Head of Infrastructure Contracts in the UK excluding London

Head of Infrastructure
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Infrastructure daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 387 452 502
Rank change year-on-year +65 +50 -65
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 2 2 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.009% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 £713 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £725 £600
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £525 £738 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £750 £750 £625
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,803 21,973 29,325
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.37% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,462 15,346 20,547
10th Percentile £213 £225 £203
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,259 1,127 1,467
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.28
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.38% +88.21% +6.27%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Head of Infrastructure in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

Head of Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Infrastructure in the UK excluding London

Head of Infrastructure
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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
North of England - 1 £500 -
North West - 1 £500 -
Scotland - 1 - - 4
Head of Infrastructure
UK

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Head of Infrastructure 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Sophos
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Hudson
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Mimecast
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Mimecast
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Hudson
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Sophos