Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 496 408 433
Rank change year-on-year -88 +25 -63
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 117 124 179
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.40% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.43% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 95 136
10th Percentile £405 £404 £403
25th Percentile £443 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £601 £600 £625
90th Percentile £688 £690 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £472 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.70% -4.76% +5.00%
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 36,628 28,781 41,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 92.94% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,025 17,777 27,347
10th Percentile £300 £290 £275
25th Percentile £406 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £477 £490
% change year-on-year -0.21% -2.65% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,228 824 2,299
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.94 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.86 £21.25 £16.40
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.52 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.50% -4.23% -2.23%
75th Percentile £61.94 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £72.51 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.60 £31.76 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.80% -9.26% -

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 February 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 February 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 -84 103 £500 -4.76% 60
London -25 54 £506 -10.00% 16
UK excluding London -72 48 £472 -5.70% 53
Work from Home -19 27 £495 -10.00% 17
South East -38 15 £500 - 19
North of England -51 14 £456 -8.75% 9
Midlands -56 11 £472 +4.78% 14
Yorkshire -54 10 £450 -13.04% 4
East Midlands -28 7 £467 +9.76% 3
East of England -20 6 £445 -17.21% 5
West Midlands -50 5 £525 +7.69% 11
North West -33 4 £463 -23.87% 3
South West -19 3 £750 +50.00% 2
Scotland +3 1 £350 -39.13% 4

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

For the 6 months to 13 February 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 52 (44.44%) Project Management
2 41 (35.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (32.48%) PRINCE2
4 30 (25.64%) Project Delivery
5 29 (24.79%) PMI Certification
6 28 (23.93%) Azure
7 27 (23.08%) PMP
8 24 (20.51%) Microsoft
9 23 (19.66%) Migration
10 22 (18.80%) Agile
11 18 (15.38%) Security Cleared
11 18 (15.38%) Windows
12 17 (14.53%) AWS
13 16 (13.68%) SC Cleared
14 15 (12.82%) Risk Management
15 13 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
16 12 (10.26%) Risk Register
17 11 (9.40%) Decision-Making
17 11 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
18 10 (8.55%) Change Control
18 10 (8.55%) Degree
18 10 (8.55%) Firewall
18 10 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 10 (8.55%) WAN
19 9 (7.69%) Active Directory
19 9 (7.69%) Change Management
19 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
19 9 (7.69%) High Availability
19 9 (7.69%) Logistics

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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.56%) Confluence
3 1 (0.85%) Apache Pulsar
3 1 (0.85%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.56%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 28 (23.93%) Azure
2 17 (14.53%) AWS
3 11 (9.40%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.69%) OpenShift
5 5 (4.27%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.56%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (2.56%) GCP
6 3 (2.56%) IaaS
7 2 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (1.71%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.85%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.85%) Apigee
8 1 (0.85%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.85%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.85%) Kong
8 1 (0.85%) PaaS
8 1 (0.85%) SaaS
8 1 (0.85%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.55%) Firewall
1 10 (8.55%) WAN
2 8 (6.84%) LAN
3 7 (5.98%) SD-WAN
4 6 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (4.27%) Network Security
5 5 (4.27%) Structured Cabling
6 3 (2.56%) NAS
6 3 (2.56%) SAN
7 2 (1.71%) Internet
7 2 (1.71%) MPLS
7 2 (1.71%) Multicast
7 2 (1.71%) VPN
7 2 (1.71%) Wireless
7 2 (1.71%) WLAN
8 1 (0.85%) BT 21CN
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.85%) DNS
8 1 (0.85%) NaaS
8 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (4.27%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) Git
General
1 46 (39.32%) Finance
2 43 (36.75%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.55%) Banking
3 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 8 (6.84%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
7 6 (5.13%) Retail
8 4 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (2.56%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Aviation
9 3 (2.56%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.56%) Local Government
10 2 (1.71%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.71%) French Language
11 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) German Language
11 1 (0.85%) Marketing
11 1 (0.85%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) ADO
1 1 (0.85%) Kafka
1 1 (0.85%) OAuth
1 1 (0.85%) OAuth2
1 1 (0.85%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 23 (19.66%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.27%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.56%) PMI
4 2 (1.71%) CCTV
4 2 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.71%) FMCG
4 2 (1.71%) Mainframe
4 2 (1.71%) NHS
5 1 (0.85%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.38%) Windows
2 9 (7.69%) Windows Server
3 4 (3.42%) Unix
4 3 (2.56%) Linux
4 3 (2.56%) VMS
5 2 (1.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (44.44%) Project Management
2 41 (35.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 38 (32.48%) PRINCE2
4 30 (25.64%) Project Delivery
5 23 (19.66%) Migration
6 22 (18.80%) Agile
7 15 (12.82%) Risk Management
8 13 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (10.26%) Risk Register
10 11 (9.40%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.55%) Change Control
11 10 (8.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (7.69%) Change Management
12 9 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (7.69%) High Availability
12 9 (7.69%) Logistics
13 8 (6.84%) Disaster Recovery
13 8 (6.84%) ITIL
13 8 (6.84%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.71%) Python
2 1 (0.85%) Bash
2 1 (0.85%) Bicep
2 1 (0.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 29 (24.79%) PMI Certification
2 27 (23.08%) PMP
3 18 (15.38%) Security Cleared
4 16 (13.68%) SC Cleared
5 10 (8.55%) Degree
6 5 (4.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (2.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.85%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.85%) CCIE
8 1 (0.85%) CCNP
8 1 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.85%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.85%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (4.27%) QA
3 4 (3.42%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (3.42%) PMO
4 3 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 3 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 2 (1.71%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.71%) SLA
6 1 (0.85%) GDPR
6 1 (0.85%) GRC
6 1 (0.85%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.85%) NCSC
6 1 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.13%) Hyper-V
3 5 (4.27%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.27%) Ansible
1 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (3.42%) SCCM
3 3 (2.56%) FortiGate
3 3 (2.56%) SCOM
3 3 (2.56%) Terraform
4 2 (1.71%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.85%) Cisco Prime
5 1 (0.85%) Consul
5 1 (0.85%) Grafana
5 1 (0.85%) Iperf
5 1 (0.85%) Istio
5 1 (0.85%) linkerd
5 1 (0.85%) Nmap
5 1 (0.85%) Packer
5 1 (0.85%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.69%) VMware
3 5 (4.27%) Cisco
3 5 (4.27%) SAP
4 4 (3.42%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.56%) Arista
5 3 (2.56%) BMC
6 2 (1.71%) Ariba
6 2 (1.71%) Cadence
6 2 (1.71%) GoldenSource
6 2 (1.71%) Oracle
7 1 (0.85%) Aruba
7 1 (0.85%) BT
7 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.85%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.85%) Genesys
7 1 (0.85%) Google
7 1 (0.85%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.85%) Splunk
7 1 (0.85%) Tufin