IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in the South West

IT Infrastructure Manager
England > South West

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the South West is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2026.

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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.059% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £531 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +3.66% -6.82% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 3,131 1,557 3,002
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.33% 90.84% 92.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,680 966 1,892
10th Percentile £309 £216 £213
25th Percentile £413 £365 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £613 £619 £625
90th Percentile £700 £686 £700
England median daily rate £518 £518 £525
% change year-on-year - -1.43% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 550 146 435
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £14.00
25th Percentile £27.88 £22.10 £27.50
Median hourly rate £57.50 £57.37 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.22% +4.31% -14.82%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £71.60 £75.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £30.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% -16.67%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the South West

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the South West

IT Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the South West.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the South West

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Manager within the South West region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Devon - 1 - - 1
Wiltshire - 1 £475 -
IT Infrastructure Manager
England

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 31 May 2026, IT 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 South West region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PMP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Business Case
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner