Infrastructure Specialist Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Infrastructure Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Infrastructure Specialist daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £510, 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 288 323 451
Rank change year-on-year +35 +128 +155
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 16 22 26
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 16
10th Percentile £388 £331 £299
25th Percentile £481 £475 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £503
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -0.50% -1.95%
75th Percentile £625 £538 £600
90th Percentile £695 £556 £654
UK median daily rate £524 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +2.70% +2.00% -

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 Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Infrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist.

Infrastructure Specialist daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Infrastructure Specialist daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

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

1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
3 10 (62.50%) PowerShell
3 10 (62.50%) Azure
4 9 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (56.25%) Windows Server
5 8 (50.00%) Entra ID
5 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (50.00%) Azure Certification
5 8 (50.00%) Firewall
6 7 (43.75%) VMware
7 6 (37.50%) High Availability
7 6 (37.50%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (37.50%) IaaS
8 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
8 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
8 5 (31.25%) Change Management
8 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
8 5 (31.25%) Network Security
8 5 (31.25%) vSphere
8 5 (31.25%) Business Continuity
9 4 (25.00%) Migration
9 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (18.75%) Terraform

Infrastructure Specialist 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 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (62.50%) Azure
2 9 (56.25%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (50.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (37.50%) IaaS
5 2 (12.50%) AWS
6 1 (6.25%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (6.25%) GCP
6 1 (6.25%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) Firewall
2 6 (37.50%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (31.25%) Network Security
4 2 (12.50%) DNS
4 2 (12.50%) VPN
5 1 (6.25%) PBX
5 1 (6.25%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (31.25%) Telecoms
2 3 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
1 1 (6.25%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (6.25%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (6.25%) NHS
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.25%) Renewable Energy
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (75.00%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (18.75%) Linux
4 1 (6.25%) Unix
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 10
4 1 (6.25%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) High Availability
2 5 (31.25%) Business Continuity
2 5 (31.25%) Change Management
2 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (31.25%) Vulnerability Scanning
3 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (12.50%) BCP
5 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
5 2 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 2 (12.50%) DevOps
5 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (12.50%) Information Security
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (12.50%) Line Management
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (12.50%) Service Management
5 2 (12.50%) Task Automation
6 1 (6.25%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (6.25%) Bash
2 1 (6.25%) Bicep
2 1 (6.25%) Java
2 1 (6.25%) Perl
2 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
2 1 (6.25%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Azure Certification
2 6 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Certification
3 2 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
4 1 (6.25%) CCNA
4 1 (6.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (6.25%) Degree
4 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 11 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 6 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (31.25%) vSphere
4 1 (6.25%) Docker
4 1 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (18.75%) Terraform
3 1 (6.25%) Ansible
3 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 1 (6.25%) Progress Chef
3 1 (6.25%) Puppet
3 1 (6.25%) SCCM
3 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (43.75%) VMware
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix
3 2 (12.50%) Commvault
4 1 (6.25%) Cisco
4 1 (6.25%) Ericsson
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) Mitel
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) Siemens
4 1 (6.25%) Zscaler