IT Infrastructure Manager Contracts 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 £511, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 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
24 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 367 401
Rank change year-on-year +14 +34 +80
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 7 15 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.047% 0.076% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.083% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 20
10th Percentile £400 £398 £355
25th Percentile £413 £450 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.25% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £615 £606 £556
90th Percentile £631 £685 £744
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +10.00%

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 13,563 18,087 21,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.23% 94.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,350 11,035 14,726
10th Percentile £215 £213 £231
25th Percentile £363 £375 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £536
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.02% -0.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,159 2,033 1,185
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.25 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.65 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.91 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.39% +7.28% +90.48%
75th Percentile £55.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.94 £43.75
% change year-on-year -38.57% -6.42% +70.37%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

Daily rate trend for IT Infrastructure Manager 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 24 July 2025.

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

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

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

Hourly rate trend for IT Infrastructure Manager 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 24 July 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 +3 5 £500 -19.19% 1
West Midlands +3 4 £500 -32.20% 1
East of England +15 1 £450 - 1
Yorkshire -4 1 £573 +69.63%
East Midlands -5 1 - -
North of England -14 1 £573 +69.63%
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 July 2025, IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
3 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (14.29%) Military
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
4 1 (14.29%) Back Office
4 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
4 1 (14.29%) Line Management
4 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

IT Infrastructure 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 3 (42.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Back Office
3 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
3 1 (14.29%) Military
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Driving Licence
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
2 2 (28.57%) PRINCE2
2 2 (28.57%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
3 1 (14.29%) Budget Responsibility
3 1 (14.29%) Change Control
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Line Management
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow