Hybrid/Remote Windows Infrastructure Engineer Contract Job Trends

Windows Infrastructure Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Windows Infrastructure Engineer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 311 323
Rank change year-on-year -58 +12 +78
Contract jobs requiring a Windows Infrastructure Engineer 2 6 3
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.015% 0.061% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.065% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 2
10th Percentile £340 - £428
25th Percentile £363 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £375 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £438 £394 £469
90th Percentile £460 £425 £473
UK median daily rate £571 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +42.81% -11.11% -25.00%

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 12,533 9,249 11,833
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 93.87% 93.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,842 6,100 7,593
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £430 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 684 293 295
10th Percentile £15.81 £13.36 £19.42
25th Percentile £26.78 £20.50 £31.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £38.70 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.04% -14.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% -2.01%

Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

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

Windows Infrastructure Engineer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

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

Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Windows Infrastructure Engineer over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Windows Infrastructure Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Windows Infrastructure Engineer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Windows 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 Windows Infrastructure Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) OpenID
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SAML
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) X-Windows

Windows 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 (50.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) SAML
1 1 (50.00%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PHP