Infrastructure Manager Contracts in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager
North West > Manchester

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in Manchester is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 89 93
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 +20
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 2 7 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.22% 0.46% 1.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.48% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 17
10th Percentile £458 £265 £357
25th Percentile £469 £312 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 £485
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -27.84% +4.86%
75th Percentile £544 £422 £513
90th Percentile £563 £469 £538
North West median daily rate £550 £350 £456
% change year-on-year +57.14% -23.29% -1.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
North West median hourly rate - - £65.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in Manchester.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in Manchester

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 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 Manchester region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Aviation
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aviation
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Proactive Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) DBS Check
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix