Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 675 820
Rank change year-on-year +148 +145 -146
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 46 25 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.044% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.046% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 19 25
10th Percentile £295 £348 £309
25th Percentile £313 £429 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +40.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £438
90th Percentile £578 £628 £529
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -6.67% +40.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,476 54,050 83,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.65% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,679 37,739 58,629
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,507 2,053
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.45 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.70 £76.10 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 +120 45 £475 -9.52% 20
UK excluding London +71 36 £490 -6.67% 17
South West +33 17 £525 -12.50% 2
London +107 10 £325 -48.00% 4
Midlands +36 6 £425 -6.85% 6
West Midlands +24 6 £425 -5.56% 2
Work from Home +121 5 £425 +8.97% 2
North of England +24 5 £325 -7.14%
North West +23 5 £325 -7.14%
South East +16 4 £405 -22.86% 5
East of England +14 3 £300 -44.19% 2
Scotland - 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Network 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 Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 40 (86.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (58.70%) VMware
3 25 (54.35%) Data Centre
4 21 (45.65%) Security Cleared
4 21 (45.65%) SC Cleared
4 21 (45.65%) Firewall
5 18 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (34.78%) vSphere
7 15 (32.61%) WAN
7 15 (32.61%) Cisco
8 14 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (28.26%) vCenter Server
9 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
9 13 (28.26%) LAN
9 13 (28.26%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 13 (28.26%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (26.09%) Private Cloud
10 12 (26.09%) Resource Management
11 11 (23.91%) Penetration Testing
11 11 (23.91%) Windows
11 11 (23.91%) Linux
12 10 (21.74%) CCNA
12 10 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
12 10 (21.74%) Wireless
13 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 9 (19.57%) Azure
14 8 (17.39%) Aruba
14 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
14 8 (17.39%) VPN
14 8 (17.39%) Public Sector

Network 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 3 (6.52%) IIS
1 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.52%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.52%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (19.57%) Azure
2 8 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.87%) AWS
4 3 (6.52%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.35%) SaaS
6 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.17%) IaaS
6 1 (2.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 21 (45.65%) Firewall
2 15 (32.61%) WAN
3 13 (28.26%) LAN
4 10 (21.74%) Wireless
5 8 (17.39%) VPN
6 6 (13.04%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (10.87%) DNS
7 5 (10.87%) Network Security
7 5 (10.87%) OSPF
7 5 (10.87%) Wireless Security
8 4 (8.70%) Ethernet
9 3 (6.52%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (6.52%) iSCSI
9 3 (6.52%) NAS
9 3 (6.52%) SAN
9 3 (6.52%) SD-WAN
9 3 (6.52%) VoIP
10 2 (4.35%) Unified Communications
11 1 (2.17%) BGP
11 1 (2.17%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Git
1 1 (2.17%) Jenkins
General
1 13 (28.26%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.39%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.52%) Finance
4 2 (4.35%) Banking
5 1 (2.17%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) LAMP
2 1 (2.17%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 25 (54.35%) Data Centre
2 12 (26.09%) Private Cloud
3 4 (8.70%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.52%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (6.52%) Replication
4 3 (6.52%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.35%) IVR
6 1 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) Linux
1 11 (23.91%) Windows
2 5 (10.87%) Ubuntu
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Server
3 4 (8.70%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (6.52%) VMS
4 3 (6.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (4.35%) CentOS
5 2 (4.35%) Debian
6 1 (2.17%) Unix
6 1 (2.17%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (86.96%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (30.43%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (28.26%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (28.26%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 12 (26.09%) Resource Management
5 11 (23.91%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (19.57%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (8.70%) Customer Service
8 3 (6.52%) ITIL
9 2 (4.35%) Agile
9 2 (4.35%) Investment Management
9 2 (4.35%) Load Balancing
9 2 (4.35%) Mentoring
9 2 (4.35%) Network Management
9 2 (4.35%) Server Management
9 2 (4.35%) WFM
10 1 (2.17%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 1 (2.17%) Infrastructure as Code
10 1 (2.17%) Platform Engineering
10 1 (2.17%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.52%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.17%) C
2 1 (2.17%) Perl
2 1 (2.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (45.65%) SC Cleared
1 21 (45.65%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.74%) CCNA
2 10 (21.74%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.52%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.35%) CCNP
5 1 (2.17%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (39.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (34.78%) vSphere
3 6 (13.04%) Active Directory
4 5 (10.87%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (28.26%) vCenter Server
2 3 (6.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (58.70%) VMware
2 15 (32.61%) Cisco
3 8 (17.39%) Aruba
4 6 (13.04%) Microsoft
5 5 (10.87%) HP
6 4 (8.70%) Palo Alto
7 3 (6.52%) Fortinet
7 3 (6.52%) ProCurve
7 3 (6.52%) Synology
7 3 (6.52%) Veeam
7 3 (6.52%) Zerto
8 2 (4.35%) F5
8 2 (4.35%) Genesys
8 2 (4.35%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.35%) ServiceNow
8 2 (4.35%) Splunk
9 1 (2.17%) Commvault
9 1 (2.17%) Dell
9 1 (2.17%) Juniper
9 1 (2.17%) SolarWinds