Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 537 649
Rank change year-on-year +27 +112 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 22 51 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.074% 0.12% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.13% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 41 29
10th Percentile £379 £295 £348
25th Percentile £420 £300 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £405 £525
Median % change year-on-year +35.80% -22.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £588
90th Percentile £600 £544 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £405 £525
% change year-on-year +35.80% -22.86% +44.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 27,579 40,770 52,426
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.19% 92.90% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,714 26,114 36,541
10th Percentile £288 £281 £313
25th Percentile £402 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,186 2,993 1,489
10th Percentile £13.85 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.46 £16.37 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.45 £37.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.80% -16.67% +76.47%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.95 £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -3.61% +107.50%

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Network Infrastructure Engineer in the UK

Network Infrastructure Engineer
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 June 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
England +33 22 £550 +35.80% 41
UK excluding London +33 15 £550 +35.80% 16
North of England +16 7 £550 +69.23%
London +40 6 £600 +84.62% 28
Yorkshire - 5 £550 -
Work from Home +32 4 £383 -25.37% 7
West Midlands +9 4 £400 -5.88%
Midlands +6 4 £400 -5.88%
South West +28 2 £440 -16.19% 4
North West +12 2 £475 +46.15%
South East +46 1 £550 +35.80% 7
East of England +27 1 £383 +27.50% 3

Network Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 June 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 featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (95.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (72.73%) Cisco
3 13 (59.09%) Firewall
4 10 (45.45%) Agile
5 9 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (40.91%) Windows
5 9 (40.91%) PowerShell
5 9 (40.91%) Ansible
6 8 (36.36%) DNS
6 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
7 7 (31.82%) Linux
7 7 (31.82%) ITIL
7 7 (31.82%) WAN
7 7 (31.82%) Migration
7 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
7 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
7 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
7 7 (31.82%) Network Security
7 7 (31.82%) SolarWinds
8 6 (27.27%) Palo Alto
8 6 (27.27%) Perl
8 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
9 5 (22.73%) CCNP
9 5 (22.73%) CheckPoint
9 5 (22.73%) Security Management
9 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
9 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
9 5 (22.73%) BIG-IP
9 5 (22.73%) Cisco ISE
9 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow

Network 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 3 (13.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (4.55%) Apache
3 1 (4.55%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (13.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) AWS Direct Connect
3 1 (4.55%) Entra ID
3 1 (4.55%) IaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Mimecast
3 1 (4.55%) Nutanix
3 1 (4.55%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 13 (59.09%) Firewall
2 8 (36.36%) DNS
3 7 (31.82%) Network Security
3 7 (31.82%) WAN
4 5 (22.73%) BIG-IP
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (22.73%) Cisco ISE
4 5 (22.73%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (18.18%) Internet
5 4 (18.18%) MPLS
5 4 (18.18%) Wireless
6 3 (13.64%) BGP
6 3 (13.64%) DMZ
6 3 (13.64%) DWDM
6 3 (13.64%) IPsec
6 3 (13.64%) L2TP
6 3 (13.64%) Multicast
6 3 (13.64%) OSPF
6 3 (13.64%) SSL
6 3 (13.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) GitLab
General
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Banking
2 3 (13.64%) Documentation Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Presentation Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.55%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) 802.1X
2 1 (4.55%) OAuth
2 1 (4.55%) OAuth2
2 1 (4.55%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Linux Command Line
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) PKI
2 1 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 9 (40.91%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Linux
2 7 (31.82%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (95.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 10 (45.45%) Agile
3 7 (31.82%) ITIL
3 7 (31.82%) Migration
4 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
5 5 (22.73%) Load Balancing
5 5 (22.73%) Security Management
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
7 3 (13.64%) Architecture Roadmap
7 3 (13.64%) B2B
7 3 (13.64%) Cloud Security
7 3 (13.64%) Microservices
7 3 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (13.64%) Process Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Product Management
7 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) SOA
7 3 (13.64%) Technology Roadmap
7 3 (13.64%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) PowerShell
2 6 (27.27%) Perl
3 4 (18.18%) Bash
3 4 (18.18%) SQL
4 3 (13.64%) PL/SQL
4 3 (13.64%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (40.91%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (31.82%) SC Cleared
2 7 (31.82%) Security Cleared
3 5 (22.73%) CCNP
3 5 (22.73%) Degree
4 3 (13.64%) CCIE
5 1 (4.55%) CCNA
5 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 8 (36.36%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (4.55%) Docker
3 1 (4.55%) Firmware
3 1 (4.55%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.55%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) Ansible
2 2 (9.09%) CASB
2 2 (9.09%) SCCM
2 2 (9.09%) SCOrch
3 1 (4.55%) FortiGate
3 1 (4.55%) Kubernetes
3 1 (4.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (72.73%) Cisco
2 7 (31.82%) SolarWinds
3 6 (27.27%) Palo Alto
4 5 (22.73%) CheckPoint
4 5 (22.73%) F5
4 5 (22.73%) ServiceNow
5 4 (18.18%) Fortinet
5 4 (18.18%) Oracle
6 3 (13.64%) Arista
6 3 (13.64%) McAfee
6 3 (13.64%) Splunk
7 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
7 2 (9.09%) VMware
8 1 (4.55%) Aruba
8 1 (4.55%) Citrix
8 1 (4.55%) HP
8 1 (4.55%) Meraki