IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 535 485 525
Rank change year-on-year -50 +40 +152
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 14 26 32
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.045% 0.089% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.096% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 30
10th Percentile £493 £330 £340
25th Percentile £534 £413 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £535 £517
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% +3.48% -1.52%
75th Percentile £634 £597 £584
90th Percentile £677 £700 £632
UK median daily rate £575 £510 £514
% change year-on-year +12.75% -0.78% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK median hourly rate - £35.00 -

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 28,658 27,111 34,658
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 92.91% 93.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,308 16,895 23,809
10th Percentile £290 £300 £288
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,754 870 1,350
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £15.31
25th Percentile £18.20 £21.25 £19.62
Median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.85 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £33.52 £45.00
% change year-on-year -24.97% -25.51% +50.00%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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 England.

IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in England over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in England

IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 17 December 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 -14 6 £575 -4.17%
Midlands -29 5 £625 +28.21% 5
East Midlands - 3 £650 - 1
West Midlands -35 2 £600 +23.08% 4
Yorkshire -42 2 £511 +51.48%
North of England -48 2 £511 +51.48%
East of England -13 1 £800 +77.78%
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 December 2025, 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 England region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 5 (35.71%) Degree
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
4 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
4 4 (28.57%) PMP
5 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
5 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Logistics
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
6 2 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
7 1 (7.14%) Arista
7 1 (7.14%) Azure
7 1 (7.14%) Budgeting
7 1 (7.14%) Cisco
7 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (7.14%) Contingency Planning
7 1 (7.14%) Contract Management
7 1 (7.14%) Cost Control

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (7.14%) MS Visio
2 1 (7.14%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Aviation
3 2 (14.29%) Back Office
3 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.14%) Aerospace
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
3 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 3 (21.43%) Budget Management
5 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (21.43%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (14.29%) Change Control
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Logistics
6 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
6 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
7 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (7.14%) IT Governance
7 1 (7.14%) Migration
7 1 (7.14%) Scrum
7 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (7.14%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
2 4 (28.57%) PMI Certification
2 4 (28.57%) PMP
3 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (7.14%) Arista
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) NEC
2 1 (7.14%) SAP