Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £573, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 445 422 412
Rank change year-on-year -23 -10 -70
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 221 130 185
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.43% 0.41% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 93 127
10th Percentile £423 £363 £348
25th Percentile £475 £411 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.44% -11.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £585 £620
90th Percentile £725 £633 £705
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £488 £513
% change year-on-year +7.69% -4.88% +7.89%
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 47,708 29,033 40,392
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 92.03% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,866 18,550 25,972
10th Percentile £325 £288 £287
25th Percentile £416 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.85% -1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,233 1,310 2,837
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.78 £12.87
25th Percentile £21.15 £17.44 £16.65
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year +62.26% -29.80% -12.21%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.25 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% +1.01%

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 July 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 4 July 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 -33 199 £573 +14.50% 55
UK excluding London -34 113 £525 +7.69% 44
London -40 88 £610 +22.00% 19
Work from Home -41 62 £550 +18.92% 24
North of England -61 29 £525 +15.07% 5
Yorkshire -39 26 £525 +5.00% 4
Midlands -43 23 £625 +38.89% 6
South East -44 23 £515 -1.90% 21
West Midlands -52 19 £625 +19.05% 5
East of England -19 17 £515 -17.60% 6
South West -20 16 £475 -2.56% 5
Scotland -8 5 £550 +18.41%
East Midlands -14 4 £475 +8.57% 1
North West -40 3 £488 +13.04%

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

For the 6 months to 4 July 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 68 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 59 (26.70%) Project Management
3 49 (22.17%) Azure
4 45 (20.36%) Agile
5 36 (16.29%) Project Delivery
6 34 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 34 (15.38%) Security Cleared
7 33 (14.93%) Migration
8 31 (14.03%) Windows
9 28 (12.67%) PMI Certification
10 25 (11.31%) PMP
11 23 (10.41%) Risk Management
12 22 (9.95%) SC Cleared
13 21 (9.50%) ITIL
13 21 (9.50%) Microsoft
13 21 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
14 20 (9.05%) Budget Management
14 20 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
15 19 (8.60%) AWS
16 18 (8.14%) Waterfall
17 17 (7.69%) Change Management
17 17 (7.69%) DV Cleared
18 16 (7.24%) Network Security
18 16 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
18 16 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 14 (6.33%) Decision-Making
19 14 (6.33%) Firewall
19 14 (6.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
19 14 (6.33%) Project Governance
19 14 (6.33%) 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 7 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.90%) Confluence
2 2 (0.90%) IIS
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.45%) Houdini
4 1 (0.45%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 49 (22.17%) Azure
2 21 (9.50%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (8.60%) AWS
4 11 (4.98%) OCI
5 7 (3.17%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.81%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.81%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.81%) GCP
7 3 (1.36%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.90%) Asana
8 2 (0.90%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.90%) IaaS
8 2 (0.90%) PaaS
9 1 (0.45%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.45%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.45%) Kong
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.45%) SaaS
9 1 (0.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.24%) Network Security
2 14 (6.33%) Firewall
3 11 (4.98%) WAN
4 9 (4.07%) LAN
5 8 (3.62%) DNS
6 7 (3.17%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (2.71%) SD-WAN
8 4 (1.81%) Wireless
9 3 (1.36%) DHCP
9 3 (1.36%) SAN
9 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
9 3 (1.36%) VLAN
10 2 (0.90%) MPLS
10 2 (0.90%) NAS
10 2 (0.90%) VPN
10 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.45%) Multicast
11 1 (0.45%) PABX
11 1 (0.45%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.45%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.90%) Power BI
2 1 (0.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 61 (27.60%) Finance
2 46 (20.81%) Social Skills
3 24 (10.86%) Public Sector
4 16 (7.24%) Banking
5 11 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.52%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.71%) Legal
8 5 (2.26%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.26%) Local Government
8 5 (2.26%) Retail
9 3 (1.36%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.90%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.90%) Law
11 1 (0.45%) Aviation
11 1 (0.45%) German Language
11 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.45%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.45%) Kafka
1 1 (0.45%) Middleware
1 1 (0.45%) OAuth
1 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.45%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (0.45%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.45%) REST
1 1 (0.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 43 (19.46%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.17%) PMI
2 7 (3.17%) Private Cloud
3 6 (2.71%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.81%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.81%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.81%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.36%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.90%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.90%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.90%) Robotics
6 2 (0.90%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.90%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.45%) CMDB
7 1 (0.45%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.45%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 31 (14.03%) Windows
2 13 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.81%) Linux
3 4 (1.81%) Unix
4 3 (1.36%) VMS
5 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.45%) Android
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 59 (26.70%) Project Management
3 45 (20.36%) Agile
4 36 (16.29%) Project Delivery
5 34 (15.38%) PRINCE2
6 33 (14.93%) Migration
7 23 (10.41%) Risk Management
8 21 (9.50%) ITIL
9 20 (9.05%) Budget Management
9 20 (9.05%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (8.14%) Waterfall
11 17 (7.69%) Change Management
12 16 (7.24%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (7.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (6.33%) Decision-Making
13 14 (6.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
13 14 (6.33%) Project Governance
13 14 (6.33%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.88%) Change Control
15 12 (5.43%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.36%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.45%) Bash
2 1 (0.45%) Bicep
2 1 (0.45%) Python
2 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.67%) PMI Certification
3 25 (11.31%) PMP
4 22 (9.95%) SC Cleared
5 17 (7.69%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.52%) Degree
7 8 (3.62%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.71%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.36%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.90%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.90%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (0.90%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.90%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.90%) MBA
10 2 (0.90%) PgMP
10 2 (0.90%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 2 (0.90%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.45%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.62%) PMO
1 8 (3.62%) QA
2 7 (3.17%) GDPR
3 6 (2.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.36%) NIST
5 3 (1.36%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.90%) GRC
6 2 (0.90%) NCSC
6 2 (0.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.45%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.45%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 7 (3.17%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.26%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.90%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.90%) vSphere
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.26%) Terraform
2 3 (1.36%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.36%) SCCM
3 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.90%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.45%) Ansible
4 1 (0.45%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.45%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.45%) Grafana
4 1 (0.45%) Iperf
4 1 (0.45%) Istio
4 1 (0.45%) linkerd
4 1 (0.45%) Nmap
4 1 (0.45%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.45%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.45%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.45%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.45%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.45%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 21 (9.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.43%) VMware
3 8 (3.62%) Cisco
3 8 (3.62%) Oracle
3 8 (3.62%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.71%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.26%) SAP
6 4 (1.81%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.90%) Ariba
7 2 (0.90%) Dell
7 2 (0.90%) Google
7 2 (0.90%) Juniper
7 2 (0.90%) Meraki
7 2 (0.90%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.45%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.45%) Foundry
8 1 (0.45%) Speakerbus
8 1 (0.45%) Splunk
8 1 (0.45%) Tufin
8 1 (0.45%) Veeam