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 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 396 415
Rank change year-on-year -43 +19 -81
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 188 121 170
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.40% 0.42% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.45% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 142 88 123
10th Percentile £415 £379 £370
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 £638 £586 £625
90th Percentile £725 £646 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £488 £550
% change year-on-year +5.64% -11.36% +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 43,568 26,796 39,671
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.30% 92.46% 92.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,699 17,460 25,789
10th Percentile £320 £300 £280
25th Percentile £413 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +4.21% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,848 1,033 2,665
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.20 £16.30
Median hourly rate £43.85 £28.18 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.59% -24.85% -16.67%
75th Percentile £66.50 £62.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £73.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £27.24 £40.00
% change year-on-year +65.21% -31.91% -4.94%

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 13 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 13 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 -58 164 £543 +8.50% 52
UK excluding London -45 98 £515 +5.64% 38
London -53 69 £625 +19.05% 23
Work from Home -26 55 £550 +17.08% 14
North of England -60 29 £513 +6.49% 4
Yorkshire -32 26 £513 +2.50% 3
South East -47 19 £515 +3.00% 20
Midlands -45 18 £625 +42.86% 7
East of England -16 15 £473 -24.40% 3
South West -23 13 £475 -3.80% 3
West Midlands -50 13 £625 +25.00% 6
Scotland +7 6 £550 +18.41% 2
East Midlands -25 6 £475 +11.76% 1
North West -38 3 £488 -11.36% 1

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 56 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (29.26%) Project Management
3 43 (22.87%) Agile
4 35 (18.62%) Azure
5 32 (17.02%) PRINCE2
6 31 (16.49%) Project Delivery
7 27 (14.36%) PMI Certification
8 26 (13.83%) Security Cleared
9 25 (13.30%) PMP
10 24 (12.77%) Migration
10 24 (12.77%) SC Cleared
11 23 (12.23%) Risk Management
12 20 (10.64%) Windows
13 19 (10.11%) Budget Management
13 19 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 18 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 17 (9.04%) Microsoft
16 16 (8.51%) Change Management
17 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Transformation
17 15 (7.98%) ITIL
17 15 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
17 15 (7.98%) Roadmaps
18 14 (7.45%) Decision-Making
18 14 (7.45%) Waterfall
19 13 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
19 13 (6.91%) Network Security
20 12 (6.38%) AWS
20 12 (6.38%) Firewall
20 12 (6.38%) JIRA
20 12 (6.38%) 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 (3.72%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.60%) Confluence
3 2 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.53%) Apache Pulsar
4 1 (0.53%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (2.13%) 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 35 (18.62%) Azure
2 13 (6.91%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.38%) AWS
4 8 (4.26%) OCI
5 7 (3.72%) OpenShift
6 4 (2.13%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (2.13%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.60%) GCP
7 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.06%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (1.06%) IaaS
8 2 (1.06%) PaaS
9 1 (0.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.53%) Apigee
9 1 (0.53%) Asana
9 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.53%) Kong
9 1 (0.53%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 1 (0.53%) Slack
9 1 (0.53%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.91%) Network Security
2 12 (6.38%) Firewall
3 11 (5.85%) WAN
4 9 (4.79%) SD-WAN
5 8 (4.26%) LAN
6 7 (3.72%) Structured Cabling
7 6 (3.19%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (2.13%) Wireless
9 3 (1.60%) DNS
9 3 (1.60%) VLAN
9 3 (1.60%) WLAN
10 2 (1.06%) Internet
10 2 (1.06%) MPLS
11 1 (0.53%) BGP
11 1 (0.53%) BT 21CN
11 1 (0.53%) DHCP
11 1 (0.53%) OSPF
11 1 (0.53%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.53%) VPN
11 1 (0.53%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.06%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 12 (6.38%) JIRA
General
1 47 (25.00%) Finance
2 41 (21.81%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.11%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.91%) Banking
5 10 (5.32%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.32%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.79%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.66%) Legal
9 4 (2.13%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.13%) Retail
10 3 (1.60%) Local Government
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%) German Language
12 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.53%) ADO
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 32 (17.02%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.19%) PMI
3 4 (2.13%) Mainframe
3 4 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.60%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.60%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.60%) 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%) Reinsurance
6 1 (0.53%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.53%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.64%) Windows
2 9 (4.79%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.60%) VMS
4 2 (1.06%) Unix
5 1 (0.53%) Android
5 1 (0.53%) Linux
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
2 55 (29.26%) Project Management
3 43 (22.87%) Agile
4 32 (17.02%) PRINCE2
5 31 (16.49%) Project Delivery
6 24 (12.77%) Migration
7 23 (12.23%) Risk Management
8 19 (10.11%) Budget Management
8 19 (10.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (9.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (8.51%) Change Management
11 15 (7.98%) Infrastructure Transformation
11 15 (7.98%) ITIL
11 15 (7.98%) Problem-Solving
11 15 (7.98%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.45%) Decision-Making
12 14 (7.45%) Waterfall
13 12 (6.38%) Programme Management
14 11 (5.85%) Change Control
15 10 (5.32%) 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 (14.36%) PMI Certification
2 26 (13.83%) Security Cleared
3 25 (13.30%) PMP
4 24 (12.77%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.85%) Degree
6 7 (3.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (3.19%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.06%) 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%) BC Cleared
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 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (3.72%) GDPR
2 7 (3.72%) PMO
3 5 (2.66%) SLA
4 4 (2.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.13%) QA
5 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (1.60%) NIST
5 3 (1.60%) 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 (4.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (3.19%) Terraform
2 4 (2.13%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.60%) Ansible
3 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.06%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
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%) Kubernetes
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 17 (9.04%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.79%) Cisco
2 9 (4.79%) ServiceNow
3 7 (3.72%) Oracle
4 6 (3.19%) SAP
5 5 (2.66%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.66%) VMware
6 4 (2.13%) Red Hat
7 3 (1.60%) Ariba
7 3 (1.60%) 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