Network Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in Southampton

Network Infrastructure Manager
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Network Infrastructure Manager daily rate in Southampton is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 January 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Manager 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 0.63% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 131 114 159
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 81.88% 100.00% 91.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 75 113
10th Percentile £187 £210 £201
25th Percentile £326 £313 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% -23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £527 £650
90th Percentile £662 £588 £687
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -2.50% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 0 9
10th Percentile £22.50 - £15.88
25th Percentile £25.00 - £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £34.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +68.46%
75th Percentile £45.06 - £60.00
90th Percentile £73.83 - £75.50
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% -36.36% +37.50%

Network Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Infrastructure Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Network Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in Southampton

Network Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 27 January 2026, Network Infrastructure Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Southampton region featuring Network Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Network Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Multicast
1 1 (100.00%) OSPF
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) VPN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireshark
General
1 1 (100.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (100.00%) Aviation
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bash
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Prime
1 1 (100.00%) Iperf
1 1 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (100.00%) Tufin