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

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 126 156
Rank change year-on-year +30 +30 +11
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 989 1,208 1,611
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 2.10% 1.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 2.33% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 740 892 1,201
10th Percentile £300 £338 £306
25th Percentile £375 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +10.53% +11.76%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £465 £495 £450
% change year-on-year -6.07% +10.00% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 17 11
10th Percentile £21.25 £39.21 £20.00
25th Percentile £45.00 £56.25 £26.18
Median hourly rate £54.88 £62.68 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.45% +47.48% +6.25%
75th Percentile £68.44 £78.00 £57.67
90th Percentile £70.88 £82.12 £68.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.53 £59.03 £29.73
% change year-on-year -14.40% +98.57% -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 36,783 51,773 79,870
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.20% 89.81% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,675 35,887 56,073
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,710 1,920
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.22 £15.52
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +41.73% +4.82%
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% -6.98%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +26 862 £475 -6.31% 481
UK excluding London +17 622 £465 -6.07% 413
London +41 308 £523 -9.13% 106
South East +33 223 £463 +2.78% 94
Work from Home -26 213 £450 -14.29% 207
South West +7 118 £488 -11.36% 80
North of England -6 116 £425 -10.53% 82
North West 0 79 £425 -10.53% 48
Scotland +65 69 £475 -12.84% 37
Midlands -17 54 £425 -5.56% 77
West Midlands +4 45 £475 +5.56% 43
East of England -11 37 £525 +5.00% 42
Yorkshire -7 32 £380 -10.59% 28
East Midlands -12 8 £338 -24.16% 34
Wales +4 6 £365 -30.48% 10
North East +5 5 £438 +9.38% 8

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 81 (8.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 50 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.53%) Confluence
4 13 (1.31%) IIS
5 12 (1.21%) Apache
6 10 (1.01%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (0.81%) Tomcat
8 6 (0.61%) SharePoint 2010
9 5 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.40%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.30%) CMS
11 3 (0.30%) WordPress
12 2 (0.20%) WebLogic
13 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2007
13 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 12 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.11%) 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
2 1 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.10%) Eikon
2 1 (0.10%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.10%) Shopify
2 1 (0.10%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 291 (29.42%) Azure
2 167 (16.89%) AWS
3 145 (14.66%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (9.40%) Entra ID
5 43 (4.35%) IaaS
6 28 (2.83%) PaaS
7 27 (2.73%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.73%) SaaS
8 24 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 21 (2.12%) GCP
11 19 (1.92%) Mimecast
12 18 (1.82%) Amazon EC2
12 18 (1.82%) OCI
13 17 (1.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
14 15 (1.52%) Amazon S3
14 15 (1.52%) OpenShift
15 13 (1.31%) Serverless
16 12 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
16 12 (1.21%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 171 (17.29%) Firewall
2 145 (14.66%) DNS
3 108 (10.92%) DHCP
4 96 (9.71%) SAN
5 63 (6.37%) WAN
6 55 (5.56%) LAN
7 49 (4.95%) VPN
8 41 (4.15%) Wireless
9 37 (3.74%) NAS
10 30 (3.03%) Network Security
11 29 (2.93%) OSPF
11 29 (2.93%) TCP/IP
12 21 (2.12%) Software-Defined Radio
12 21 (2.12%) VSAN
13 19 (1.92%) BGP
14 18 (1.82%) SNMP
15 17 (1.72%) MPLS
