IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in the City of London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Central London > City of London

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the City of 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 122 110 129
Rank change year-on-year -12 +19 -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 2 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.10% 0.11% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.089%
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 - -
Central London median daily rate £700 £600 £625
% change year-on-year +16.67% -4.00% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 1,796 1,690 2,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.98% 92.96% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,234 1,014 1,620
10th Percentile £350 £354 £349
25th Percentile £431 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.39% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £543 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -5.65% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 21
10th Percentile £20.10 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.14 £26.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.50 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.19% +60.42% -26.15%
75th Percentile £49.83 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.40% +34.62% +1.96%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of 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 the City of London.

IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the City of London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in the City of London

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