Infrastructure Architect Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Architect
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Architect daily rate in Manchester is £569, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 78 -
Rank change year-on-year -37 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 8 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.40% 0.70% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.75% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 0
10th Percentile £559 £545 -
25th Percentile £560 £574 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% - -
75th Percentile £579 £738 -
90th Percentile £587 £760 -
North West median daily rate £569 £598 -
% change year-on-year -4.77% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,832 929 1,148
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.78% 92.25% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,075 590 723
10th Percentile £313 £300 £315
25th Percentile £405 £393 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £700 £651 £713
North West median daily rate £500 £450 £493
% change year-on-year +11.11% -8.72% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 78 46
10th Percentile £23.13 £13.00 £15.56
25th Percentile £30.00 £14.13 £21.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £20.68 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +190.17% -39.18% +74.36%
75th Percentile £75.00 £35.44 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.88 £73.00
North West median hourly rate £45.56 £25.15 £34.00
% change year-on-year +81.13% -26.03% +11.33%

Infrastructure Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Infrastructure Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Infrastructure Architect job vacancy trend in Manchester

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Architect job vacancies in Manchester

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, Infrastructure Architect 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 Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Architect in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
2 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) GCP
3 2 (25.00%) Google
3 2 (25.00%) High Availability
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (25.00%) Operational Stability
3 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
3 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
4 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy

Infrastructure Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Decision-Making
1 3 (37.50%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
1 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) High Availability
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Automation
2 2 (25.00%) Operational Stability
2 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
2 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
3 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) SC Cleared
1 7 (87.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Google