IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Manager
England > Midlands

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the Midlands is £600, 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 137 133 149
Rank change year-on-year -4 +16 +50
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 7 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.27% 0.11% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.12% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile - £513 -
25th Percentile £400 £531 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £363
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +58.62% -30.95%
75th Percentile £638 £672 £369
90th Percentile £651 £723 -
England median daily rate £500 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,357 2,537 2,842
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.31% 93.10% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,553 1,632 1,973
10th Percentile £219 £250 £223
25th Percentile £358 £374 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £563 £600 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £700
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.71% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 118 109
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £13.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.26 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year +19.51% -0.05% +13.94%
75th Percentile £32.44 £40.44 £31.04
90th Percentile £50.00 £52.08 £67.50
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in the Midlands

IT Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -10 5 £500 -23.81%
East Midlands -3 2 £650 +30.00% 2
IT Infrastructure Manager
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Back Office
2 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 1 (14.29%) Trello
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Responsibility

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Back Office
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
1 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
1 3 (42.86%) Risk Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Responsibility
3 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
3 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow