Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 425 403
Rank change year-on-year -51 -22 -30
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 119 141 219
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.33% 0.39% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.41% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 105 159
10th Percentile £400 £370 £390
25th Percentile £450 £450 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £625 £600 £600
90th Percentile £688 £690 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.14
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £48.28
Median % change year-on-year - -27.51% -25.72%
75th Percentile - - £48.42
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £48.28
% change year-on-year - - -25.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 32,848 33,983 42,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.83% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,819 20,547 28,844
10th Percentile £281 £300 £290
25th Percentile £401 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £648
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,914 1,249 1,524
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.75 £19.11
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +48.33%
75th Percentile £56.49 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +79.00%

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 28 November 2025.

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 15 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 28 November 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
England -40 108 £525 -2.33% 43
London +2 56 £531 -7.61% 9
UK excluding London -46 54 £525 +5.00% 44
Work from Home -2 34 £465 -15.45% 23
Midlands -25 15 £550 +10.00% 5
South East +1 12 £550 -0.05% 18
North of England -42 11 £456 -3.95% 8
West Midlands -39 9 £600 +15.38% 3
Yorkshire -40 7 £405 -25.00% 2
South West 0 6 £750 +33.33% 5
East Midlands -10 6 £471 -0.79% 2
East of England -23 6 £625 +56.25% 5
North West -20 4 £475 +2.70% 6
Scotland -6 3 £350 -39.13% 3
Wales - 1 £450 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 November 2025, 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 49 (41.18%) Project Management
2 38 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 30 (25.21%) Azure
4 29 (24.37%) PRINCE2
4 29 (24.37%) Project Delivery
5 26 (21.85%) Microsoft
6 25 (21.01%) Migration
7 22 (18.49%) PMP
8 21 (17.65%) PMI Certification
9 20 (16.81%) AWS
9 20 (16.81%) Windows
10 17 (14.29%) Agile
11 15 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
12 14 (11.76%) Risk Management
13 13 (10.92%) Cisco
14 12 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
14 12 (10.08%) Firewall
15 11 (9.24%) Change Management
15 11 (9.24%) Degree
15 11 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
15 11 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 11 (9.24%) VMware
15 11 (9.24%) Waterfall
16 10 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
16 10 (8.40%) Security Cleared
16 10 (8.40%) WAN
17 9 (7.56%) Active Directory
17 9 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
17 9 (7.56%) LAN
17 9 (7.56%) Time Management

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 4 (3.36%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.52%) Confluence
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.84%) nginx
4 1 (0.84%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.52%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.84%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.21%) Azure
2 20 (16.81%) AWS
3 11 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.20%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (3.36%) OpenShift
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.52%) IaaS
7 2 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.68%) SaaS
8 1 (0.84%) GCP
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.84%) PaaS
8 1 (0.84%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 12 (10.08%) Firewall
2 10 (8.40%) WAN
3 9 (7.56%) LAN
4 7 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (3.36%) SAN
6 3 (2.52%) NAS
6 3 (2.52%) WLAN
7 2 (1.68%) Internet
7 2 (1.68%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.68%) Structured Cabling
7 2 (1.68%) VPN
7 2 (1.68%) Wireless
8 1 (0.84%) MPLS
8 1 (0.84%) Multicast
8 1 (0.84%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.84%) Git
General
1 49 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 47 (39.50%) Finance
3 10 (8.40%) Manufacturing
3 10 (8.40%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.56%) Banking
5 8 (6.72%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.88%) Retail
7 6 (5.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (4.20%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.36%) Local Government
10 3 (2.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.68%) Automotive
11 2 (1.68%) Aviation
11 2 (1.68%) Back Office
11 2 (1.68%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.68%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.68%) Law
11 2 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.84%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.20%) RFC 2544
2 1 (0.84%) ADO
2 1 (0.84%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 28 (23.53%) Data Centre
2 9 (7.56%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.52%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.68%) CCTV
4 2 (1.68%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.68%) FMCG
4 2 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.68%) Life Science
4 2 (1.68%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.84%) CMDB
5 1 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.84%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.84%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.84%) NHS
5 1 (0.84%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.84%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.84%) PKI
5 1 (0.84%) PMI
5 1 (0.84%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 20 (16.81%) Windows
2 7 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.36%) Linux
3 4 (3.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.84%) Android
4 1 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.84%) VMS
4 1 (0.84%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.84%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (41.18%) Project Management
2 38 (31.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (24.37%) PRINCE2
3 29 (24.37%) Project Delivery
4 25 (21.01%) Migration
5 17 (14.29%) Agile
6 15 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (11.76%) Risk Management
8 12 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (9.24%) Change Management
9 11 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (9.24%) Waterfall
10 10 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (7.56%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (7.56%) Time Management
12 8 (6.72%) Budget Management
12 8 (6.72%) Resource Management
13 7 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
13 7 (5.88%) Risk Register
13 7 (5.88%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 22 (18.49%) PMP
2 21 (17.65%) PMI Certification
3 11 (9.24%) Degree
4 10 (8.40%) Security Cleared
5 7 (5.88%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.52%) RIBA
7 2 (1.68%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.68%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 2 (1.68%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.84%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.84%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) PMO
1 4 (3.36%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 3 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.68%) GxP
4 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.84%) GDPR
4 1 (0.84%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (5.04%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.84%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Ansible
2 4 (3.36%) SCCM
2 4 (3.36%) Terraform
3 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (2.52%) SCOM
4 2 (1.68%) Puppet
5 1 (0.84%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.84%) Consul
5 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.84%) Packer
Vendors
1 26 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 13 (10.92%) Cisco
3 11 (9.24%) VMware
4 7 (5.88%) SAP
5 5 (4.20%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.52%) Ariba
6 3 (2.52%) Arista
6 3 (2.52%) BMC
7 2 (1.68%) GoldenSource
7 2 (1.68%) Oracle
8 1 (0.84%) Aruba
8 1 (0.84%) Cadence
8 1 (0.84%) Google
8 1 (0.84%) IFS
8 1 (0.84%) Infoblox
8 1 (0.84%) Meraki
8 1 (0.84%) NEC
8 1 (0.84%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.84%) Samsung
8 1 (0.84%) Splunk