Infrastructure Manager Contracts in London

Infrastructure Manager
England > London

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in London is £525, 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 296 321 310
Rank change year-on-year +25 -11 +39
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 57 70 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.45% 0.39% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.49% 0.42% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 52 130
10th Percentile £368 £401 £425
25th Percentile £422 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £666 £675
90th Percentile £710 £745 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £64.50
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £35.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +40.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in London

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in London

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Manager in London

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in London

Infrastructure Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the London 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
Central London +11 18 £600 +12.68% 1
West London +8 2 £475 +21.79%
East London - 1 £585 - 2
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

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

1 28 (49.12%) Project Management
2 25 (43.86%) Finance
3 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
4 21 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (31.58%) Banking
6 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
7 15 (26.32%) Azure
8 13 (22.81%) Data Centre
8 13 (22.81%) Agile
9 12 (21.05%) Migration
10 10 (17.54%) PRINCE2
10 10 (17.54%) Project Delivery
11 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
11 9 (15.79%) PMI Certification
11 9 (15.79%) Budget Management
12 8 (14.04%) PMP
12 8 (14.04%) Windows
12 8 (14.04%) Firewall
12 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
13 6 (10.53%) Change Management
13 6 (10.53%) AWS
13 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
14 5 (8.77%) SDLC
14 5 (8.77%) Linux
14 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
14 5 (8.77%) ITIL
14 5 (8.77%) Active Directory
14 5 (8.77%) Cisco

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.75%) CMS
3 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 6 (10.53%) AWS
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (5.26%) Entra ID
3 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
3 3 (5.26%) SaaS
4 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.75%) Mimecast
4 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.75%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 8 (14.04%) Firewall
2 2 (3.51%) DNS
2 2 (3.51%) Unified Communications
2 2 (3.51%) VPN
2 2 (3.51%) WAN
2 2 (3.51%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.75%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.75%) DHCP
3 1 (1.75%) IP Telephony
3 1 (1.75%) LAN
3 1 (1.75%) NAS
3 1 (1.75%) Network Security
3 1 (1.75%) SAN
3 1 (1.75%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.75%) Softphone
3 1 (1.75%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.75%) VLAN
3 1 (1.75%) VoIP
3 1 (1.75%) WebEx
3 1 (1.75%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Big Data
1 1 (1.75%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) MSI
General
1 25 (43.86%) Finance
2 24 (42.11%) Social Skills
3 18 (31.58%) Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.02%) Telecoms
6 3 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (5.26%) Investment Banking
6 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
6 3 (5.26%) Retail Banking
7 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
7 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.75%) Local Government
8 1 (1.75%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.26%) PMI
3 2 (3.51%) CCTV
3 2 (3.51%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.51%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.75%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.75%) Replication
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.75%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 5 (8.77%) Linux
3 3 (5.26%) Unix
3 3 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (49.12%) Project Management
2 21 (36.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (22.81%) Agile
4 12 (21.05%) Migration
5 10 (17.54%) PRINCE2
5 10 (17.54%) Project Delivery
6 9 (15.79%) Budget Management
6 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
7 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.53%) Change Management
8 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.77%) ITIL
9 5 (8.77%) Roadmaps
9 5 (8.77%) SDLC
9 5 (8.77%) Supplier Management
10 4 (7.02%) Business Case
10 4 (7.02%) Cloud Security
10 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.02%) Decision-Making
10 4 (7.02%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.26%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) PMI Certification
2 8 (14.04%) PMP
3 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) Degree
5 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.75%) CAPM
6 1 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.75%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.51%) PMO
2 1 (1.75%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (8.77%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.75%) KVM
3 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (5.26%) SCCM
2 1 (1.75%) FortiGate
2 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.75%) OfficeScan
2 1 (1.75%) Terraform
2 1 (1.75%) Trend Micro Deep Security
2 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (28.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.77%) Cisco
3 3 (5.26%) Planview
4 2 (3.51%) Fortinet
4 2 (3.51%) Logitech
4 2 (3.51%) Mitel
4 2 (3.51%) VMware
5 1 (1.75%) Altiris
5 1 (1.75%) Apple
5 1 (1.75%) Aruba
5 1 (1.75%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (1.75%) Citrix
5 1 (1.75%) Genesys
5 1 (1.75%) Google
5 1 (1.75%) NetApp
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.75%) SolarWinds
5 1 (1.75%) Symantec