Infrastructure Manager Contracts in Cardiff

Infrastructure Manager
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in Cardiff is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 29 38
Rank change year-on-year +3 +9 +12
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 1 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.61% 0.91% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.63% 0.98% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £379
25th Percentile £425 - £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £438
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +37.14% +59.09%
75th Percentile £475 - £503
90th Percentile - - £516
South Wales median daily rate £450 £600 £438
% change year-on-year -25.00% +37.14% +9.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 159 205 268
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.95% 93.18% 97.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 169 206
10th Percentile £188 £143 £181
25th Percentile £300 £263 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £483 £538 £583
90th Percentile £620 £590 £649
South Wales median daily rate £400 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 7
10th Percentile £12.21 £11.53 £13.00
25th Percentile £12.65 £12.13 £14.61
Median hourly rate £13.08 £18.57 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% +2.82% -9.70%
75th Percentile £21.13 £21.67 £22.88
90th Percentile £23.75 - £24.25
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £20.35 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.55% +12.20% -8.89%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in Cardiff

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in Cardiff

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 6 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 11 June 2025, 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 Cardiff region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) GCP

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google