Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for Infrastructure Engineering skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 46 60 63
Rank change year-on-year +14 +3 +18
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 124 130 131
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 3.90% 3.68% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 4.10% 4.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 100 101
10th Percentile £175 £311 £260
25th Percentile £275 £461 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £588 £655 £588
90th Percentile £615 £719 £638
England median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 0
10th Percentile £47.13 £47.64 -
25th Percentile £57.81 £70.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.75 £78.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% - -
75th Percentile £72.94 - -
90th Percentile £75.98 - -
England median hourly rate £54.88 £63.84 £43.06
% change year-on-year -14.04% +48.26% +11.12%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Infrastructure Engineering is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,645 3,167 3,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.12% 89.56% 88.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,324 2,293
10th Percentile £218 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +6.89%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £590
90th Percentile £700 £723 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 342 327 194
10th Percentile £13.87 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.42 £20.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +23.43% +11.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.31 £69.95
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the South West over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the South West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering within the South West region over the 6 months to 10 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
Wiltshire -13 39 £525 -8.70% 17
Dorset +24 27 £185 -64.80% 6
Bristol +8 26 £450 -16.28% 21
Devon +7 14 £600 +112.39% 12
Gloucestershire -12 13 £450 -14.29% 19
Somerset 0 4 £600 +60.00% 3
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (7.26%) Confluence
2 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.42%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.42%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 7 (5.65%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (25.00%) Azure
2 15 (12.10%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (9.68%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.65%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (5.65%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.23%) AWS
7 3 (2.42%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.42%) PaaS
8 2 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (1.61%) Azure Stack
8 2 (1.61%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.81%) IaaS
9 1 (0.81%) Nutanix
9 1 (0.81%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.81%) SaaS
9 1 (0.81%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 41 (33.06%) Firewall
2 18 (14.52%) DNS
3 11 (8.87%) Network Security
4 7 (5.65%) DHCP
4 7 (5.65%) SAN
4 7 (5.65%) VSAN
5 6 (4.84%) WAN
6 5 (4.03%) NAS
7 4 (3.23%) SD-WAN
8 3 (2.42%) BGP
8 3 (2.42%) NGFW
8 3 (2.42%) Wireless
9 2 (1.61%) LAN
9 2 (1.61%) TCP/IP
9 2 (1.61%) VLAN
9 2 (1.61%) VPN
9 2 (1.61%) WLAN
10 1 (0.81%) IPv4
10 1 (0.81%) VoIP
10 1 (0.81%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.65%) Power BI
2 4 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 9 (7.26%) JIRA
2 2 (1.61%) Artifactory
General
1 18 (14.52%) Public Sector
2 15 (12.10%) Social Skills
3 11 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (2.42%) Military
4 3 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (1.61%) Local Government
6 1 (0.81%) Aerospace
6 1 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.81%) Finance
6 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 81 (65.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 28 (22.58%) Network Engineer
3 22 (17.74%) Infrastructure Technician
4 21 (16.94%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 16 (12.90%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 8 (6.45%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (6.45%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.84%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Azure Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Backup Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Storage and Backup Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) Storage Engineer
8 5 (4.03%) VMware Engineer
9 4 (3.23%) Wintel Engineer
9 4 (3.23%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.42%) 3rd Line Support
10 3 (2.42%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (1.61%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
11 2 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.03%) Flash
2 1 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.16%) Data Centre
2 21 (16.94%) Private Cloud
3 12 (9.68%) NHS
4 9 (7.26%) PKI
5 6 (4.84%) Clustering
6 2 (1.61%) IoT
6 2 (1.61%) Replication
7 1 (0.81%) CMDB
7 1 (0.81%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.81%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.81%) Operational Technology
7 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (0.81%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (25.00%) Windows
2 22 (17.74%) Windows Server
3 12 (9.68%) Linux
4 9 (7.26%) Windows Server 2012
5 6 (4.84%) VMS
6 3 (2.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.61%) Unix
7 2 (1.61%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.61%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.35%) Cybersecurity
2 19 (15.32%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 18 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (14.52%) Resource Management
4 17 (13.71%) Network Management
5 16 (12.90%) ITIL
6 15 (12.10%) Penetration Testing
7 14 (11.29%) Service Management
8 13 (10.48%) Vulnerability Scanning
9 12 (9.68%) Migration
10 10 (8.06%) Agile
11 9 (7.26%) Containerisation
11 9 (7.26%) Load Balancing
12 7 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (5.65%) Critical Thinking
12 7 (5.65%) Mentoring
12 7 (5.65%) Validation
12 7 (5.65%) Virtual Environments
13 6 (4.84%) High Availability
13 6 (4.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.65%) SQL
2 3 (2.42%) Bash
2 3 (2.42%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.61%) C#
3 2 (1.61%) Java
3 2 (1.61%) Python
4 1 (0.81%) C
Qualifications
1 77 (62.10%) Security Cleared
2 49 (39.52%) SC Cleared
3 29 (23.39%) DV Cleared
4 16 (12.90%) CCNA
4 16 (12.90%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (8.06%) CCNP
6 8 (6.45%) Degree
7 7 (5.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (4.03%) Master's Degree
9 4 (3.23%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (1.61%) MCSA
10 2 (1.61%) MCSE
10 2 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.81%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.42%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (2.42%) NIST
2 1 (0.81%) NIST 800
System Software
1 43 (34.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 22 (17.74%) vSphere
3 19 (15.32%) Active Directory
4 12 (9.68%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (7.26%) VMware NSX
6 6 (4.84%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (4.03%) Docker
7 5 (4.03%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.81%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 26 (20.97%) vCenter Server
2 8 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (3.23%) Ansible
3 4 (3.23%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.42%) SCCM
5 2 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.61%) SCOM
5 2 (1.61%) WSUS
6 1 (0.81%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Clustering
6 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.81%) Puppet
6 1 (0.81%) Terraform
6 1 (0.81%) VxRail
Vendors
1 62 (50.00%) VMware
2 28 (22.58%) Microsoft
3 16 (12.90%) Veeam
4 15 (12.10%) Cisco
5 10 (8.06%) Atlassian
6 9 (7.26%) Fortinet
7 8 (6.45%) CA
7 8 (6.45%) Dell
8 2 (1.61%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.81%) Aruba
9 1 (0.81%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.81%) Meraki
9 1 (0.81%) Oracle
9 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.81%) Sophos
9 1 (0.81%) Splunk
9 1 (0.81%) Veritas