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 24 May 2026.

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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 450 401 406
Rank change year-on-year -49 +5 -70
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 191 119 167
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.39% 0.41% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.45% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 89 119
10th Percentile £419 £371 £363
25th Percentile £463 £419 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.25% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £585 £625
90th Percentile £725 £665 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £516 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.25% -9.09% +15.79%

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 44,870 26,596 39,472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.30% 92.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,419 17,312 25,704
10th Percentile £325 £289 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -3.31%
75th Percentile £618 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,946 1,014 2,724
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.83
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.13 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £28.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.81% -23.30% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.44 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.69 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +64.87% -33.75% -5.11%

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 24 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 24 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 -57 168 £550 +10.00% 48
UK excluding London -46 97 £516 +3.25% 40
London -46 73 £625 +21.95% 12
Work from Home -27 54 £550 +18.66% 16
North of England -63 30 £525 +9.09% 9
Yorkshire -38 27 £525 +5.00% 5
Midlands -61 19 £625 +42.86% 10
South East -51 17 £513 +2.50% 11
East of England -22 15 £473 -31.27% 5
West Midlands -55 14 £625 +19.05% 7
South West -22 13 £475 -3.80% 5
East Midlands -25 6 £475 +11.76% 3
Scotland +1 5 £550 +8.43%
North West -43 3 £488 -11.36% 4

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 58 (30.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (29.32%) Project Management
3 43 (22.51%) Agile
4 36 (18.85%) Azure
5 34 (17.80%) PRINCE2
6 32 (16.75%) Project Delivery
7 28 (14.66%) Security Cleared
8 27 (14.14%) PMI Certification
9 26 (13.61%) Migration
10 25 (13.09%) PMP
11 24 (12.57%) SC Cleared
12 23 (12.04%) Risk Management
12 23 (12.04%) Windows
13 19 (9.95%) Budget Management
13 19 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
14 17 (8.90%) ITIL
14 17 (8.90%) Microsoft
15 16 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
15 16 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (8.38%) Waterfall
16 15 (7.85%) Change Management
16 15 (7.85%) Microsoft 365
17 14 (7.33%) Decision-Making
17 14 (7.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
17 14 (7.33%) Network Security
17 14 (7.33%) Roadmaps
18 13 (6.81%) Firewall
19 12 (6.28%) AWS
19 12 (6.28%) Change Control
19 12 (6.28%) JIRA

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 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.57%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) IIS
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 36 (18.85%) Azure
2 15 (7.85%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.28%) AWS
4 8 (4.19%) OCI
4 8 (4.19%) OpenShift
5 4 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
5 4 (2.09%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.57%) GCP
6 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 2 (1.05%) IaaS
7 2 (1.05%) PaaS
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.52%) Apigee
8 1 (0.52%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.52%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.52%) Kong
8 1 (0.52%) SaaS
8 1 (0.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.52%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 14 (7.33%) Network Security
2 13 (6.81%) Firewall
3 10 (5.24%) WAN
4 8 (4.19%) Structured Cabling
5 7 (3.66%) LAN
5 7 (3.66%) SD-WAN
6 4 (2.09%) DNS
6 4 (2.09%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.57%) SAN
7 3 (1.57%) VLAN
7 3 (1.57%) Wireless
8 2 (1.05%) DHCP
8 2 (1.05%) MPLS
8 2 (1.05%) NAS
8 2 (1.05%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.52%) BGP
9 1 (0.52%) Multicast
9 1 (0.52%) NaaS
9 1 (0.52%) OSPF
9 1 (0.52%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.05%) Power BI
2 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (6.28%) JIRA
General
1 47 (24.61%) Finance
2 40 (20.94%) Social Skills
3 16 (8.38%) Public Sector
4 13 (6.81%) Banking
5 10 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.24%) Telecoms
6 9 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.66%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.62%) Legal
9 4 (2.09%) Retail
10 3 (1.57%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.05%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.05%) French Language
11 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
11 2 (1.05%) Law
12 1 (0.52%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.52%) Back Office
12 1 (0.52%) Billing
12 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.52%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.52%) Kafka
1 1 (0.52%) Middleware
1 1 (0.52%) OAuth
1 1 (0.52%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.52%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.85%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.14%) PMI
3 4 (2.09%) Mainframe
3 4 (2.09%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.57%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (1.57%) Legacy Applications
4 3 (1.57%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.57%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.05%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.05%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 2 (1.05%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.52%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.52%) Chip and PIN
6 1 (0.52%) NHS
6 1 (0.52%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Self-Driving Car
Operating Systems
1 23 (12.04%) Windows
2 11 (5.76%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.09%) Unix
4 3 (1.57%) Linux
4 3 (1.57%) VMS
5 2 (1.05%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.52%) Android
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (30.37%) Stakeholder Management
2 56 (29.32%) Project Management
3 43 (22.51%) Agile
4 34 (17.80%) PRINCE2
5 32 (16.75%) Project Delivery
6 26 (13.61%) Migration
7 23 (12.04%) Risk Management
8 19 (9.95%) Budget Management
8 19 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (8.90%) ITIL
10 16 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (8.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 16 (8.38%) Waterfall
11 15 (7.85%) Change Management
12 14 (7.33%) Decision-Making
12 14 (7.33%) Infrastructure Transformation
12 14 (7.33%) Roadmaps
13 12 (6.28%) Change Control
13 12 (6.28%) Programme Management
14 10 (5.24%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.57%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.05%) Python
3 1 (0.52%) Bash
3 1 (0.52%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 28 (14.66%) Security Cleared
2 27 (14.14%) PMI Certification
3 25 (13.09%) PMP
4 24 (12.57%) SC Cleared
5 11 (5.76%) Degree
6 8 (4.19%) DV Cleared
6 8 (4.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (1.57%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.05%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.05%) PgMP
8 2 (1.05%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (1.05%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.52%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.52%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.52%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (4.19%) PMO
2 7 (3.66%) GDPR
3 5 (2.62%) SLA
4 4 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (2.09%) QA
5 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (1.57%) NIST
5 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.05%) GRC
6 2 (1.05%) NCSC
6 2 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.52%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.52%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 9 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.52%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (3.14%) Terraform
2 4 (2.09%) FortiGate
3 3 (1.57%) Ansible
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.57%) SCCM
4 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
4 2 (1.05%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.52%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.52%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.52%) Grafana
5 1 (0.52%) Iperf
5 1 (0.52%) Istio
5 1 (0.52%) linkerd
5 1 (0.52%) Nmap
5 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.52%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.52%) SCOM
5 1 (0.52%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.52%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.52%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 17 (8.90%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.71%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.19%) Cisco
3 8 (4.19%) VMware
4 7 (3.66%) Oracle
5 6 (3.14%) SAP
6 5 (2.62%) CheckPoint
7 4 (2.09%) Red Hat
8 3 (1.57%) Ariba
9 2 (1.05%) Dell
9 2 (1.05%) Juniper
9 2 (1.05%) Meraki
9 2 (1.05%) SolarWinds
10 1 (0.52%) Avaya
10 1 (0.52%) BT
10 1 (0.52%) Citrix
10 1 (0.52%) EMC
10 1 (0.52%) Genesys
10 1 (0.52%) Splunk
10 1 (0.52%) Tufin