Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £561, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 449 430 405
Rank change year-on-year -19 -25 -39
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 226 121 171
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.42% 0.37% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.40% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 170 83 116
10th Percentile £453 £362 £325
25th Percentile £500 £403 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £525 £523
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% +0.48% -0.48%
75th Percentile £650 £600 £600
90th Percentile £726 £638 £694
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -
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 49,650 30,089 36,083
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.54% 91.30% 92.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,817 19,016 23,243
10th Percentile £326 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
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 3,489 1,535 2,025
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.69 £17.28 £20.30
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +2.00%
75th Percentile £67.89 £53.81 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +20.00%

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 15 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 15 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 -27 208 £575 +4.55% 97
UK excluding London -35 122 £525 - 52
London -36 87 £610 +10.91% 53
Work from Home -40 62 £550 +18.66% 44
North of England -48 32 £525 +12.00% 16
Yorkshire -26 28 £525 +16.02% 8
South East -55 23 £488 -18.75% 17
South West -33 21 £488 -35.00% 5
Midlands -38 21 £625 +19.05% 4
East of England -7 19 £515 -14.17% 7
West Midlands -38 18 £625 +11.11% 3
Scotland -14 5 £550 +18.41% 3
East Midlands -14 3 £475 -1.04% 1
North West -49 3 £525 +10.53% 6
North East -43 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £550 -

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

For the 6 months to 15 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 (29.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (23.45%) Project Management
3 50 (22.12%) Azure
4 43 (19.03%) Agile
5 38 (16.81%) Project Delivery
6 34 (15.04%) Migration
6 34 (15.04%) Windows
7 33 (14.60%) Security Cleared
8 29 (12.83%) PRINCE2
9 21 (9.29%) Change Management
9 21 (9.29%) PMI Certification
10 20 (8.85%) ITIL
10 20 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (8.85%) PMP
10 20 (8.85%) Risk Management
11 19 (8.41%) AWS
11 19 (8.41%) Budget Management
11 19 (8.41%) VMware
11 19 (8.41%) Waterfall
12 18 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (7.96%) DV Cleared
12 18 (7.96%) Microsoft
12 18 (7.96%) SC Cleared
13 17 (7.52%) Project Governance
13 17 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 15 (6.64%) Infrastructure Transformation
14 15 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (5.75%) Change Control
15 13 (5.75%) Network Security
15 13 (5.75%) Roadmaps

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 5 (2.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.88%) IIS
4 1 (0.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.21%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.88%) Houdini
4 2 (0.88%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 50 (22.12%) Azure
2 20 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (8.41%) AWS
4 10 (4.42%) OCI
5 4 (1.77%) OpenShift
6 3 (1.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (1.33%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.33%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.88%) Asana
7 2 (0.88%) SaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.44%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.44%) GCP
8 1 (0.44%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.44%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.44%) IaaS
8 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.44%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.44%) PaaS
8 1 (0.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.75%) Network Security
2 12 (5.31%) Firewall
3 10 (4.42%) DNS
4 8 (3.54%) WAN
5 7 (3.10%) LAN
5 7 (3.10%) Structured Cabling
6 5 (2.21%) DHCP
6 5 (2.21%) SAN
7 4 (1.77%) NAS
7 4 (1.77%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.77%) Wireless
8 3 (1.33%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.88%) Broadband
9 2 (0.88%) HTTP
9 2 (0.88%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.88%) SSL
9 2 (0.88%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.88%) VLAN
9 2 (0.88%) VPN
10 1 (0.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.77%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.88%) Power BI
3 1 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 12 (5.31%) JIRA
General
1 60 (26.55%) Finance
2 45 (19.91%) Social Skills
3 25 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 14 (6.19%) Banking
5 12 (5.31%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.54%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.21%) Legal
8 5 (2.21%) Local Government
9 4 (1.77%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.77%) Retail
10 3 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.88%) Law
12 1 (0.44%) Automotive
12 1 (0.44%) Billing
12 1 (0.44%) German Language
12 1 (0.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.44%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.44%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.44%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.88%) Unreal Engine
2 1 (0.44%) Middleware
2 1 (0.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 44 (19.47%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.10%) Private Cloud
3 5 (2.21%) Hybrid Cloud
3 5 (2.21%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.77%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.77%) PMI
4 4 (1.77%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Cloud
5 3 (1.33%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.88%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.88%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.88%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (0.88%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.88%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.88%) Robotics
6 2 (0.88%) Social Media
7 1 (0.44%) CMDB
7 1 (0.44%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.04%) Windows
2 12 (5.31%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.10%) Linux
4 4 (1.77%) Unix
5 2 (0.88%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.44%) VMS
6 1 (0.44%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (29.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 53 (23.45%) Project Management
3 43 (19.03%) Agile
4 38 (16.81%) Project Delivery
5 34 (15.04%) Migration
6 29 (12.83%) PRINCE2
7 21 (9.29%) Change Management
8 20 (8.85%) ITIL
8 20 (8.85%) Risk Management
9 19 (8.41%) Budget Management
9 19 (8.41%) Waterfall
10 18 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 17 (7.52%) Project Governance
11 17 (7.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (6.64%) Infrastructure Transformation
12 15 (6.64%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (5.75%) Change Control
13 13 (5.75%) Roadmaps
14 10 (4.42%) Data Protection
14 10 (4.42%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (0.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (14.60%) Security Cleared
2 21 (9.29%) PMI Certification
3 20 (8.85%) PMP
4 18 (7.96%) DV Cleared
4 18 (7.96%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.98%) Degree
6 8 (3.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (2.65%) Azure Certification
8 4 (1.77%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.88%) MBA
9 2 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.44%) APMP
10 1 (0.44%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.44%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.44%) PgMP
10 1 (0.44%) RIBA
10 1 (0.44%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.54%) PMO
2 6 (2.65%) GDPR
2 6 (2.65%) QA
3 5 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.33%) NIST
5 3 (1.33%) SLA
6 2 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.44%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.44%) GRC
7 1 (0.44%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.44%) NCSC
7 1 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (4.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.33%) vSphere
4 2 (0.88%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 4 (1.77%) Terraform
2 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
2 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.88%) SCCM
3 1 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.44%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.44%) RSA Archer
3 1 (0.44%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (0.44%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (0.44%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (8.41%) VMware
2 18 (7.96%) Microsoft
3 8 (3.54%) Cisco
4 7 (3.10%) Oracle
4 7 (3.10%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.21%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.21%) SAP
6 4 (1.77%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.33%) NetApp
8 2 (0.88%) Adobe
8 2 (0.88%) Dell
8 2 (0.88%) Foundry
8 2 (0.88%) HP
8 2 (0.88%) Juniper
8 2 (0.88%) Meraki
9 1 (0.44%) Ariba
9 1 (0.44%) Avaya
9 1 (0.44%) Citrix
9 1 (0.44%) Commvault
9 1 (0.44%) EMC