Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 435 397 416
Rank change year-on-year -38 +19 -85
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 189 125 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.43% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.46% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 143 91 120
10th Percentile £415 £381 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £644 £588 £627
90th Percentile £725 £665 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £514 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.75% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 44,407 27,141 39,490
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.39% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,193 17,684 25,687
10th Percentile £321 £293 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -3.23%
75th Percentile £615 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,901 1,046 2,662
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.82
25th Percentile £20.27 £18.15 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.69 £28.17 £36.58
Median % change year-on-year +51.55% -22.99% -18.72%
75th Percentile £66.25 £61.44 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.44
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.13 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.90% -32.19% -5.88%

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 17 May 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 14 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 17 May 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 -62 165 £550 +10.00% 49
UK excluding London -57 97 £514 +2.75% 35
London -48 71 £625 +20.48% 20
Work from Home -13 56 £575 +22.41% 11
North of England -54 29 £513 +6.49% 5
Yorkshire -39 26 £513 +2.50% 2
Midlands -57 19 £625 +38.89% 6
South East -56 17 £513 +2.50% 15
East of England -15 15 £473 -31.27% 5
West Midlands -53 14 £625 +21.95% 5
South West -24 13 £475 -3.80% 4
Scotland +3 6 £550 +18.41%
East Midlands -21 6 £475 +11.76% 1
North West -40 3 £488 -11.36% 3

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 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 57 (30.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (29.10%) Project Management
3 42 (22.22%) Agile
4 36 (19.05%) Azure
5 32 (16.93%) PRINCE2
6 30 (15.87%) Project Delivery
7 27 (14.29%) PMI Certification
8 26 (13.76%) Migration
9 25 (13.23%) PMP
9 25 (13.23%) Security Cleared
10 24 (12.70%) Risk Management
10 24 (12.70%) SC Cleared
11 22 (11.64%) Windows
12 19 (10.05%) Budget Management
12 19 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (8.47%) Change Management
14 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure Transformation
14 16 (8.47%) ITIL
14 16 (8.47%) Microsoft
15 15 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
15 15 (7.94%) Roadmaps
16 14 (7.41%) Decision-Making
16 14 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
16 14 (7.41%) Waterfall
17 13 (6.88%) Network Security
18 12 (6.35%) AWS
18 12 (6.35%) Firewall
18 12 (6.35%) JIRA
18 12 (6.35%) Programme 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 7 (3.70%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.59%) Confluence
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 36 (19.05%) Azure
2 14 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.35%) AWS
4 8 (4.23%) OCI
4 8 (4.23%) OpenShift
5 4 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (2.12%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.59%) GCP
6 3 (1.59%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.06%) IaaS
7 2 (1.06%) PaaS
8 1 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.53%) Apigee
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.53%) Kong
8 1 (0.53%) SaaS
8 1 (0.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.88%) Network Security
2 12 (6.35%) Firewall
3 11 (5.82%) WAN
4 9 (4.76%) SD-WAN
5 8 (4.23%) LAN
6 7 (3.70%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.12%) Wireless
9 3 (1.59%) DNS
9 3 (1.59%) VLAN
9 3 (1.59%) WLAN
10 2 (1.06%) Internet
10 2 (1.06%) MPLS
10 2 (1.06%) NAS
10 2 (1.06%) SAN
11 1 (0.53%) BT 21CN
11 1 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
11 1 (0.53%) Multicast
11 1 (0.53%) NaaS
11 1 (0.53%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.35%) JIRA
General
1 46 (24.34%) Finance
2 40 (21.16%) Social Skills
3 18 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.88%) Banking
5 10 (5.29%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.29%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.65%) Legal
9 4 (2.12%) Retail
10 3 (1.59%) Local Government
10 3 (1.59%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.06%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.06%) French Language
11 2 (1.06%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.06%) Law
12 1 (0.53%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.53%) Back Office
12 1 (0.53%) Billing
12 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) Kafka
1 1 (0.53%) Middleware
1 1 (0.53%) OAuth
1 1 (0.53%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.53%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (0.53%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.53%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 33 (17.46%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.17%) PMI
3 4 (2.12%) Mainframe
3 4 (2.12%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.59%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.06%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.06%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.06%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.53%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.53%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.53%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.53%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.53%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.64%) Windows
2 10 (5.29%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.12%) Unix
4 3 (1.59%) Linux
4 3 (1.59%) VMS
5 1 (0.53%) Android
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (30.16%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (29.10%) Project Management
3 42 (22.22%) Agile
4 32 (16.93%) PRINCE2
5 30 (15.87%) Project Delivery
6 26 (13.76%) Migration
7 24 (12.70%) Risk Management
8 19 (10.05%) Budget Management
8 19 (10.05%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (8.47%) Change Management
10 16 (8.47%) Infrastructure Transformation
10 16 (8.47%) ITIL
11 15 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (7.94%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.41%) Decision-Making
12 14 (7.41%) Waterfall
13 12 (6.35%) Programme Management
14 11 (5.82%) Change Control
15 10 (5.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.06%) PowerShell
1 2 (1.06%) Python
2 1 (0.53%) Bash
2 1 (0.53%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (14.29%) PMI Certification
2 25 (13.23%) PMP
2 25 (13.23%) Security Cleared
3 24 (12.70%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.29%) Degree
5 7 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 5 (2.65%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.59%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.06%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.06%) PgMP
8 2 (1.06%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (1.06%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.53%) CCIE
9 1 (0.53%) CCNP
9 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.53%) MBA
9 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.70%) GDPR
2 7 (3.70%) PMO
3 5 (2.65%) SLA
4 4 (2.12%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.12%) QA
5 3 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (1.59%) NIST
5 3 (1.59%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.06%) GRC
6 2 (1.06%) NCSC
6 2 (1.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.53%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.53%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 8 (4.23%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (3.17%) Terraform
2 4 (2.12%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.59%) Ansible
3 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (1.06%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.06%) SCCM
5 1 (0.53%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.53%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.53%) Grafana
5 1 (0.53%) Iperf
5 1 (0.53%) Istio
5 1 (0.53%) linkerd
5 1 (0.53%) Nmap
5 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.53%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.53%) SCOM
5 1 (0.53%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 16 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.76%) Cisco
2 9 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.70%) Oracle
3 7 (3.70%) VMware
4 6 (3.17%) SAP
5 5 (2.65%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.12%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.59%) Ariba
7 3 (1.59%) Meraki
8 2 (1.06%) Juniper
8 2 (1.06%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.53%) Aruba
9 1 (0.53%) BMC
9 1 (0.53%) Commvault
9 1 (0.53%) Genesys
9 1 (0.53%) NetApp
9 1 (0.53%) Splunk
9 1 (0.53%) Tufin
9 1 (0.53%) Veritas