IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in Central London

IT Infrastructure Manager
London > Central London

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in Central London is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 116 131
Rank change year-on-year -14 +15 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.096% 0.19% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.21% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £550 - -
25th Percentile £588 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £838 - £638
90th Percentile £890 - -
London median daily rate £563 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -6.25% +9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
London median hourly rate - £35.00 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,964 1,920 2,457
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 92.71% 95.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,338 1,192 1,763
10th Percentile £350 £358 £338
25th Percentile £436 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.65% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 18 35
10th Percentile £19.60 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £32.19 £20.74
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% +1.96%
75th Percentile £42.65 £38.94 £38.25
90th Percentile £54.94 £67.73 £59.10
London median hourly rate £32.50 £38.11 £28.50
% change year-on-year -14.72% +33.72% -15.95%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'IT Infrastructure Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in Central London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Central London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Central London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in Central London over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in Central London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager within the Central London region over the 6 months to 11 February 2026. 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
City of London -12 2 £700 +16.67% 5
IT Infrastructure Manager
London

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 11 February 2026, IT Infrastructure Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) AIOps
1 1 (50.00%) Arista
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) BT 21CN
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (50.00%) NaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BT 21CN
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) NaaS
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AIOps
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) Logistics
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Arista
1 1 (50.00%) BT
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow