Infrastructure Management Contracts in England

Infrastructure Management
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Infrastructure Management skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Management over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 428 554 696
Rank change year-on-year +126 +142 -109
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Management 115 84 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.18% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 56 58
10th Percentile £258 £419 £362
25th Percentile £350 £489 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £544 £588
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% -7.45% +30.56%
75th Percentile £600 £641 £738
90th Percentile £675 £738 £766
UK median daily rate £470 £544 £549
% change year-on-year -13.56% -0.91% +21.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £34.25 £20.75
Median hourly rate £23.80 £35.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.96% +65.12% -41.10%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £22.25
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £35.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -32.96% +65.12% -41.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Infrastructure Management 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 31,789 42,321 64,118
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.46% 89.92% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,644 29,706 45,695
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £548
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
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 2,352 1,534 1,708
10th Percentile £12.81 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.73 £15.30
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +41.18% +13.33%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.63 £49.77
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.35 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £35.80 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.96% +39.41% +11.65%

Infrastructure Management
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Management in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Management in England

Infrastructure Management
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 Management within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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 +84 42 £475 -17.39% 34
South East +36 33 £433 -13.50% 10
Midlands +30 17 £520 +16.85% 13
West Midlands +24 16 £550 +27.91% 8
North of England +31 14 £463 -9.76% 27
North West +19 11 £500 -4.76% 14
South West +15 6 £183 -75.67% 8
Yorkshire +12 3 £450 -10.00% 10
East of England -1 2 - - 11
East Midlands +9 1 £520 +4.00% 5
Infrastructure Management
UK

