IT Infrastructure Project Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £511, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 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
1 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 364 400
Rank change year-on-year -1 +36 +84
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Project Manager 8 11 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.061% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.066% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 10
10th Percentile £400 £411 £396
25th Percentile £413 £450 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £506 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -7.95% +10.00%
75th Percentile £615 £577 -
90th Percentile £631 £603 £738
UK median daily rate £438 £541 £500
% change year-on-year -19.17% +8.25% -

All DemandTrendContract 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 13,807 16,641 20,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 92.36% 94.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,451 9,909 13,671
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £361 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,252 1,562 1,156
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.95 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -42.78% +11.13% +83.95%
75th Percentile £54.00 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £76.62
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

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

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 September 2025.

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

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

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

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

IT 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 IT Infrastructure Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 September 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 -4 6 £500 -13.04% 1
West Midlands -4 5 £500 -13.04%
East of England +1 1 £450 - 3
Yorkshire -11 1 £573 +69.63%
North of England -12 1 £573 +69.63% 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
IT Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 September 2025, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
3 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (12.50%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Cost Control
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Military
4 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (12.50%) Trello

IT 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Back Office
3 1 (12.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
2 3 (37.50%) Risk Management
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (25.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Responsibility
4 1 (12.50%) Budgeting
4 1 (12.50%) Change Control
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Contingency Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Cost Control
4 1 (12.50%) Line Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
1 1 (12.50%) PMP
1 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) SAP
1 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow