Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the South East

Network Infrastructure Engineer
England > South East

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the South East is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 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
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 185 197
Rank change year-on-year +24 +12 +69
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 3 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.087% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.13% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 11
10th Percentile - £130 £413
25th Percentile - £216 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -22.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile - - £538
90th Percentile - - £575
England median daily rate £550 £405 £525
% change year-on-year +35.80% -22.86% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £71.00 - -
Median hourly rate £77.00 - -
75th Percentile £83.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £77.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,129 4,789 5,451
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.51% 92.22% 95.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,036 2,897 3,767
10th Percentile £213 £255 £225
25th Percentile £375 £406 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £634 £611
90th Percentile £663 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 425 244
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.66 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £21.89 £21.04
Median hourly rate £25.30 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -55.88% +14.70% +137.53%
75th Percentile £62.24 £71.75 £64.63
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £26.30 £43.00 £43.86
% change year-on-year -38.84% -1.96% +70.79%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South East

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 26 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
Thames Valley - 2 - -
Surrey +15 1 £550 +35.80%
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Network Infrastructure Engineer
England

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 26 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 South East region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) VPN
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) JIRA
3 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Load Balancing
2 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Server Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) VMware