IT Infrastructure Manager Contracts in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in England is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 July 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
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 517 576
Rank change year-on-year +18 +59 +129
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 12 29 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.044% 0.082% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.088% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 39
10th Percentile £313 £363 £361
25th Percentile £400 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £598 £609 £625
90th Percentile £625 £673 £738
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

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 25,034 32,902 44,253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.82% 92.99% 94.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,263 21,667 31,250
10th Percentile £290 £300 £310
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £628 £638 £656
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,248 2,188 1,386
10th Percentile £13.75 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.85 £18.13 £19.06
Median hourly rate £27.39 £42.50 £44.06
Median % change year-on-year -35.56% -3.53% +75.62%
75th Percentile £56.44 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £43.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% -6.98% +67.45%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for IT Infrastructure Manager 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 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Infrastructure Manager 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 21 July 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 +22 5 £425 -19.81% 7
Midlands -5 5 £500 -19.19% 1
West Midlands +10 4 £500 -32.20% 1
East of England +8 1 £450 - 1
Yorkshire +5 1 £573 +69.63%
East Midlands 0 1 - -
North of England -6 1 £573 +69.63%
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 July 2025, IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 2 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 2 (16.67%) Local Government
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Windows
4 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 1 (8.33%) Automotive
5 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.33%) Military
5 1 (8.33%) Information Security
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
5 1 (8.33%) CRM
5 1 (8.33%) ERP
5 1 (8.33%) DNS
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management

IT Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
2 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
General
1 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (25.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (8.33%) Automotive
3 1 (8.33%) Back Office
3 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.33%) Military
3 1 (8.33%) Retail
3 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (25.00%) Migration
3 3 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 2 (16.67%) Change Management
4 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Budget Management
5 1 (8.33%) Budget Responsibility
5 1 (8.33%) Change Control
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) High Availability
5 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (8.33%) Line Management
5 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Google
1 1 (8.33%) Infoblox
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow