Hybrid/Remote Infrastructure Operations Engineer Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Operations Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 May 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 296 338
Rank change year-on-year -41 +42 -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Operations Engineer 3 1 4
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.024% 0.011% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.011% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £434 - -
25th Percentile £446 - £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 - £421
75th Percentile £501 - £432
90th Percentile £507 - -
UK median daily rate £568 - £416
% change year-on-year - - -13.31%

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 11,512 8,898 13,712
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 93.74% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,325 6,056 9,255
10th Percentile £350 £331 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 205 565
10th Percentile £17.39 £14.00 £14.26
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.25 £22.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £34.65 £44.74
Median % change year-on-year +65.95% -22.55% -14.78%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £84.60 £75.00 £75.15
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £27.53 £36.50
% change year-on-year +54.38% -24.58% -18.89%

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Infrastructure Operations Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Infrastructure Operations Engineer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 27 May 2026, Infrastructure Operations 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 Infrastructure Operations Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) NCDA
2 1 (33.33%) NetApp
2 1 (33.33%) Okta
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning

Infrastructure Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) NCDA
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) NetApp
1 1 (33.33%) Okta
1 1 (33.33%) Veeam
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