Hybrid/Remote Network Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Network Infrastructure Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Network Infrastructure Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 358 308 336
Rank change year-on-year -50 +28 +70
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Manager 8 7 6
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.059% 0.070% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.074% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 4
10th Percentile £450 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £350 £400
Median % change year-on-year +46.43% -12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £536 £416 £425
90th Percentile £545 £438 £470
UK median daily rate £500 £425 £413
% change year-on-year +17.65% +3.03% -17.50%

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 12,601 9,417 12,179
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 93.71% 93.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,971 6,283 8,147
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 663 297 378
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.62 £17.08
25th Percentile £30.00 £16.63 £28.56
Median hourly rate £60.00 £34.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.01% -23.38% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.31 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.21% -41.51% +2.38%

Network Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Network Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Network Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Network Infrastructure Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Network Infrastructure Manager job vacancies

Network Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Network Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

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

Network Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 August 2026, Network Infrastructure Manager 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 Network Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) WAN
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working

Network Infrastructure Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
1 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) Network Security
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (12.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (25.00%) Banking
1 2 (25.00%) Finance
1 2 (25.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (25.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Matrix Management
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Dependency Management
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
4 1 (12.50%) Mobile Device Management
4 1 (12.50%) Observability
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) Test Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (25.00%) PMP
1 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 2 (25.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Zscaler