Infrastructure Designer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Infrastructure Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Designer daily rate in Manchester is £436, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Designer 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.64% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £383 - -
25th Percentile £403 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 - -
75th Percentile £464 - -
90th Percentile £469 - -
North West median daily rate £436 - -

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 1,423 896 1,505
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.12% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 892 638 1,071
10th Percentile £313 £300 £306
25th Percentile £398 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £495
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -9.09% -1.00%
75th Percentile £575 £562 £575
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £456 £469 £500
% change year-on-year -2.67% -6.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 40 86
10th Percentile £18.57 £13.00 £12.12
25th Percentile £22.68 £16.20 £13.36
Median hourly rate £52.94 £32.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.88% +14.04% -28.75%
75th Percentile £73.13 £60.00 £62.19
90th Percentile £78.75 £72.63 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year +42.86% +19.36% -14.17%

Infrastructure Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Infrastructure Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Infrastructure Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Infrastructure Designer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Infrastructure Designer 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 Designer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) AIX
1 8 (80.00%) Business Case
1 8 (80.00%) CICS
1 8 (80.00%) COBOL
1 8 (80.00%) DataStage
1 8 (80.00%) Design Patterns
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
1 8 (80.00%) IBM
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Middleware
1 8 (80.00%) Process Improvement
1 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
1 8 (80.00%) Solaris
1 8 (80.00%) Unix
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership

Infrastructure Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) DataStage
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 8 (80.00%) Influencing Skills
2 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Advertising
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (80.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) BYOD
1 8 (80.00%) Data Centre
1 8 (80.00%) Mainframe
1 8 (80.00%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) AIX
1 8 (80.00%) Linux
1 8 (80.00%) Solaris
1 8 (80.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Business Case
1 8 (80.00%) Design Patterns
1 8 (80.00%) Process Improvement
1 8 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) IBM
1 8 (80.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft