Hybrid/Remote Linux Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Linux Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £681, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 320 316 338
Rank change year-on-year -4 +22 +160
Contract jobs requiring a Linux Infrastructure Engineer 3 2 16
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.027% 0.019% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.020% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
10th Percentile - - £481
25th Percentile - - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £681 £385 £525
Median % change year-on-year +76.88% -26.67% +16.67%
75th Percentile - - £563
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £681 £285 £528
% change year-on-year +138.95% -45.97% +11.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £72.50
Median hourly rate - - £75.00
75th Percentile - - £77.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £75.00

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 10,307 9,933 15,406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 93.44% 93.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,612 6,473 10,359
10th Percentile £340 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.69% - -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £630
90th Percentile £720 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 183 512
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.28 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.50 £24.75 £20.81
Median hourly rate £55.90 £39.04 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.18% -17.81% -15.16%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.63 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £76.15
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -12.01%

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Linux Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Linux Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Linux Infrastructure Engineer job vacancies

Linux Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 February 2026, Linux Infrastructure 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 Linux Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
2 2 (66.67%) Debian
2 2 (66.67%) Git
2 2 (66.67%) NVIDIA
2 2 (66.67%) Podman
2 2 (66.67%) QEMU
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) VMS
3 1 (33.33%) Bash
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
3 1 (33.33%) Red Hat
3 1 (33.33%) Unix

Linux Infrastructure 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:

Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Acoustics
1 2 (66.67%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Debian
2 2 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Ubuntu
2 2 (66.67%) VMS
3 1 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Bash
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Ansible
2 2 (66.67%) Podman
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) NVIDIA
2 1 (33.33%) Red Hat