Infrastructure Manager Contracts in England

Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 394 331 336
Rank change year-on-year -63 +5 +60
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 143 353 559
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.73% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.78% 0.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 257 430
10th Percentile £363 £385 £387
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - +11.41%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £600
90th Percentile £694 £708 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 3
10th Percentile - £64.73 £44.46
25th Percentile - - £45.46
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £47.11
Median % change year-on-year - +37.97% +78.24%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £47.94
90th Percentile - £65.85 £48.43
UK median hourly rate - £65.00 £47.11
% change year-on-year - +37.97% +78.24%

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 33,809 45,522 67,131
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.60% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,413 32,346 47,872
10th Percentile £283 £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 £644 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £743
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.82% +2.90% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,440 1,342 1,849
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in England

Infrastructure Manager
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 Infrastructure Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 -15 72 £563 -6.25% 22
North of England -33 19 £425 -15.00% 18
Midlands +10 18 £550 +22.22% 12
South East +7 18 £600 +31.51% 12
South West 0 12 £550 +12.82% 1
West Midlands +8 11 £532 +18.22% 6
North West -5 10 £350 -22.22% 9
Yorkshire -25 8 £425 -22.73% 8
East Midlands +10 7 £625 +21.95% 6
East of England +5 3 £425 -30.61%
North East +15 1 - - 1
Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Infrastructure Manager 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 Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 49 (34.27%) Project Management
2 46 (32.17%) Finance
3 41 (28.67%) Social Skills
4 33 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (16.78%) Agile
6 23 (16.08%) Windows
7 22 (15.38%) Azure
8 21 (14.69%) Data Centre
8 21 (14.69%) Project Delivery
9 19 (13.29%) Migration
10 18 (12.59%) Microsoft
11 16 (11.19%) PRINCE2
11 16 (11.19%) Change Management
12 15 (10.49%) Public Sector
13 14 (9.79%) Banking
14 12 (8.39%) Waterfall
15 11 (7.69%) Security Cleared
15 11 (7.69%) SharePoint
16 10 (6.99%) Risk Management
17 9 (6.29%) Active Directory
17 9 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
18 8 (5.59%) Cisco
18 8 (5.59%) Scrum
19 7 (4.90%) Telecoms
19 7 (4.90%) WAN
19 7 (4.90%) SC Cleared
19 7 (4.90%) QA
19 7 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
20 6 (4.20%) Acceptance Criteria
20 6 (4.20%) Decision-Making

Infrastructure Manager 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 11 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.40%) Confluence
3 2 (1.40%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (2.10%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.38%) Azure
2 9 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.10%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.10%) SaaS
4 2 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (1.40%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (1.40%) Amazon S3
4 2 (1.40%) AWS
4 2 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (1.40%) CloudFront
4 2 (1.40%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.70%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.70%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.70%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.70%) ShareGate
5 1 (0.70%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.90%) WAN
2 6 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (3.50%) Firewall
3 5 (3.50%) LAN
4 2 (1.40%) SD-WAN
4 2 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.40%) VoIP
4 2 (1.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.70%) MPLS
5 1 (0.70%) SAN
5 1 (0.70%) Skype
5 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.70%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.70%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.70%) Power BI
2 1 (0.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (3.50%) JIRA
General
1 46 (32.17%) Finance
2 41 (28.67%) Social Skills
3 15 (10.49%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.79%) Banking
5 7 (4.90%) Telecoms
6 5 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (3.50%) Manufacturing
7 4 (2.80%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.80%) Marketing
8 3 (2.10%) Electronics
8 3 (2.10%) Law
8 3 (2.10%) Legal
8 3 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.40%) Retail
10 1 (0.70%) Front Office
10 1 (0.70%) Local Government
10 1 (0.70%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.40%) LDAP
1 2 (1.40%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.69%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.40%) NHS
3 2 (1.40%) PMI
4 1 (0.70%) BYOD
4 1 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.70%) HACMP
4 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.70%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.70%) PKI
4 1 (0.70%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.70%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.08%) Windows
2 3 (2.10%) Linux
2 3 (2.10%) Unix
2 3 (2.10%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.40%) AIX
3 2 (1.40%) VMS
3 2 (1.40%) Windows 2000
3 2 (1.40%) Windows 7
3 2 (1.40%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.40%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (1.40%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.70%) Windows 8
4 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (34.27%) Project Management
2 33 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (16.78%) Agile
4 21 (14.69%) Project Delivery
5 19 (13.29%) Migration
6 16 (11.19%) Change Management
6 16 (11.19%) PRINCE2
7 12 (8.39%) Waterfall
8 10 (6.99%) Risk Management
9 8 (5.59%) Scrum
10 7 (4.90%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (4.20%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (4.20%) Budget Management
11 6 (4.20%) Decision-Making
12 5 (3.50%) Business Continuity
12 5 (3.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (3.50%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (3.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 5 (3.50%) ITIL
12 5 (3.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.40%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.40%) R
1 2 (1.40%) Shell Script
1 2 (1.40%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 7 (4.90%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.20%) Degree
4 4 (2.80%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.80%) PMP
5 3 (2.10%) CCNA
5 3 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.10%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.40%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.90%) QA
2 4 (2.80%) PMO
3 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (0.70%) NIST
3 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.70%) SEPA
System Software
1 9 (6.29%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.70%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.70%) PowerHA
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.70%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.70%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.40%) Ansible
2 2 (1.40%) Terraform
3 1 (0.70%) OPNET
3 1 (0.70%) SCOM
3 1 (0.70%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 18 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.59%) Cisco
3 5 (3.50%) Citrix
4 3 (2.10%) Arista
4 3 (2.10%) Fortinet
4 3 (2.10%) SAP
4 3 (2.10%) VMware
5 2 (1.40%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.40%) BT
5 2 (1.40%) Juniper
5 2 (1.40%) Radianz
5 2 (1.40%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.40%) Reuters
5 2 (1.40%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.70%) Fujitsu
6 1 (0.70%) Isilon
6 1 (0.70%) Meraki
6 1 (0.70%) Nintex
6 1 (0.70%) Planview
6 1 (0.70%) Riverbed