Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 63 92
Rank change year-on-year +1 +29 -7
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 78 111 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.82% 3.47% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 3.84% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 78 69
10th Percentile £313 £325 £246
25th Percentile £350 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +11.76% +15.65%
75th Percentile £531 £506 £538
90th Percentile £613 £538 £650
England median daily rate £475 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -5.94% +6.32% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £37.63 - £20.50
25th Percentile £45.00 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £45.59 - £22.50
75th Percentile £46.18 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - £24.50
England median hourly rate £46.18 £63.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year -27.66% +27.68% +25.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,385 2,894 3,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.32% 90.58% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 2,058 2,629
10th Percentile £306 £313 £231
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 144 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.28 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.75
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +68.72% +9.18%
75th Percentile £45.44 £48.91 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Manchester -22 39 £413 -17.50% 23
Cheshire +12 11 £438 -7.89% 9
Lancashire +6 11 - - 4
Merseyside +10 7 £290 -22.67% 8
Cumbria - 3 £525 - 4
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (21.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (7.69%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (7.69%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.41%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.13%) AutoCAD
3 4 (5.13%) Revit
4 2 (2.56%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 37 (47.44%) Azure
2 17 (21.79%) AWS
3 11 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (7.69%) Mimecast
4 6 (7.69%) SaaS
5 5 (6.41%) GCP
5 5 (6.41%) IaaS
5 5 (6.41%) PaaS
5 5 (6.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Service Bus
7 2 (2.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 2 (2.56%) Nutanix
8 1 (1.28%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (1.28%) AWS KMS
8 1 (1.28%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.28%) Cohesity
8 1 (1.28%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.38%) OSPF
2 11 (14.10%) LAN
2 11 (14.10%) VPN
2 11 (14.10%) WAN
2 11 (14.10%) Wireless
2 11 (14.10%) Wireless Security
3 10 (12.82%) Ethernet
4 7 (8.97%) DNS
5 6 (7.69%) DHCP
5 6 (7.69%) SAN
6 5 (6.41%) Firewall
7 3 (3.85%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.56%) BGP
8 2 (2.56%) VSAN
9 1 (1.28%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.28%) iSCSI
9 1 (1.28%) NAS
9 1 (1.28%) VLAN
9 1 (1.28%) WAAS
9 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.69%) Metadata
2 6 (7.69%) Microsoft Power View
2 6 (7.69%) PowerPivot
2 6 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.41%) Power BI
4 1 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.69%) Hudson
General
1 13 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.54%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.69%) Publishing
4 4 (5.13%) Finance
5 2 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.56%) German Language
5 2 (2.56%) Legal
5 2 (2.56%) Military
6 1 (1.28%) Banking
6 1 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.28%) Local Government
6 1 (1.28%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.28%) Retail
Job Titles
1 50 (64.10%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (15.38%) Network Engineer
3 11 (14.10%) Senior
3 11 (14.10%) SharePoint Engineer
4 10 (12.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (11.54%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (7.69%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.41%) Lead
8 4 (5.13%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.13%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Senior Design Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Server Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) Storage Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) VMware Engineer
9 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
10 2 (2.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.69%) CSS
1 6 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.85%) Data Centre
1 3 (3.85%) PKI
1 3 (3.85%) Private Cloud
2 2 (2.56%) Clustering
2 2 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.56%) NHS
2 2 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.28%) CMDB
3 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.08%) Windows
2 12 (15.38%) Linux
3 9 (11.54%) Windows Server
4 4 (5.13%) Apple iOS
4 4 (5.13%) Mac OS
4 4 (5.13%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.56%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.28%) Unix
6 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.10%) Migration
2 10 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (11.54%) ITIL
4 8 (10.26%) Customer Service
5 6 (7.69%) DevOps
5 6 (7.69%) Information Architecture
5 6 (7.69%) Metadata Management
5 6 (7.69%) Open Source
5 6 (7.69%) Statistics
6 5 (6.41%) CI/CD
6 5 (6.41%) Mentoring
7 4 (5.13%) 3D Modelling
7 4 (5.13%) Agile
7 4 (5.13%) CAE
7 4 (5.13%) Network Virtualisation
7 4 (5.13%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.13%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (3.85%) Information Security
8 3 (3.85%) Test Scripting
8 3 (3.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (19.23%) PowerShell
2 13 (16.67%) SQL
3 6 (7.69%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (35.90%) Security Cleared
2 25 (32.05%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.97%) CCNA
3 7 (8.97%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (7.69%) Degree
5 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.85%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.56%) MCITP
6 2 (2.56%) VCAP
7 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.28%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.28%) MCSA
7 1 (1.28%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 18 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (20.51%) Active Directory
3 13 (16.67%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.85%) VMware NSX
5 2 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.56%) vSphere
6 1 (1.28%) Firmware
6 1 (1.28%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (1.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (7.69%) Terraform
3 3 (3.85%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.56%) SCCM
5 1 (1.28%) Avamar
5 1 (1.28%) CA Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (1.28%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.28%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (1.28%) VxRail
5 1 (1.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (34.62%) VMware
2 20 (25.64%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.69%) Cisco
3 6 (7.69%) Sophos
4 5 (6.41%) Dell
5 4 (5.13%) Veeam
6 3 (3.85%) 3PAR
6 3 (3.85%) CA
6 3 (3.85%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (3.85%) Red Hat
6 3 (3.85%) SolarWinds
7 2 (2.56%) Citrix
7 2 (2.56%) CyberArk
7 2 (2.56%) Dell Compellent
7 2 (2.56%) HP
7 2 (2.56%) Meraki
8 1 (1.28%) EMC
8 1 (1.28%) Google
8 1 (1.28%) NetApp
8 1 (1.28%) Symantec