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 15 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 62 47
Rank change year-on-year -15 -15 +45
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 41 88 178
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.74% 3.17% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 3.58% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 74 148
10th Percentile £339 £313 £306
25th Percentile £405 £409 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -
75th Percentile £638 £538 £526
90th Percentile £665 £619 £575
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £59.39 - -
Median hourly rate £63.79 - -
75th Percentile £68.18 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £63.63 £55.25
% change year-on-year +10.01% +15.17% +27.92%

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 1,978 2,455 3,571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 88.47% 89.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,070 1,684 2,641
10th Percentile £294 £270 £281
25th Percentile £391 £404 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £651 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £545 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -0.91% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 163 140
10th Percentile £16.28 £15.80 £10.20
25th Percentile £24.18 £17.88 £15.88
Median hourly rate £35.68 £35.00 £22.25
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% +57.30% +22.83%
75th Percentile £52.05 £46.18 £45.73
90th Percentile £70.90 £63.75 £69.42
England median hourly rate £37.25 £44.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.29% +27.14% +67.36%

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 15 November 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 15 November 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 -32 16 £475 +5.56% 29
Cheshire +9 13 £388 -23.27% 8
Cumbria +10 6 - - 4
Lancashire +18 5 £525 -27.08% 9
Merseyside -3 1 - - 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 10 (24.39%) Microsoft Exchange
1 10 (24.39%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 17 (41.46%) Azure
2 8 (19.51%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (17.07%) AWS
4 3 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.32%) Entra ID
4 3 (7.32%) GCP
5 2 (4.88%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.88%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.44%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.44%) IaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) DNS
2 5 (12.20%) DHCP
3 4 (9.76%) LAN
3 4 (9.76%) WAN
4 3 (7.32%) VPN
5 2 (4.88%) Firewall
5 2 (4.88%) Network Security
5 2 (4.88%) Skype
5 2 (4.88%) VLAN
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (2.44%) MPLS
6 1 (2.44%) NAS
6 1 (2.44%) NetScaler
6 1 (2.44%) SAN
6 1 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) GitLab
1 2 (4.88%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (12.20%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.44%) Finance
4 1 (2.44%) Law
4 1 (2.44%) Legal
Job Titles
1 30 (73.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 8 (19.51%) Senior
3 6 (14.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Azure Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Support
4 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Operations Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Architect
5 2 (4.88%) Automation Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Operations Support Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Python Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Security Engineer
5 2 (4.88%) Senior Automation Engineer
6 1 (2.44%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Kafka
2 1 (2.44%) Node.js
2 1 (2.44%) React
2 1 (2.44%) Web Services
2 1 (2.44%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Driving Licence
2 2 (4.88%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) CMDB
3 1 (2.44%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.44%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 5 (12.20%) Windows Server
3 4 (9.76%) Windows 10
4 3 (7.32%) Linux
5 2 (4.88%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (2.44%) CentOS
6 1 (2.44%) VMS
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (2.44%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (34.15%) DevOps
2 9 (21.95%) CI/CD
3 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (14.63%) Agile
5 5 (12.20%) ITIL
6 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure as Code
6 4 (9.76%) Network Virtualisation
6 4 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (7.32%) Change Management
7 3 (7.32%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (7.32%) Containerisation
7 3 (7.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Automation
7 3 (7.32%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (7.32%) ITSM
7 3 (7.32%) Mentoring
7 3 (7.32%) Microservices
7 3 (7.32%) Migration
7 3 (7.32%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.76%) Python
3 2 (4.88%) Bash
3 2 (4.88%) VB
3 2 (4.88%) VBScript
4 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.44%) SQL
4 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) Security Cleared
2 5 (12.20%) SC Cleared
3 4 (9.76%) Degree
4 3 (7.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.88%) AWS Certification
5 2 (4.88%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.88%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.88%) MCSE
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.44%) CISM
6 1 (2.44%) CISSP
6 1 (2.44%) MCITP
6 1 (2.44%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) GDPR
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.44%) NIST
System Software
1 14 (34.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.32%) Docker
3 3 (7.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.88%) BitLocker
4 2 (4.88%) vSphere
5 1 (2.44%) Firmware
5 1 (2.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (24.39%) Terraform
2 4 (9.76%) Ansible
2 4 (9.76%) Kubernetes
3 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.32%) SCCM
4 2 (4.88%) Progress Chef
4 2 (4.88%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.44%) AirWatch
5 1 (2.44%) FortiGate
5 1 (2.44%) SCOM
5 1 (2.44%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (21.95%) VMware
3 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.88%) Cisco
4 2 (4.88%) Google
5 1 (2.44%) Citrix
5 1 (2.44%) Datto
5 1 (2.44%) Dell
5 1 (2.44%) HP
5 1 (2.44%) Meraki
5 1 (2.44%) NetApp
5 1 (2.44%) Oracle
5 1 (2.44%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.44%) Snow
5 1 (2.44%) Ubiquiti
5 1 (2.44%) Veeam
5 1 (2.44%) Zerto