Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure Consultant Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Consultant daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £384, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 349 295 333
Rank change year-on-year -54 +38 +93
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Consultant 6 6 13
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.048% 0.062% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.066% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 11
10th Percentile £265 £426 £413
25th Percentile £310 £521 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £384 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -26.86% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £502 - £603
90th Percentile £573 £548 £650
UK median daily rate £585 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +14.15% -2.38% -8.70%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 11,732 9,062 13,753
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.97% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,474 6,126 9,271
10th Percentile £350 £330 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.46% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 590 228 567
10th Percentile £19.18 £14.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £32.44 £16.38 £22.54
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.23 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.97% -20.39% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.44 £63.38
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £45.00 £28.30 £37.50
% change year-on-year +59.04% -24.55% -16.67%

Infrastructure Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Infrastructure Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Infrastructure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Infrastructure Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Infrastructure Consultant job vacancies

Infrastructure Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Consultant over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Infrastructure Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Infrastructure Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, Infrastructure Consultant 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 Infrastructure Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) NVIDIA
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (16.67%) Ansible
2 1 (16.67%) API Integration
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (16.67%) Cohesity
2 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (16.67%) IaaS
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security

Infrastructure Consultant 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Cohesity
1 1 (16.67%) Entra ID
1 1 (16.67%) IaaS
1 1 (16.67%) Nutanix
1 1 (16.67%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) Network Security
2 1 (16.67%) SD-WAN
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (16.67%) Wireless
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 2 (33.33%) Ubuntu
2 1 (16.67%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Generative AI
1 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Management
2 1 (16.67%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) RBAC
2 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) SIEM
2 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (16.67%) Test Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Ansible
1 1 (16.67%) vRealize
1 1 (16.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Dell
1 2 (33.33%) NVIDIA
1 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) CyberArk
2 1 (16.67%) VMware