Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Manchester is £438 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 55 92
Rank change year-on-year -10 +37 -12
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 26 59 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.79% 3.26% 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.87% 3.38% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 42 45
10th Percentile £313 £307 £235
25th Percentile £375 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £531 £500 £525
90th Percentile £644 - £624
North West median daily rate £425 £475 £440
% change year-on-year -10.53% +7.95% +25.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,389 1,745 2,537
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 96.30% 97.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 964 1,295 1,978
10th Percentile £313 £313 £226
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +12.94%
75th Percentile £585 £590 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £660
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 46 68
10th Percentile £12.05 £15.19 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.92 £13.83
Median hourly rate £27.00 £31.35 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -13.88% +73.61% +11.26%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.94 £33.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £27.00 £32.88 £24.75
% change year-on-year -17.88% +32.84% +36.63%

Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineer in Manchester

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 11 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
Wigan -3 4 £400 -
Infrastructure Engineer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 across the Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (69.23%) Azure
3 10 (38.46%) VMware
3 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
3 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
4 9 (34.62%) AWS
5 8 (30.77%) Windows
6 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (26.92%) Hyper-V
6 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
6 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (23.08%) Terraform
7 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
7 6 (23.08%) Linux
8 5 (19.23%) Migration
8 5 (19.23%) Network Virtualisation
8 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
9 4 (15.38%) Power BI
9 4 (15.38%) DevOps
9 4 (15.38%) Mimecast
9 4 (15.38%) Apple iOS
9 4 (15.38%) Hudson
9 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
9 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
9 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
9 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
9 4 (15.38%) Customer Service

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 7 (26.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (69.23%) Azure
2 9 (34.62%) AWS
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (15.38%) Mimecast
4 4 (15.38%) Power Platform
5 3 (11.54%) GCP
6 2 (7.69%) Nutanix
7 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.85%) SaaS
7 1 (3.85%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (15.38%) LAN
1 4 (15.38%) WAN
1 4 (15.38%) Wireless
1 4 (15.38%) Wireless Security
2 3 (11.54%) DHCP
2 3 (11.54%) DNS
2 3 (11.54%) Ethernet
2 3 (11.54%) OSPF
2 3 (11.54%) VPN
3 2 (7.69%) Firewall
3 2 (7.69%) SAN
4 1 (3.85%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (3.85%) NAS
4 1 (3.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.85%) VLAN
4 1 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) Power BI
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.85%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Hudson
General
1 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.85%) Legal
3 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) Clustering
1 2 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 2 (7.69%) Private Cloud
2 1 (3.85%) Replication
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Windows
2 6 (23.08%) Linux
3 4 (15.38%) Apple iOS
3 4 (15.38%) Windows Server
4 3 (11.54%) Mac OS
5 2 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (3.85%) Android
6 1 (3.85%) VMS
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (19.23%) Migration
2 5 (19.23%) Network Virtualisation
3 4 (15.38%) CI/CD
3 4 (15.38%) Customer Service
3 4 (15.38%) DevOps
3 4 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (11.54%) Open Source
5 1 (3.85%) Agile
5 1 (3.85%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (3.85%) Database Security
5 1 (3.85%) Information Security
5 1 (3.85%) Mentoring
5 1 (3.85%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (3.85%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (3.85%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.85%) Scrum
5 1 (3.85%) Server Virtualisation
5 1 (3.85%) Time Management
5 1 (3.85%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (23.08%) PowerShell
2 3 (11.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (11.54%) CCNA
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (11.54%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (7.69%) MCITP
5 2 (7.69%) VCAP
6 1 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (3.85%) Degree
6 1 (3.85%) MCSA
6 1 (3.85%) MCSE
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) Active Directory
2 7 (26.92%) Hyper-V
3 6 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (11.54%) VMware NSX
5 2 (7.69%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (3.85%) Firmware
6 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (3.85%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) Terraform
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Clustering
3 1 (3.85%) vCenter Server
3 1 (3.85%) VxRail
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Microsoft
1 10 (38.46%) VMware
2 4 (15.38%) Dell
2 4 (15.38%) Sophos
3 3 (11.54%) Cisco
3 3 (11.54%) Nimble Storage
3 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
3 3 (11.54%) Veeam
4 2 (7.69%) 3PAR
4 2 (7.69%) Dell Compellent
4 2 (7.69%) HP
5 1 (3.85%) Citrix
5 1 (3.85%) CyberArk
5 1 (3.85%) EMC
5 1 (3.85%) Meraki