Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 152 171 199
Rank change year-on-year +19 +28 +42
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 692 833 1,237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.58% 1.50% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.71% 1.59% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 524 615 947
10th Percentile £310 £328 £310
25th Percentile £375 £411 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £455
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +9.89% +10.30%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £553
90th Percentile £638 £675 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -5.13% +8.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 7
10th Percentile £20.73 £43.75 £15.97
25th Percentile £21.25 £58.40 £19.88
Median hourly rate £67.50 £65.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +52.94% +6.02%
75th Percentile £77.00 £73.75 £47.67
90th Percentile £77.40 £80.00 £59.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £65.00 £20.75
% change year-on-year -65.38% +213.25% -5.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Infrastructure Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK 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
England +22 612 £463 -7.50% 272
UK excluding London +17 451 £463 -5.13% 245
London +51 205 £450 -18.18% 58
South East +29 167 £463 -7.50% 56
Work from Home -8 153 £450 -10.00% 112
South West -14 78 £525 -4.55% 39
North of England -19 74 £425 -10.53% 59
Midlands +8 53 £413 -8.33% 40
North West -11 51 £425 -10.53% 29
Scotland +74 50 £420 -6.67% 21
West Midlands +14 35 £400 -11.11% 24
East of England -23 24 £363 -27.50% 25
Yorkshire +2 19 £450 +4.65% 24
East Midlands -1 17 £449 +0.90% 16
Wales +1 6 £433 -17.62% 11
North East +4 4 £438 +9.38% 6

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 670 (96.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 303 (43.79%) Windows
3 272 (39.31%) Security Cleared
4 267 (38.58%) VMware
5 246 (35.55%) Active Directory
6 205 (29.62%) Azure
7 203 (29.34%) Microsoft
8 186 (26.88%) VMware Infrastructure
9 182 (26.30%) Windows Server
10 174 (25.14%) Linux
11 157 (22.69%) SC Cleared
12 130 (18.79%) DV Cleared
13 129 (18.64%) Social Skills
14 119 (17.20%) Firewall
15 117 (16.91%) DNS
16 116 (16.76%) PowerShell
17 110 (15.90%) AWS
18 102 (14.74%) Microsoft 365
19 97 (14.02%) Public Sector
20 95 (13.73%) DHCP
21 93 (13.44%) SCCM
22 92 (13.29%) Migration
23 83 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
24 76 (10.98%) SAN
25 70 (10.12%) Microsoft Exchange
26 68 (9.83%) Hyper-V
26 68 (9.83%) Data Centre
27 66 (9.54%) DevOps
27 66 (9.54%) ITIL
28 64 (9.25%) Cisco

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
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 70 (10.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 34 (4.91%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.30%) Confluence
4 8 (1.16%) IIS
5 7 (1.01%) Apache
6 5 (0.72%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.58%) SharePoint Server
8 3 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.29%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.58%) AutoCAD
2 4 (0.58%) Revit
3 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.14%) Eikon
2 1 (0.14%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.14%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 205 (29.62%) Azure
2 110 (15.90%) AWS
3 102 (14.74%) Microsoft 365
4 59 (8.53%) Entra ID
5 24 (3.47%) IaaS
6 19 (2.75%) SaaS
7 17 (2.46%) Cloud Computing
8 16 (2.31%) OCI
8 16 (2.31%) PaaS
9 14 (2.02%) Power Platform
10 13 (1.88%) Amazon S3
10 13 (1.88%) GCP
11 12 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (1.59%) OneDrive
13 10 (1.45%) Mimecast
14 9 (1.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 8 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
15 8 (1.16%) OpenShift
15 8 (1.16%) Serverless
16 7 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 119 (17.20%) Firewall
2 117 (16.91%) DNS
3 95 (13.73%) DHCP
4 76 (10.98%) SAN
5 33 (4.77%) WAN
6 29 (4.19%) NAS
7 27 (3.90%) LAN
8 26 (3.76%) VPN
9 23 (3.32%) TCP/IP
10 18 (2.60%) Network Security
11 14 (2.02%) VSAN
11 14 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
12 13 (1.88%) Wireless
13 11 (1.59%) MPLS
14 10 (1.45%) VLAN
15 9 (1.30%) OSPF
16 8 (1.16%) BGP
16 8 (1.16%) iSCSI
16 8 (1.16%) SSL
17 7 (1.01%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (7.51%) SQL Server
2 11 (1.59%) Power BI
3 10 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
4 7 (1.01%) MySQL
4 7 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.43%) Informix
8 2 (0.29%) Adabas
8 2 (0.29%) DB2
8 2 (0.29%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.29%) Sisense
9 1 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.14%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.14%) InfluxDB
9 1 (0.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (2.46%) Git
2 16 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.02%) GitLab
3 14 (2.02%) JIRA
4 5 (0.72%) Hudson
5 2 (0.29%) Artifactory
5 2 (0.29%) CA Gen
5 2 (0.29%) MSI
5 2 (0.29%) Robot Framework
5 2 (0.29%) Selenium
5 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.14%) VisualWorks
General
1 129 (18.64%) Social Skills
2 97 (14.02%) Public Sector
3 56 (8.09%) Finance
4 39 (5.64%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (2.89%) Banking
5 20 (2.89%) Documentation Skills
6 16 (2.31%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.16%) Telecoms
8 7 (1.01%) Legal
8 7 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.87%) Local Government
9 6 (0.87%) Military
10 4 (0.58%) Financial Institution
10 4 (0.58%) Front Office
10 4 (0.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (0.58%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (0.43%) Electronics
11 3 (0.43%) Marketing
12 2 (0.29%) French Language
12 2 (0.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (2.31%) Flash
2 7 (1.01%) AWS CDK
3 4 (0.58%) .NET
3 4 (0.58%) JSON
4 3 (0.43%) J2EE
4 3 (0.43%) Jinja
4 3 (0.43%) NETCONF
4 3 (0.43%) RESTful
4 3 (0.43%) Spring Boot
4 3 (0.43%) XML
4 3 (0.43%) YANG
5 2 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (0.29%) LAMP
5 2 (0.29%) LDAP
5 2 (0.29%) Middleware
5 2 (0.29%) Pandas
5 2 (0.29%) Web Services
6 1 (0.14%) EDI
6 1 (0.14%) REST
6 1 (0.14%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 68 (9.83%) Data Centre
2 37 (5.35%) PKI
3 24 (3.47%) Replication
4 18 (2.60%) Clustering
4 18 (2.60%) Private Cloud
5 12 (1.73%) Driving Licence
5 12 (1.73%) Management Information System
6 7 (1.01%) Grid Computing
6 7 (1.01%) Public Cloud
7 5 (0.72%) Hackathon
7 5 (0.72%) NHS
7 5 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (0.58%) Client/Server
8 4 (0.58%) Fat Client
8 4 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.58%) Thin Client
9 3 (0.43%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.43%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 303 (43.79%) Windows
2 182 (26.30%) Windows Server
3 174 (25.14%) Linux
4 55 (7.95%) Windows Server 2016
5 53 (7.66%) Windows Server 2019
6 52 (7.51%) Windows 10
7 49 (7.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 44 (6.36%) Windows Server 2012
9 29 (4.19%) Unix
10 15 (2.17%) Mac OS
11 14 (2.02%) Windows XP
12 13 (1.88%) AIX
12 13 (1.88%) Ubuntu
13 11 (1.59%) VMS
14 10 (1.45%) Windows 7
15 8 (1.16%) CentOS
16 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2003
16 7 (1.01%) Windows Server 2008
17 6 (0.87%) Solaris
18 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (96.82%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 92 (13.29%) Migration
3 83 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
4 66 (9.54%) DevOps
4 66 (9.54%) ITIL
5 51 (7.37%) Agile
6 47 (6.79%) Cybersecurity
7 46 (6.65%) Infrastructure as Code
8 45 (6.50%) Disaster Recovery
9 35 (5.06%) CI/CD
10 32 (4.62%) Project Delivery
11 24 (3.47%) Information Security
12 23 (3.32%) Containerisation
12 23 (3.32%) Performance Tuning
12 23 (3.32%) Vulnerability Management
13 22 (3.18%) Change Management
13 22 (3.18%) Server Management
13 22 (3.18%) Storage Management
13 22 (3.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
14 21 (3.03%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 116 (16.76%) PowerShell
2 43 (6.21%) Python
3 34 (4.91%) SQL
4 15 (2.17%) Java
5 12 (1.73%) Bash
6 11 (1.59%) C#
7 10 (1.45%) VBScript
8 7 (1.01%) C
8 7 (1.01%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.72%) C++
10 3 (0.43%) Go
10 3 (0.43%) PHP
10 3 (0.43%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.29%) Bicep
11 2 (0.29%) Natural
12 1 (0.14%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.14%) Perl
12 1 (0.14%) Ruby
12 1 (0.14%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.14%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 272 (39.31%) Security Cleared
2 157 (22.69%) SC Cleared
3 130 (18.79%) DV Cleared
4 54 (7.80%) Degree
5 40 (5.78%) Cisco Certification
6 37 (5.35%) CCNA
7 36 (5.20%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (3.03%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 19 (2.75%) MCSE
10 18 (2.60%) Azure Certification
10 18 (2.60%) CCNP
11 9 (1.30%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.87%) RHCE
14 5 (0.72%) MCSA
15 4 (0.58%) Chartered Engineer
15 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
15 4 (0.58%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (1.73%) SLA
2 8 (1.16%) NIST
3 6 (0.87%) GDPR
3 6 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (0.87%) PCI DSS
4 5 (0.72%) NCSC
4 5 (0.72%) QA
5 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.43%) COBIT
6 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.43%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.29%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.29%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 246 (35.55%) Active Directory
2 186 (26.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (9.83%) Hyper-V
4 58 (8.38%) vSphere
5 48 (6.94%) VMware ESXi
6 28 (4.05%) VMware NSX
7 24 (3.47%) Docker
7 24 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
8 18 (2.60%) XenApp
9 11 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
10 8 (1.16%) Firmware
11 7 (1.01%) KVM
12 4 (0.58%) XenDesktop
13 3 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
14 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
15 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 1 (0.14%) Terminal Services
15 1 (0.14%) vCloud
15 1 (0.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 93 (13.44%) SCCM
2 58 (8.38%) vCenter Server
3 51 (7.37%) Terraform
4 37 (5.35%) Ansible
5 33 (4.77%) Microsoft Intune
6 31 (4.48%) SCOM
7 30 (4.34%) WSUS
8 28 (4.05%) Kubernetes
9 19 (2.75%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 16 (2.31%) NetBackup
11 14 (2.02%) EMC NetWorker
11 14 (2.02%) Single Sign-On
12 8 (1.16%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.87%) Nessus
14 5 (0.72%) Puppet
14 5 (0.72%) SCSM
15 4 (0.58%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.58%) VxRail
16 3 (0.43%) Grafana
16 3 (0.43%) Nexpose
Vendors
1 267 (38.58%) VMware
2 203 (29.34%) Microsoft
3 64 (9.25%) Cisco
4 50 (7.23%) Citrix
5 45 (6.50%) Veeam
6 38 (5.49%) Dell
7 37 (5.35%) Red Hat
8 34 (4.91%) HP
9 28 (4.05%) Palo Alto
10 23 (3.32%) Juniper
11 22 (3.18%) Symantec
12 21 (3.03%) Oracle
13 16 (2.31%) 3PAR
13 16 (2.31%) CA
14 15 (2.17%) EMC
14 15 (2.17%) Ivanti
15 14 (2.02%) Brocade
15 14 (2.02%) Extreme Networks
15 14 (2.02%) IBM
15 14 (2.02%) ServiceNow