Server 2008
14 8 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
15 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
16 2 (0.23%) CentOS
16 2 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (13.57%) DevOps
1 120 (13.57%) Migration
2 98 (11.09%) Problem-Solving
3 96 (10.86%) Agile
4 83 (9.39%) ITIL
5 77 (8.71%) CI/CD
6 59 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 59 (6.67%) Infrastructure as Code
7 46 (5.20%) Disaster Recovery
8 45 (5.09%) Project Delivery
9 42 (4.75%) Software Engineering
10 39 (4.41%) Configuration Management
11 37 (4.19%) Change Management
12 33 (3.73%) Scrum
13 32 (3.62%) Microservices
14 29 (3.28%) Containerisation
15 28 (3.17%) Virtual Infrastructure
16 27 (3.05%) Computer Science
17 25 (2.83%) Platform Engineering
18 24 (2.71%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 129 (14.59%) PowerShell
2 66 (7.47%) Python
3 51 (5.77%) SQL
4 39 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 33 (3.73%) Java
6 27 (3.05%) C++
7 23 (2.60%) C#
8 18 (2.04%) Shell Script
9 14 (1.58%) Bash
10 10 (1.13%) Go
10 10 (1.13%) VBScript
11 6 (0.68%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.57%) Perl
13 4 (0.45%) Bicep
13 4 (0.45%) C
14 3 (0.34%) PHP
14 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
15 2 (0.23%) Ruby
16 1 (0.11%) Natural
16 1 (0.11%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 338 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 193 (21.83%) SC Cleared
3 170 (19.23%) DV Cleared
4 75 (8.48%) Degree
5 48 (5.43%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (5.20%) CCNA
7 31 (3.51%) Azure Certification
8 29 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (2.04%) CCNP
11 14 (1.58%) MCSE
12 13 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.90%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 7 (0.79%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.79%) MCSA
15 6 (0.68%) VCAP
16 5 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
17 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.36%) SLA
2 10 (1.13%) GDPR
2 10 (1.13%) QA
3 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (0.90%) NIST
4 7 (0.79%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.45%) NCSC
6 3 (0.34%) COBIT
6 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 267 (30.20%) Active Directory
2 229 (25.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (8.37%) Hyper-V
4 63 (7.13%) vSphere
5 52 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
6 31 (3.51%) VMware NSX
7 30 (3.39%) Virtual Machines
8 29 (3.28%) Docker
8 29 (3.28%) Firmware
9 22 (2.49%) XenApp
10 10 (1.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 8 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
12 6 (0.68%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.45%) KVM
14 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
15 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
15 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
15 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 88 (9.95%) SCCM
2 80 (9.05%) Terraform
3 63 (7.13%) vCenter Server
4 61 (6.90%) Ansible
5 47 (5.32%) Kubernetes
6 42 (4.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (4.30%) WSUS
8 29 (3.28%) SCOM
9 24 (2.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 17 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
11 16 (1.81%) Puppet
12 15 (1.70%) NetBackup
13 14 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.58%) Grafana
13 14 (1.58%) Prometheus
14 10 (1.13%) Consul
15 8 (0.90%) FortiGate
15 8 (0.90%) Nessus
15 8 (0.90%) Red Hat Satellite
16 7 (0.79%) vRealize
Vendors
1 335 (37.90%) VMware
2 243 (27.49%) Microsoft
3 64 (7.24%) Cisco
4 59 (6.67%) Veeam
5 49 (5.54%) Citrix
6 40 (4.52%) Dell
7 32 (3.62%) HP
7 32 (3.62%) Palo Alto
8 30 (3.39%) Juniper
9 29 (3.28%) Red Hat
10 28 (3.17%) Google
11 26 (2.94%) Atlassian
12 22 (2.49%) Symantec
13 20 (2.26%) Oracle
13 20 (2.26%) ServiceNow
14 19 (2.15%) Extreme Networks
15 17 (1.92%) CA
15 17 (1.92%) Ivanti
16 16 (1.81%) 3PAR
16 16 (1.81%) IBM