Infrastructure Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 June 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
17 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 201 189
Rank change year-on-year -19 -12 +32
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 87 150 314
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.89% 1.02% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.09% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 112 221
10th Percentile £373 £313 £319
25th Percentile £400 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £528 £625
90th Percentile £650 £600 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £463 £500
% change year-on-year +13.51% -7.50% +9.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £59.25
25th Percentile - - £63.75
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £81.02
90th Percentile - - £85.39
UK median hourly rate £200.00 £67.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +196.30% +3.85% +52.94%

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 9,150 13,741 22,645
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.93% 93.60% 95.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,158 9,240 16,067
10th Percentile £331 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.33% +2.38%
75th Percentile £638 £632 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 566 528
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £16.98
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.59 £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.99 £43.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.87% -13.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £65.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £76.15
UK median hourly rate £27.40 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.93% -16.67% +80.00%

Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Infrastructure Engineer
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 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 remote working options citing Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 17 June 2025.

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 remote working options 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 17 June 2025, 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 82 (94.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 48 (55.17%) Windows
3 35 (40.23%) Azure
4 33 (37.93%) VMware
5 29 (33.33%) DNS
5 29 (33.33%) Active Directory
6 27 (31.03%) Linux
7 24 (27.59%) Python
7 24 (27.59%) DHCP
8 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
8 23 (26.44%) Windows Server
9 21 (24.14%) Social Skills
9 21 (24.14%) Firewall
10 20 (22.99%) Security Cleared
11 19 (21.84%) Ansible
12 18 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
13 17 (19.54%) PowerShell
13 17 (19.54%) Microsoft 365
13 17 (19.54%) Migration
14 15 (17.24%) Cisco
14 15 (17.24%) SC Cleared
14 15 (17.24%) Terraform
15 12 (13.79%) Finance
15 12 (13.79%) Entra ID
16 11 (12.64%) Agile
16 11 (12.64%) VPN
16 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
16 11 (12.64%) Infrastructure as Code
16 11 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (12.64%) CI/CD

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 11 (12.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (8.05%) SharePoint
3 6 (6.90%) Confluence
4 2 (2.30%) OpenStack
4 2 (2.30%) Skype for Business
5 1 (1.15%) Anypoint
5 1 (1.15%) Apache
5 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.15%) IIS
5 1 (1.15%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.15%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 35 (40.23%) Azure
2 17 (19.54%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.79%) Entra ID
4 10 (11.49%) AWS
5 8 (9.20%) IaaS
6 6 (6.90%) GitHub
7 5 (5.75%) Mimecast
8 3 (3.45%) OpenShift
9 2 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.30%) Nutanix
9 2 (2.30%) OneDrive
9 2 (2.30%) PaaS
9 2 (2.30%) Tessian
10 1 (1.15%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (1.15%) Amazon EKS
10 1 (1.15%) AWS Direct Connect
10 1 (1.15%) Cohesity
10 1 (1.15%) IBM Cloud
10 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 29 (33.33%) DNS
2 24 (27.59%) DHCP
3 21 (24.14%) Firewall
4 11 (12.64%) VPN
5 10 (11.49%) TCP/IP
6 8 (9.20%) Network Security
7 7 (8.05%) LAN
7 7 (8.05%) WAN
7 7 (8.05%) Wireless
8 5 (5.75%) 4G
8 5 (5.75%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (5.75%) SAN
8 5 (5.75%) SSL
8 5 (5.75%) VLAN
9 3 (3.45%) Internet
9 3 (3.45%) SMTP
9 3 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (2.30%) BIG-IP
10 2 (2.30%) DMARC
10 2 (2.30%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.30%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.15%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.20%) JIRA
2 6 (6.90%) GitLab
3 5 (5.75%) Jenkins
4 4 (4.60%) Bitbucket
5 3 (3.45%) Git
6 2 (2.30%) ScriptRunner
7 1 (1.15%) Log4j
General
1 21 (24.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.79%) Finance
3 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (2.30%) Law
3 2 (2.30%) Legal
3 2 (2.30%) Public Sector
4 1 (1.15%) Advertising
4 1 (1.15%) Banking
4 1 (1.15%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (1.15%) iGaming
4 1 (1.15%) Military
4 1 (1.15%) Police
4 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) LDAP
1 2 (2.30%) Middleware
1 2 (2.30%) OAuth
1 2 (2.30%) REST
1 2 (2.30%) SAML
1 2 (2.30%) SOAP
2 1 (1.15%) .NET
2 1 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.15%) JDBC
2 1 (1.15%) JMS
2 1 (1.15%) JNDI
2 1 (1.15%) Loki
2 1 (1.15%) Node.js
2 1 (1.15%) OAuth2
2 1 (1.15%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (1.15%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (5.75%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (4.60%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.60%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (3.45%) PKI
5 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.15%) IVR
6 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Replication
6 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.15%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 48 (55.17%) Windows
2 27 (31.03%) Linux
3 23 (26.44%) Windows Server
4 8 (9.20%) Unix
5 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (4.60%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (3.45%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.30%) VMS
8 1 (1.15%) AIX
8 1 (1.15%) Android
8 1 (1.15%) CentOS
8 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.15%) Solaris
8 1 (1.15%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (94.25%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 17 (19.54%) Migration
3 11 (12.64%) Agile
3 11 (12.64%) CI/CD
3 11 (12.64%) Infrastructure as Code
3 11 (12.64%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (11.49%) DevOps
5 9 (10.34%) Incident Management
5 9 (10.34%) ITIL
6 7 (8.05%) Business Continuity
6 7 (8.05%) Data Protection
6 7 (8.05%) High Availability
6 7 (8.05%) Infrastructure Management
7 6 (6.90%) Containerisation
7 6 (6.90%) Data Privacy
7 6 (6.90%) Inventory Management
7 6 (6.90%) Performance Tuning
7 6 (6.90%) Proactive Management
7 6 (6.90%) Software Licensing
8 5 (5.75%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 24 (27.59%) Python
2 17 (19.54%) PowerShell
3 9 (10.34%) Bash
4 5 (5.75%) SQL
5 3 (3.45%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.30%) Groovy
6 2 (2.30%) Perl
7 1 (1.15%) Bicep
7 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.15%) VB
7 1 (1.15%) VBA
7 1 (1.15%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 20 (22.99%) Security Cleared
2 15 (17.24%) SC Cleared
3 6 (6.90%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (6.90%) Degree
4 5 (5.75%) CCNP
5 4 (4.60%) CCNA
5 4 (4.60%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.15%) CCDE
7 1 (1.15%) MCP
7 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.15%) OCA
7 1 (1.15%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (1.15%) RHCA
7 1 (1.15%) RHCE
7 1 (1.15%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.75%) SLA
2 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (1.15%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (1.15%) QA
2 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 18 (20.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (11.49%) vSphere
4 9 (10.34%) Hyper-V
5 7 (8.05%) Docker
6 5 (5.75%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (4.60%) DFS Replication
8 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (3.45%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (2.30%) VMware NSX
10 1 (1.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 1 (1.15%) NFS
10 1 (1.15%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (1.15%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 19 (21.84%) Ansible
2 15 (17.24%) Terraform
3 7 (8.05%) FortiGate
3 7 (8.05%) Kubernetes
4 6 (6.90%) Puppet
5 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (4.60%) Progress Chef
5 4 (4.60%) Tivoli
6 3 (3.45%) NetBackup
6 3 (3.45%) vCenter Server
7 2 (2.30%) Prometheus
7 2 (2.30%) SCCM
7 2 (2.30%) WSUS
8 1 (1.15%) Argo
8 1 (1.15%) Grafana
8 1 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
8 1 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (1.15%) SCOM
8 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (1.15%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (37.93%) VMware
2 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
3 15 (17.24%) Cisco
4 9 (10.34%) Veeam
5 7 (8.05%) SolarWinds
6 6 (6.90%) Citrix
7 5 (5.75%) F5
7 5 (5.75%) NetApp
8 4 (4.60%) Veritas
9 3 (3.45%) IBM
9 3 (3.45%) Oracle
9 3 (3.45%) Palo Alto
10 2 (2.30%) Apple
10 2 (2.30%) CheckPoint
10 2 (2.30%) Dell
10 2 (2.30%) Meraki
10 2 (2.30%) Red Hat
10 2 (2.30%) SAP
10 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
10 2 (2.30%) Splunk