Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in England

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 92 114 133
Rank change year-on-year +22 +19 +23
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 888 1,086 1,433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.37% 2.31% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 2.57% 2.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 809 1,099
10th Percentile £300 £325 £306
25th Percentile £381 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £575
90th Percentile £694 £713 £656
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -3.80% +9.42% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 10
10th Percentile £35.99 £45.25 £19.98
25th Percentile £45.30 £56.25 £25.59
Median hourly rate £54.88 £72.50 £36.11
Median % change year-on-year -24.31% +100.76% -3.70%
75th Percentile £70.00 £78.00 £48.13
90th Percentile - £86.64 £59.45
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £65.00 £29.73
% change year-on-year -15.58% +118.67% -25.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 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 12 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 12 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 +29 310 £518 -5.91% 123
South East +26 233 £475 -5.00% 93
South West -5 122 £500 -9.09% 55
North of England -22 102 £438 -7.89% 95
North West -5 76 £425 -10.53% 48
Midlands -1 71 £450 - 54
West Midlands +11 52 £525 +16.67% 33
East of England -26 38 £513 +2.50% 33
Yorkshire -18 22 £450 +4.65% 40
East Midlands -6 18 £449 +0.90% 21
North East +2 4 £438 -2.78% 7
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 88 (9.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (5.74%) SharePoint
3 26 (2.93%) Confluence
4 10 (1.13%) Apache
5 9 (1.01%) 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 17 (1.91%) 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%) Distributed Ledger
2 1 (0.11%) Eikon
2 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.11%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 253 (28.49%) Azure
2 146 (16.44%) AWS
3 131 (14.75%) Microsoft 365
4 64 (7.21%) Entra ID
5 35 (3.94%) IaaS
6 26 (2.93%) PaaS
6 26 (2.93%) Power Platform
7 24 (2.70%) SaaS
8 19 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (2.03%) GCP
9 18 (2.03%) Mimecast
10 17 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
11 15 (1.69%) OCI
12 14 (1.58%) Amazon S3
13 13 (1.46%) OneDrive
13 13 (1.46%) Serverless
13 13 (1.46%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 11 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.13%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 142 (15.99%) Firewall
2 130 (14.64%) DNS
3 99 (11.15%) DHCP
4 86 (9.68%) SAN
5 46 (5.18%) WAN
6 40 (4.50%) VPN
7 38 (4.28%) LAN
8 34 (3.83%) NAS
8 34 (3.83%) Wireless
9 27 (3.04%) TCP/IP
10 23 (2.59%) Software-Defined Radio
11 22 (2.48%) Network Security
12 21 (2.36%) OSPF
13 19 (2.14%) SNMP
14 17 (1.91%) VSAN
15 14 (1.58%) Wi-Fi
16 13 (1.46%) MPLS
17 12 (1.35%) BGP
17 12 (1.35%) Wireless Security
18 11 (1.24%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 17 (1.91%) Power BI
3 12 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 10 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (1.01%) MySQL
6 8 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (0.79%) Sybase ASE
8 6 (0.68%) Metadata
8 6 (0.68%) Microsoft Power View
8 6 (0.68%) PowerPivot
8 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.45%) Data Lake
11 2 (0.23%) DB2
11 2 (0.23%) InfluxDB
11 2 (0.23%) SAP HANA
11 2 (0.23%) Sisense
12 1 (0.11%) Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.11%) Informix
Development Applications
1 43 (4.84%) Git
