Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 452 427 404
Rank change year-on-year -25 -23 -47
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 224 124 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.38% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.41% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 88 117
10th Percentile £450 £362 £325
25th Percentile £500 £406 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -7.41% +3.35%
75th Percentile £650 £588 £600
90th Percentile £725 £638 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £48.84 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.84 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 48,942 30,093 36,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.61% 91.45% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,465 19,115 23,531
10th Percentile £331 £282 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,396 1,494 2,063
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £20.12
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £68.00 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.10 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +78.93% -42.71% +17.07%

Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 4 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Infrastructure Manager
Top 16 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 4 August 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
England -15 203 £575 +9.52% 74
UK excluding London -29 118 £525 +5.00% 44
London -32 88 £610 +16.19% 36
Work from Home -40 61 £550 +18.28% 38
North of England -44 30 £525 +12.00% 16
Yorkshire -27 27 £525 +5.00% 8
South East -51 24 £500 -9.09% 14
Midlands -41 22 £625 +19.05% 3
East of England -5 19 £515 -14.17% 5
West Midlands -47 19 £625 +19.05% 2
South West -27 17 £475 +22.58% 3
Scotland -10 5 £550 +18.41% 2
East Midlands -7 3 £475 -1.04% 1
North West -52 2 £525 +18.31% 7
North East -40 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 - 1

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, 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 featuring Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 67 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (24.11%) Project Management
3 51 (22.77%) Azure
4 40 (17.86%) Agile
5 39 (17.41%) Project Delivery
6 36 (16.07%) Security Cleared
7 33 (14.73%) Migration
8 32 (14.29%) Windows
9 26 (11.61%) PRINCE2
10 23 (10.27%) Risk Management
11 22 (9.82%) PMI Certification
12 21 (9.38%) Change Management
12 21 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (9.38%) PMP
12 21 (9.38%) SC Cleared
13 20 (8.93%) AWS
13 20 (8.93%) Budget Management
13 20 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 20 (8.93%) DV Cleared
13 20 (8.93%) Waterfall
14 19 (8.48%) ITIL
14 19 (8.48%) Microsoft
15 16 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (7.14%) VMware
16 15 (6.70%) Change Control
16 15 (6.70%) Network Security
16 15 (6.70%) Project Governance
17 14 (6.25%) Infrastructure Transformation
17 14 (6.25%) Roadmaps
17 14 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement

Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.89%) IIS
4 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.89%) Houdini
3 2 (0.89%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 51 (22.77%) Azure
2 21 (9.38%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (8.93%) AWS
4 11 (4.91%) OCI
5 5 (2.23%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.34%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.34%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.89%) Asana
7 2 (0.89%) GCP
7 2 (0.89%) IaaS
7 2 (0.89%) PaaS
8 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.45%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.45%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.45%) SaaS
8 1 (0.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.70%) Network Security
2 13 (5.80%) Firewall
3 11 (4.91%) DNS
4 10 (4.46%) WAN
5 9 (4.02%) LAN
6 7 (3.13%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (2.23%) DHCP
8 4 (1.79%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.79%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.79%) Wireless
9 3 (1.34%) SAN
9 3 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.89%) Broadband
10 2 (0.89%) HTTP
10 2 (0.89%) NAS
10 2 (0.89%) SSL
10 2 (0.89%) VLAN
10 2 (0.89%) VPN
11 1 (0.45%) PABX
11 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.89%) Power BI
3 1 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.36%) JIRA
General
1 57 (25.45%) Finance
2 47 (20.98%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.16%) Public Sector
4 15 (6.70%) Banking
5 13 (5.80%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.46%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.23%) Legal
8 5 (2.23%) Local Government
8 5 (2.23%) Retail
9 4 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (1.34%) Law
10 3 (1.34%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.89%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Billing
12 1 (0.45%) German Language
12 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.45%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.45%) Military
12 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.89%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (0.45%) Middleware
2 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.20%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.13%) Private Cloud
3 5 (2.23%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.23%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.23%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.23%) PMI
4 4 (1.79%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.34%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.34%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.34%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.89%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (0.89%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.89%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.89%) Robotics
6 2 (0.89%) Social Media
6 2 (0.89%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.45%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.45%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 32 (14.29%) Windows
2 13 (5.80%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.23%) Linux
4 4 (1.79%) Unix
5 2 (0.89%) VMS
5 2 (0.89%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 54 (24.11%) Project Management
3 40 (17.86%) Agile
4 39 (17.41%) Project Delivery
5 33 (14.73%) Migration
6 26 (11.61%) PRINCE2
7 23 (10.27%) Risk Management
8 21 (9.38%) Change Management
9 20 (8.93%) Budget Management
9 20 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 20 (8.93%) Waterfall
10 19 (8.48%) ITIL
11 16 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (6.70%) Change Control
12 15 (6.70%) Project Governance
13 14 (6.25%) Infrastructure Transformation
13 14 (6.25%) Roadmaps
13 14 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (4.46%) Programme Management
14 10 (4.46%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.34%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 22 (9.82%) PMI Certification
3 21 (9.38%) PMP
3 21 (9.38%) SC Cleared
4 20 (8.93%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.02%) Degree
6 7 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (2.68%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.89%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.89%) MBA
9 2 (0.89%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.89%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.45%) APMP
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.45%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.45%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.13%) PMO
2 6 (2.68%) GDPR
2 6 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.68%) QA
3 5 (2.23%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.79%) SLA
5 3 (1.34%) NIST
6 2 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.45%) NCSC
7 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.68%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.34%) vSphere
4 2 (0.89%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.79%) Terraform
2 2 (0.89%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 2 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.89%) SCCM
3 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.45%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (8.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.14%) VMware
3 8 (3.57%) Cisco
3 8 (3.57%) Oracle
3 8 (3.57%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.23%) CheckPoint
5 4 (1.79%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.79%) SAP
6 2 (0.89%) Adobe
6 2 (0.89%) Dell
6 2 (0.89%) Foundry
6 2 (0.89%) HP
6 2 (0.89%) Juniper
6 2 (0.89%) Meraki
7 1 (0.45%) BT
7 1 (0.45%) NVIDIA
7 1 (0.45%) Pure Storage
7 1 (0.45%) Varonis
7 1 (0.45%) Workday
7 1 (0.45%) Zscaler