Infrastructure Engineering Contracts with Work from Home Options

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 143 133 188
Rank change year-on-year -10 +55 -10
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 217 473 651
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.44% 1.88% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.64% 2.10% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 354 500
10th Percentile £236 £318 £313
25th Percentile £325 £415 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £463
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +13.51% +5.11%
75th Percentile £591 £650 £575
90th Percentile £666 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £480 £520 £475
% change year-on-year -7.69% +9.47% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 2
10th Percentile £37.63 £53.25 £31.33
25th Percentile £38.81 £56.25 £36.82
Median hourly rate £40.31 £57.50 £46.59
Median % change year-on-year -29.90% +23.43% +111.75%
75th Percentile £67.50 £58.75 £56.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £76.48 £62.84
UK median hourly rate £54.88 £61.62 £43.06
% change year-on-year -10.94% +43.09% +7.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,215 22,550 40,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.97% 89.75% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,849 15,929 29,247
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 522 532
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.63 £13.75
25th Percentile £25.38 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £43.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.82% +57.14% +41.16%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.31 £55.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Infrastructure Engineering
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineering as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Engineering trend for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering.

Infrastructure Engineering daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Infrastructure Engineering daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
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 Engineering.

Infrastructure Engineering hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Infrastructure Engineering hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Engineering
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 26 (11.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (5.53%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.84%) Confluence
3 4 (1.84%) IIS
4 2 (0.92%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.92%) SharePoint 2010
4 2 (0.92%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.46%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.46%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.46%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.46%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 89 (41.01%) Azure
2 52 (23.96%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (20.28%) AWS
4 28 (12.90%) Entra ID
5 18 (8.29%) IaaS
6 11 (5.07%) PaaS
7 9 (4.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 7 (3.23%) Amazon S3
8 7 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 7 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
8 7 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (3.23%) GCP
8 7 (3.23%) SaaS
8 7 (3.23%) Serverless
9 6 (2.76%) Mimecast
9 6 (2.76%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.30%) Amazon EC2
11 4 (1.84%) GitHub
11 4 (1.84%) OneDrive
12 3 (1.38%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 37 (17.05%) Firewall
2 36 (16.59%) DNS
3 29 (13.36%) DHCP
4 16 (7.37%) SAN
5 11 (5.07%) WAN
6 9 (4.15%) LAN
7 8 (3.69%) Wireless
8 6 (2.76%) NAS
9 5 (2.30%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.30%) VPN
10 4 (1.84%) BGP
10 4 (1.84%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.84%) Network Security
11 3 (1.38%) MPLS
11 3 (1.38%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.92%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (0.92%) OSPF
12 2 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
12 2 (0.92%) Software-Defined Radio
12 2 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.61%) MongoDB
2 9 (4.15%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.92%) Metadata
4 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Power View
4 2 (0.92%) Power BI
4 2 (0.92%) PowerPivot
4 2 (0.92%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.92%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.46%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.46%) Sisense
Development Applications
1 10 (4.61%) Git
2 6 (2.76%) JIRA
3 5 (2.30%) GitLab
4 4 (1.84%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.38%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.92%) Eclipse
6 2 (0.92%) GoogleTest
6 2 (0.92%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.46%) Selenium
7 1 (0.46%) VisualWorks
General
1 48 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 22 (10.14%) Public Sector
3 21 (9.68%) Finance
4 19 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (7.83%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (3.23%) Banking
7 6 (2.76%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.38%) Legal
9 3 (1.38%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.92%) Front Office
10 2 (0.92%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.92%) Law
10 2 (0.92%) Local Government
10 2 (0.92%) Military
10 2 (0.92%) Publishing
11 1 (0.46%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.46%) Retail
Job Titles
1 145 (66.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 36 (16.59%) Senior
3 29 (13.36%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (11.06%) Cloud Engineer
5 20 (9.22%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
6 17 (7.83%) Azure Engineer
7 15 (6.91%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
8 12 (5.53%) AWS Engineer
8 12 (5.53%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