Infrastructure Management
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 8 (6.96%) Apache Airflow
2 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (4.35%) Apache
3 5 (4.35%) SharePoint
4 4 (3.48%) Confluence
5 3 (2.61%) CMS
5 3 (2.61%) IIS
6 1 (0.87%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.87%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.87%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.87%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 46 (40.00%) AWS
2 27 (23.48%) Azure
3 16 (13.91%) Amazon S3
3 16 (13.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
4 15 (13.04%) Amazon EC2
5 10 (8.70%) Entra ID
6 9 (7.83%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (7.83%) Serverless
7 8 (6.96%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (6.09%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (6.09%) GCP
9 6 (5.22%) Power Platform
10 5 (4.35%) CloudFront
10 5 (4.35%) GitHub
11 4 (3.48%) IaaS
11 4 (3.48%) PaaS
11 4 (3.48%) SaaS
12 3 (2.61%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 3 (2.61%) Google Workspace
12 3 (2.61%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.78%) DNS
2 16 (13.91%) VPN
3 13 (11.30%) Firewall
4 12 (10.43%) Network Security
5 9 (7.83%) LAN
5 9 (7.83%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (6.96%) SAN
6 8 (6.96%) TCP/IP
7 7 (6.09%) NAS
7 7 (6.09%) Wireless
8 6 (5.22%) Radio Access Network
9 4 (3.48%) DHCP
9 4 (3.48%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (3.48%) Internet
9 4 (3.48%) iSCSI
9 4 (3.48%) SSL
9 4 (3.48%) VLAN
9 4 (3.48%) VoIP
9 4 (3.48%) WAN
10 3 (2.61%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (7.83%) Amazon Redshift
2 6 (5.22%) Power BI
3 5 (4.35%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (3.48%) MySQL
4 4 (3.48%) Tableau
5 3 (2.61%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.74%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.87%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.87%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.87%) Bigtable
7 1 (0.87%) CockroachDB
7 1 (0.87%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.87%) CouchDB
7 1 (0.87%) Metadata
7 1 (0.87%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.87%) PowerPivot
7 1 (0.87%) Redis
7 1 (0.87%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.87%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (13.04%) Git
2 12 (10.43%) GitLab
3 7 (6.09%) Jenkins
4 5 (4.35%) Bitbucket
5 3 (2.61%) Cypress.io
5 3 (2.61%) JIRA
6 2 (1.74%) Artifactory
6 2 (1.74%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.87%) Jaeger
7 1 (0.87%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.87%) Spinnaker
General
1 42 (36.52%) Social Skills
2 23 (20.00%) Telecoms
3 17 (14.78%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (13.91%) Finance
5 13 (11.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (11.30%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.09%) Retail
7 4 (3.48%) Legal
8 3 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.74%) Law
9 2 (1.74%) Marketing
10 1 (0.87%) Advertising
10 1 (0.87%) Electronics
10 1 (0.87%) Front Office
10 1 (0.87%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.87%) Military
10 1 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (15.65%) Senior
2 14 (12.17%) Analyst
3 13 (11.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 12 (10.43%) DevOps Engineer
5 8 (6.96%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (6.09%) Architect
6 7 (6.09%) AWS DevOps
6 7 (6.09%) Security Engineer
6 7 (6.09%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (5.22%) AWS Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) Lead
7 6 (5.22%) Network Engineer
7 6 (5.22%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) AWS Developer
8 5 (4.35%) Developer
8 5 (4.35%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.35%) Operations Manager
8 5 (4.35%) Senior DevOps
8 5 (4.35%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.09%) SAML
2 5 (4.35%) OAuth
2 5 (4.35%) OAuth2
3 3 (2.61%) Next.js
3 3 (2.61%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (2.61%) Software Packaging
4 2 (1.74%) NETCONF
4 2 (1.74%) PySpark
5 1 (0.87%) CSS
5 1 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.87%) HTML
5 1 (0.87%) Laravel
5 1 (0.87%) Node.js
5 1 (0.87%) OpenTelemetry
5 1 (0.87%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.57%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (7.83%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.96%) Distributed Systems
4 6 (5.22%) Virtual Team
5 5 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.35%) Fat Client
5 5 (4.35%) Thin Client
6 4 (3.48%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.61%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (2.61%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (2.61%) PKI
8 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.74%) Replication
8 2 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.87%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.87%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.87%) HP Storage
9 1 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.87%) IoT
9 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 27 (23.48%) Windows
2 19 (16.52%) Linux
3 9 (7.83%) Unix
4 6 (5.22%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.74%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (27.83%) CI/CD
2 30 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (19.13%) Agile
4 21 (18.26%) DevOps
4 21 (18.26%) Infrastructure as Code
5 18 (15.65%) Customer-Centricity
5 18 (15.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 14 (12.17%) Collaborative Working
6 14 (12.17%) Containerisation
6 14 (12.17%) Task Automation
7 13 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (11.30%) Migration
8 11 (9.57%) Computer Science
8 11 (9.57%) ITIL
8 11 (9.57%) Project Management
9 10 (8.70%) Configuration Management
9 10 (8.70%) Data Migration
9 10 (8.70%) Server Management
9 10 (8.70%) Software Deployment
10 9 (7.83%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (24.35%) Python
2 14 (12.17%) PowerShell
3 12 (10.43%) Bash
4 10 (8.70%) SQL
5 6 (5.22%) Go
6 4 (3.48%) JavaScript
7 3 (2.61%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.74%) Java
8 2 (1.74%) PHP
9 1 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 17 (14.78%) Degree
2 15 (13.04%) Security Cleared
3 13 (11.30%) SC Cleared
4 12 (10.43%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (6.96%) CCNA
6 7 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (5.22%) MCSE
8 5 (4.35%) AWS Certification
8 5 (4.35%) CCNP
8 5 (4.35%) DV Cleared
9 4 (3.48%) CCIE
9 4 (3.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (1.74%) RHCE
10 2 (1.74%) RHCSA
11 1 (0.87%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.87%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
11 1 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.87%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.70%) QA
2 6 (5.22%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.22%) SLA
3 3 (2.61%) NIST
3 3 (2.61%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (17.39%) Active Directory
1 20 (17.39%) Docker
2 13 (11.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (6.96%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.48%) Firmware
4 4 (3.48%) vSphere
5 3 (2.61%) BitLocker
5 3 (2.61%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (1.74%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.87%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 24 (20.87%) Terraform
2 20 (17.39%) Ansible
3 19 (16.52%) Kubernetes
4 6 (5.22%) SCCM
5 5 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
6 4 (3.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 4 (3.48%) SCOM
7 3 (2.61%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.61%) SCVMM
7 3 (2.61%) VxRail
8 2 (1.74%) Grafana
8 2 (1.74%) Nmap
8 2 (1.74%) OpenNMS
8 2 (1.74%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.87%) Argo
9 1 (0.87%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.87%) Istio
9 1 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.87%) vRealize
Vendors
1 20 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.65%) VMware
3 10 (8.70%) Cisco
4 5 (4.35%) Dell
4 5 (4.35%) Red Hat
4 5 (4.35%) Splunk
5 4 (3.48%) BT
5 4 (3.48%) Google
5 4 (3.48%) HP
5 4 (3.48%) Juniper
5 4 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.48%) SolarWinds
6 3 (2.61%) Avaya
6 3 (2.61%) Brocade
6 3 (2.61%) Commvault
6 3 (2.61%) EMC
6 3 (2.61%) Forcepoint
6 3 (2.61%) Informatica
6 3 (2.61%) Mitel
6 3 (2.61%) Wyse