Infrastructure Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 205 246
Rank change year-on-year +10 +41 +13
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 157 317 482
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.04% 1.24% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.30% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 229 367
10th Percentile £310 £325 £313
25th Percentile £350 £413 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £600 £563
90th Percentile £600 £653 £628
UK median daily rate £465 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -7.01% +11.11% +9.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £58.61 -
25th Percentile - £62.16 £64.25
Median hourly rate - £70.80 £65.50
Median % change year-on-year - +8.08% +197.73%
75th Percentile - £80.91 £66.75
90th Percentile - £85.34 -
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £61.62 £47.34
% change year-on-year -63.48% +30.15% +18.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Infrastructure Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineer.

Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Infrastructure Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineer.

Infrastructure Engineer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 150 (95.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 77 (49.04%) Windows
3 67 (42.68%) Azure
4 65 (41.40%) Active Directory
5 50 (31.85%) VMware
6 48 (30.57%) Microsoft
7 40 (25.48%) DevOps
8 38 (24.20%) Windows Server
9 34 (21.66%) Social Skills
9 34 (21.66%) VMware Infrastructure
10 33 (21.02%) DNS
11 31 (19.75%) Linux
12 29 (18.47%) Microsoft 365
13 28 (17.83%) AWS
13 28 (17.83%) Firewall
14 26 (16.56%) DHCP
15 23 (14.65%) Citrix
15 23 (14.65%) PowerShell
15 23 (14.65%) SCCM
16 22 (14.01%) Entra ID
16 22 (14.01%) ITIL
17 20 (12.74%) Agile
17 20 (12.74%) Security Cleared
18 19 (12.10%) SC Cleared
19 18 (11.46%) Microsoft Exchange
20 16 (10.19%) Public Sector
20 16 (10.19%) Migration
20 16 (10.19%) Hyper-V
21 15 (9.55%) vSphere
21 15 (9.55%) Finance

Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (11.46%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.82%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.91%) IIS
4 2 (1.27%) Confluence
4 2 (1.27%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.64%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.64%) Tomcat
Applications
1 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.64%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.64%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 67 (42.68%) Azure
2 29 (18.47%) Microsoft 365
3 28 (17.83%) AWS
4 22 (14.01%) Entra ID
5 13 (8.28%) IaaS
6 9 (5.73%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.18%) GCP
8 4 (2.55%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.55%) OneDrive
8 4 (2.55%) PaaS
8 4 (2.55%) SaaS
8 4 (2.55%) Serverless
8 4 (2.55%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 3 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
9 3 (1.91%) Azure AKS
9 3 (1.91%) Azure Pipelines
9 3 (1.91%) OCI
10 2 (1.27%) Azure Storage
10 2 (1.27%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 33 (21.02%) DNS
2 28 (17.83%) Firewall
3 26 (16.56%) DHCP
4 13 (8.28%) SAN
5 7 (4.46%) WAN
6 6 (3.82%) NAS
7 5 (3.18%) LAN
8 4 (2.55%) Network Security
9 3 (1.91%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (1.91%) MPLS
9 3 (1.91%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.91%) Wireless
10 2 (1.27%) BGP
10 2 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (1.27%) NetScaler
10 2 (1.27%) SD-WAN
10 2 (1.27%) VPN
10 2 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.64%) Remote Desktop
11 1 (0.64%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.64%) Power BI
3 1 (0.64%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 7 (4.46%) Git
2 4 (2.55%) GitLab
2 4 (2.55%) JIRA
3 3 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.27%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.64%) VisualWorks
General
1 34 (21.66%) Social Skills
2 16 (10.19%) Public Sector
3 15 (9.55%) Finance
4 13 (8.28%) Documentation Skills
5 8 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.46%) Banking
7 6 (3.82%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.91%) Legal
8 3 (1.91%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.27%) Front Office
9 2 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Law
9 2 (1.27%) Local Government
9 2 (1.27%) Military
10 1 (0.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.91%) YAML
2 2 (1.27%) .NET
2 2 (1.27%) Middleware
3 1 (0.64%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.64%) LDAP
3 1 (0.64%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.10%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.46%) Driving Licence
2 7 (4.46%) PKI
3 6 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.55%) NHS
4 4 (2.55%) Public Cloud
5 3 (1.91%) Hybrid Cloud
5 3 (1.91%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.91%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.27%) Blackberry
6 2 (1.27%) Clustering
6 2 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (1.27%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.27%) Tandem
7 1 (0.64%) CMDB
7 1 (0.64%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.64%) Replication
7 1 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 77 (49.04%) Windows
2 38 (24.20%) Windows Server
3 31 (19.75%) Linux
4 14 (8.92%) Windows 10
5 9 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 9 (5.73%) Windows Server 2016
6 6 (3.82%) Unix
6 6 (3.82%) Windows 7
6 6 (3.82%) Windows Server 2012
7 4 (2.55%) CentOS
7 4 (2.55%) Ubuntu
7 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (1.91%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.91%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.27%) Debian
10 1 (0.64%) Android
10 1 (0.64%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.64%) Rocky
10 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (95.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 40 (25.48%) DevOps
3 22 (14.01%) ITIL
4 20 (12.74%) Agile
5 16 (10.19%) Migration
6 15 (9.55%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (8.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 11 (7.01%) CI/CD
9 9 (5.73%) Infrastructure Automation
9 9 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (5.10%) Customer Service
10 8 (5.10%) Software Distribution
11 7 (4.46%) Configuration Management
11 7 (4.46%) Vulnerability Management
12 6 (3.82%) Disaster Recovery
12 6 (3.82%) Information Security
12 6 (3.82%) Line Management
12 6 (3.82%) Mobile Device Management
12 6 (3.82%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (3.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 23 (14.65%) PowerShell
2 15 (9.55%) Python
3 5 (3.18%) Bash
4 4 (2.55%) Perl
4 4 (2.55%) SQL
5 3 (1.91%) VBScript
6 2 (1.27%) C++
6 2 (1.27%) Java
6 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.27%) Korn
6 2 (1.27%) Ruby
6 2 (1.27%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.27%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.64%) Bicep
7 1 (0.64%) C
7 1 (0.64%) Go
7 1 (0.64%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 20 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.10%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.37%) Degree
4 7 (4.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.55%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 3 (1.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 3 (1.91%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (1.91%) MCSE
7 2 (1.27%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.27%) CCNP
7 2 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.27%) JNCIP
7 2 (1.27%) MCITP
7 2 (1.27%) MCSA
8 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.64%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.55%) GDPR
3 3 (1.91%) SLA
4 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.27%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.64%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 65 (41.40%) Active Directory
2 34 (21.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (10.19%) Hyper-V
4 15 (9.55%) vSphere
5 10 (6.37%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (6.37%) XenApp
6 9 (5.73%) Docker
7 7 (4.46%) XenDesktop
8 4 (2.55%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (2.55%) VMware NSX
9 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (1.27%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.64%) vCloud
10 1 (0.64%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 23 (14.65%) SCCM
2 14 (8.92%) Kubernetes
3 12 (7.64%) Terraform
4 10 (6.37%) Ansible
5 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (3.82%) WSUS
7 5 (3.18%) vCenter Server
8 3 (1.91%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.91%) Puppet
9 2 (1.27%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (1.27%) Nexpose
9 2 (1.27%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.64%) Avamar
10 1 (0.64%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.64%) Nagios
10 1 (0.64%) Nessus
10 1 (0.64%) Opsview
10 1 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
10 1 (0.64%) vRealize
10 1 (0.64%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 50 (31.85%) VMware
2 48 (30.57%) Microsoft
3 23 (14.65%) Citrix
4 15 (9.55%) Red Hat
5 12 (7.64%) HP
6 9 (5.73%) Cisco
7 6 (3.82%) ServiceNow
8 5 (3.18%) Google
9 4 (2.55%) Okta
9 4 (2.55%) Veeam
10 3 (1.91%) CA
10 3 (1.91%) CrowdStrike
10 3 (1.91%) Dell
10 3 (1.91%) FireEye
10 3 (1.91%) Ivanti
10 3 (1.91%) Ping Identity
10 3 (1.91%) Qualys
10 3 (1.91%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.91%) Symantec
10 3 (1.91%) Tanium