Infrastructure Engineering Contracts

Infrastructure Engineering
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 120 150
Rank change year-on-year +22 +30 +17
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 987 1,208 1,643
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 2.11% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.35% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 889 1,226
10th Percentile £300 £338 £306
25th Percentile £375 £415 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £575
90th Percentile £713 £701 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.01% +11.11% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 19 11
10th Percentile £21.25 £41.48 £20.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £53.75 £26.18
Median hourly rate £54.88 £60.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% +42.47% +6.25%
75th Percentile £70.00 £76.75 £57.67
90th Percentile £70.75 £80.06 £68.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.88 £57.50 £29.73
% change year-on-year -4.57% +93.44% -9.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,644 51,414 79,489
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.11% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,629 35,622 55,798
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,441 1,693 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.99 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -5.27%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the UK

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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 +28 861 £475 -7.09% 500
UK excluding London +19 624 £465 -7.01% 421
London +46 304 £515 -10.43% 134
South East +31 222 £463 -0.54% 116
Work from Home -27 211 £450 -14.29% 208
South West +5 121 £488 -11.36% 80
North of England -5 115 £425 -10.53% 77
North West -5 78 £425 -10.53% 36
Scotland +66 69 £475 -12.04% 38
Midlands -21 55 £425 -5.56% 64
West Midlands +8 45 £475 +5.56% 36
East of England -11 37 £525 +5.00% 42
Yorkshire -7 32 £380 -10.59% 38
East Midlands -10 9 £356 -19.94% 28
Wales +1 6 £365 -30.48% 11
North East +9 5 £438 -2.78% 4

