Hybrid/Remote Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Virtualization Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 303 -
Rank change year-on-year -25 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.009% 0.010% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.010% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £625 - -

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 10,638 9,624 15,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 93.57% 93.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,866 6,486 10,267
10th Percentile £344 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -3.40%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £628
90th Percentile £725 £750 £731
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 458 196 535
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.87 £14.26
25th Percentile £25.50 £21.50 £21.45
Median hourly rate £57.50 £39.52 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.50% -16.80% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £33.40 £32.69
% change year-on-year +4.79% +2.17% -22.84%

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 11 March 2026, Virtualisation 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 Virtualisation Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Virtualisation 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Capacity Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware