Infrastructure Architect Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure Architect
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £603, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 301 360
Rank change year-on-year +27 +59 +39
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 30 44 118
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.30% 0.29% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.31% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 17 80
10th Percentile £476 £530 £500
25th Percentile £531 £613 £536
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -13.86% +16.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £631 £775 £656
90th Percentile £721 £830 £719
UK median daily rate £600 £650 £650
% change year-on-year -7.69% - +4.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £72.00 - -
25th Percentile £73.13 - -
Median hourly rate £75.00 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £75.00 £75.40 -
% change year-on-year -0.52% - -

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Infrastructure Architect
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Infrastructure Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Architect trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Infrastructure Architect.

Infrastructure Architect daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Infrastructure Architect over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Infrastructure Architect daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Infrastructure Architect 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 Architect in the job title.

1 14 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (40.00%) VMware
3 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 9 (30.00%) Azure
5 8 (26.67%) Windows
5 8 (26.67%) Public Sector
5 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
6 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
7 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
7 6 (20.00%) Migration
7 6 (20.00%) Linux
7 6 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
8 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (16.67%) Degree
8 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (16.67%) Cloud Security
9 4 (13.33%) Google
9 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
9 4 (13.33%) AWS
9 4 (13.33%) DevOps
9 4 (13.33%) GCP
10 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
10 3 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (10.00%) Entra ID

Infrastructure Architect 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 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.33%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (30.00%) Azure
2 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (13.33%) AWS
3 4 (13.33%) GCP
4 3 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (6.67%) OCI
5 2 (6.67%) PaaS
6 1 (3.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (3.33%) Azure AKS
6 1 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (3.33%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (3.33%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.33%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (3.33%) IaaS
6 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.33%) DNS
2 1 (3.33%) Firewall
2 1 (3.33%) iSCSI
2 1 (3.33%) PBX
2 1 (3.33%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (3.33%) S/MIME
2 1 (3.33%) SSL
2 1 (3.33%) VoIP
2 1 (3.33%) VPN
2 1 (3.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) BigQuery
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle Database
General
1 8 (26.67%) Public Sector
1 8 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.33%) Banking
3 1 (3.33%) Digital Health
3 1 (3.33%) Finance
3 1 (3.33%) Local Government
3 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.67%) OAuth
1 2 (6.67%) OpenID
1 2 (6.67%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (6.67%) SAML
2 1 (3.33%) ARM Templates
2 1 (3.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Cloud Native
1 3 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (3.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (3.33%) Life Science
3 1 (3.33%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (26.67%) Windows
2 6 (20.00%) Linux
3 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
1 6 (20.00%) Migration
1 6 (20.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 5 (16.67%) Cloud Security
2 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (13.33%) DevOps
3 4 (13.33%) Process Improvement
4 3 (10.00%) Agile
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (10.00%) Project Management
4 3 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (6.67%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Automation
5 2 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.67%) Java
1 2 (6.67%) Python
2 1 (3.33%) Bicep
2 1 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (46.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (23.33%) DV Cleared
3 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 5 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (10.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (6.67%) AWS Certification
6 2 (6.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.67%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (6.67%) OCP
6 2 (6.67%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (3.33%) CCNP
7 1 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.33%) CITP
7 1 (3.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 2 (6.67%) NIST
1 2 (6.67%) QA
1 2 (6.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.33%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (6.67%) VMware NSX
4 1 (3.33%) Docker
4 1 (3.33%) NFS
4 1 (3.33%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (13.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 3 (10.00%) Terraform
3 1 (3.33%) vRealize
3 1 (3.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 12 (40.00%) VMware
2 10 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (13.33%) Google
4 3 (10.00%) Oracle
5 2 (6.67%) Cisco
6 1 (3.33%) Citrix
6 1 (3.33%) Ericsson
6 1 (3.33%) Mitel
6 1 (3.33%) SAP
6 1 (3.33%) Siemens