Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Infrastructure Manager
Central London > City of London

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the City of London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 107 125
Rank change year-on-year -11 +18 +28
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 8 12 11
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.44% 0.58% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.62% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 7
10th Percentile £453 £508 £538
25th Percentile £525 £552 £569
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £613 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £700
90th Percentile £770 £824 £745
Central London median daily rate £600 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% +4.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,708 1,922 2,390
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.64% 93.03% 94.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,198 1,183 1,717
10th Percentile £328 £355 £350
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £570
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 13 14
10th Percentile £19.98 £15.60 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £19.51
Median hourly rate £31.00 £57.50 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +134.69% -30.00%
75th Percentile £43.33 £112.00 £44.56
90th Percentile £55.25 £132.40 £66.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 £24.99
% change year-on-year -24.29% +40.08% -23.12%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the City of London

Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the City of London

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 20 December 2025, 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 City of London region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (37.50%) LAN
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Release Management
3 3 (37.50%) WAN
4 2 (25.00%) AWS
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (25.00%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) Matrix Management
4 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (12.50%) Arista
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Change Control
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Email Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) Logistics
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
1 3 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (12.50%) Structured Cabling
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (37.50%) Customer Service
3 3 (37.50%) Data Loss Prevention
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Project Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) Release Management
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (25.00%) Matrix Management
4 2 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Logistics
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
5 1 (12.50%) Risk Register
5 1 (12.50%) Scrum
5 1 (12.50%) Server Migrations
5 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Arista
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow