2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £213 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 576 696 -
Rank change year-on-year +120 - -
Contract jobs requiring a 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer 3 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.007% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
10th Percentile - £330 -
25th Percentile £194 £338 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £213 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year -39.29% - -
75th Percentile £309 £394 -
90th Percentile £356 £420 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £213 £338 -
% change year-on-year -37.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer.

Daily rate trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer.

Hourly rate trend for 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 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
England +114 3 £213 -37.04% 1
UK excluding London +69 3 £213 -37.04%
East of England - 2 £213 -
North of England +27 1 £375 -
Yorkshire - 1 £375 -

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 2nd/3rd Line 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 featuring 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) XenApp
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) vSphere
3 1 (33.33%) Aruba
3 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop

2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) NetScaler
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Client/Server
1 1 (33.33%) LIMS
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Database Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Citrix
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Aruba
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Sophos