Infrastructure Manager Contracts in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
England > South West

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the South West is £494, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 146 149
Rank change year-on-year +41 +3 -2
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 6 11 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.36% 0.34% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.37% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 9
10th Percentile £397 £282 £343
25th Percentile £451 £385 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £550 £488
Median % change year-on-year -10.23% +12.82% -15.22%
75th Percentile £500 £575 £525
90th Percentile - £585 £568
England median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +40.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Manager in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Manager in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Manager in the South West

Infrastructure Manager
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +17 3 £388 - 1
Wiltshire +32 2 £500 +69.49% 2
Infrastructure Manager
England

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 South West region featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) PMO
2 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
2 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Firewall
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Change Control
2 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (33.33%) Waterfall
2 2 (33.33%) Work Breakdown Structure
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Cost Control
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory