Linux Infrastructure Engineer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £385, 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 301 331 471
Rank change year-on-year +30 +140 +150
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Infrastructure Engineer 3 14 6
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.030% 0.091% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.098% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile - - £415
25th Percentile - £488 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 £525 £448
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +17.32% +11.88%
75th Percentile £423 £600 £483
90th Percentile £445 - £498
UK median daily rate £460 £525 £505
% change year-on-year -12.38% +3.96% +6.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £75.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 -

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%

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Linux 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 Linux Infrastructure Engineer.

Linux Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Linux Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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

1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 2 (66.67%) DNS
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) GitLab
3 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence

Linux 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
1 2 (66.67%) DNS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) GitLab
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 Linux Infrastructure Engineer jobs Nationwide