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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 122 148
Rank change year-on-year +26 +26 +24
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 990 1,208 1,652
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.33% 2.11% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 2.35% 2.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 889 1,234
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 £600 £625 £575
90th Percentile £710 £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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £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 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +28 866 £475 -7.09% 520
UK excluding London +19 628 £465 -7.01% 441
London +43 304 £518 -10.00% 134
South East +31 225 £463 -0.54% 119
Work from Home -25 210 £450 -14.29% 221
South West +7 123 £488 -11.36% 82
North of England -5 114 £425 -10.53% 87
North West -6 78 £425 -10.53% 40
Scotland +66 68 £475 -12.04% 37
Midlands -22 57 £437 -2.89% 65
West Midlands +5 45 £475 +5.56% 37
East of England -11 36 £525 +5.00% 48
Yorkshire -6 32 £380 -10.59% 43
East Midlands -9 11 £412 -7.42% 28
Wales +2 6 £365 -30.48% 10
North East +6 4 £438 -2.78% 5

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 83 (8.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 51 (5.15%) SharePoint
3 27 (2.73%) Confluence
4 13 (1.31%) 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 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.40%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.30%) WordPress
11 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.10%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
12 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.61%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.40%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.40%) 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
1 289 (29.19%) Azure
2 166 (16.77%) AWS
3 143 (14.44%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (8.99%) Entra ID
5 37 (3.74%) IaaS
6 27 (2.73%) Power Platform
7 26 (2.63%) PaaS
7 26 (2.63%) SaaS
8 23 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (2.22%) GCP
10 21 (2.12%) 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 (1.31%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.21%) OneDrive
14 12 (1.21%) Serverless
15 11 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 169 (17.07%) Firewall
2 142 (14.34%) DNS
3 106 (10.71%) DHCP
4 98 (9.90%) SAN
5 64 (6.46%) WAN
6 54 (5.45%) LAN
7 46 (4.65%) VPN
8 39 (3.94%) Wireless
9 38 (3.84%) NAS
10 30 (3.03%) TCP/IP
11 29 (2.93%) Network Security
11 29 (2.93%) OSPF
12 22 (2.22%) Software-Defined Radio
13 20 (2.02%) VSAN
14 19 (1.92%) BGP
14 19 (1.92%) SNMP
15 17 (1.72%) VLAN
15 17 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (1.62%) MPLS
17 15 (1.52%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 19 (1.92%) 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 (5.15%) Git
2 41 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 34 (3.43%) JIRA
4 20 (2.02%) 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
8 8 (0.81%) Postman
8 8 (0.81%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.71%) Hudson
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
1 179 (18.08%) Social Skills
2 120 (12.12%) Public Sector
3 67 (6.77%) Finance
4 57 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
6 24 (2.42%) Banking
7 14 (1.41%) Telecoms
8 9 (0.91%) Manufacturing
9 8 (0.81%) Aerospace
9 8 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (0.71%) Legal
11 6 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (0.61%) Publishing
11 6 (0.61%) Retail
12 5 (0.51%) Financial Institution
12 5 (0.51%) French Language
12 5 (0.51%) German Language
12 5 (0.51%) Local Government
12 5 (0.51%) Military
Job Titles
1 641 (64.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 89 (8.99%) Senior
3 69 (6.97%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 65 (6.57%) Network Engineer
5 49 (4.95%) Cloud Engineer
6 41 (4.14%) Support Engineer
7 40 (4.04%) Azure Engineer
7 40 (4.04%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 37 (3.74%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 34 (3.43%) Infrastructure Support
10 32 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
11 31 (3.13%) Architect
11 31 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (3.13%) Storage Engineer
11 31 (3.13%) VMware Engineer
12 30 (3.03%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
13 29 (2.93%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
14 28 (2.83%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 28 (2.83%) Windows Engineer
15 27 (2.73%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.22%) CSS
1 22 (2.22%) HTML
2 18 (1.82%) Flash
3 15 (1.52%) OAuth
3 15 (1.52%) SAML
4 14 (1.41%) OpenID
5 12 (1.21%) Kafka
6 11 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (1.01%) RESTful
8 8 (0.81%) .NET
8 8 (0.81%) SOAP
9 5 (0.51%) YAML
10 4 (0.40%) AWS CDK
10 4 (0.40%) JSON
10 4 (0.40%) XML
11 3 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
11 3 (0.30%) Jinja
11 3 (0.30%) LAMP
11 3 (0.30%) LDAP
11 3 (0.30%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 90 (9.09%) Data Centre
2 43 (4.34%) PKI
3 29 (2.93%) Replication
4 25 (2.53%) Private Cloud
5 23 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 22 (2.22%) Clustering
7 18 (1.82%) NHS
8 12 (1.21%) 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%) Mobile App
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%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (0.71%) Thin Client
13 6 (0.61%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 399 (40.30%) Windows
2 239 (24.14%) Linux
3 230 (23.23%) Windows Server
4 66 (6.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 62 (6.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 58 (5.86%) Windows 10
7 56 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
8 47 (4.75%) Unix
9 42 (4.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 18 (1.82%) Mac OS
11 14 (1.41%) AIX
11 14 (1.41%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.41%) Windows XP
12 12 (1.21%) Windows 7
13 11 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 10 (1.01%) VMS
15 9 (0.91%) Apple iOS
16 8 (0.81%) Windows Server 2003
17 5 (0.51%) CentOS
17 5 (0.51%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (15.15%) DevOps
2 136 (13.74%) Migration
3 126 (12.73%) Problem-Solving
4 110 (11.11%) Agile
5 94 (9.49%) ITIL
6 82 (8.28%) CI/CD
7 68 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
8 58 (5.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 47 (4.75%) Disaster Recovery
10 46 (4.65%) Project Delivery
10 46 (4.65%) Software Engineering
11 39 (3.94%) Configuration Management
12 38 (3.84%) Change Management
13 37 (3.74%) Scrum
14 36 (3.64%) Customer Service
15 27 (2.73%) Containerisation
15 27 (2.73%) Virtual Infrastructure
16 26 (2.63%) Infrastructure Automation
16 26 (2.63%) Server Management
16 26 (2.63%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 150 (15.15%) PowerShell
2 87 (8.79%) Python
3 54 (5.45%) SQL
4 39 (3.94%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.23%) Java
6 26 (2.63%) Shell Script
7 25 (2.53%) C#
8 23 (2.32%) Bash
8 23 (2.32%) 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 (0.40%) Bicep
16 3 (0.30%) PHP
16 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
17 2 (0.20%) Natural
Qualifications
1 363 (36.67%) Security Cleared
2 223 (22.53%) SC Cleared
3 164 (16.57%) DV Cleared
4 77 (7.78%) Degree
5 53 (5.35%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (5.05%) CCNA
7 33 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 31 (3.13%) Azure Certification
9 21 (2.12%) CCNP
10 20 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 19 (1.92%) MCSE
12 12 (1.21%) 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 (1.92%) 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 (0.40%) 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
1 293 (29.60%) Active Directory
2 232 (23.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (8.18%) Hyper-V
4 63 (6.36%) vSphere
5 59 (5.96%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (3.74%) VMware NSX
7 33 (3.33%) Docker
8 29 (2.93%) Virtual Machines
9 28 (2.83%) Firmware
10 24 (2.42%) XenApp
11 10 (1.01%) Apache ZooKeeper
12 9 (0.91%) KVM
12 9 (0.91%) Virtual Desktop
13 7 (0.71%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.40%) 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 (10.51%) SCCM
2 87 (8.79%) Terraform
3 70 (7.07%) Ansible
4 68 (6.87%) vCenter Server
5 56 (5.66%) Kubernetes
6 47 (4.75%) Microsoft Intune
7 46 (4.65%) WSUS
8 28 (2.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 27 (2.73%) SCOM
10 19 (1.92%) Single Sign-On
11 17 (1.72%) NetBackup
11 17 (1.72%) Puppet
12 15 (1.52%) Grafana
13 14 (1.41%) EMC NetWorker
14 13 (1.31%) 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
1 335 (33.84%) VMware
2 281 (28.38%) Microsoft
3 72 (7.27%) Cisco
4 66 (6.67%) Veeam
5 61 (6.16%) Citrix
6 45 (4.55%) Dell
7 38 (3.84%) HP
8 37 (3.74%) Red Hat
9 32 (3.23%) Juniper
10 31 (3.13%) Palo Alto
11 28 (2.83%) Google
12 26 (2.63%) Atlassian
13 23 (2.32%) Oracle
14 22 (2.22%) ServiceNow
14 22 (2.22%) Symantec
15 20 (2.02%) CA
16 19 (1.92%) Extreme Networks
17 17 (1.72%) 3PAR
17 17 (1.72%) Ivanti
18 16 (1.62%) Aruba