Hybrid/Remote Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

As of 21 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer daily rate in Work from Home.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 303 326 392
Rank change year-on-year +23 +66 +181
Contract jobs requiring a Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer 3 1 10
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.031% 0.008% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.009% 0.055%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £425
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.56%
75th Percentile - - £480
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £155 £368 £425
% change year-on-year -57.88% -13.41% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33.00 - -
Median hourly rate £34.00 - -
75th Percentile £35.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £34.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 9,154 11,453 18,099
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 93.40% 94.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,988 7,236 12,743
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £631 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £744
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 300 228 392
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.88 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £27.42 £24.92
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% -12.00% +4.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.71 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +67.17%

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 21 October 2025, Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) FortiGate
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi

Data Centre Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) SAN
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) VLAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
1 3 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (100.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) VMware