Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
England > London

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 July 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
23 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 387 456
Rank change year-on-year +25 +69 +142
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 9 8 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.066% 0.048% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.051% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 13
10th Percentile - - £465
25th Percentile - £225 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £325 £745
Median % change year-on-year +84.62% -56.38% +75.29%
75th Percentile - £544 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £405 £525
% change year-on-year +35.80% -22.86% +38.16%

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 12,663 15,831 23,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.07% 94.16% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,558 11,283 17,345
10th Percentile £331 £338 £359
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £800
England median daily rate £512 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 248 265
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.69 £22.00 £23.36
Median hourly rate £30.40 £32.15 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% -17.58% +11.43%
75th Percentile £50.13 £51.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.25 £82.40
England median hourly rate £27.21 £42.50 £44.06
% change year-on-year -35.98% -3.53% +72.76%

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
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 23 July 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 23 July 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 8 (88.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (55.56%) Azure
4 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
4 4 (44.44%) CCNP
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (33.33%) MPLS
5 3 (33.33%) OSPF
5 3 (33.33%) Change Management
5 3 (33.33%) BGP
5 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (33.33%) Cisco
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) VPN
5 3 (33.33%) DNS
5 3 (33.33%) Windows
5 3 (33.33%) Linux
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security Management
5 3 (33.33%) Security Management
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
5 3 (33.33%) Degree
5 3 (33.33%) ISMS
5 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) SCCM

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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (11.11%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) Firewall
1 6 (66.67%) WAN
2 5 (55.56%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (33.33%) BGP
3 3 (33.33%) DNS
3 3 (33.33%) MPLS
3 3 (33.33%) OSPF
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (22.22%) DMZ
4 2 (22.22%) DWDM
4 2 (22.22%) Internet
4 2 (22.22%) IPsec
4 2 (22.22%) L2TP
4 2 (22.22%) Multicast
4 2 (22.22%) Network Security
4 2 (22.22%) SSL
4 2 (22.22%) Wireless
5 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
5 1 (11.11%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) GitLab
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) 802.1X
2 1 (11.11%) OAuth
2 1 (11.11%) OAuth2
2 1 (11.11%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
1 1 (11.11%) PKI
1 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Linux
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Architectural Design
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 3 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security Management
3 3 (33.33%) ISMS
3 3 (33.33%) Security Management
3 3 (33.33%) Security Monitoring
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
4 2 (22.22%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (22.22%) B2B
4 2 (22.22%) Network Monitoring
4 2 (22.22%) Process Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Product Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Perl
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) CCNP
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) CCIE
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 3 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) CASB
1 3 (33.33%) SCCM
1 3 (33.33%) SCOrch
2 2 (22.22%) Ansible
3 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
3 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Arista
2 2 (22.22%) Fortinet
2 2 (22.22%) McAfee
2 2 (22.22%) Splunk
3 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto