Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 483 578
Rank change year-on-year +2 +95 +158
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 38 41 38
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.14% 0.12% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.13% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 33 35
10th Percentile £365 £240 £376
25th Percentile £461 £313 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +41.98% -22.86% +38.16%
75th Percentile £700 £535 £631
90th Percentile £723 £538 £745
UK median daily rate £575 £425 £525
% change year-on-year +35.29% -19.05% +38.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £33.20 - -
25th Percentile £39.50 - -
Median hourly rate £53.50 - -
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £77.80 - -
UK median hourly rate £53.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 25,342 31,079 43,055
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 92.90% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,441 20,449 30,337
10th Percentile £285 £300 £307
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,310 1,833 1,343
10th Percentile £13.55 £14.16 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.66 £45.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.98% +5.88% +66.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

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 6 August 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in England over the 6 months to 6 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 6 August 2025. 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
London +3 12 £675 +107.69% 6
Midlands 0 9 £700 +64.71% 1
West Midlands 0 9 £700 +64.71% 1
North of England -19 7 £550 +69.23% 1
South West +18 6 £700 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire - 5 £550 -
South East +18 3 £550 +35.80% 3
North West -8 2 £475 +46.15% 1
East of England +3 1 £383 +27.50% 1
Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 August 2025, 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 35 (92.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 19 (50.00%) Firewall
3 18 (47.37%) Cisco
4 13 (34.21%) Azure
5 12 (31.58%) Windows
5 12 (31.58%) Ansible
6 11 (28.95%) Linux
6 11 (28.95%) WAN
6 11 (28.95%) DNS
6 11 (28.95%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
6 11 (28.95%) SC Cleared
7 10 (26.32%) Agile
7 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
7 10 (26.32%) Palo Alto
8 9 (23.68%) Windows Server
8 9 (23.68%) Perl
8 9 (23.68%) ITIL
8 9 (23.68%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (23.68%) PowerShell
9 8 (21.05%) F5
9 8 (21.05%) Load Balancing
9 8 (21.05%) Migration
10 7 (18.42%) Degree
10 7 (18.42%) SolarWinds
10 7 (18.42%) Network Security
10 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
11 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
11 6 (15.79%) ServiceNow
11 6 (15.79%) JIRA

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 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (7.89%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.63%) Apache
2 1 (2.63%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (10.53%) MS Visio
2 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 13 (34.21%) Azure
2 5 (13.16%) Entra ID
3 4 (10.53%) AWS
3 4 (10.53%) Azure Stack
4 1 (2.63%) AWS Direct Connect
4 1 (2.63%) IaaS
4 1 (2.63%) Lucidchart
4 1 (2.63%) Mimecast
4 1 (2.63%) Nutanix
4 1 (2.63%) OCI
4 1 (2.63%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 19 (50.00%) Firewall
2 11 (28.95%) DNS
2 11 (28.95%) WAN
3 9 (23.68%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (18.42%) Network Security
5 6 (15.79%) SSL
5 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
6 5 (13.16%) BIG-IP
6 5 (13.16%) Cisco ASA
6 5 (13.16%) Cisco ISE
6 5 (13.16%) MPLS
6 5 (13.16%) VPN
6 5 (13.16%) Wireless
7 4 (10.53%) BGP
7 4 (10.53%) DHCP
7 4 (10.53%) Internet
7 4 (10.53%) OSPF
8 3 (7.89%) DMZ
8 3 (7.89%) DWDM
8 3 (7.89%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) GitLab
2 1 (2.63%) Robot Framework
General
1 7 (18.42%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.79%) Finance
3 4 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.53%) Banking
3 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.89%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Automotive
5 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.63%) Law
5 1 (2.63%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.63%) Military
5 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.89%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.63%) Middleware
2 1 (2.63%) OAuth
2 1 (2.63%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Hybrid Cloud
1 5 (13.16%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (7.89%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) PKI
4 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.63%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) SCADA
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Linux
3 9 (23.68%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.89%) Unix
5 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (92.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (26.32%) Agile
3 9 (23.68%) ITIL
4 8 (21.05%) Load Balancing
4 8 (21.05%) Migration
5 6 (15.79%) Roadmaps
5 6 (15.79%) Security Management
6 5 (13.16%) Asset Management
6 5 (13.16%) Infrastructure Management
6 5 (13.16%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (10.53%) Change Management
7 4 (10.53%) Cloud Security
7 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.53%) Validation
8 3 (7.89%) Architectural Design
8 3 (7.89%) Architecture Roadmap
8 3 (7.89%) Project Delivery
8 3 (7.89%) SOA
8 3 (7.89%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) Perl
1 9 (23.68%) PowerShell
2 6 (15.79%) Python
3 4 (10.53%) Bash
3 4 (10.53%) SQL
4 3 (7.89%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.63%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (28.95%) Cisco Certification
1 11 (28.95%) SC Cleared
1 11 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.42%) Degree
3 6 (15.79%) CCNP
4 4 (10.53%) Azure Certification
4 4 (10.53%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (7.89%) CCIE
6 2 (5.26%) CCNA
7 1 (2.63%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.63%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.89%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.63%) Docker
4 1 (2.63%) Firmware
4 1 (2.63%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 12 (31.58%) Ansible
2 4 (10.53%) Terraform
3 3 (7.89%) CASB
3 3 (7.89%) SCCM
3 3 (7.89%) SCOrch
4 2 (5.26%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
5 1 (2.63%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) Cisco
2 10 (26.32%) Palo Alto
3 8 (21.05%) F5
4 7 (18.42%) SolarWinds
5 6 (15.79%) CheckPoint
5 6 (15.79%) ServiceNow
6 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
7 4 (10.53%) Arista
7 4 (10.53%) Fortinet
7 4 (10.53%) Oracle
8 3 (7.89%) Aruba
8 3 (7.89%) McAfee
8 3 (7.89%) Splunk
8 3 (7.89%) VMware
9 2 (5.26%) HP
10 1 (2.63%) Citrix
10 1 (2.63%) Meraki