Infrastructure Manager Contracts

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 343 341
Rank change year-on-year -70 -2 +62
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 170 417 677
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.72% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.76% 0.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 285 509
10th Percentile £370 £385 £374
25th Percentile £450 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £475 £484
% change year-on-year +15.79% -1.81% +5.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 13 4
10th Percentile - - £44.21
25th Percentile - - £44.84
Median hourly rate - £65.00 £46.15
Median % change year-on-year - +40.86% +74.59%
75th Percentile - £65.75 £47.52
90th Percentile - - £48.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £65.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England -78 148 £550 +4.76% 64
UK excluding London -51 81 £550 +15.79% 39
London -2 73 £563 -6.25% 26
Work from Home -16 53 £550 +5.77% 27
South East +14 20 £550 +20.55% 12
Midlands +8 20 £550 +22.22% 12
North of England -32 20 £425 -17.07% 14
West Midlands +2 12 £550 +22.22% 6
South West +12 10 £550 +12.82% 1
North West -1 10 £350 -22.22% 8
Yorkshire -21 9 £488 -11.36% 4
East Midlands +19 7 £625 +21.95% 6
East of England +10 4 £488 -20.41% 1
Wales +17 3 £600 +37.14%
Scotland +28 2 £550 +29.41% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East +16 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 63 (37.06%) Project Management
2 54 (31.76%) Finance
3 48 (28.24%) Social Skills
4 39 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
5 30 (17.65%) Agile
5 30 (17.65%) Windows
5 30 (17.65%) Project Delivery
6 27 (15.88%) Azure
7 25 (14.71%) Data Centre
8 24 (14.12%) PRINCE2
9 22 (12.94%) Microsoft
9 22 (12.94%) Migration
10 19 (11.18%) Change Management
10 19 (11.18%) Waterfall
11 17 (10.00%) Banking
12 16 (9.41%) Public Sector
13 15 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (8.24%) Risk Management
14 14 (8.24%) Active Directory
14 14 (8.24%) SharePoint
14 14 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (7.65%) WAN
15 13 (7.65%) Cisco
15 13 (7.65%) Security Cleared
16 11 (6.47%) Degree
16 11 (6.47%) Firewall
17 10 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
17 10 (5.88%) LAN
17 10 (5.88%) ITIL
17 10 (5.88%) SC Cleared

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 14 (8.24%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.76%) Confluence
3 3 (1.76%) nginx
4 2 (1.18%) OpenStack
Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 5 (2.94%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (1.76%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (15.88%) Azure
2 15 (8.82%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (1.76%) Entra ID
3 3 (1.76%) SaaS
4 2 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
4 2 (1.18%) Amazon S3
4 2 (1.18%) AWS
4 2 (1.18%) CloudFront
4 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.59%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.59%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.59%) ShareGate
5 1 (0.59%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.65%) WAN
2 11 (6.47%) Firewall
3 10 (5.88%) LAN
4 6 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (2.35%) SAN
5 4 (2.35%) VPN
6 3 (1.76%) Cisco IOS
6 3 (1.76%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.76%) VoIP
6 3 (1.76%) Wireless
7 2 (1.18%) Network Security
7 2 (1.18%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (1.18%) VLAN
7 2 (1.18%) WLAN
8 1 (0.59%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.59%) MPLS
8 1 (0.59%) Skype
8 1 (0.59%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.59%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.76%) MySQL
3 2 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.59%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (3.53%) JIRA
General
1 54 (31.76%) Finance
2 48 (28.24%) Social Skills
3 17 (10.00%) Banking
4 16 (9.41%) Public Sector
5 10 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.12%) Manufacturing
8 5 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (2.35%) Law
9 4 (2.35%) Marketing
10 3 (1.76%) Electronics
10 3 (1.76%) Investment Banking
10 3 (1.76%) Legal
10 3 (1.76%) Retail
11 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.76%) EDI
2 2 (1.18%) LDAP
2 2 (1.18%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.59%) Middleware
3 1 (0.59%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.71%) Data Centre
2 7 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.76%) CCTV
3 3 (1.76%) PMI
4 2 (1.18%) HACMP
4 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.18%) NHS
4 2 (1.18%) Security Posture
4 2 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (1.18%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.59%) BYOD
5 1 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.59%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.59%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.59%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.59%) PKI
5 1 (0.59%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.59%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (17.65%) Windows
2 6 (3.53%) Linux
2 6 (3.53%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.94%) Unix
3 5 (2.94%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (2.35%) AIX
4 4 (2.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (2.35%) Windows Server 2019
5 3 (1.76%) Android
5 3 (1.76%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.76%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.76%) Windows 7
5 3 (1.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.18%) VMS
6 2 (1.18%) Windows 2000
6 2 (1.18%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.59%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (37.06%) Project Management
2 39 (22.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (17.65%) Agile
3 30 (17.65%) Project Delivery
4 24 (14.12%) PRINCE2
5 22 (12.94%) Migration
6 19 (11.18%) Change Management
6 19 (11.18%) Waterfall
7 14 (8.24%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (8.24%) Risk Management
8 10 (5.88%) ITIL
9 8 (4.71%) Scrum
10 7 (4.12%) Budget Management
10 7 (4.12%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (4.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (3.53%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (3.53%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (3.53%) Decision-Making
11 6 (3.53%) Line Management
11 6 (3.53%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.94%) SQL
2 2 (1.18%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.18%) R
2 2 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (7.65%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.47%) Degree
3 10 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 7 (4.12%) PMP
5 6 (3.53%) PMI Certification
6 4 (2.35%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.76%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (1.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.18%) CCNA
8 2 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.18%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (1.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.59%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.12%) QA
2 4 (2.35%) PMO
3 2 (1.18%) SLA
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.59%) GRC
4 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.59%) NIST
4 1 (0.59%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.59%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.18%) PowerHA
3 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.18%) vSphere
4 1 (0.59%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.59%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (1.76%) Kubernetes
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.76%) PaperCut
1 3 (1.76%) SCCM
2 2 (1.18%) Ansible
2 2 (1.18%) Terraform
3 1 (0.59%) OPNET
Vendors
1 22 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.65%) Cisco
3 9 (5.29%) Citrix
4 7 (4.12%) VMware
5 4 (2.35%) Red Hat
5 4 (2.35%) SAP
5 4 (2.35%) Veeam
6 3 (1.76%) Arista
6 3 (1.76%) Aruba
6 3 (1.76%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.76%) HP
6 3 (1.76%) Nimble Storage
6 3 (1.76%) Sage
6 3 (1.76%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.76%) WatchGuard
7 2 (1.18%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.18%) Juniper
7 2 (1.18%) Radianz
7 2 (1.18%) Refinitiv
7 2 (1.18%) Reuters