2 32 (3.60%) Jenkins
2 32 (3.60%) JIRA
3 27 (3.04%) GitLab
4 18 (2.03%) Robot Framework
5 17 (1.91%) Eclipse
6 16 (1.80%) Bitbucket
6 16 (1.80%) GoogleTest
7 9 (1.01%) Postman
7 9 (1.01%) SoapUI
8 7 (0.79%) Hudson
9 3 (0.34%) Selenium
9 3 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
10 2 (0.23%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.23%) MSI
10 2 (0.23%) Visual Studio Code
11 1 (0.11%) CA Gen
11 1 (0.11%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.11%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.11%) VisualWorks
General
1 138 (15.54%) Social Skills
2 101 (11.37%) Public Sector
3 59 (6.64%) Finance
4 47 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
6 19 (2.14%) Banking
7 13 (1.46%) Manufacturing
8 12 (1.35%) Telecoms
9 9 (1.01%) Aerospace
9 9 (1.01%) Legal
10 7 (0.79%) Military
10 7 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.68%) Local Government
11 6 (0.68%) Publishing
12 5 (0.56%) German Language
12 5 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (0.56%) Marketing
12 5 (0.56%) Retail
13 4 (0.45%) Financial Institution
13 4 (0.45%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 595 (67.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 77 (8.67%) Senior
3 62 (6.98%) Network Engineer
3 62 (6.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 42 (4.73%) Cloud Engineer
5 41 (4.62%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 35 (3.94%) Azure Engineer
7 34 (3.83%) DevOps Engineer
8 32 (3.60%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 31 (3.49%) VMware Engineer
10 30 (3.38%) AWS Engineer
11 29 (3.27%) Architect
12 26 (2.93%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
12 26 (2.93%) Storage Engineer
12 26 (2.93%) Support Engineer
13 24 (2.70%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
14 22 (2.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 22 (2.48%) IT Engineer
14 22 (2.48%) Software Engineer
15 20 (2.25%) Infrastructure Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (2.59%) CSS
1 23 (2.59%) HTML
2 17 (1.91%) Flash
3 13 (1.46%) Kafka
3 13 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
4 12 (1.35%) RESTful
5 9 (1.01%) SOAP
6 6 (0.68%) .NET
7 5 (0.56%) AWS CDK
7 5 (0.56%) Middleware
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%) Spring Boot
10 2 (0.23%) Jinja
10 2 (0.23%) NETCONF
10 2 (0.23%) React
10 2 (0.23%) XML
10 2 (0.23%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 80 (9.01%) Data Centre
2 42 (4.73%) PKI
3 24 (2.70%) Replication
4 23 (2.59%) Private Cloud
5 19 (2.14%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.91%) NHS
7 16 (1.80%) Clustering
8 12 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (1.35%) Driving Licence
9 10 (1.13%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.13%) Data Structures
10 9 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
10 9 (1.01%) Mobile App
11 8 (0.90%) Public Cloud
12 7 (0.79%) Fat Client
12 7 (0.79%) Grid Computing
12 7 (0.79%) Thin Client
12 7 (0.79%) Video Conferencing
13 6 (0.68%) Hackathon
14 5 (0.56%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 339 (38.18%) Windows
2 218 (24.55%) Linux
3 211 (23.76%) Windows Server
4 56 (6.31%) Windows 10
5 55 (6.19%) Windows Server 2016
5 55 (6.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 52 (5.86%) Windows Server 2012
7 42 (4.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 23 (2.59%) Unix
9 14 (1.58%) AIX
9 14 (1.58%) Windows XP
10 13 (1.46%) Ubuntu
11 10 (1.13%) Mac OS
11 10 (1.13%) VMS
12 8 (0.90%) Windows 7
12 8 (0.90%) Windows Server 2003
12 8 (0.90%) Windows Server 2008
13 7 (0.79%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.34%) CentOS
