Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts in the North of England

Infrastructure Project Manager
England > North of England

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the North of England is £456, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 173 167
Rank change year-on-year +19 -6 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 13 13 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.39% 0.28% 0.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.30% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 9 39
10th Percentile £395 £320 £434
25th Percentile £407 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% -19.05% +16.67%
75th Percentile £556 £570 £550
90th Percentile £665 £575 £580
England median daily rate £500 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -9.09% +3.29% +3.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,108 4,330 5,332
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.47% 93.26% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,056 2,711 3,750
10th Percentile £230 £263 £280
25th Percentile £365 £389 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% -2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £638 £675 £680
England median daily rate £523 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.48% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 399 155
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.06 £14.10
25th Percentile £16.19 £12.53 £17.99
Median hourly rate £24.50 £20.77 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +17.96% -31.99% +57.81%
75th Percentile £50.00 £46.18 £49.45
90th Percentile £77.88 £62.75 £66.41
England median hourly rate £30.00 £37.18 £45.00
% change year-on-year -19.31% -17.38% +93.72%

Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the North of England

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager within the North of England region over the 6 months to 17 May 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
North West +19 6 £550 +20.88% 2
Yorkshire +10 4 £450 +5.88% 1
North East -2 2 £442 -
Infrastructure Project Manager
England

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 17 May 2025, Infrastructure Project 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 North of England region featuring Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 3 (23.08%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
5 2 (15.38%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) Oracle
5 2 (15.38%) VMware
5 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
5 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (15.38%) Azure
5 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
5 2 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 1 (7.69%) Aviation
6 1 (7.69%) Customer Experience
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (7.69%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) Business Case
6 1 (7.69%) Database Migration

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Automotive
3 1 (7.69%) Aviation
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.69%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (7.69%) Mainframe
1 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Project Management
2 5 (38.46%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (30.77%) Agile
4 3 (23.08%) Change Management
4 3 (23.08%) PRINCE2
4 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
4 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
4 3 (23.08%) Roadmaps
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Proactive Monitoring
5 2 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (15.38%) Project Planning
5 2 (15.38%) Supplier Management
5 2 (15.38%) Waterfall
6 1 (7.69%) Proactive Management
6 1 (7.69%) Risk Assessment
6 1 (7.69%) Scrum
6 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (7.69%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) DBS Check
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) PMP
1 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Oracle
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Citrix
2 1 (7.69%) Fortinet