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 £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 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
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 383 436
Rank change year-on-year +53 +53 +71
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.010% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.011% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £475 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £500 £725
Median % change year-on-year +45.00% -31.03% +20.83%
75th Percentile £738 £525 £738
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £725 £750 £750
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +20.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 11,886 18,771 21,693
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.89% 92.48% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,561 11,462 15,127
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.40% +3.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 850 2,267 1,104
10th Percentile £13.83 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.73 £18.07
Median hourly rate £27.13 £40.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.19% -5.88% +112.50%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.60 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.85 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.29% -18.89% +88.21%

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 19 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
South West - 5 £725 -
Head of Infrastructure
UK

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 3 (60.00%) Matrix Management
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) Unix
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps

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 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Unix
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Matrix Management
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune