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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 447 407 413
Rank change year-on-year -40 +6 -68
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 212 127 183
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.41% 0.41% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.45% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 92 126
10th Percentile £421 £363 £344
25th Percentile £468 £409 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -11.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £585 £615
90th Percentile £725 £635 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £488 £525
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +10.53%
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 47,495 28,303 40,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.03% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,760 18,119 25,771
10th Percentile £325 £288 £283
25th Percentile £415 £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 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,210 1,268 2,866
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.77 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.41 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 1 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 1 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 -40 191 £575 +15.00% 58
UK excluding London -38 110 £525 +7.69% 48
London -47 83 £610 +22.00% 18
Work from Home -35 61 £550 +18.92% 25
North of England -60 30 £525 +16.67% 5
Yorkshire -33 27 £525 +5.00% 4
Midlands -45 23 £625 +38.89% 6
South East -52 23 £515 -1.90% 23
West Midlands -40 19 £625 +19.05% 5
South West -19 15 £475 -2.56% 5
East of England -14 14 £500 -20.00% 7
Scotland -2 5 £550 +18.41%
East Midlands -11 4 £475 +8.57% 1
North West -39 3 £488 +13.04%

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 64 (30.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (25.94%) Project Management
3 48 (22.64%) Azure
4 44 (20.75%) Agile
5 33 (15.57%) Security Cleared
6 32 (15.09%) Migration
6 32 (15.09%) PRINCE2
6 32 (15.09%) Project Delivery
7 30 (14.15%) Windows
8 28 (13.21%) PMI Certification
9 25 (11.79%) PMP
10 22 (10.38%) Risk Management
10 22 (10.38%) SC Cleared
11 20 (9.43%) Budget Management
11 20 (9.43%) ITIL
11 20 (9.43%) Microsoft
11 20 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
13 18 (8.49%) AWS
14 17 (8.02%) Waterfall
15 16 (7.55%) Change Management
15 16 (7.55%) DV Cleared
15 16 (7.55%) Network Security
15 16 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
16 15 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 14 (6.60%) Decision-Making
17 14 (6.60%) Infrastructure Transformation
17 14 (6.60%) Roadmaps
18 13 (6.13%) Windows Server
19 12 (5.66%) Change Control

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 (3.30%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.94%) Confluence
2 2 (0.94%) IIS
2 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 5 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.47%) Houdini
4 1 (0.47%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 48 (22.64%) Azure
2 20 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (8.49%) AWS
4 11 (5.19%) OCI
5 7 (3.30%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.89%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.89%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.89%) GCP
7 3 (1.42%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.94%) Asana
8 2 (0.94%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.94%) IaaS
8 2 (0.94%) PaaS
9 1 (0.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.47%) Apigee
9 1 (0.47%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.47%) SaaS
9 1 (0.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Slack
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.55%) Network Security
2 11 (5.19%) Firewall
3 10 (4.72%) WAN
4 8 (3.77%) LAN
5 7 (3.30%) DNS
5 7 (3.30%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (2.83%) SD-WAN
7 3 (1.42%) DHCP
7 3 (1.42%) SAN
7 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.42%) VLAN
7 3 (1.42%) Wireless
8 2 (0.94%) MPLS
8 2 (0.94%) NAS
8 2 (0.94%) VPN
8 2 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.47%) Multicast
9 1 (0.47%) PABX
9 1 (0.47%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.94%) Power BI
2 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.66%) JIRA
General
1 55 (25.94%) Finance
2 43 (20.28%) Social Skills
3 21 (9.91%) Public Sector
4 17 (8.02%) Banking
5 11 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.19%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.72%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.83%) Legal
8 5 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.36%) Retail
9 4 (1.89%) Local Government
10 3 (1.42%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.94%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.94%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.94%) Law
12 1 (0.47%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.47%) Back Office
12 1 (0.47%) Billing
12 1 (0.47%) Military
12 1 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.47%) Kafka
1 1 (0.47%) Middleware
1 1 (0.47%) OAuth
1 1 (0.47%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.47%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (0.47%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.47%) REST
1 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.87%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.30%) PMI
3 6 (2.83%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.83%) Private Cloud
4 4 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.89%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.42%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (1.42%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.94%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.94%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.94%) Robotics
6 2 (0.94%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.47%) CMDB
7 1 (0.47%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.47%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (14.15%) Windows
2 13 (6.13%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.89%) Linux
3 4 (1.89%) Unix
4 3 (1.42%) VMS
5 2 (0.94%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.47%) Android
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (30.19%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (25.94%) Project Management
3 44 (20.75%) Agile
4 32 (15.09%) Migration
4 32 (15.09%) PRINCE2
4 32 (15.09%) Project Delivery
5 22 (10.38%) Risk Management
6 20 (9.43%) Budget Management
6 20 (9.43%) ITIL
7 19 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (8.02%) Waterfall
9 16 (7.55%) Change Management
9 16 (7.55%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (7.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 14 (6.60%) Decision-Making
11 14 (6.60%) Infrastructure Transformation
11 14 (6.60%) Roadmaps
12 12 (5.66%) Change Control
12 12 (5.66%) Project Governance
13 11 (5.19%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (0.94%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.47%) Bash
2 1 (0.47%) Bicep
2 1 (0.47%) Python
2 1 (0.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (15.57%) Security Cleared
2 28 (13.21%) PMI Certification
3 25 (11.79%) PMP
4 22 (10.38%) SC Cleared
5 16 (7.55%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.72%) Degree
7 8 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.83%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.94%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.94%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.94%) MBA
9 2 (0.94%) PgMP
9 2 (0.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.94%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.47%) BC Cleared
10 1 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.77%) PMO
1 8 (3.77%) QA
2 7 (3.30%) GDPR
3 6 (2.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.42%) NIST
5 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.42%) SLA
6 2 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.94%) GRC
6 2 (0.94%) NCSC
6 2 (0.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.47%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 7 (3.30%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.47%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.36%) Terraform
2 3 (1.42%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.94%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.94%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.94%) SCCM
4 1 (0.47%) Ansible
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.47%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.47%) Grafana
4 1 (0.47%) Iperf
4 1 (0.47%) Istio
4 1 (0.47%) linkerd
4 1 (0.47%) Nmap
4 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.47%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.47%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.47%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.47%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 20 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.72%) VMware
3 8 (3.77%) Cisco
3 8 (3.77%) Oracle
3 8 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.83%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.36%) SAP
6 4 (1.89%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.94%) Ariba
7 2 (0.94%) Dell
7 2 (0.94%) Google
7 2 (0.94%) Juniper
7 2 (0.94%) Meraki
7 2 (0.94%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.47%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.47%) Foundry
8 1 (0.47%) Speakerbus
8 1 (0.47%) Splunk
8 1 (0.47%) Tufin
8 1 (0.47%) Veeam