Network Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

Network Infrastructure Engineer
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in the UK is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 664 825
Rank change year-on-year +119 +161 -113
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Engineer 49 33 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.059% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.063% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 27 27
10th Percentile £295 £345 £310
25th Percentile £313 £429 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £525 £363
Median % change year-on-year -22.86% +44.83% +20.83%
75th Percentile £538 £581 £438
90th Percentile £545 £638 £525
UK excluding London median daily rate £405 £525 £350
% change year-on-year -22.86% +50.00% +16.67%

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 40,533 52,506 83,140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,086 36,648 58,637
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £407 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,938 1,481 1,935
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.18 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.71 £65.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% +7.82%

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 11 June 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 11 June 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 +120 47 £405 -22.86% 16
UK excluding London +65 39 £405 -22.86% 14
South West +21 16 £525 -12.50% 3
London +84 9 £325 -48.00% 7
East of England +9 7 £300 -44.19% 1
Work from Home +92 6 £513 +17.14% 5
Midlands +19 6 £425 -5.56% 3
West Midlands +16 6 £425 -2.86% 2
North of England +32 5 £325 -7.14% 1
North West +18 5 £325 -7.14%
South East +10 4 £405 -22.86% 3
Scotland - 1 - - 3
Wales - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 42 (85.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 27 (55.10%) VMware
3 24 (48.98%) Data Centre
4 22 (44.90%) Firewall
5 20 (40.82%) Security Cleared
6 19 (38.78%) SC Cleared
7 18 (36.73%) VMware Infrastructure
8 17 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (32.65%) vSphere
9 16 (32.65%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (32.65%) Cisco
10 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
11 14 (28.57%) WAN
12 13 (26.53%) LAN
12 13 (26.53%) Private Cloud
12 13 (26.53%) Resource Management
12 13 (26.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 13 (26.53%) vCenter Server
13 12 (24.49%) Penetration Testing
14 11 (22.45%) Windows
15 10 (20.41%) Linux
15 10 (20.41%) Vulnerability Scanning
16 9 (18.37%) VPN
16 9 (18.37%) Wireless
17 8 (16.33%) CCNA
17 8 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
17 8 (16.33%) Azure
17 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
18 7 (14.29%) Palo Alto
18 7 (14.29%) Aruba

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 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) IIS
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.08%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
2 7 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (12.24%) AWS
4 2 (4.08%) OneDrive
4 2 (4.08%) SaaS
5 1 (2.04%) Cloudflare
5 1 (2.04%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.04%) Fastly
5 1 (2.04%) IaaS
5 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 22 (44.90%) Firewall
2 14 (28.57%) WAN
3 13 (26.53%) LAN
4 9 (18.37%) VPN
4 9 (18.37%) Wireless
5 6 (12.24%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (10.20%) OSPF
6 5 (10.20%) Wireless Security
7 4 (8.16%) Ethernet
7 4 (8.16%) Extranet
8 3 (6.12%) DNS
8 3 (6.12%) Network Security
8 3 (6.12%) VoIP
9 2 (4.08%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (4.08%) Intranet
9 2 (4.08%) iSCSI
9 2 (4.08%) NAS
9 2 (4.08%) SAN
9 2 (4.08%) SD-WAN
9 2 (4.08%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Git
1 1 (2.04%) Jenkins
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 8 (16.33%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.12%) Finance
3 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
4 2 (4.08%) Banking
5 1 (2.04%) Automotive
5 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) LAMP
2 1 (2.04%) Redfish
Miscellaneous
1 24 (48.98%) Data Centre
2 13 (26.53%) Private Cloud
3 4 (8.16%) Driving Licence
4 3 (6.12%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.08%) IVR
5 2 (4.08%) Linux Command Line
5 2 (4.08%) Replication
6 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.04%) PKI
6 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.45%) Windows
2 10 (20.41%) Linux
3 5 (10.20%) Windows Server
4 4 (8.16%) Ubuntu
5 3 (6.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (4.08%) CentOS
6 2 (4.08%) Debian
6 2 (4.08%) VMS
6 2 (4.08%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (2.04%) Unix
7 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (85.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (34.69%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (32.65%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (26.53%) Resource Management
4 13 (26.53%) Virtual Infrastructure
5 12 (24.49%) Penetration Testing
6 10 (20.41%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 4 (8.16%) Customer Service
8 3 (6.12%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (6.12%) High Availability
9 2 (4.08%) Agile
9 2 (4.08%) Budget Management
9 2 (4.08%) Investment Management
9 2 (4.08%) Network Management
9 2 (4.08%) People Management
9 2 (4.08%) Platform Engineering
9 2 (4.08%) Server Management
9 2 (4.08%) WFM
10 1 (2.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 1 (2.04%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.04%) C
2 1 (2.04%) Go
2 1 (2.04%) Perl
2 1 (2.04%) Python
2 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (40.82%) Security Cleared
2 19 (38.78%) SC Cleared
3 8 (16.33%) CCNA
3 8 (16.33%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
5 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 18 (36.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (32.65%) vSphere
3 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
3 5 (10.20%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.04%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (26.53%) vCenter Server
2 3 (6.12%) SCCM
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (2.04%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) VMware
2 16 (32.65%) Cisco
3 7 (14.29%) Aruba
3 7 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 7 (14.29%) Palo Alto
4 5 (10.20%) HP
5 3 (6.12%) Veeam
6 2 (4.08%) Dell
6 2 (4.08%) F5
6 2 (4.08%) Genesys
6 2 (4.08%) ProCurve
6 2 (4.08%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.08%) Splunk
6 2 (4.08%) Synology
6 2 (4.08%) Zerto
7 1 (2.04%) Arista
7 1 (2.04%) Commvault
7 1 (2.04%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.04%) Juniper