IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in London

IT Infrastructure Manager
England > London

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in London is £463, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 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
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 385 428
Rank change year-on-year +30 +43 +141
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 5 11 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.037% 0.068% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.072% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 15
10th Percentile £334 £419 £377
25th Percentile £384 £488 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £520 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.06% -9.57% +9.52%
75th Percentile £528 £650 £650
90th Percentile £579 £710 £694
England median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +10.00%

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 12,466 15,318 21,166
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 94.13% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,345 10,328 15,471
10th Percentile £325 £345 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.71% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 182 235
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.54 £18.30
25th Percentile £23.00 £23.80 £22.63
Median hourly rate £30.25 £35.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.57% -6.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £50.00 £55.75 £64.25
90th Percentile £66.15 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +70.66%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager 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
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in London over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager 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 13 September 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 +7 1 £300 -50.82% 1
West London -2 1 £500 -9.09% 3
IT Infrastructure Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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 London region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) PMP
2 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) NEC
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Infoblox
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

IT 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Aviation
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (20.00%) NEC