Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £508 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 348 429 487
Rank change year-on-year +81 +58 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 40 18 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.075% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.080% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 17 19
10th Percentile £313 £352 £296
25th Percentile £363 £445 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £395
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +32.91% +31.67%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £440
90th Percentile £600 £624 £540
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £375
% change year-on-year -3.57% +40.00% +22.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,104 22,515 29,589
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.27% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,669 15,787 20,737
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £397 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,161 1,465
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £43.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK excluding London

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
South West +42 21 £535 -10.83% 5
Midlands +34 6 £425 -5.56% 3
West Midlands +24 6 £425 +6.25% 2
North of England +29 5 £325 -23.53% 1
North West +29 5 £325 -23.53%
South East +16 4 £405 -22.86% 4
East of England +11 3 £300 -44.19% 2
Scotland - 1 - - 2
Wales - 1 - -
Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

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

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

1 38 (95.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 25 (62.50%) Data Centre
3 24 (60.00%) VMware
4 21 (52.50%) SC Cleared
4 21 (52.50%) Security Cleared
5 20 (50.00%) Firewall
6 17 (42.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 15 (37.50%) vSphere
7 15 (37.50%) Cisco
8 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (32.50%) vCenter Server
9 13 (32.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 12 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
10 12 (30.00%) Private Cloud
10 12 (30.00%) CCNA
10 12 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (30.00%) WAN
10 12 (30.00%) Resource Management
11 11 (27.50%) Penetration Testing
12 9 (22.50%) LAN
12 9 (22.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
13 8 (20.00%) Linux
13 8 (20.00%) DNS
13 8 (20.00%) Wireless
14 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (15.00%) Aruba
15 6 (15.00%) Azure
15 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
15 6 (15.00%) Mentoring

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 2 (5.00%) IIS
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (5.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.50%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.00%) Azure
3 3 (7.50%) AWS
4 2 (5.00%) OneDrive
4 2 (5.00%) SaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 20 (50.00%) Firewall
2 12 (30.00%) WAN
3 9 (22.50%) LAN
4 8 (20.00%) DNS
4 8 (20.00%) Wireless
5 6 (15.00%) Network Security
6 5 (12.50%) VPN
7 4 (10.00%) SD-WAN
7 4 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (10.00%) Wireless Security
8 3 (7.50%) Ethernet
8 3 (7.50%) NGFW
8 3 (7.50%) OSPF
8 3 (7.50%) VoIP
9 2 (5.00%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (5.00%) iSCSI
9 2 (5.00%) NAS
9 2 (5.00%) SAN
10 1 (2.50%) Unified Communications
10 1 (2.50%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Git
1 1 (2.50%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (22.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (15.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.50%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.00%) LAMP
2 1 (2.50%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 25 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 12 (30.00%) Private Cloud
3 4 (10.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (7.50%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (5.00%) IVR
5 2 (5.00%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (5.00%) Replication
6 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.00%) Linux
2 6 (15.00%) Windows
3 4 (10.00%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.00%) CentOS
4 2 (5.00%) Debian
4 2 (5.00%) VMS
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (95.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (32.50%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 12 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 12 (30.00%) Resource Management
5 11 (27.50%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (22.50%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (15.00%) ITIL
7 6 (15.00%) Load Balancing
7 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (7.50%) Customer Service
9 2 (5.00%) Agile
9 2 (5.00%) Network Management
9 2 (5.00%) WFM
10 1 (2.50%) Architectural Design
10 1 (2.50%) DevOps
10 1 (2.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 1 (2.50%) Network Design
10 1 (2.50%) Server Management
10 1 (2.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) C
2 1 (2.50%) Perl
2 1 (2.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (52.50%) SC Cleared
1 21 (52.50%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.00%) CCNA
2 12 (30.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (15.00%) CCNP
4 3 (7.50%) DBS Check
System Software
1 17 (42.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (37.50%) vSphere
3 4 (10.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (7.50%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.50%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (32.50%) vCenter Server
2 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (5.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) VMware
2 15 (37.50%) Cisco
3 6 (15.00%) Aruba
3 6 (15.00%) Fortinet
4 5 (12.50%) HP
5 3 (7.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (5.00%) Genesys
6 2 (5.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (5.00%) ProCurve
6 2 (5.00%) Red Hat
6 2 (5.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.00%) Synology
6 2 (5.00%) Veeam
6 2 (5.00%) Zerto
7 1 (2.50%) Dell
7 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.50%) Splunk