Head of Infrastructure Contracts

Head of Infrastructure
UK

The median Head of Infrastructure daily rate in the UK is £750 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 567 703 828
Rank change year-on-year +136 +125 -167
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Infrastructure 19 13 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.021% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.023% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 6
10th Percentile £475 £579 £563
25th Percentile £550 £622 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £713 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +18.75% -4.00%
75th Percentile £975 £800 £644
90th Percentile - £853 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £725 £600
% change year-on-year -24.14% +20.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £35.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,501 57,364 85,821
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.55% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,442 40,011 60,276
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £748 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,615 1,620 2,120
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.33 £15.47
Median hourly rate £35.00 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.77 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -14.12% +117.95% +2.63%

Head of Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Infrastructure in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Infrastructure in the UK

Head of Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Infrastructure.

Daily rate trend for Head of Infrastructure in the UK

Head of Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Infrastructure over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Infrastructure in the UK

Head of Infrastructure
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Infrastructure within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England +119 17 £750 +5.26% 12
London +109 12 £950 +35.71% 5
Work from Home +127 7 £950 +26.67% 7
UK excluding London +71 3 £550 -24.14% 7
North of England - 1 £500 - 4
North West - 1 £500 - 4
South East - 1 £600 -
Scotland - 1 - -

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Head of Infrastructure 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 featuring Head of Infrastructure in the job title.

1 7 (36.84%) Linux
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
3 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (21.05%) VMware
3 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
3 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
3 4 (21.05%) Windows
3 4 (21.05%) Confluence
3 4 (21.05%) Red Hat Satellite
3 4 (21.05%) GitHub
3 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
3 4 (21.05%) Public Cloud
3 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
4 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
4 3 (15.79%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (15.79%) Strategic Roadmap
4 3 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
4 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
5 2 (10.53%) Financial Modelling
5 2 (10.53%) Agile
5 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
5 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) SOA
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) Microservices

Head of Infrastructure Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (21.05%) Confluence
2 1 (5.26%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (36.84%) Azure
2 4 (21.05%) GitHub
3 2 (10.53%) IaaS
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) PaaS
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Hudson
General
1 7 (36.84%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.26%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Data Centre
1 4 (21.05%) Public Cloud
2 3 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (5.26%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.26%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Roadmaps
2 3 (15.79%) Strategic Roadmap
2 3 (15.79%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (10.53%) Agile
3 2 (10.53%) Analytics
3 2 (10.53%) Budgeting
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analytics
3 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (10.53%) Event-Driven
3 2 (10.53%) Financial Modelling
3 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (10.53%) Microservices
3 2 (10.53%) Predictive Analytics
3 2 (10.53%) Risk Management
3 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) SOA
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Debt
4 1 (5.26%) Budget Control
4 1 (5.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.26%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) SC Cleared
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (21.05%) Active Directory
1 4 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 4 (21.05%) Red Hat
1 4 (21.05%) VMware
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco
3 1 (5.26%) Broadcom
3 1 (5.26%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.26%) Commvault
3 1 (5.26%) EMC
3 1 (5.26%) F5
3 1 (5.26%) Sophos