Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in England

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK > England

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in England is £506 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 499 646 745
Rank change year-on-year +147 +99 -149
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 49 22 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.043% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.046% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 18 25
10th Percentile £307 £395 £288
25th Percentile £363 £467 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £395
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +32.91% +19.25%
75th Percentile £538 £570 £440
90th Percentile £600 £623 £510
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -3.57% +40.00% +13.21%

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 34,517 47,965 67,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.72% 94.58% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,960 34,010 48,090
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,411 1,443 1,914
10th Percentile £12.92 £14.31 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.67 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.45 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.68 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.71% +95.65% +1.41%

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 25 April 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 25 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
South West +42 21 £535 -10.83% 6
London +112 10 £493 -21.20% 4
West Midlands +32 6 £425 +6.25% 1
Midlands +29 6 £425 -5.56% 2
North of England +35 5 £325 -35.00% 1
North West +19 5 £325 -35.00%
South East +7 4 £405 -22.86% 5
East of England +13 3 £300 -44.19% 1
Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 44 (89.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 28 (57.14%) VMware
3 24 (48.98%) SC Cleared
3 24 (48.98%) Firewall
3 24 (48.98%) Security Cleared
4 19 (38.78%) Cisco
5 18 (36.73%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (32.65%) vSphere
6 16 (32.65%) WAN
7 14 (28.57%) CCNA
7 14 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (26.53%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (26.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 13 (26.53%) vCenter Server
9 12 (24.49%) Private Cloud
9 12 (24.49%) LAN
9 12 (24.49%) Resource Management
9 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
10 11 (22.45%) Penetration Testing
11 10 (20.41%) Linux
11 10 (20.41%) Wireless
12 9 (18.37%) Windows
12 9 (18.37%) DNS
12 9 (18.37%) Azure
12 9 (18.37%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 8 (16.33%) Aruba
13 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
13 8 (16.33%) VPN

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 (6.12%) IIS
1 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.12%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.12%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.37%) Azure
2 8 (16.33%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.20%) AWS
4 3 (6.12%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.08%) SaaS
6 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (48.98%) Firewall
2 16 (32.65%) WAN
3 12 (24.49%) LAN
4 10 (20.41%) Wireless
5 9 (18.37%) DNS
6 8 (16.33%) Network Security
6 8 (16.33%) VPN
7 5 (10.20%) SD-WAN
7 5 (10.20%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (10.20%) Wireless Security
8 4 (8.16%) Ethernet
8 4 (8.16%) OSPF
9 3 (6.12%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (6.12%) iSCSI
9 3 (6.12%) NAS
9 3 (6.12%) NGFW
9 3 (6.12%) SAN
9 3 (6.12%) VoIP
10 1 (2.04%) Unified Communications
10 1 (2.04%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Banking
4 2 (4.08%) Finance
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.04%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) LAMP
Miscellaneous
1 28 (57.14%) Data Centre
2 12 (24.49%) Private Cloud
3 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.12%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (6.12%) Replication
4 3 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.08%) IVR
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Linux
2 9 (18.37%) Windows
3 5 (10.20%) Ubuntu
4 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.12%) VMS
5 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.08%) CentOS
6 2 (4.08%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (89.80%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (26.53%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (26.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 12 (24.49%) Resource Management
5 11 (22.45%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (18.37%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (12.24%) ITIL
7 6 (12.24%) Load Balancing
7 6 (12.24%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.16%) Customer Service
9 2 (4.08%) Network Management
9 2 (4.08%) WFM
10 1 (2.04%) Agile
10 1 (2.04%) Investment Management
10 1 (2.04%) Migration
10 1 (2.04%) Problem Management
10 1 (2.04%) Risk Management
10 1 (2.04%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (2.04%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (48.98%) SC Cleared
1 24 (48.98%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.57%) CCNA
2 14 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.24%) CCNP
4 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 18 (36.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (32.65%) vSphere
3 7 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (26.53%) vCenter Server
2 4 (8.16%) SCCM
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (57.14%) VMware
2 19 (38.78%) Cisco
3 8 (16.33%) Aruba
4 7 (14.29%) Fortinet
5 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
6 4 (8.16%) HP
6 4 (8.16%) Palo Alto
7 3 (6.12%) ProCurve
7 3 (6.12%) Synology
7 3 (6.12%) Veeam
7 3 (6.12%) Zerto
8 2 (4.08%) F5
8 2 (4.08%) Genesys
8 2 (4.08%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
8 2 (4.08%) Splunk
9 1 (2.04%) Arista
9 1 (2.04%) Citrix
9 1 (2.04%) SolarWinds