Infrastructure Manager Contracts in London

Infrastructure Manager
England > London

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in London is £519, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 284 325 321
Rank change year-on-year +41 -4 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 57 72 173
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.47% 0.41% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.44% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 52 128
10th Percentile £368 £401 £450
25th Percentile £413 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% -6.25% +9.09%
75th Percentile £591 £666 £675
90th Percentile £710 £700 £788
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
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 - - -
England median hourly rate - - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +37.97%

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 11,322 16,273 24,463
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 93.47% 95.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,716 11,769 17,781
10th Percentile £344 £325 £363
25th Percentile £426 £443 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £681 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 144 316 283
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £24.54 £20.02 £22.57
Median hourly rate £31.17 £27.25 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.39% -24.31% +2.86%
75th Percentile £49.81 £44.00 £63.22
90th Percentile £62.48 £65.52 £82.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%

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 23 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 23 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 16 £600 +12.68% 2
East London - 3 £585 -
West London +9 2 £475 -5.00% 2
Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 24 (42.11%) Finance
3 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
4 19 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (33.33%) Banking
5 14 (24.56%) Agile
5 14 (24.56%) Azure
5 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
5 14 (24.56%) Data Centre
6 13 (22.81%) Migration
7 11 (19.30%) Project Delivery
7 11 (19.30%) PRINCE2
8 10 (17.54%) PMI Certification
9 9 (15.79%) PMP
9 9 (15.79%) Firewall
9 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
10 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (14.04%) Change Management
10 8 (14.04%) Windows
11 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (10.53%) SDLC
11 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (10.53%) Budget Management
11 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
12 5 (8.77%) Active Directory
12 5 (8.77%) AWS
12 5 (8.77%) Supplier Management
12 5 (8.77%) Roadmaps
13 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared

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 1 (1.75%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) Azure
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (8.77%) AWS
4 3 (5.26%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.26%) SaaS
5 2 (3.51%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.75%) Mimecast
6 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) Firewall
2 4 (7.02%) WAN
3 3 (5.26%) LAN
3 3 (5.26%) SD-WAN
3 3 (5.26%) Unified Communications
4 2 (3.51%) DNS
4 2 (3.51%) VPN
5 1 (1.75%) DHCP
5 1 (1.75%) NAS
5 1 (1.75%) Network Security
5 1 (1.75%) SAN
5 1 (1.75%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (1.75%) VLAN
5 1 (1.75%) WebEx
5 1 (1.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 4 (7.02%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) MSI
General
1 24 (42.11%) Finance
2 23 (40.35%) Social Skills
3 19 (33.33%) Banking
4 6 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.26%) Investment Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.26%) Retail Banking
5 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Local Government
7 1 (1.75%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 14 (24.56%) 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%) Mainframe
3 2 (3.51%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
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 2 (3.51%) Linux
2 2 (3.51%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.75%) Unix
3 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (49.12%) Project Management
2 19 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (24.56%) Agile
4 13 (22.81%) Migration
5 11 (19.30%) PRINCE2
5 11 (19.30%) Project Delivery
6 9 (15.79%) Waterfall
7 8 (14.04%) Change Management
7 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (10.53%) Budget Management
8 6 (10.53%) SDLC
8 6 (10.53%) Service Delivery
9 5 (8.77%) Roadmaps
9 5 (8.77%) Supplier Management
10 4 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.02%) ITIL
11 3 (5.26%) Fintech
11 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Transformation
11 3 (5.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (5.26%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (17.54%) PMI Certification
2 9 (15.79%) PMP
3 4 (7.02%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (3.51%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) CAPM
5 1 (1.75%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.75%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.26%) 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%) SCCM
2 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.75%) Terraform
3 1 (1.75%) WSUS
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (7.02%) Cisco
3 2 (3.51%) Logitech
3 2 (3.51%) VMware
4 1 (1.75%) Apple
4 1 (1.75%) Citrix
4 1 (1.75%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.75%) Genesys
4 1 (1.75%) Google
4 1 (1.75%) Mitel
4 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.75%) Planview