[9.2 Million Yen Annual Income] Infrastructure Engineer Job Trends June 2026 | Freelance Survey [Freelance Board]

We are announcing the latest 2026 freelance 'Infrastructure Engineer Job Survey Report.' It was created from actual freelance jobs posted on Freelance Board, which has 85,760 listings. ■ Survey Summary: Average annual income for infrastructure engineer jobs is 9.2 million yen. Remote jobs are 86.9%. Infrastructure engineer jobs account for 16.50% of the total. ■ Table of Contents: Infrastructure engineer average annual income ranking by job type is 20th (9.2 million yen). Infrastructure engineer job count ranking by job type is 3rd (job ratio 16.50%). Remote work ratio for infrastructure engineer jobs. Industries with many infrastructure engineer jobs. Characteristics of infrastructure engineers. Areas infrastructure engineers can handle. Market value of infrastructure engineers. Survey Target: Estimated annual income is calculated from the average monthly unit price of infrastructure engineer job openings posted on Freelance Board (https://freelance-board.com/jobs/occupations-5). - Target Period: February 1, 2024 to June 1, 2026. - Target Count: 85,760. *Request when citing this data: When posting on media, please add the following as the source. Source: Freelance Board (https://freelance-board.com/jobs/occupations-5). Infrastructure engineer average annual income ranking by job type is 20th (9.2 million yen). The average monthly unit price for infrastructure engineer jobs is 766,000 yen, and the average annual income is 9.2 million yen, ranking 20th in the annual income ranking by IT job type. Infrastructure engineers are an important job type that supports system infrastructure, but many jobs include operation, maintenance, and monitoring. Therefore, compared to some job types that require upstream processes or high expertise, the average unit price tends to be slightly suppressed. Although it is 20th in the ranking, it is an important job type that supports the stable operation of corporate IT infrastructure and Web services, and steady demand is expected in the future. Infrastructure engineer job count ranking by job type is 3rd (job ratio 16.50%). As of June 2026, infrastructure engineer jobs account for 16.50% of the entire market, ranking 3rd in the job type ranking, with an average monthly unit price of 766,000 yen. The background to the high ratio of infrastructure engineer jobs is that the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of servers, networks, and cloud environments are continuously required for many Web services and business systems. Steady demand is expected in the future, but as the importance of cloud utilization and security measures increases, the required skills may change. Remote work ratio for infrastructure engineer jobs. As of June 2026, the remote work ratio for freelance jobs and openings for infrastructure engineers is 26.3% for full remote, 60.6% for partial remote, and 13.1% for on-site. Combining full remote and partial remote reaches 86.9%, and work styles that incorporate remote work account for the majority. Compared to the previous month, there is no major fluctuation in full remote, partial remote, or on-site, and it is moving almost flat. Since infrastructure engineers are responsible for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of servers, networks, and cloud environments, it is a job type with many jobs that can be handled remotely, mainly in cloud environments. Compared to the same month last year, full remote decreased by 5.0%, while partial remote increased by 2.4% and on-site increased by 2.6%. It is thought that infrastructure engineer jobs are shifting slightly to work styles that include partial office attendance rather than complete work-from-home. Industries with many infrastructure engineer jobs. (Job ratio: Top 5 extracted). As of June 2026, infrastructure engineer jobs are 1st in services at 2.56% (2,193 jobs), 2nd in Web services at 2.11% (1,811 jobs), 3rd in toB at 2.04% (1,747 jobs), 4th in SIer/business systems at 2.02% (1,731 jobs), and 5th in communications at 1.55% (1,332 jobs), with the top 5 industries accounting for about 10.28% of the total. The background to services, Web services, and toB occupying the top positions is that IT infrastructure for stable operation of Web services and business systems is continuously required. Since infrastructure engineers are a job type that supports servers, networks, and cloud environments that are the foundation of systems, there is demand in SIer/business systems and the communications industry. Characteristics of infrastructure engineers. Infrastructure engineers are a job type that supports IT infrastructure to keep systems and services running stably. They are mainly responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, and failure response of servers, networks, and cloud environments. Also, because they are involved in system stability, security, and processing performance, they are a job type that easily affects the reliability of the entire service. In recent years, cloud utilization has progressed, and in addition to conventional server and network knowledge, knowledge of clouds such as AWS and Azure, security, and monitoring operations is required. It is a foundation job type required in a wide range of fields such as Web services, business systems, communications, and SaaS. Areas infrastructure engineers can handle. Infrastructure engineers are a job type responsible for IT infrastructure to run systems and services. They mainly handle the design, construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and failure response of servers, networks, and cloud environments, supporting a state where systems can be used stably. Specifically, they prepare the server environment necessary for services, manage network connections and cloud environments, and investigate and restore causes when failures occur. Therefore, they are required in a wide range of fields such as Web services, business systems, SaaS, communications, and internal systems. In system operation where stability, security, and processing performance are required, infrastructure engineers are an indispensable job type. Market value of infrastructure engineers. Infrastructure engineers are a job type that supports IT infrastructure to keep systems and services running stably. They are mainly responsible for the design, construction, operation, maintenance, monitoring, and failure response of servers, networks, and cloud environments. Because they play a role in supporting stable operation and security, there is demand in a wide range of areas such as Web services, business systems, SaaS, and communications. The average annual income is 9.2 million yen, ranking 20th by job type, and the average monthly unit price is 766,000 yen. With a job ratio of 16.50%, it is 3rd in the job count ranking by job type, and it is a job type with many jobs in the freelance market. In terms of work style, jobs including work-from-home reach a total of 86.9%, with 26.3% full remote and 60.6% partial remote. On the other hand, there are 13.1% on-site jobs because there are jobs that require network equipment, security requirements, and on-site response. The reason for the high market value is that they play a role in supporting the stable operation of corporate IT infrastructure and Web services. Because they are involved in the stability, security, and processing performance of the entire service through servers, networks, cloud environments, monitoring operations, and failure response, it is a job type that is easily required continuously. To obtain a high unit price, in addition to infrastructure operation and maintenance experience, knowledge of servers, networks, cloud, and security is important. Personnel who can handle everything from design and construction to operation improvement and failure response are likely to increase their market value. About 'Freelance Board': 'Freelance Board' is one of the largest job search sites in Japan where jobs for freelance engineers and IT freelancers are posted. Currently, we have business alliances with over 100 freelance agents, and the number of searchable jobs is over 510,000, which is the largest scale in Japan. 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