Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Engineering
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 151 160 101
Rank change year-on-year +9 -59 +42
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 169 176 378
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.66% 1.49% 2.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 1.68% 2.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 117 276
10th Percentile £262 £325 £310
25th Percentile £355 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £535 £588 £600
90th Percentile £607 £646 £700
UK median daily rate £487 £524 £500
% change year-on-year -7.02% +4.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 20
10th Percentile £29.60 £60.50 £36.66
25th Percentile £31.50 £61.25 £50.57
Median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £68.63
Median % change year-on-year -45.60% -8.94% +28.29%
75th Percentile £54.63 £63.75 £72.05
90th Percentile £76.56 £64.50 £73.88
UK median hourly rate £34.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -45.60% +4.17% +8.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Infrastructure Engineering falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,254 10,475 15,370
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.04% 88.94% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,117 6,583 10,495
10th Percentile £330 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £531
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.13% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 216 369
10th Percentile £15.18 £17.50 £19.25
25th Percentile £20.43 £22.00 £26.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £37.14 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -29.92% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.07
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.70
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -23.79% -22.35% +21.43%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Infrastructure Engineering and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

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

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Infrastructure Engineering over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Infrastructure Engineering hourly rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid working options

Infrastructure Engineering
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:

Application Platforms
1 17 (10.06%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.14%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.96%) IIS
4 3 (1.78%) Apache
4 3 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.78%) Confluence
5 2 (1.18%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (0.59%) nginx
6 1 (0.59%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (31.95%) AWS
1 54 (31.95%) Azure
2 21 (12.43%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (8.88%) Entra ID
3 15 (8.88%) GitHub
4 14 (8.28%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 12 (7.10%) Amazon S3
5 12 (7.10%) GCP
6 10 (5.92%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (5.92%) IaaS
7 9 (5.33%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.73%) Amazon EC2
8 8 (4.73%) Serverless
9 6 (3.55%) Nutanix
9 6 (3.55%) PaaS
9 6 (3.55%) SaaS
10 5 (2.96%) Amazon ELB
10 5 (2.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.96%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (2.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 35 (20.71%) DNS
2 34 (20.12%) Firewall
3 26 (15.38%) TCP/IP
4 20 (11.83%) DHCP
5 16 (9.47%) VPN
6 14 (8.28%) VLAN
7 13 (7.69%) SAN
8 11 (6.51%) Network Security
9 10 (5.92%) WAN
10 9 (5.33%) LAN
11 7 (4.14%) SSL
12 6 (3.55%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (2.37%) NAS
14 3 (1.78%) Wireless
15 2 (1.18%) BGP
15 2 (1.18%) Cisco ASA
15 2 (1.18%) IPsec
15 2 (1.18%) MPLS
15 2 (1.18%) OSPF
15 2 (1.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.37%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.78%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (1.78%) Oracle Database 12c
3 3 (1.78%) Oracle Exadata
4 2 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.18%) Big Data
4 2 (1.18%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.59%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.59%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.59%) MySQL
5 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
5 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.59%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (7.69%) Jenkins
2 11 (6.51%) Git
3 10 (5.92%) GitLab
4 7 (4.14%) JIRA
5 1 (0.59%) SonarQube
General
1 49 (28.99%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.16%) Public Sector
3 23 (13.61%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.43%) Finance
5 11 (6.51%) Documentation Skills
6 7 (4.14%) Military
7 6 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.96%) Banking
8 5 (2.96%) Local Government
9 3 (1.78%) Aerospace
9 3 (1.78%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.78%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.18%) Legal
10 2 (1.18%) Retail
11 1 (0.59%) Aviation
11 1 (0.59%) Law
11 1 (0.59%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 103 (60.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 20 (11.83%) Senior
3 19 (11.24%) Infrastructure Support
4 14 (8.28%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 14 (8.28%) Support Engineer
5 13 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) Cloud Engineer
6 12 (7.10%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
7 11 (6.51%) Network Engineer
8 10 (5.92%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
9 8 (4.73%) Cloud Specialist
9 8 (4.73%) Lead
9 8 (4.73%) Migration Specialist
10 7 (4.14%) Automation Engineer
10 7 (4.14%) AWS Engineer
11 6 (3.55%) Data Migration Specialist
11 6 (3.55%) GCP Engineer
11 6 (3.55%) Python Engineer
12 5 (2.96%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.96%) Middleware
2 4 (2.37%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Graph
2 4 (2.37%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 4 (2.37%) REST
3 3 (1.78%) RESTful
3 3 (1.78%) YAML
4 2 (1.18%) ARM Templates
4 2 (1.18%) OAuth
4 2 (1.18%) OAuth2
4 2 (1.18%) PySpark
4 2 (1.18%) SAML
4 2 (1.18%) SOAP
4 2 (1.18%) Web Services
5 1 (0.59%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.59%) Dask
5 1 (0.59%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.59%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.59%) JWT
5 1 (0.59%) Polars
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.51%) Data Centre
2 10 (5.92%) Analytical Mindset
2 10 (5.92%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (5.92%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (5.33%) Replication
4 7 (4.14%) PKI
5 6 (3.55%) Cloud Native
5 6 (3.55%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.55%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.37%) Clustering
7 4 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (2.37%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.78%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.78%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.78%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.78%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 63 (37.28%) Windows
2 36 (21.30%) Linux
3 29 (17.16%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.14%) Unix
5 5 (2.96%) Windows 10
5 5 (2.96%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (2.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.78%) Android
7 3 (1.78%) Apple iOS
7 3 (1.78%) VMS
8 2 (1.18%) CentOS
8 2 (1.18%) Ubuntu
8 2 (1.18%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.59%) AIX
9 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.59%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.59%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.59%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.77%) DevOps
2 41 (24.26%) CI/CD
3 37 (21.89%) Infrastructure as Code
4 36 (21.30%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (18.93%) Migration
6 26 (15.38%) ITIL
7 21 (12.43%) Agile
7 21 (12.43%) Infrastructure Automation
8 18 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
9 17 (10.06%) Containerisation
10 14 (8.28%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (7.69%) Service Management
11 13 (7.69%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 12 (7.10%) High Availability
12 12 (7.10%) Observability
13 10 (5.92%) Mobile Device Management
13 10 (5.92%) Preventative Maintenance
14 9 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 9 (5.33%) Incident Response
14 9 (5.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 38 (22.49%) Python
2 27 (15.98%) PowerShell
3 13 (7.69%) Bash
3 13 (7.69%) Java
4 10 (5.92%) SQL
5 5 (2.96%) Perl
5 5 (2.96%) Shell Script
6 4 (2.37%) Bicep
7 3 (1.78%) Go
7 3 (1.78%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.78%) PHP
7 3 (1.78%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.18%) Ruby
9 1 (0.59%) C#
9 1 (0.59%) VB
Qualifications
1 48 (28.40%) Security Cleared
2 42 (24.85%) SC Cleared
3 17 (10.06%) Azure Certification
4 14 (8.28%) Microsoft Certification
5 10 (5.92%) Network+ Certification
5 10 (5.92%) Server+ Certification
6 7 (4.14%) Degree
7 6 (3.55%) DV Cleared
8 5 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (2.37%) AWS Certification
9 4 (2.37%) CCNA
10 3 (1.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 2 (1.18%) CCNP
11 2 (1.18%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 1 (0.59%) CISSP
12 1 (0.59%) OCP
12 1 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.37%) GDPR
2 3 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (1.78%) PCI DSS
2 3 (1.78%) SOC 2
3 2 (1.18%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.18%) QA
3 2 (1.18%) SLA
4 1 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 41 (24.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (18.93%) Active Directory
3 31 (18.34%) Hyper-V
4 23 (13.61%) Docker
5 10 (5.92%) vSphere
6 8 (4.73%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (4.14%) VMware NSX
8 4 (2.37%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (1.78%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (1.18%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.59%) Firmware
11 1 (0.59%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 58 (34.32%) Terraform
2 30 (17.75%) Ansible
3 21 (12.43%) Kubernetes
4 15 (8.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 11 (6.51%) SCCM
6 9 (5.33%) FortiGate
7 7 (4.14%) vCenter Server
8 4 (2.37%) Data Guard
8 4 (2.37%) Grafana
8 4 (2.37%) Prometheus
9 3 (1.78%) Oracle RMAN
9 3 (1.78%) SCOM
10 2 (1.18%) Argo
10 2 (1.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 1 (0.59%) Avamar
11 1 (0.59%) logstash
11 1 (0.59%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.59%) Rsyslog
11 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
11 1 (0.59%) vRealize
Vendors
1 49 (28.99%) Microsoft
1 49 (28.99%) VMware
2 15 (8.88%) Google
3 14 (8.28%) Cisco
3 14 (8.28%) Palo Alto
4 9 (5.33%) F5
5 7 (4.14%) Oracle
6 6 (3.55%) CheckPoint
7 5 (2.96%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.96%) Veeam
8 4 (2.37%) Citrix
8 4 (2.37%) Dell
8 4 (2.37%) HP
8 4 (2.37%) SolarWinds
9 3 (1.78%) IBM
9 3 (1.78%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.78%) Zscaler
10 2 (1.18%) Extreme Networks
10 2 (1.18%) Tanium
10 2 (1.18%) Thales