Head of Infrastructure Contract Job Trends in England

Head of Infrastructure
UK > England

The median Head of Infrastructure daily rate in England is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 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
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 525 599
Rank change year-on-year +8 +74 +166
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.007% 0.003% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.003% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £605
25th Percentile £713 £475 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £500 £650
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -23.08% +4.00%
75th Percentile £738 £525 £706
90th Percentile - - £725
UK median daily rate £725 £500 £650
% change year-on-year +45.00% -23.08% +4.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 25,406 30,639 39,817
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.35% 92.99% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,389 19,101 27,778
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,371 1,479 1,365
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.81 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% +2.62% +73.08%
75th Percentile £54.88 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in England

Head of Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Infrastructure job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Infrastructure job vacancies in England

Head of Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the England region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
London - 1 - - 6
South West - 1 £725 -
Head of Infrastructure
UK

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Head of Infrastructure 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 England region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Information Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware