IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 387 333 387
Rank change year-on-year -54 +54 +64
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 7 14 17
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.038% 0.096% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.10% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 17
10th Percentile £480 £391 £352
25th Percentile £561 £403 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £660 £572 £575
90th Percentile £759 £588 £605
UK median daily rate £575 £516 £517
% change year-on-year +11.38% -0.15% +3.40%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 16,495 13,472 18,234
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.33% 92.34% 93.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,135 8,008 11,848
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £373 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.41% -2.65% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,657 759 1,280
10th Percentile £13.95 £15.33 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.26 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.94
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.26% +77.99%
75th Percentile £58.75 £64.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.38 £76.58
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -21.63% -27.78% +41.93%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

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

IT Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Midlands -42 4 £625 +28.21% 8
West Midlands -30 2 £600 +23.08% 7
North of England -46 2 £511 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £650 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £511 -
East of England -19 1 £800 +77.78% 2
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 December 2025, 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) Logistics
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
4 1 (14.29%) PMP
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Automotive
3 1 (14.29%) Aviation
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) PRINCE2
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cost Control
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
1 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow