Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the South West

Network Infrastructure Engineer
England > South West

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the South West is £535 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 133 174 163
Rank change year-on-year +41 -11 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 21 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.66% 0.027% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.029% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 1 4
10th Percentile £503 - £393
25th Percentile £504 £575 £423
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £600 £440
Median % change year-on-year -10.83% +36.36% +120.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £480
90th Percentile - - £552
England median daily rate £506 £525 £395
% change year-on-year -3.57% +32.91% +12.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 2,993 3,403 3,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 92.35% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,534 2,546
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £388 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £706 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 387 280 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.50 £51.25 £16.99
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +100.00% +0.36%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South West over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the South West

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 23 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
Wiltshire - 15 £516 - 3
Devon - 6 £600 - 1
Network Infrastructure Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 South West region featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (85.71%) Firewall
3 17 (80.95%) SC Cleared
3 17 (80.95%) Security Cleared
3 17 (80.95%) Data Centre
4 14 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (66.67%) VMware
5 13 (61.90%) vSphere
5 13 (61.90%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 13 (61.90%) vCenter Server
6 12 (57.14%) Private Cloud
6 12 (57.14%) Resource Management
6 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (52.38%) Penetration Testing
7 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 7 (33.33%) Cisco
10 6 (28.57%) DNS
10 6 (28.57%) ITIL
10 6 (28.57%) CCNP
10 6 (28.57%) CCNA
10 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (28.57%) Fortinet
10 6 (28.57%) Load Balancing
10 6 (28.57%) Network Security
10 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
11 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
12 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
12 4 (19.05%) WAN
13 3 (14.29%) NGFW

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Azure
1 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (85.71%) Firewall
2 6 (28.57%) DNS
2 6 (28.57%) Network Security
3 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
3 4 (19.05%) WAN
4 3 (14.29%) NGFW
5 1 (4.76%) LAN
5 1 (4.76%) Unified Communications
5 1 (4.76%) VoIP
5 1 (4.76%) Wireless
5 1 (4.76%) Wireshark
5 1 (4.76%) WLAN
General
1 5 (23.81%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 17 (80.95%) Data Centre
2 12 (57.14%) Private Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (61.90%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 12 (57.14%) Cybersecurity
3 12 (57.14%) Resource Management
4 11 (52.38%) Penetration Testing
4 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (42.86%) Vulnerability Scanning
6 6 (28.57%) ITIL
6 6 (28.57%) Load Balancing
6 6 (28.57%) Mentoring
7 2 (9.52%) Network Management
8 1 (4.76%) Agile
Qualifications
1 17 (80.95%) SC Cleared
1 17 (80.95%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) CCNA
2 6 (28.57%) CCNP
2 6 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (61.90%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (61.90%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 14 (66.67%) VMware
2 7 (33.33%) Cisco
3 6 (28.57%) Fortinet
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
4 1 (4.76%) Splunk