Infrastructure Engineering
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 82 (8.31%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.74%) Confluence
4 13 (1.32%) IIS
5 11 (1.11%) Apache
6 10 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.61%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.41%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.30%) WordPress
11 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.10%) CMS
12 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.41%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.41%) Revit
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.20%) Shopify
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.10%) Eikon
2 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.10%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 288 (29.18%) Azure
2 164 (16.62%) AWS
3 142 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (9.22%) Entra ID
5 38 (3.85%) IaaS
6 27 (2.74%) Power Platform
7 26 (2.63%) PaaS
7 26 (2.63%) SaaS
8 23 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.23%) GCP
10 21 (2.13%) Cloud Computing
11 18 (1.82%) Mimecast
11 18 (1.82%) OCI
12 15 (1.52%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (1.52%) OpenShift
12 15 (1.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 13 (1.32%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.22%) OneDrive
14 12 (1.22%) Serverless
15 11 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 170 (17.22%) Firewall
2 141 (14.29%) DNS
3 104 (10.54%) DHCP
4 97 (9.83%) SAN
5 63 (6.38%) WAN
6 53 (5.37%) LAN
7 46 (4.66%) VPN
8 39 (3.95%) Wireless
9 38 (3.85%) NAS
10 30 (3.04%) TCP/IP
11 29 (2.94%) Network Security
11 29 (2.94%) OSPF
12 22 (2.23%) Software-Defined Radio
13 20 (2.03%) VSAN
14 19 (1.93%) BGP
14 19 (1.93%) SNMP
15 17 (1.72%) MPLS
15 17 (1.72%) VLAN
15 17 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (1.52%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.79%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.93%) Power BI
3 10 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
3 10 (1.01%) MongoDB
4 9 (0.91%) MySQL
5 7 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.71%) Sybase ASE
6 6 (0.61%) Metadata
6 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Power View
6 6 (0.61%) PowerPivot
6 6 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.20%) Adabas
8 2 (0.20%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.20%) DB2
8 2 (0.20%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.20%) Sisense
9 1 (0.10%) Big Data
9 1 (0.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 51 (5.17%) Git
2 41 (4.15%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.44%) JIRA
4 20 (2.03%) GitLab
5 17 (1.72%) Bitbucket
5 17 (1.72%) Robot Framework
6 16 (1.62%) Eclipse
7 15 (1.52%) GoogleTest
8 8 (0.81%) Maven
9 7 (0.71%) Hudson
9 7 (0.71%) Postman
9 7 (0.71%) SoapUI
10 6 (0.61%) Gradle
11 3 (0.30%) Selenium
11 3 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.30%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
12 2 (0.20%) CA Gen
12 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
13 1 (0.10%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 178 (18.03%) Social Skills
2 119 (12.06%) Public Sector
3 68 (6.89%) Finance
4 57 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (2.43%) Banking
7 14 (1.42%) Telecoms
8 9 (0.91%) Manufacturing
9 8 (0.81%) Aerospace
9 8 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (0.61%) Legal
10 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (0.61%) Publishing
10 6 (0.61%) Retail
11 5 (0.51%) Financial Institution
11 5 (0.51%) French Language
11 5 (0.51%) German Language
11 5 (0.51%) Military
12 4 (0.41%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 639 (64.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 89 (9.02%) Senior
3 69 (6.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (6.59%) Network Engineer
5 49 (4.96%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (4.15%) Azure Engineer
6 41 (4.15%) Support Engineer
7 40 (4.05%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (3.75%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (3.44%) Infrastructure Support
10 32 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
11 31 (3.14%) Architect
11 31 (3.14%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 31 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (3.14%) VMware Engineer
12 30 (3.04%) Storage Engineer
13 29 (2.94%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 28 (2.84%) Windows Engineer
15 27 (2.74%) 3rd Line Engineer
15 27 (2.74%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.23%) CSS
1 22 (2.23%) HTML
2 18 (1.82%) Flash
3 16 (1.62%) OAuth
3 16 (1.62%) SAML
4 15 (1.52%) OpenID
5 12 (1.22%) Kafka
6 11 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (1.01%) RESTful
8 8 (0.81%) .NET
9 7 (0.71%) SOAP
10 5 (0.51%) YAML
11 4 (0.41%) AWS CDK
11 4 (0.41%) JSON
11 4 (0.41%) XML
12 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (0.30%) Jinja
12 3 (0.30%) LAMP
12 3 (0.30%) LDAP
12 3 (0.30%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.12%) Data Centre
2 43 (4.36%) PKI
3 29 (2.94%) Replication
4 25 (2.53%) Private Cloud
5 23 (2.33%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.23%) Clustering
7 18 (1.82%) NHS
8 12 (1.22%) Driving Licence
9 11 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (0.91%) Onboarding
10 9 (0.91%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
12 7 (0.71%) Algorithms
12 7 (0.71%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.71%) Fat Client
12 7 (0.71%) Mobile App
12 7 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.71%) Thin Client
13 6 (0.61%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 397 (40.22%) Windows
2 236 (23.91%) Linux
3 228 (23.10%) Windows Server
4 65 (6.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 61 (6.18%) Windows Server 2019
6 57 (5.78%) Windows 10
7 55 (5.57%) Windows Server 2012
8 47 (4.76%) Unix
9 41 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 17 (1.72%) Mac OS
11 14 (1.42%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.42%) Windows XP
12 13 (1.32%) AIX
13 12 (1.22%) Windows 7
14 11 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.01%) VMS
16 9 (0.91%) Apple iOS
17 8 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
18 5 (0.51%) CentOS
18 5 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (14.89%) DevOps
2 135 (13.68%) Migration
3 126 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (11.04%) Agile
5 94 (9.52%) ITIL
6 82 (8.31%) CI/CD
7 68 (6.89%) Cybersecurity
8 56 (5.67%) Infrastructure as Code
9 46 (4.66%) Disaster Recovery
9 46 (4.66%) Project Delivery
9 46 (4.66%) Software Engineering
10 39 (3.95%) Change Management
10 39 (3.95%) Configuration Management
11 37 (3.75%) Customer Service
12 36 (3.65%) Scrum
13 27 (2.74%) Containerisation
13 27 (2.74%) Infrastructure Automation
13 27 (2.74%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 26 (2.63%) Server Management
14 26 (2.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 148 (14.99%) PowerShell
2 87 (8.81%) Python
3 54 (5.47%) SQL
4 39 (3.95%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.24%) Java
6 26 (2.63%) Shell Script
7 25 (2.53%) C#
8 23 (2.33%) Bash
8 23 (2.33%) C++
9 11 (1.11%) VBScript
10 10 (1.01%) Ruby
11 9 (0.91%) Perl
12 7 (0.71%) Groovy
13 6 (0.61%) Go
13 6 (0.61%) TypeScript
14 5 (0.51%) C
15 4 (0.41%) Bicep
16 3 (0.30%) PHP
16 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.20%) Natural
Qualifications
1 363 (36.78%) Security Cleared
2 223 (22.59%) SC Cleared
3 165 (16.72%) DV Cleared
4 77 (7.80%) Degree
5 53 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (5.07%) CCNA
7 33 (3.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (3.14%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.13%) CCNP
10 20 (2.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (1.93%) MCSE
12 12 (1.22%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.81%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 8 (0.81%) MCSA
14 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
14 7 (0.71%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.61%) VCAP
16 5 (0.51%) MCP
16 5 (0.51%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.93%) SLA
2 10 (1.01%) GDPR
2 10 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (0.91%) QA
4 8 (0.81%) NIST
4 8 (0.81%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.51%) NCSC
6 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.30%) COBIT
7 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
7 3 (0.30%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
System Software
1 292 (29.58%) Active Directory
2 229 (23.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (8.21%) Hyper-V
4 63 (6.38%) vSphere
5 59 (5.98%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (3.75%) VMware NSX
7 31 (3.14%) Docker
8 29 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
9 28 (2.84%) Firmware
10 24 (2.43%) XenApp
11 10 (1.01%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 9 (0.91%) KVM
13 7 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
13 7 (0.71%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
15 2 (0.20%) Terminal Services
15 2 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.10%) DFS Replication
16 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 1 (0.10%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 104 (10.54%) SCCM
2 87 (8.81%) Terraform
3 70 (7.09%) Ansible
4 68 (6.89%) vCenter Server
5 56 (5.67%) Kubernetes
6 47 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 46 (4.66%) WSUS
8 28 (2.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 26 (2.63%) SCOM
10 19 (1.93%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (1.72%) NetBackup
11 17 (1.72%) Puppet
12 15 (1.52%) Grafana
13 14 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
14 13 (1.32%) Prometheus
15 10 (1.01%) Consul
16 9 (0.91%) FortiGate
16 9 (0.91%) vRealize
17 7 (0.71%) Nessus
18 6 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 333 (33.74%) VMware
2 281 (28.47%) Microsoft
3 72 (7.29%) Cisco
4 66 (6.69%) Veeam
5 58 (5.88%) Citrix
6 45 (4.56%) Dell
7 38 (3.85%) HP
8 36 (3.65%) Red Hat
9 32 (3.24%) Juniper
10 31 (3.14%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.84%) Google
12 26 (2.63%) Atlassian
13 23 (2.33%) Oracle
14 22 (2.23%) ServiceNow
14 22 (2.23%) Symantec
15 20 (2.03%) CA
16 19 (1.93%) Extreme Networks
17 17 (1.72%) 3PAR
17 17 (1.72%) Ivanti
18 16 (1.62%) Aruba