IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in London

IT Infrastructure Manager
England > London

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in London 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 374 360 391
Rank change year-on-year -14 +31 +159
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 6 13 12
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.042% 0.085% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.091% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 11
10th Percentile £510 £328 £329
25th Percentile £525 £475 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -
75th Percentile £588 £700 £616
90th Percentile £618 £740 £650
England median daily rate £575 £535 £517
% change year-on-year +7.48% +3.48% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £35.00 -

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 13,278 14,222 17,588
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.51% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,809 9,204 12,720
10th Percentile £340 £338 £329
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% -2.22% -3.02%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £685
90th Percentile £757 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 153 211
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.39 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.46 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.69 £53.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.79 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.94% -20.00% +38.46%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Manager within the London 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
Central London 0 1 £550 -8.33%
West London - 1 £500 -
IT Infrastructure Manager
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) PMP
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (16.67%) Arista
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) LAN
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (16.67%) NEC
4 1 (16.67%) PMO
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Aviation
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Scrum
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Time Management
4 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Validation
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 3 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 3 (50.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Arista
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) NEC
1 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow