Infrastructure Delivery Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Delivery Manager
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Delivery Manager daily rate in the South East is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 168 -
Rank change year-on-year -61 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Delivery Manager 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.030% 0.028% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.031% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £470 - -
25th Percentile £500 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £600 £588 -
90th Percentile £630 - -
England median daily rate £563 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% -14.29%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 6,186 3,180 4,538
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 90.57% 92.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,637 2,060 2,781
10th Percentile £305 £207 £250
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -2.91% +3.00%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £638
90th Percentile £717 £663 £688
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 747 264 378
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.75 £16.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £15.50 £27.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -56.15% +17.04%
75th Percentile £73.25 £55.63 £73.40
90th Percentile £86.61 £75.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -44.11% +7.66%

Infrastructure Delivery Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Infrastructure Delivery Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Infrastructure Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Delivery Manager job vacancies in the South East

Infrastructure Delivery Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Delivery Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Delivery Manager in the South East

Infrastructure Delivery Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Delivery Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 August 2026. 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
Berkshire - 2 £550 -
Thames Valley - 2 £550 -
Infrastructure Delivery Manager
England

Infrastructure Delivery Manager Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 13 August 2026, Infrastructure Delivery 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 South East region featuring Infrastructure Delivery Manager in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (50.00%) Windows

Infrastructure Delivery Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Signage
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) PKI
1 1 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki