Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Infrastructure Manager
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in Sheffield is £405, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 38 52
Rank change year-on-year -46 +14 -3
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 4 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.55% 0.65% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.62% 0.76% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £401 £328 £610
25th Percentile £403 £342 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £374 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.36% -42.50% +44.44%
75th Percentile £437 £397 -
90th Percentile £455 £405 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £428 £374 £650
% change year-on-year +14.38% -42.50% +44.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 650 264 351
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 85.71% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 156 227
10th Percentile £316 £220 £375
25th Percentile £400 £414 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -10.88% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £538 £600 £625
90th Percentile £610 £684 £720
South Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -7.32% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £14.98 £12.79 £15.39
25th Percentile £16.68 £14.35 £18.88
Median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £21.25
Median % change year-on-year +7.76% -14.85% +11.84%
75th Percentile £22.33 £20.38 £23.75
90th Percentile £24.02 £21.05 £27.50
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.50 £18.10 £22.50
% change year-on-year +7.76% -19.58% +18.42%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Sheffield

Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in Sheffield

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Infrastructure Manager 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 Sheffield region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) PMP
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Genesys
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) WFM

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Financial Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 1 (25.00%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 2 (50.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Genesys
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft