Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £506 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 532 687 816
Rank change year-on-year +155 +129 -166
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 50 25 39
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.042% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.044% 0.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 19 28
10th Percentile £307 £350 £297
25th Percentile £363 £451 £317
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +40.00% +13.21%
75th Percentile £538 £566 £440
90th Percentile £600 £623 £505
UK excluding London median daily rate £508 £525 £410
% change year-on-year -3.33% +28.05% +33.88%

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 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £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 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

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 24 April 2024.

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 13 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 24 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 +151 49 £506 -3.57% 18
UK excluding London +80 40 £508 -3.33% 15
South West +38 21 £535 -10.83% 6
London +109 10 £493 -21.20% 4
Midlands +41 6 £425 -5.56% 2
West Midlands +36 6 £425 +6.25% 1
Work from Home +119 5 £459 +7.94% 4
North of England +42 5 £325 -35.00% 1
North West +22 5 £325 -35.00%
South East +8 4 £405 -22.86% 5
East of England +17 3 £300 -44.19% 1
Wales - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 featuring Network Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 45 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 28 (56.00%) VMware
2 28 (56.00%) Data Centre
3 24 (48.00%) SC Cleared
3 24 (48.00%) Security Cleared
3 24 (48.00%) Firewall
4 19 (38.00%) Cisco
5 18 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 16 (32.00%) vSphere
6 16 (32.00%) WAN
6 16 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (28.00%) CCNA
7 14 (28.00%) Cisco Certification
8 13 (26.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 13 (26.00%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (26.00%) vCenter Server
9 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
9 12 (24.00%) Private Cloud
9 12 (24.00%) LAN
9 12 (24.00%) Resource Management
10 11 (22.00%) Penetration Testing
10 11 (22.00%) Linux
11 10 (20.00%) Windows
11 10 (20.00%) Wireless
12 9 (18.00%) DNS
12 9 (18.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
12 9 (18.00%) Azure
13 8 (16.00%) Aruba
13 8 (16.00%) Network Security
13 8 (16.00%) Microsoft 365

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 (6.00%) IIS
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (6.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (6.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.00%) Azure
2 8 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.00%) AWS
4 3 (6.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.00%) SaaS
6 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 24 (48.00%) Firewall
2 16 (32.00%) WAN
3 12 (24.00%) LAN
4 10 (20.00%) Wireless
5 9 (18.00%) DNS
6 8 (16.00%) Network Security
6 8 (16.00%) VPN
7 5 (10.00%) SD-WAN
7 5 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (10.00%) Wireless Security
8 4 (8.00%) Ethernet
8 4 (8.00%) OSPF
9 3 (6.00%) Fibre Channel
9 3 (6.00%) iSCSI
9 3 (6.00%) NAS
9 3 (6.00%) NGFW
9 3 (6.00%) SAN
9 3 (6.00%) VoIP
10 1 (2.00%) Wireshark
10 1 (2.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Git
1 1 (2.00%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.00%) Finance
4 2 (4.00%) Banking
5 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) LAMP
2 1 (2.00%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 28 (56.00%) Data Centre
2 12 (24.00%) Private Cloud
3 4 (8.00%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.00%) Linux Command Line
4 3 (6.00%) Replication
4 3 (6.00%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.00%) IVR
6 1 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.00%) Linux
2 10 (20.00%) Windows
3 5 (10.00%) Ubuntu
4 4 (8.00%) Windows Server
5 3 (6.00%) VMS
5 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (6.00%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (4.00%) CentOS
6 2 (4.00%) Debian
7 1 (2.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (90.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 16 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (26.00%) Cybersecurity
3 13 (26.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 12 (24.00%) Resource Management
5 11 (22.00%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (18.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 6 (12.00%) ITIL
7 6 (12.00%) Load Balancing
7 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
8 4 (8.00%) Customer Service
9 2 (4.00%) Agile
9 2 (4.00%) Network Management
9 2 (4.00%) WFM
10 1 (2.00%) Continuous Integration
10 1 (2.00%) DevOps
10 1 (2.00%) Problem Management
10 1 (2.00%) Protective Monitoring
10 1 (2.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (2.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.00%) C
2 1 (2.00%) Perl
2 1 (2.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (48.00%) SC Cleared
1 24 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.00%) CCNA
2 14 (28.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (12.00%) CCNP
4 3 (6.00%) DBS Check
5 1 (2.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 18 (36.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (32.00%) vSphere
3 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (26.00%) vCenter Server
2 4 (8.00%) SCCM
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 28 (56.00%) VMware
2 19 (38.00%) Cisco
3 8 (16.00%) Aruba
4 7 (14.00%) Fortinet
5 5 (10.00%) HP
5 5 (10.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (8.00%) Palo Alto
7 3 (6.00%) ProCurve
7 3 (6.00%) Synology
7 3 (6.00%) Veeam
7 3 (6.00%) Zerto
8 2 (4.00%) F5
8 2 (4.00%) Genesys
8 2 (4.00%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
8 2 (4.00%) Splunk
9 1 (2.00%) Arista
9 1 (2.00%) Citrix
9 1 (2.00%) Dell
9 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds