Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 73 82
Rank change year-on-year -2 +9 +14
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 119 173 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.54% 3.03% 2.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 3.34% 3.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 126 141
10th Percentile £312 £306 £276
25th Percentile £350 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +13.33%
75th Percentile £525 £525 £513
90th Percentile £603 £614 £623
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 0 2
10th Percentile £21.25 - £20.50
25th Percentile £25.34 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £45.00 - £22.50
75th Percentile £46.18 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - £24.50
England median hourly rate £50.53 £63.84 £43.62
% change year-on-year -20.85% +46.35% +9.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,023 5,182 6,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.72% 90.78% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,447 3,599 4,626
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 202 253
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.86 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.15 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -39.21% +57.57% +0.87%
75th Percentile £45.00 £46.51 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.40
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -2.25% +53.69% +3.38%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North of England

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 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
North West +2 78 £425 -10.53% 38
Yorkshire +5 36 £380 -10.59% 28
North East +10 5 £438 +2.94% 9
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 17 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (5.04%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (5.04%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.52%) Apache
4 3 (2.52%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.36%) AutoCAD
3 4 (3.36%) Revit
4 2 (1.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 48 (40.34%) Azure
2 24 (20.17%) AWS
3 15 (12.61%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.88%) IaaS
4 7 (5.88%) SaaS
5 6 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (5.04%) GCP
5 6 (5.04%) Mimecast
6 5 (4.20%) Entra ID
6 5 (4.20%) PaaS
6 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.52%) Amazon S3
8 3 (2.52%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.68%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 2 (1.68%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (1.68%) Nutanix
10 1 (0.84%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.29%) LAN
1 17 (14.29%) WAN
2 12 (10.08%) OSPF
3 11 (9.24%) DNS
3 11 (9.24%) VPN
3 11 (9.24%) Wireless
3 11 (9.24%) Wireless Security
4 10 (8.40%) DHCP
4 10 (8.40%) Ethernet
5 9 (7.56%) Firewall
6 8 (6.72%) SAN
7 4 (3.36%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (2.52%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.68%) BGP
9 2 (1.68%) VSAN
10 1 (0.84%) Cisco ASA
10 1 (0.84%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.84%) NAS
10 1 (0.84%) Network Security
10 1 (0.84%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (10.92%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.04%) Metadata
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Power View
2 6 (5.04%) PowerPivot
2 6 (5.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (4.20%) Power BI
4 4 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (2.52%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Hudson
2 3 (2.52%) Git
General
1 15 (12.61%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.56%) Finance
2 9 (7.56%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.04%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (5.04%) Publishing
4 4 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.52%) Banking
6 2 (1.68%) German Language
6 2 (1.68%) Legal
6 2 (1.68%) Military
7 1 (0.84%) Back Office
7 1 (0.84%) Law
7 1 (0.84%) Local Government
7 1 (0.84%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.84%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (70.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (10.92%) Network Engineer
3 12 (10.08%) Senior
4 11 (9.24%) SharePoint Engineer
5 10 (8.40%) Azure Engineer
5 10 (8.40%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.88%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 6 (5.04%) Lead
8 5 (4.20%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.20%) Server Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (3.36%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
10 3 (2.52%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
10 3 (2.52%) IT Engineer
10 3 (2.52%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.52%) Storage Engineer
10 3 (2.52%) VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) CSS
1 6 (5.04%) HTML
2 2 (1.68%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.56%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.52%) PKI
2 3 (2.52%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.68%) Clustering
3 2 (1.68%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.68%) NHS
3 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (0.84%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.84%) CMDB
4 1 (0.84%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.84%) LIMS
4 1 (0.84%) Operational Technology
4 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 43 (36.13%) Windows
2 25 (21.01%) Windows Server
3 19 (15.97%) Linux
4 7 (5.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (4.20%) Apple iOS
6 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
6 4 (3.36%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (2.52%) CentOS
7 3 (2.52%) Unix
8 2 (1.68%) Windows 10
8 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.84%) Android
9 1 (0.84%) VMS
9 1 (0.84%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.17%) Migration
2 14 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (7.56%) Customer Service
3 9 (7.56%) ITIL
4 8 (6.72%) CI/CD
5 7 (5.88%) DevOps
6 6 (5.04%) Information Architecture
6 6 (5.04%) Metadata Management
6 6 (5.04%) Open Source
6 6 (5.04%) Statistics
7 5 (4.20%) Agile
7 5 (4.20%) Data Migration
7 5 (4.20%) Information Security
7 5 (4.20%) Mentoring
8 4 (3.36%) 3D Modelling
8 4 (3.36%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.36%) Due Diligence
8 4 (3.36%) Network Virtualisation
8 4 (3.36%) Project Delivery
8 4 (3.36%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 17 (14.29%) SQL
2 16 (13.45%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.04%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.52%) Bash
4 3 (2.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 30 (25.21%) Security Cleared
2 25 (21.01%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.92%) CCNA
3 13 (10.92%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (8.40%) Degree
5 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (3.36%) A+ Certification
6 4 (3.36%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.36%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.52%) DV Cleared
7 3 (2.52%) MCSA
8 2 (1.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.68%) CCENT
8 2 (1.68%) MCITP
8 2 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.68%) VCAP
9 1 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.84%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.68%) Accessibility
1 2 (1.68%) QA
System Software
1 31 (26.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (23.53%) Active Directory
3 16 (13.45%) Hyper-V
4 4 (3.36%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (2.52%) VMware NSX
6 2 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.68%) vSphere
7 1 (0.84%) Firmware
7 1 (0.84%) KVM
7 1 (0.84%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.84%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.84%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.88%) Terraform
3 4 (3.36%) vCenter Server
4 3 (2.52%) SCCM
5 2 (1.68%) Grafana
5 2 (1.68%) MaaS360
6 1 (0.84%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.84%) Avamar
6 1 (0.84%) CA Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.84%) Nessus
6 1 (0.84%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.84%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.84%) VxRail
6 1 (0.84%) WSUS
6 1 (0.84%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 44 (36.97%) VMware
2 31 (26.05%) Microsoft
3 10 (8.40%) Cisco
4 7 (5.88%) Sophos
5 5 (4.20%) Dell
6 4 (3.36%) Veeam
7 3 (2.52%) CA
7 3 (2.52%) Citrix
7 3 (2.52%) HP
7 3 (2.52%) Informatica
7 3 (2.52%) MEDITECH
7 3 (2.52%) Nimble Storage
7 3 (2.52%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.52%) SolarWinds
8 2 (1.68%) 3PAR
8 2 (1.68%) CyberArk
8 2 (1.68%) Dell Compellent
8 2 (1.68%) Dell KACE
8 2 (1.68%) Meraki
8 2 (1.68%) NetApp