Infrastructure Engineering Contracts in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 58 81
Rank change year-on-year -5 +23 +8
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 76 110 113
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 2.72% 3.65% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.25% 4.07% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 74 90
10th Percentile £313 £325 £279
25th Percentile £350 £377 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +15.09%
75th Percentile £531 £525 £538
90th Percentile £613 £538 £626
England median daily rate £500 £505 £475
% change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 2
10th Percentile £37.63 - £20.50
25th Percentile £45.00 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £45.59 - £22.50
75th Percentile £46.18 - £23.75
90th Percentile - - £24.50
England median hourly rate £54.88 £72.50 £36.11
% change year-on-year -24.31% +100.76% -3.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,341 2,704 3,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 89.77% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,900 2,591
10th Percentile £310 £313 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 142 155
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £59.08 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Engineering in the North West

Infrastructure Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Manchester -20 41 £438 -10.26% 24
Lancashire +7 11 - - 9
Cheshire +1 9 £415 +18.57% 8
Merseyside +9 7 £290 -22.67% 4
Cumbria - 3 £525 - 5
Infrastructure Engineering
England

Infrastructure Engineering
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 18 (23.68%) SharePoint
2 8 (10.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (7.89%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (7.89%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.26%) AutoCAD
3 4 (5.26%) Revit
4 2 (2.63%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 36 (47.37%) Azure
2 18 (23.68%) AWS
3 11 (14.47%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (9.21%) SaaS
5 6 (7.89%) Mimecast
6 5 (6.58%) GCP
6 5 (6.58%) IaaS
6 5 (6.58%) PaaS
6 5 (6.58%) Power Platform
7 3 (3.95%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (2.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (2.63%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (2.63%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.63%) Nutanix
9 1 (1.32%) AWS KMS
9 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.32%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.32%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 12 (15.79%) OSPF
2 11 (14.47%) Wireless
2 11 (14.47%) Wireless Security
3 10 (13.16%) Ethernet
3 10 (13.16%) LAN
3 10 (13.16%) VPN
3 10 (13.16%) WAN
4 6 (7.89%) SAN
5 5 (6.58%) DNS
6 4 (5.26%) DHCP
6 4 (5.26%) Firewall
7 3 (3.95%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.63%) BGP
8 2 (2.63%) NAS
8 2 (2.63%) VSAN
9 1 (1.32%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.32%) iSCSI
9 1 (1.32%) VLAN
9 1 (1.32%) WAAS
9 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (7.89%) Metadata
2 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Power View
2 6 (7.89%) PowerPivot
2 6 (7.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (6.58%) Power BI
4 1 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Hudson
General
1 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.84%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.89%) Publishing
4 4 (5.26%) Finance
5 3 (3.95%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.63%) German Language
6 2 (2.63%) Military
7 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.32%) Legal
7 1 (1.32%) Local Government
7 1 (1.32%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 49 (64.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 14 (18.42%) Senior
3 12 (15.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 11 (14.47%) Network Engineer
4 11 (14.47%) SharePoint Engineer
5 9 (11.84%) Azure Engineer
6 6 (7.89%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
7 5 (6.58%) Lead
8 4 (5.26%) Lead Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Server Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Design Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Infrastructure Design Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) Senior Design Engineer
10 2 (2.63%) Azure Architect
10 2 (2.63%) IT Engineer
10 2 (2.63%) Storage Engineer
10 2 (2.63%) Windows Engineer
10 2 (2.63%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.89%) CSS
1 6 (7.89%) HTML
2 1 (1.32%) Node.js
2 1 (1.32%) React
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.95%) Onboarding
1 3 (3.95%) PKI
2 2 (2.63%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.63%) NHS
2 2 (2.63%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.32%) Clustering
3 1 (1.32%) CMDB
3 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.32%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.32%) Replication
3 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (22.37%) Windows
2 11 (14.47%) Linux
3 8 (10.53%) Windows Server
4 5 (6.58%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.26%) Mac OS
6 3 (3.95%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.32%) Android
7 1 (1.32%) VMS
7 1 (1.32%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (11.84%) Migration
3 7 (9.21%) Customer Service
3 7 (9.21%) ITIL
4 6 (7.89%) DevOps
4 6 (7.89%) Information Architecture
4 6 (7.89%) Metadata Management
4 6 (7.89%) Open Source
4 6 (7.89%) Statistics
5 5 (6.58%) CI/CD
5 5 (6.58%) Mentoring
5 5 (6.58%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (5.26%) 3D Modelling
6 4 (5.26%) Agile
6 4 (5.26%) CAE
6 4 (5.26%) Information Security
6 4 (5.26%) Service Delivery
6 4 (5.26%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (3.95%) Project Delivery
7 3 (3.95%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 13 (17.11%) SQL
3 7 (9.21%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 27 (35.53%) Security Cleared
2 24 (31.58%) SC Cleared
3 7 (9.21%) CCNA
3 7 (9.21%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (9.21%) Degree
4 4 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (2.63%) MCITP
5 2 (2.63%) VCAP
5 2 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.32%) MCSA
6 1 (1.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (22.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (21.05%) Active Directory
3 11 (14.47%) Hyper-V
4 3 (3.95%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (2.63%) Firmware
5 2 (2.63%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (2.63%) VMware NSX
6 1 (1.32%) Docker
6 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) Terraform
2 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (2.63%) SCCM
3 2 (2.63%) vCenter Server
4 1 (1.32%) Avamar
4 1 (1.32%) CA Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.32%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.32%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (1.32%) WSUS
Vendors
1 26 (34.21%) VMware
2 18 (23.68%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.89%) Cisco
3 6 (7.89%) Sophos
4 4 (5.26%) Dell
4 4 (5.26%) Veeam
5 3 (3.95%) CA
5 3 (3.95%) Nimble Storage
5 3 (3.95%) Red Hat
5 3 (3.95%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.63%) 3PAR
6 2 (2.63%) Citrix
6 2 (2.63%) CyberArk
6 2 (2.63%) Dell Compellent
6 2 (2.63%) HP
6 2 (2.63%) Meraki
7 1 (1.32%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.32%) Symantec
7 1 (1.32%) Zerto