IT Infrastructure Project Manager Contract Job Trends in England

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in England is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 August 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
30 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 510 586
Rank change year-on-year +14 +76 +131
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Project Manager 12 19 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.043% 0.058% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.062% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 20
10th Percentile £311 £450 £354
25th Percentile £400 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £541 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% -1.59% +10.00%
75th Percentile £605 £597 £600
90th Percentile £626 £630 £704
UK median daily rate £438 £541 £500
% change year-on-year -19.17% +8.25% -

All DemandTrendContract 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 25,398 30,670 40,684
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 93.04% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,400 19,713 28,591
10th Percentile £281 £301 £305
25th Percentile £400 £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 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,364 1,634 1,321
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.16 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.33 £20.74 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £43.86
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +2.60% +68.69%
75th Percentile £55.00 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Project Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Project Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Project Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Project Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Midlands -10 6 £500 -13.04% 1
West Midlands -6 5 £500 -13.04%
London +16 4 £375 -31.51%
East of England +2 1 £450 - 2
Yorkshire -11 1 £573 +69.63%
North of England -25 1 £573 +69.63%
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
IT Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
5 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
5 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Cost Control
6 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
6 1 (8.33%) Budgeting
6 1 (8.33%) Budget Responsibility
6 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
6 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (8.33%) Contingency Planning
6 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow

IT 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:

Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (8.33%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Google Workspace
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (16.67%) Manufacturing
3 2 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Automotive
4 1 (8.33%) Back Office
4 1 (8.33%) Local Government
4 1 (8.33%) Military
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (8.33%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Project Management
2 5 (41.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Agile
5 2 (16.67%) Budget Management
5 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 1 (8.33%) Change Control
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (8.33%) CRM
6 1 (8.33%) ERP
6 1 (8.33%) IT Governance
6 1 (8.33%) Line Management
6 1 (8.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
1 1 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
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%) SAP
1 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow