Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts in England

Infrastructure Project Manager
UK > England

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 408 439 414
Rank change year-on-year +31 -25 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 77 103 251
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.28% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.30% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 81 192
10th Percentile £401 £413 £413
25th Percentile £431 £513 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.44%
75th Percentile £587 £638 £623
90th Percentile £662 £688 £687
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.25
Median hourly rate - - £64.50
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £64.50

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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Project Manager in England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in England

Infrastructure Project Manager
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 Infrastructure Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +29 38 £525 -6.67% 4
North of England +18 12 £456 +1.39% 1
South East +36 9 £500 -13.04% 7
Midlands +16 8 £450 -20.00% 3
South West +46 6 £494 -10.23% 2
North West +20 6 £550 -1.79% 1
West Midlands +11 4 £525 -4.55%
East Midlands +7 4 £425 -32.00% 3
Yorkshire +2 3 £450 +2.86%
North East +1 2 £442 -
East of England +28 1 £625 +47.06%
Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Infrastructure Project 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 England region featuring Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 47 (61.04%) Project Management
2 33 (42.86%) Finance
3 31 (40.26%) Social Skills
4 25 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (23.38%) Migration
6 17 (22.08%) Data Centre
7 16 (20.78%) Project Delivery
7 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
8 15 (19.48%) PRINCE2
8 15 (19.48%) Banking
9 14 (18.18%) Agile
10 13 (16.88%) Azure
11 10 (12.99%) Supplier Management
11 10 (12.99%) Project Planning
12 9 (11.69%) PMI Certification
12 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
13 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
13 8 (10.39%) Budget Management
13 8 (10.39%) Active Directory
13 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Project
13 8 (10.39%) Windows
13 8 (10.39%) Waterfall
13 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (9.09%) ITIL
14 7 (9.09%) PMP
14 7 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
15 6 (7.79%) Change Management
15 6 (7.79%) AWS
15 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
16 5 (6.49%) Risk Management

Infrastructure Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.90%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.30%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (10.39%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.60%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (16.88%) Azure
2 7 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (7.79%) AWS
4 3 (3.90%) OneDrive
5 2 (2.60%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.60%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.60%) SaaS
6 1 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.30%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (3.90%) Firewall
2 3 (3.90%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (2.60%) LAN
3 2 (2.60%) VPN
3 2 (2.60%) WAN
4 1 (1.30%) DHCP
4 1 (1.30%) DNS
4 1 (1.30%) NAS
4 1 (1.30%) Network Security
4 1 (1.30%) SAN
4 1 (1.30%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.30%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) JIRA
2 1 (1.30%) MSI
General
1 33 (42.86%) Finance
2 31 (40.26%) Social Skills
3 15 (19.48%) Banking
4 5 (6.49%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.90%) Aviation
6 3 (3.90%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.60%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.60%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Retail
7 2 (2.60%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.30%) Automotive
8 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.30%) Legal
8 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.30%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.60%) LDAP
2 1 (1.30%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.08%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.19%) CCTV
2 4 (5.19%) PMI
3 3 (3.90%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.60%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.30%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.30%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.30%) Replication
5 1 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.39%) Windows
2 4 (5.19%) Linux
3 3 (3.90%) Unix
4 2 (2.60%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (61.04%) Project Management
2 25 (32.47%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (23.38%) Migration
4 16 (20.78%) Project Delivery
5 15 (19.48%) PRINCE2
6 14 (18.18%) Agile
7 10 (12.99%) Project Planning
7 10 (12.99%) Supplier Management
8 9 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (10.39%) Budget Management
9 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
9 8 (10.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 8 (10.39%) Waterfall
10 7 (9.09%) ITIL
11 6 (7.79%) Change Management
12 5 (6.49%) Budgeting
12 5 (6.49%) Cloud Security
12 5 (6.49%) Risk Management
12 5 (6.49%) Roadmaps
13 4 (5.19%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) PMI Certification
2 7 (9.09%) PMP
3 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.90%) Degree
4 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.60%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.30%) CAPM
6 1 (1.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.49%) PMO
2 1 (1.30%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (10.39%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.90%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (2.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.30%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.30%) KVM
4 1 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.30%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.90%) SCCM
2 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (20.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.90%) VMware
3 2 (2.60%) Citrix
3 2 (2.60%) Oracle
3 2 (2.60%) Planview
4 1 (1.30%) Apple
4 1 (1.30%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.30%) Google
4 1 (1.30%) SAP
4 1 (1.30%) ServiceNow