16 16 (1.62%) VLAN
17 15 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
17 15 (1.52%) Wireless Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (6.77%) SQL Server
2 18 (1.82%) Power BI
3 12 (1.21%) Amazon RDS
4 10 (1.01%) MongoDB
5 9 (0.91%) MySQL
6 7 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (0.71%) Sybase ASE
7 6 (0.61%) Metadata
7 6 (0.61%) Microsoft Power View
7 6 (0.61%) PowerPivot
7 6 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.20%) Adabas
9 2 (0.20%) Big Data
9 2 (0.20%) DB2
9 2 (0.20%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.20%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.20%) Sisense
10 1 (0.10%) Redis
Development Applications
1 52 (5.26%) Git
2 41 (4.15%) Jenkins
3 33 (3.34%) JIRA
4 20 (2.02%) GitLab
5 16 (1.62%) Bitbucket
5 16 (1.62%) Robot Framework
6 15 (1.52%) Eclipse
7 14 (1.42%) 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 4 (0.40%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.30%) Selenium
12 3 (0.30%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.20%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.20%) CA Gen
13 2 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
14 1 (0.10%) SonarQube
General
1 181 (18.30%) Social Skills
2 120 (12.13%) Public Sector
3 67 (6.77%) Finance
4 57 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (2.63%) Banking
5 26 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
6 14 (1.42%) Telecoms
7 9 (0.91%) Manufacturing
7 9 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (0.71%) Aerospace
8 7 (0.71%) Legal
9 6 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (0.61%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.61%) Publishing
10 5 (0.51%) French Language
10 5 (0.51%) German Language
10 5 (0.51%) Military
10 5 (0.51%) Retail
11 4 (0.40%) Front Office
11 4 (0.40%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 636 (64.31%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 87 (8.80%) Senior
3 68 (6.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 64 (6.47%) Network Engineer
5 48 (4.85%) Cloud Engineer
6 43 (4.35%) Azure Engineer
7 39 (3.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 39 (3.94%) Support Engineer
8 36 (3.64%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (3.24%) AWS Engineer
9 32 (3.24%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
9 32 (3.24%) Infrastructure Support
10 31 (3.13%) Architect
10 31 (3.13%) VMware Engineer
11 30 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
11 30 (3.03%) Storage Engineer
12 28 (2.83%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
12 28 (2.83%) Windows Engineer
13 27 (2.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
13 27 (2.73%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (2.12%) CSS
1 21 (2.12%) HTML
2 18 (1.82%) Flash
3 16 (1.62%) OAuth
3 16 (1.62%) SAML
4 15 (1.52%) OpenID
5 13 (1.31%) Kafka
6 11 (1.11%) RabbitMQ
7 10 (1.01%) RESTful
8 8 (0.81%) .NET
9 7 (0.71%) SOAP
9 7 (0.71%) 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%) NETCONF
11 3 (0.30%) Redfish
11 3 (0.30%) YANG
Miscellaneous
1 93 (9.40%) Data Centre
2 43 (4.35%) PKI
3 30 (3.03%) Replication
4 25 (2.53%) Private Cloud
5 21 (2.12%) Clustering
5 21 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.82%) NHS
7 12 (1.21%) Driving Licence
8 11 (1.11%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (0.91%) Linux Command Line
9 9 (0.91%) Onboarding
9 9 (0.91%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (0.71%) Algorithms
11 7 (0.71%) Data Structures
11 7 (0.71%) Mobile App
12 6 (0.61%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.61%) Fat Client
12 6 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.61%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 403 (40.75%) Windows
2 233 (23.56%) Linux
2 233 (23.56%) Windows Server
3 65 (6.57%) Windows Server 2016
4 62 (6.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 58 (5.86%) Windows 10
6 56 (5.66%) Windows Server 2012
7 47 (4.75%) Unix
8 41 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 17 (1.72%) Mac OS
10 16 (1.62%) Ubuntu
11 14 (1.42%) Windows XP
12 13 (1.31%) AIX
13 12 (1.21%) Windows 7
14 11 (1.11%) Windows Server 2008
15 10 (1.01%) VMS
16 9 (0.91%) Apple iOS
16 9 (0.91%) Windows Server 2003
17 7 (0.71%) CentOS
18 4 (0.40%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (14.86%) DevOps
2 143 (14.46%) Migration
3 125 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
4 109 (11.02%) Agile
5 94 (9.50%) ITIL
6 83 (8.39%) CI/CD
7 68 (6.88%) Cybersecurity
8 58 (5.86%) Infrastructure as Code
9 49 (4.95%) Project Delivery
10 45 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 45 (4.55%) Software Engineering
11 44 (4.45%) Change Management
12 39 (3.94%) Configuration Management
13 38 (3.84%) Customer Service
14 37 (3.74%) Scrum
15 29 (2.93%) Server Management
16 27 (2.73%) Containerisation
16 27 (2.73%) Infrastructure Automation
16 27 (2.73%) Virtual Infrastructure
17 25 (2.53%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 151 (15.27%) PowerShell
2 86 (8.70%) Python
3 53 (5.36%) SQL
4 37 (3.74%) JavaScript
5 30 (3.03%) Java
6 25 (2.53%) C#
6 25 (2.53%) Shell Script
7 24 (2.43%) Bash
8 20 (2.02%) C++
9 11 (1.11%) Ruby
9 11 (1.11%) VBScript
10 10 (1.01%) Perl
11 7 (0.71%) Groovy
12 6 (0.61%) Go
13 5 (0.51%) TypeScript
14 4 (0.40%) Bicep
15 3 (0.30%) C
15 3 (0.30%) PHP
15 3 (0.30%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.20%) Natural
Qualifications
1 361 (36.50%) Security Cleared
2 225 (22.75%) SC Cleared
3 163 (16.48%) DV Cleared
4 79 (7.99%) Degree
5 53 (5.36%) Cisco Certification
6 50 (5.06%) CCNA
7 31 (3.13%) Azure Certification
7 31 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
8 21 (2.12%) CCNP
9 20 (2.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 18 (1.82%) MCSE
11 13 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
12 8 (0.81%) AWS Certification
12 8 (0.81%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 8 (0.81%) MCSA
13 7 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.71%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.61%) VCAP
15 5 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
15 5 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.82%) SLA
2 9 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (0.91%) QA
3 8 (0.81%) GDPR
3 8 (0.81%) NIST
4 6 (0.61%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (0.40%) NCSC
6 3 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.30%) Government Security Classifications
6 3 (0.30%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.10%) COBIT
8 1 (0.10%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.10%) PMO
System Software
1 294 (29.73%) Active Directory
2 226 (22.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 81 (8.19%) Hyper-V
4 62 (6.27%) vSphere
5 60 (6.07%) VMware ESXi
6 37 (3.74%) VMware NSX
7 28 (2.83%) Docker
7 28 (2.83%) Virtual Machines
8 27 (2.73%) Firmware
9 24 (2.43%) XenApp
10 10 (1.01%) Apache ZooKeeper
11 8 (0.81%) KVM
12 7 (0.71%) XenDesktop
13 6 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
14 5 (0.51%) 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
1 100 (10.11%) SCCM
2 87 (8.80%) Terraform
3 74 (7.48%) Ansible
4 71 (7.18%) vCenter Server
5 53 (5.36%) Kubernetes
6 49 (4.95%) Microsoft Intune
7 47 (4.75%) WSUS
8 29 (2.93%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 25 (2.53%) SCOM
10 20 (2.02%) Puppet
11 17 (1.72%) NetBackup
11 17 (1.72%) Single Sign-On
12 15 (1.52%) Grafana
13 14 (1.42%) EMC NetWorker
14 13 (1.31%) Prometheus
15 11 (1.11%) FortiGate
16 10 (1.01%) Consul
16 10 (1.01%) vRealize
17 6 (0.61%) Red Hat Satellite
17 6 (0.61%) VxRail
Vendors
1 330 (33.37%) VMware
2 278 (28.11%) Microsoft
3 74 (7.48%) Cisco
4 67 (6.77%) Veeam
5 59 (5.97%) Citrix
6 46 (4.65%) Dell
7 40 (4.04%) HP
8 38 (3.84%) Red Hat
9 31 (3.13%) Juniper
9 31 (3.13%) Palo Alto
10 27 (2.73%) Google
11 25 (2.53%) Atlassian
12 23 (2.33%) Oracle
12 23 (2.33%) Symantec
13 21 (2.12%) ServiceNow
14 20 (2.02%) CA
15 19 (1.92%) Extreme Networks
16 18 (1.82%) 3PAR
17 17 (1.72%) Ivanti
18 16 (1.62%) Brocade