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 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 442 414
Rank change year-on-year -53 -28 -32
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 187 110 158
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.34% 0.33% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.37% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 80 107
10th Percentile £421 £350 £323
25th Percentile £480 £417 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £519 £525
Median % change year-on-year +6.02% -1.19% -
75th Percentile £658 £616 £600
90th Percentile £750 £663 £680
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +10.00% -4.76%
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 50,251 30,087 35,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 90.83% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,471 18,979 21,309
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.75% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,065 1,640 1,482
10th Percentile £14.31 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -5.55%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.00 £74.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.91
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.74% -3.03%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -49 173 £550 - 150
UK excluding London -29 110 £540 -1.82% 90
London -73 59 £575 +12.20% 73
Work from Home -57 42 £550 +22.22% 71
North of England -52 32 £525 +12.00% 17
South West -6 28 £675 -10.00% 7
Yorkshire -10 25 £525 +29.63% 9
East of England -23 18 £600 - 15
South East -60 15 £500 -16.67% 25
Midlands -46 14 £625 +16.28% 6
West Midlands -44 13 £625 +8.70% 4
North West -48 6 £475 - 6
Northern Ireland - 2 £550 - 6
East Midlands -18 1 £475 +0.80% 2
Scotland -20 1 £515 - 11
North East - 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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 50 (26.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 45 (24.06%) Azure
3 39 (20.86%) Migration
4 38 (20.32%) Project Management
5 32 (17.11%) Windows
6 31 (16.58%) Agile
7 30 (16.04%) Security Cleared
8 29 (15.51%) Project Delivery
9 26 (13.90%) PRINCE2
10 22 (11.76%) VMware
11 20 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
12 19 (10.16%) Change Management
12 19 (10.16%) ITIL
13 18 (9.63%) Microsoft
14 17 (9.09%) PMI Certification
14 17 (9.09%) Project Governance
14 17 (9.09%) Waterfall
15 16 (8.56%) PMP
15 16 (8.56%) SC Cleared
16 15 (8.02%) AWS
16 15 (8.02%) DV Cleared
17 14 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 14 (7.49%) Fintech
17 14 (7.49%) Infrastructure Transformation
17 14 (7.49%) Service Management
17 14 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
18 13 (6.95%) Risk Management
18 13 (6.95%) Windows Server
19 12 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
19 12 (6.42%) Data Protection

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 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.07%) IIS
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.67%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (1.07%) Houdini
2 2 (1.07%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.07%) NUKE
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 45 (24.06%) Azure
2 20 (10.70%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (8.02%) AWS
4 3 (1.60%) OCI
4 3 (1.60%) OpenShift
4 3 (1.60%) SaaS
5 2 (1.07%) Asana
5 2 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.07%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.07%) GCP
6 1 (0.53%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.53%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.53%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.53%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.53%) Rubrik
6 1 (0.53%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.88%) Firewall
1 11 (5.88%) Network Security
2 9 (4.81%) DNS
3 7 (3.74%) WAN
4 6 (3.21%) LAN
4 6 (3.21%) SAN
4 6 (3.21%) TCP/IP
5 5 (2.67%) DHCP
6 4 (2.14%) NAS
6 4 (2.14%) Structured Cabling
7 3 (1.60%) Broadband
7 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (1.60%) Wireless
8 2 (1.07%) HTTP
8 2 (1.07%) SSL
8 2 (1.07%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.07%) VPN
9 1 (0.53%) 4G
9 1 (0.53%) DMZ
9 1 (0.53%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.53%) Oracle Database
2 1 (0.53%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.28%) JIRA
General
1 47 (25.13%) Finance
2 38 (20.32%) Social Skills
3 22 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 14 (7.49%) Banking
5 7 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (3.21%) Local Government
7 5 (2.67%) Retail
7 5 (2.67%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.14%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.07%) Legal
11 1 (0.53%) Automotive
11 1 (0.53%) Aviation
11 1 (0.53%) German Language
11 1 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.53%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.53%) Law
11 1 (0.53%) Military
11 1 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.60%) Middleware
2 2 (1.07%) Unreal Engine
3 1 (0.53%) REST
3 1 (0.53%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 31 (16.58%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.74%) Private Cloud
3 6 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
4 5 (2.67%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (2.67%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.14%) Operational Technology
5 4 (2.14%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.60%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.07%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) Motion Graphics
7 2 (1.07%) PMI
7 2 (1.07%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.07%) Replication
7 2 (1.07%) Robotics
7 2 (1.07%) Security Posture
7 2 (1.07%) Social Media
8 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.53%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.11%) Windows
2 13 (6.95%) Windows Server
3 12 (6.42%) Linux
4 6 (3.21%) Unix
5 2 (1.07%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.07%) zOS
6 1 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.53%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (26.74%) Stakeholder Management
2 39 (20.86%) Migration
3 38 (20.32%) Project Management
4 31 (16.58%) Agile
5 29 (15.51%) Project Delivery
6 26 (13.90%) PRINCE2
7 19 (10.16%) Change Management
7 19 (10.16%) ITIL
8 17 (9.09%) Project Governance
8 17 (9.09%) Waterfall
9 14 (7.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (7.49%) Fintech
9 14 (7.49%) Infrastructure Transformation
9 14 (7.49%) Service Management
10 13 (6.95%) Risk Management
11 12 (6.42%) Cybersecurity
11 12 (6.42%) Data Protection
11 12 (6.42%) Disaster Recovery
11 12 (6.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 10 (5.35%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.07%) SQL
Qualifications
1 30 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 17 (9.09%) PMI Certification
3 16 (8.56%) PMP
3 16 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 15 (8.02%) DV Cleared
5 7 (3.74%) Degree
5 7 (3.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 6 (3.21%) Azure Certification
7 4 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.07%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.07%) CISSP
8 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.07%) MBA
9 1 (0.53%) APMP
9 1 (0.53%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.53%) PgMP
9 1 (0.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.14%) QA
3 3 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.60%) GDPR
4 2 (1.07%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.07%) GRC
4 2 (1.07%) PCI DSS
4 2 (1.07%) PMO
5 1 (0.53%) Dodd-Frank
5 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.53%) NIST
5 1 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.53%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (7.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.14%) vSphere
3 3 (1.60%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.53%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (1.07%) Ansible
1 2 (1.07%) SCCM
2 1 (0.53%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.53%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (0.53%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (11.76%) VMware
2 18 (9.63%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.14%) Cisco
3 4 (2.14%) Dell
3 4 (2.14%) NetApp
3 4 (2.14%) SAP
4 3 (1.60%) IBM
4 3 (1.60%) Oracle
5 2 (1.07%) Adobe
5 2 (1.07%) Foundry
5 2 (1.07%) HP
5 2 (1.07%) Meraki
5 2 (1.07%) Red Hat
5 2 (1.07%) Siemens
6 1 (0.53%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.53%) Google
6 1 (0.53%) Huawei
6 1 (0.53%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.53%) Splunk
6 1 (0.53%) Zscaler