Infrastructure Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the South East

Infrastructure Project Manager
England > South East

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the South East is £600, 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 184 160 201
Rank change year-on-year -24 +41 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 8 9 9
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.18% 0.24% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 2
10th Percentile £495 £337 £521
25th Percentile £513 £488 £534
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £563
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £574 £584
90th Percentile - £575 £594
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 3,946 3,482 4,724
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 92.78% 93.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,557 2,177 3,081
10th Percentile £220 £235 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% - +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £675 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 369 132 236
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.52 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £24.18 £24.84
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.09% -19.45% +50.53%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.00 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.20 £73.56 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.78 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.61% -20.00% +38.46%

Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Infrastructure Project Manager job vacancy trend in the South East

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Project Manager in the South East

Infrastructure Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Project Manager job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Infrastructure Project Manager job vacancies in the South East

Infrastructure Project 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 Project Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Hampshire -19 3 £625 +18.99%
Surrey - 3 £600 -
Thames Valley -14 1 £468 +78.47%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £468 -
Infrastructure Project Manager
England

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, Infrastructure Project 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 Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Business Case
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Confluence
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics

Infrastructure Project 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
3 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Banking
4 1 (12.50%) Electronics
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Data Loss Prevention
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design
4 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 1 (12.50%) Storage Management
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow