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

Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 474 362 368
Rank change year-on-year -112 +6 +55
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Infrastructure Project Manager 3 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.033% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.037% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile £520 £553 -
25th Percentile £550 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £615
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +1.63% +14.42%
75th Percentile £650 £638 -
90th Percentile £680 £705 -
UK median daily rate £650 £625 £615
% change year-on-year +4.00% +1.63% +14.42%

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 25,683 13,685 16,403
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.45% 89.83% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,271 8,409 9,580
10th Percentile £304 £213 £220
25th Percentile £413 £361 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £653 £681
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,261 1,240 1,451
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.27 £14.41
25th Percentile £20.00 £16.17 £19.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +6.95%
75th Percentile £67.84 £51.65 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £70.24 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.15 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.59% -41.51% -1.96%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Infrastructure Project Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 September 2026.

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

Senior 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 Senior Infrastructure Project Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 September 2026. 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
East of England -28 2 £600 -20.00% 2
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 September 2026, Senior Infrastructure Project 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 Senior Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Asana
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Dodd-Frank
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) KYC
2 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (33.33%) MBA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PgMP
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) WAN

Senior Infrastructure Project 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Credit Risk
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Control
2 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) KYC
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Master's Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MBA
1 1 (33.33%) PgMP
1 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
1 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Dodd-Frank
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco