Head of Infrastructure Contracts in England

Head of Infrastructure
UK > England

The median Head of Infrastructure daily rate in England is £775 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 643 762
Rank change year-on-year +117 +119 -142
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 16 8 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.016% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.017% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 5
10th Percentile £468 - £605
25th Percentile £550 £700 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £750 £625
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +20.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £975 £800 £650
90th Percentile £1,013 £905 £770
UK median daily rate £775 £750 £625
% change year-on-year +3.33% +20.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,086 46,552 67,167
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,604 33,063 47,842
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,372 1,853
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.50 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +3.00%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.76
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.55
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of Infrastructure in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +99 12 £950 +22.58% 6
North of England - 1 £500 -
North West - 1 £500 -
Head of Infrastructure
UK

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Head of Infrastructure contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Linux
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 5 (31.25%) Finance
3 4 (25.00%) VMware
3 4 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (25.00%) Confluence
3 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Satellite
3 4 (25.00%) GitHub
3 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
3 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Windows
4 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
4 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (18.75%) Accessibility
4 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
4 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Debt
5 2 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (6.25%) Budgeting
6 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps
6 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
6 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
6 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineering
6 1 (6.25%) Business Strategy

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) GitHub
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) IaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Mimecast
4 1 (6.25%) PaaS
4 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.25%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Hudson
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 4 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Public Cloud
2 3 (18.75%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (6.25%) Mainframe
3 1 (6.25%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Linux
2 4 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) Roadmaps
1 3 (18.75%) Strategic Roadmap
2 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (12.50%) Technical Debt
2 2 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (6.25%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (6.25%) Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Budgeting
3 1 (6.25%) Business Analytics
3 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (6.25%) Business Strategy
3 1 (6.25%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (6.25%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (6.25%) DevSecOps
3 1 (6.25%) Event-Driven
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (6.25%) Microservices
3 1 (6.25%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (6.25%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (6.25%) Broadcom
2 1 (6.25%) CheckPoint
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Commvault
2 1 (6.25%) EMC
2 1 (6.25%) F5
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Sophos