Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 489 625 730
Rank change year-on-year +136 +105 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 44 22 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.045% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.048% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 18 24
10th Percentile £295 £395 £284
25th Percentile £313 £470 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +40.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £614 £438
90th Percentile £578 £629 £531
UK median daily rate £475 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -9.52% +40.00% +25.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 33,813 46,135 67,590
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.65% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,418 32,774 48,161
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,361 1,875
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.52 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.52
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +95.65% +4.03%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.02 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region 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
South West +25 17 £525 -12.50% 2
London +88 9 £325 -48.00% 4
Midlands +29 6 £425 -6.85% 6
West Midlands +27 6 £425 -5.56% 2
North West +32 5 £325 -7.14%
North of England +28 5 £325 -7.14%
South East +16 4 £405 -22.86% 4
East of England +16 3 £300 -44.19% 2
Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 across the England region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 38 (86.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (61.36%) VMware
3 25 (56.82%) Data Centre
4 21 (47.73%) Security Cleared
4 21 (47.73%) SC Cleared
5 20 (45.45%) Firewall
6 18 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
7 16 (36.36%) vSphere
8 15 (34.09%) Cisco
9 14 (31.82%) WAN
9 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (29.55%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 13 (29.55%) vCenter Server
10 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
10 13 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (27.27%) Private Cloud
11 12 (27.27%) LAN
11 12 (27.27%) Resource Management
12 11 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
13 10 (22.73%) Linux
13 10 (22.73%) CCNA
13 10 (22.73%) Wireless
13 10 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (20.45%) Windows
14 9 (20.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
15 8 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
15 8 (18.18%) Azure
15 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
15 8 (18.18%) VPN
16 7 (15.91%) Aruba

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (6.82%) IIS
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.82%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) Azure
1 8 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (11.36%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.55%) SaaS
5 1 (2.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (45.45%) Firewall
2 14 (31.82%) WAN
3 12 (27.27%) LAN
4 10 (22.73%) Wireless
5 8 (18.18%) VPN
6 5 (11.36%) DNS
6 5 (11.36%) Network Security
6 5 (11.36%) OSPF
6 5 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (11.36%) Wireless Security
7 4 (9.09%) Ethernet
8 3 (6.82%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (6.82%) iSCSI
8 3 (6.82%) NAS
8 3 (6.82%) SAN
8 3 (6.82%) SD-WAN
8 3 (6.82%) VoIP
9 1 (2.27%) NGFW
9 1 (2.27%) Unified Communications
9 1 (2.27%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (29.55%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.55%) Banking
3 2 (4.55%) Finance
4 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.82%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 25 (56.82%) Data Centre
2 12 (27.27%) Private Cloud
3 4 (9.09%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.82%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (6.82%) Replication
4 3 (6.82%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.55%) IVR
6 1 (2.27%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 10 (22.73%) Linux
2 9 (20.45%) Windows
3 5 (11.36%) Ubuntu
4 4 (9.09%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.82%) VMS
5 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.82%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.55%) CentOS
6 2 (4.55%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (86.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (29.55%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (29.55%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 12 (27.27%) Resource Management
5 11 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (20.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 2 (4.55%) Investment Management
8 2 (4.55%) ITIL
8 2 (4.55%) Load Balancing
8 2 (4.55%) Mentoring
8 2 (4.55%) Network Management
8 2 (4.55%) WFM
9 1 (2.27%) Agile
9 1 (2.27%) Migration
9 1 (2.27%) Network Design
9 1 (2.27%) Protective Monitoring
9 1 (2.27%) Risk Management
9 1 (2.27%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.82%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 21 (47.73%) SC Cleared
1 21 (47.73%) Security Cleared
2 10 (22.73%) CCNA
2 10 (22.73%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.82%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.55%) CCNP
5 1 (2.27%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 18 (40.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (36.36%) vSphere
3 6 (13.64%) Active Directory
4 5 (11.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.27%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (29.55%) vCenter Server
2 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (61.36%) VMware
2 15 (34.09%) Cisco
3 7 (15.91%) Aruba
4 5 (11.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (9.09%) HP
5 4 (9.09%) Palo Alto
6 3 (6.82%) ProCurve
6 3 (6.82%) Synology
6 3 (6.82%) Veeam
6 3 (6.82%) Zerto
7 2 (4.55%) F5
7 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
7 2 (4.55%) Genesys
7 2 (4.55%) Red Hat
7 2 (4.55%) ServiceNow
7 2 (4.55%) Splunk
8 1 (2.27%) Arista
8 1 (2.27%) SolarWinds