Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £574, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 428 411 407
Rank change year-on-year -17 -4 -60
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 219 129 185
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 166 92 128
10th Percentile £423 £363 £351
25th Percentile £471 £409 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.69% -11.36% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £585 £618
90th Percentile £725 £635 £704
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 47,626 28,777 40,436
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.44% 92.02% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,832 18,386 25,995
10th Percentile £325 £288 £285
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 3,230 1,296 2,846
10th Percentile £15.70 £13.93 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.14 £17.49 £16.65
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £55.31 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.50 £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 3 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 3 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 -38 197 £574 +14.75% 55
UK excluding London -41 113 £525 +7.69% 44
London -43 86 £610 +22.00% 19
Work from Home -35 62 £550 +18.92% 24
North of England -56 30 £525 +16.67% 5
Yorkshire -35 27 £525 +5.00% 4
South East -48 23 £515 -1.90% 21
Midlands -49 23 £625 +38.89% 6
West Midlands -51 19 £625 +19.05% 5
East of England -13 16 £515 -17.60% 6
South West -14 16 £475 -2.56% 5
Scotland -3 5 £550 +18.41%
East Midlands -13 4 £475 +8.57% 1
North West -42 3 £488 +13.04%

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 (31.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 59 (26.94%) Project Management
3 48 (21.92%) Azure
4 45 (20.55%) Agile
5 36 (16.44%) Project Delivery
6 34 (15.53%) PRINCE2
6 34 (15.53%) Security Cleared
7 33 (15.07%) Migration
8 30 (13.70%) Windows
9 28 (12.79%) PMI Certification
10 25 (11.42%) PMP
11 23 (10.50%) Risk Management
12 22 (10.05%) SC Cleared
13 20 (9.13%) Budget Management
13 20 (9.13%) ITIL
13 20 (9.13%) Microsoft
13 20 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (8.22%) AWS
15 18 (8.22%) Change Management
16 17 (7.76%) DV Cleared
16 17 (7.76%) Waterfall
17 16 (7.31%) Network Security
17 16 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
17 16 (7.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 14 (6.39%) Decision-Making
18 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Transformation
18 14 (6.39%) Project Governance
18 14 (6.39%) Roadmaps
19 13 (5.94%) 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 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.91%) Confluence
2 2 (0.91%) IIS
2 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.46%) Apache Pulsar
Applications
1 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.46%) Houdini
4 1 (0.46%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 48 (21.92%) Azure
2 20 (9.13%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (8.22%) AWS
4 11 (5.02%) OCI
5 7 (3.20%) OpenShift
6 4 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.83%) Entra ID
6 4 (1.83%) GCP
7 3 (1.37%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.91%) Asana
8 2 (0.91%) Google Workspace
8 2 (0.91%) IaaS
8 2 (0.91%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.46%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.46%) Kong
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.46%) SaaS
9 1 (0.46%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (7.31%) Network Security
2 13 (5.94%) Firewall
3 11 (5.02%) WAN
4 9 (4.11%) LAN
5 7 (3.20%) DNS
5 7 (3.20%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (2.74%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.83%) Wireless
8 3 (1.37%) DHCP
8 3 (1.37%) SAN
8 3 (1.37%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.37%) VLAN
9 2 (0.91%) MPLS
9 2 (0.91%) NAS
9 2 (0.91%) VPN
9 2 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.46%) Multicast
10 1 (0.46%) PABX
10 1 (0.46%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.46%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.91%) Power BI
2 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (5.48%) JIRA
General
1 60 (27.40%) Finance
2 47 (21.46%) Social Skills
3 23 (10.50%) Public Sector
4 17 (7.76%) Banking
5 11 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.57%) Telecoms
7 6 (2.74%) Legal
8 5 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.28%) Retail
9 4 (1.83%) Local Government
10 3 (1.37%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.91%) Financial Institution
11 2 (0.91%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.91%) Law
12 1 (0.46%) Aviation
12 1 (0.46%) German Language
12 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.46%) Japanese Language
12 1 (0.46%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) Kafka
1 1 (0.46%) Middleware
1 1 (0.46%) OAuth
1 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.46%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (0.46%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (0.46%) REST
1 1 (0.46%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 42 (19.18%) Data Centre
2 7 (3.20%) PMI
2 7 (3.20%) Private Cloud
3 6 (2.74%) Onboarding
4 4 (1.83%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (1.83%) Mainframe
4 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.83%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.91%) Operational Technology
6 2 (0.91%) Product Ownership
6 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
6 2 (0.91%) Robotics
6 2 (0.91%) Security Posture
6 2 (0.91%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 1 (0.46%) CMDB
7 1 (0.46%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.46%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 30 (13.70%) Windows
2 13 (5.94%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.83%) Linux
3 4 (1.83%) Unix
4 3 (1.37%) VMS
5 2 (0.91%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.46%) Android
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (31.05%) Stakeholder Management
2 59 (26.94%) Project Management
3 45 (20.55%) Agile
4 36 (16.44%) Project Delivery
5 34 (15.53%) PRINCE2
6 33 (15.07%) Migration
7 23 (10.50%) Risk Management
8 20 (9.13%) Budget Management
8 20 (9.13%) ITIL
9 19 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
10 18 (8.22%) Change Management
11 17 (7.76%) Waterfall
12 16 (7.31%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (7.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (6.39%) Decision-Making
13 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure Transformation
13 14 (6.39%) Project Governance
13 14 (6.39%) Roadmaps
14 13 (5.94%) Change Control
15 12 (5.48%) Budgeting and Forecasting
Programming Languages
1 3 (1.37%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.46%) Bash
2 1 (0.46%) Bicep
2 1 (0.46%) Python
2 1 (0.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 34 (15.53%) Security Cleared
2 28 (12.79%) PMI Certification
3 25 (11.42%) PMP
4 22 (10.05%) SC Cleared
5 17 (7.76%) DV Cleared
6 10 (4.57%) Degree
7 8 (3.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (2.74%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.91%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.91%) MBA
9 2 (0.91%) PgMP
9 2 (0.91%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.91%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 1 (0.46%) CCIE
10 1 (0.46%) CCNP
10 1 (0.46%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.65%) PMO
1 8 (3.65%) QA
2 7 (3.20%) GDPR
3 6 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.37%) NIST
5 3 (1.37%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.37%) SLA
6 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.91%) GRC
6 2 (0.91%) NCSC
6 2 (0.91%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.46%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.46%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.46%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 7 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.91%) VMware NSX
3 2 (0.91%) vSphere
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.28%) Terraform
2 3 (1.37%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.37%) SCCM
3 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
3 2 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.46%) Ansible
4 1 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.46%) Cisco Prime
4 1 (0.46%) Grafana
4 1 (0.46%) Iperf
4 1 (0.46%) Istio
4 1 (0.46%) linkerd
4 1 (0.46%) Nmap
4 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.46%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.46%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.46%) Tivoli
4 1 (0.46%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 1 (0.46%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 20 (9.13%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.48%) VMware
3 8 (3.65%) Cisco
3 8 (3.65%) Oracle
3 8 (3.65%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.74%) CheckPoint
5 5 (2.28%) SAP
6 4 (1.83%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.91%) Ariba
7 2 (0.91%) Dell
7 2 (0.91%) Google
7 2 (0.91%) Juniper
7 2 (0.91%) Meraki
7 2 (0.91%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.46%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.46%) Foundry
8 1 (0.46%) Speakerbus
8 1 (0.46%) Splunk
8 1 (0.46%) Tufin
8 1 (0.46%) Veeam