Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 333 295
Rank change year-on-year +1 -38 +29
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 61 118 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.49% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.52% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 91 181
10th Percentile £413 £356 £350
25th Percentile £504 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £488 £471
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% +3.61% +1.73%
75th Percentile £620 £550 £538
90th Percentile £650 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £550 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

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 19,031 22,516 29,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 94.26% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,619 15,791 20,746
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,244 1,158 1,469
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £17.92 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.93
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London

Infrastructure Project Manager
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 Infrastructure Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
South East +26 19 £575 +21.05% 7
Midlands +11 14 £563 +25.00% 4
North of England +1 13 £450 -14.29% 9
Yorkshire +2 9 £438 -20.45% 1
East Midlands +20 7 £625 +25.00% 1
West Midlands +4 7 £550 +22.22% 3
South West +19 6 £550 +12.82% 3
Wales +17 3 £600 -
North West +14 3 £560 +17.89% 6
East of England +14 3 £425 -19.05% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Scotland +32 1 £525 +20.00% 1
North East +17 1 - - 2
Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Infrastructure Project 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 UK excluding London region featuring Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 25 (40.98%) Project Management
2 20 (32.79%) Social Skills
3 17 (27.87%) Finance
3 17 (27.87%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (21.31%) Migration
5 12 (19.67%) Agile
5 12 (19.67%) Azure
6 9 (14.75%) Risk Management
6 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
7 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
7 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
7 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
8 7 (11.48%) Windows
8 7 (11.48%) Telecoms
8 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (9.84%) Budget Management
9 6 (9.84%) Degree
10 5 (8.20%) Resource Management
10 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (8.20%) Citrix
10 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
11 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
11 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
11 4 (6.56%) Change Control
11 4 (6.56%) Entra ID
11 4 (6.56%) Project Planning
12 3 (4.92%) QA
12 3 (4.92%) SaaS
12 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared

Infrastructure Project Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 12 (19.67%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (4.92%) SaaS
5 2 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.64%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) WAN
2 1 (1.64%) LAN
2 1 (1.64%) Network Security
2 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 20 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.87%) Finance
3 7 (11.48%) Telecoms
4 5 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.92%) Law
5 3 (4.92%) Manufacturing
6 2 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Legal
6 2 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.28%) Retail
7 1 (1.64%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Electronics
7 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.64%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (1.64%) BYOD
2 1 (1.64%) EPoS
2 1 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.64%) Operational Technology
2 1 (1.64%) Robotics
2 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.48%) Windows
2 3 (4.92%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.28%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.64%) AIX
4 1 (1.64%) Unix
4 1 (1.64%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.64%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (40.98%) Project Management
2 17 (27.87%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (21.31%) Migration
4 12 (19.67%) Agile
5 9 (14.75%) Project Delivery
5 9 (14.75%) Risk Management
6 8 (13.11%) PRINCE2
6 8 (13.11%) Waterfall
7 7 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (9.84%) Budget Management
9 5 (8.20%) Resource Management
9 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 4 (6.56%) Change Control
10 4 (6.56%) Project Planning
11 3 (4.92%) Change Management
11 3 (4.92%) Line Management
12 2 (3.28%) Application Discovery
12 2 (3.28%) Cybersecurity
12 2 (3.28%) Information Security
12 2 (3.28%) Project Governance
Qualifications
1 6 (9.84%) Degree
2 3 (4.92%) PMI Certification
2 3 (4.92%) PMP
2 3 (4.92%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) DV Cleared
3 2 (3.28%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.92%) PMO
1 3 (4.92%) QA
2 1 (1.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (6.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (8.20%) Citrix
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.28%) Cisco
4 1 (1.64%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (1.64%) CyberArk
4 1 (1.64%) Dell
4 1 (1.64%) EMC
4 1 (1.64%) Fujitsu
4 1 (1.64%) IBM
4 1 (1.64%) Isilon
4 1 (1.64%) Nokia
4 1 (1.64%) SAP