Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 381 489
Rank change year-on-year +42 +108 +96
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 14 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.11% 0.056% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.060% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 1
10th Percentile £265 - -
25th Percentile £525 £225 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £325 £625
Median % change year-on-year +69.23% -48.00% +66.67%
75th Percentile £600 £544 £638
90th Percentile £650 - -
England median daily rate £550 £506 £525
% change year-on-year +8.64% -3.57% +32.91%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South London - 2 £600 -
Network Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 London region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (92.86%) Firewall
3 11 (78.57%) Cisco
4 10 (71.43%) Finance
4 10 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
5 9 (64.29%) Network Security
6 7 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (50.00%) VMware
6 7 (50.00%) Windows
7 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (42.86%) WAN
7 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
7 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
7 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (42.86%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
7 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
8 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
8 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
8 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (28.57%) Fortinet
8 4 (28.57%) Degree
8 4 (28.57%) Wireless
8 4 (28.57%) ITSM
8 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
8 4 (28.57%) Internet
8 4 (28.57%) OSPF
8 4 (28.57%) BGP

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (28.57%) OneDrive
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 2 (14.29%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) Firewall
2 10 (71.43%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (64.29%) Network Security
4 6 (42.86%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (42.86%) WAN
5 4 (28.57%) BGP
5 4 (28.57%) DNS
5 4 (28.57%) Internet
5 4 (28.57%) OSPF
5 4 (28.57%) VPN
5 4 (28.57%) Wireless
6 2 (14.29%) DHCP
6 2 (14.29%) DMZ
6 2 (14.29%) DWDM
6 2 (14.29%) EIGRP
6 2 (14.29%) IPsec
6 2 (14.29%) L2TP
6 2 (14.29%) LAN
6 2 (14.29%) MPLS
6 2 (14.29%) SSL
General
1 10 (71.43%) Finance
2 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
4 2 (14.29%) Banking
4 2 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Electronics
4 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 2 (14.29%) Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (14.29%) NHS
3 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server
3 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
4 3 (21.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (28.57%) ITSM
2 4 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 3 (21.43%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Architectural Design
4 2 (14.29%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 2 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (14.29%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (14.29%) ISMS
4 2 (14.29%) Network Management
4 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 2 (14.29%) Product Management
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 2 (14.29%) Security Monitoring
4 2 (14.29%) Security Operations
4 2 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
2 2 (14.29%) Perl
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) Bash
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Degree
3 3 (21.43%) CCNA
3 3 (21.43%) CCNP
4 2 (14.29%) CCIE
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
5 1 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.14%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) MCSE
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (7.14%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) DICOM
1 2 (14.29%) HL7
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (7.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Ansible
1 2 (14.29%) CASB
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
1 2 (14.29%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Cisco
2 7 (50.00%) VMware
3 6 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 4 (28.57%) Fortinet
5 2 (14.29%) Arista
5 2 (14.29%) Extreme Networks
5 2 (14.29%) McAfee
5 2 (14.29%) Meraki
5 2 (14.29%) Mitel
5 2 (14.29%) Palo Alto
5 2 (14.29%) SAP
5 2 (14.29%) Splunk