15 2 (0.23%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (14.41%) DevOps
2 115 (12.95%) Migration
3 101 (11.37%) Agile
4 99 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
5 83 (9.35%) CI/CD
6 82 (9.23%) ITIL
7 62 (6.98%) Infrastructure as Code
8 59 (6.64%) Cybersecurity
9 47 (5.29%) Disaster Recovery
10 46 (5.18%) Project Delivery
11 43 (4.84%) Software Engineering
12 40 (4.50%) Configuration Management
13 35 (3.94%) Scrum
14 34 (3.83%) Change Management
14 34 (3.83%) Microservices
15 29 (3.27%) Containerisation
16 28 (3.15%) Computer Science
16 28 (3.15%) Virtual Infrastructure
17 27 (3.04%) Information Security
18 26 (2.93%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 134 (15.09%) PowerShell
2 66 (7.43%) Python
3 53 (5.97%) SQL
4 39 (4.39%) JavaScript
5 34 (3.83%) Java
6 28 (3.15%) C++
7 23 (2.59%) C#
8 18 (2.03%) Shell Script
9 13 (1.46%) Bash
10 12 (1.35%) Go
11 10 (1.13%) VBScript
12 7 (0.79%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.56%) Perl
14 4 (0.45%) Bicep
14 4 (0.45%) C
15 3 (0.34%) PHP
15 3 (0.34%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.23%) Ruby
17 1 (0.11%) Natural
17 1 (0.11%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 344 (38.74%) Security Cleared
2 191 (21.51%) SC Cleared
3 179 (20.16%) DV Cleared
4 77 (8.67%) Degree
5 48 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
6 46 (5.18%) CCNA
7 32 (3.60%) Azure Certification
8 31 (3.49%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (2.03%) CCNP
11 16 (1.80%) MCSE
12 15 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (0.90%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 6 (0.68%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.68%) MCSA
14 6 (0.68%) VCAP
15 5 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
16 4 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.35%) SLA
2 11 (1.24%) QA
3 10 (1.13%) GDPR
4 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (0.90%) NIST
5 7 (0.79%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.45%) NCSC
7 3 (0.34%) COBIT
7 3 (0.34%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.23%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.11%) NIST 800
System Software
1 271 (30.52%) Active Directory
2 228 (25.68%) VMware Infrastructure
3 74 (8.33%) Hyper-V
4 63 (7.09%) vSphere
5 52 (5.86%) VMware ESXi
6 33 (3.72%) Docker
7 31 (3.49%) Virtual Machines
7 31 (3.49%) VMware NSX
8 29 (3.27%) Firmware
9 19 (2.14%) XenApp
10 11 (1.24%) Virtual Desktop
11 10 (1.13%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 4 (0.45%) KVM
12 4 (0.45%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
14 1 (0.11%) DFS Replication
14 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
14 1 (0.11%) VMware Server
14 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 93 (10.47%) SCCM
2 82 (9.23%) Terraform
3 64 (7.21%) Ansible
4 62 (6.98%) vCenter Server
5 49 (5.52%) Kubernetes
6 45 (5.07%) Microsoft Intune
7 38 (4.28%) WSUS
8 34 (3.83%) SCOM
9 22 (2.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 18 (2.03%) Single Sign-On
11 16 (1.80%) Puppet
12 15 (1.69%) Grafana
13 14 (1.58%) EMC NetWorker
13 14 (1.58%) NetBackup
13 14 (1.58%) Prometheus
14 10 (1.13%) Consul
14 10 (1.13%) Red Hat Satellite
15 8 (0.90%) Nessus
15 8 (0.90%) vRealize
16 5 (0.56%) SCSM
Vendors
1 332 (37.39%) VMware
2 252 (28.38%) Microsoft
3 60 (6.76%) Cisco
4 57 (6.42%) Veeam
5 48 (5.41%) Citrix
6 42 (4.73%) Dell
7 32 (3.60%) Red Hat
8 31 (3.49%) HP
9 30 (3.38%) Palo Alto
10 27 (3.04%) Google
10 27 (3.04%) Juniper
11 25 (2.82%) Atlassian
12 22 (2.48%) Symantec
13 20 (2.25%) Oracle
14 18 (2.03%) ServiceNow
15 17 (1.91%) CA
15 17 (1.91%) Ivanti
16 16 (1.80%) 3PAR
16 16 (1.80%) Extreme Networks
16 16 (1.80%) IBM