8 12 (5.53%) Infrastructure Technician
8 12 (5.53%) Security Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) Python Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) Site Engineer
9 10 (4.61%) Site Reliability Engineer
10 8 (3.69%) Architect
11 7 (3.23%) Linux Engineer
11 7 (3.23%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) IT Engineer
12 6 (2.76%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.61%) Kafka
1 10 (4.61%) RabbitMQ
2 7 (3.23%) RESTful
3 4 (1.84%) CSS
3 4 (1.84%) HTML
4 3 (1.38%) YAML
5 2 (0.92%) .NET
5 2 (0.92%) Middleware
6 1 (0.46%) LDAP
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Graph
6 1 (0.46%) Node.js
6 1 (0.46%) React
6 1 (0.46%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.91%) NHS
2 14 (6.45%) Data Centre
3 11 (5.07%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (3.23%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 7 (3.23%) PKI
5 6 (2.76%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.84%) Clustering
6 4 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.38%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.38%) Replication
7 3 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (1.38%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (0.92%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.92%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 2 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.92%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.92%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 103 (47.47%) Windows
2 56 (25.81%) Windows Server
3 42 (19.35%) Linux
4 15 (6.91%) Windows 10
5 14 (6.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (4.61%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (4.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 7 (3.23%) Unix
8 7 (3.23%) Windows 7
9 5 (2.30%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (1.84%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (1.84%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.38%) CentOS
11 3 (1.38%) Ubuntu
12 1 (0.46%) Android
12 1 (0.46%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.46%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.46%) Rocky
12 1 (0.46%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (24.88%) DevOps
2 34 (15.67%) ITIL
3 30 (13.82%) Migration
4 26 (11.98%) Agile
5 25 (11.52%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (9.68%) CI/CD
7 14 (6.45%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (5.99%) Configuration Management
9 12 (5.53%) Network Management
10 11 (5.07%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 9 (4.15%) Analytical Thinking
11 9 (4.15%) Change Management
11 9 (4.15%) Microservices
11 9 (4.15%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (4.15%) Vulnerability Management
12 8 (3.69%) Customer Service
12 8 (3.69%) Software Distribution
12 8 (3.69%) Software Engineering
12 8 (3.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (3.69%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.29%) Python
2 29 (13.36%) PowerShell
3 14 (6.45%) Shell Script
4 10 (4.61%) Java
4 10 (4.61%) SQL
5 8 (3.69%) C++
5 8 (3.69%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.30%) Bash
6 5 (2.30%) Perl
7 4 (1.84%) Go
7 4 (1.84%) VBScript
8 2 (0.92%) Bicep
8 2 (0.92%) C#
8 2 (0.92%) Korn
8 2 (0.92%) Ruby
8 2 (0.92%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.46%) C
9 1 (0.46%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 25 (11.52%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.60%) SC Cleared
3 13 (5.99%) Degree
4 11 (5.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 5 (2.30%) MCSA
6 5 (2.30%) MCSE
7 4 (1.84%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.84%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (1.38%) A+ Certification
8 3 (1.38%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.38%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.92%) CCENT
9 2 (0.92%) CCNP
9 2 (0.92%) JNCIP
9 2 (0.92%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.23%) SLA
2 5 (2.30%) GDPR
3 4 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (0.92%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.46%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 78 (35.94%) Active Directory
2 40 (18.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (7.83%) Hyper-V
4 15 (6.91%) vSphere
5 11 (5.07%) XenApp
6 10 (4.61%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 10 (4.61%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (3.69%) Docker
8 7 (3.23%) XenDesktop
9 6 (2.76%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.84%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.92%) Firmware
11 2 (0.92%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.92%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.46%) DFS Replication
12 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.46%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.46%) vCloud
12 1 (0.46%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 25 (11.52%) Kubernetes
2 24 (11.06%) SCCM
3 17 (7.83%) Ansible
3 17 (7.83%) Terraform
4 14 (6.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (5.99%) Grafana
5 13 (5.99%) Prometheus
6 10 (4.61%) Consul
6 10 (4.61%) Puppet
7 8 (3.69%) WSUS
8 5 (2.30%) vCenter Server
9 3 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (1.38%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.92%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.92%) Nexpose
10 2 (0.92%) Red Hat Satellite
10 2 (0.92%) Salt
10 2 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.92%) vRealize
11 1 (0.46%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 79 (36.41%) Microsoft
2 69 (31.80%) VMware
3 29 (13.36%) Citrix
4 16 (7.37%) Veeam
5 14 (6.45%) Cisco
6 13 (5.99%) Red Hat
7 12 (5.53%) HP
7 12 (5.53%) SaltStack
8 9 (4.15%) Google
9 7 (3.23%) ServiceNow
9 7 (3.23%) SolarWinds
10 5 (2.30%) Qualys
11 4 (1.84%) Dell
11 4 (1.84%) Ivanti
11 4 (1.84%) Okta
11 4 (1.84%) Oracle
11 4 (1.84%) Symantec
12 3 (1.38%) CrowdStrike
12 3 (1.38%) Ping Identity
12 3 (1.38%) Tanium