Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts

Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 421 424
Rank change year-on-year -40 +3 +35
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 118 295 526
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.49% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.52% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 212 402
10th Percentile £409 £400 £363
25th Percentile £500 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £631 £613 £575
90th Percentile £690 £684 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £488 £471
% change year-on-year +12.82% +3.61% +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £64.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 40,413 56,730 84,732
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,320 39,605 59,435
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £726
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,653 1,602 2,109
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.28 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £42.37 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.30% +117.26% +2.47%

Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager.

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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 -26 102 £550 +4.76% 22
UK excluding London +11 61 £550 +12.82% 18
London +25 47 £563 -6.25% 4
Work from Home +18 36 £550 +5.77% 11
South East +30 19 £575 +21.05% 6
Midlands +9 14 £563 +25.00% 4
North of England -5 13 £450 -14.29% 5
Yorkshire +2 9 £438 -20.45% 2
East Midlands +24 7 £625 +25.00%
West Midlands +10 7 £550 +22.22% 4
South West +18 5 £550 +12.82% 3
East of England +9 3 £425 -17.07% 1
North West +7 3 £560 +17.89% 2
Wales - 3 £600 -
Scotland +25 2 £525 +20.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East +20 1 - - 1

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Infrastructure Project Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 54 (45.76%) Project Management
2 44 (37.29%) Finance
3 37 (31.36%) Social Skills
4 34 (28.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 28 (23.73%) Project Delivery
6 24 (20.34%) Agile
7 20 (16.95%) Azure
8 19 (16.10%) Migration
9 18 (15.25%) PRINCE2
9 18 (15.25%) Data Centre
10 16 (13.56%) Waterfall
10 16 (13.56%) Risk Management
11 15 (12.71%) Change Management
11 15 (12.71%) Windows
12 13 (11.02%) Microsoft
12 13 (11.02%) Banking
13 12 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
14 10 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (8.47%) Telecoms
15 9 (7.63%) SharePoint
15 9 (7.63%) Degree
16 8 (6.78%) Cisco
16 8 (6.78%) PMP
16 8 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
17 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
17 7 (5.93%) QA
18 6 (5.08%) PMI Certification
18 6 (5.08%) Citrix

Infrastructure Project Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.95%) Azure
2 10 (8.47%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.39%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.54%) SaaS
5 2 (1.69%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.24%) LAN
1 5 (4.24%) WAN
2 4 (3.39%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.69%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.85%) Firewall
4 1 (0.85%) MPLS
4 1 (0.85%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.85%) Skype
4 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) VoIP
4 1 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (3.39%) JIRA
General
1 44 (37.29%) Finance
2 37 (31.36%) Social Skills
3 13 (11.02%) Banking
4 10 (8.47%) Public Sector
4 10 (8.47%) Telecoms
5 7 (5.93%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.39%) Law
7 4 (3.39%) Manufacturing
8 3 (2.54%) Electronics
8 3 (2.54%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.54%) Legal
8 3 (2.54%) Marketing
9 2 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.69%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) French Language
10 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.25%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (2.54%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.69%) HACMP
4 2 (1.69%) PMI
4 2 (1.69%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.85%) BYOD
5 1 (0.85%) EPoS
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.85%) Robotics
5 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.71%) Windows
2 5 (4.24%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.39%) AIX
4 2 (1.69%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (45.76%) Project Management
2 34 (28.81%) Stakeholder Management
3 28 (23.73%) Project Delivery
4 24 (20.34%) Agile
5 19 (16.10%) Migration
6 18 (15.25%) PRINCE2
7 16 (13.56%) Risk Management
7 16 (13.56%) Waterfall
8 15 (12.71%) Change Management
9 12 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (6.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (5.08%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (5.08%) Budget Management
12 5 (4.24%) Change Control
12 5 (4.24%) Project Governance
12 5 (4.24%) Project Planning
12 5 (4.24%) Resource Management
12 5 (4.24%) Scrum
13 4 (3.39%) Programme Management
13 4 (3.39%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.69%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (7.63%) Degree
2 8 (6.78%) PMP
3 7 (5.93%) Security Cleared
4 6 (5.08%) PMI Certification
5 5 (4.24%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.54%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.69%) CCNA
7 2 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.69%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 2 (1.69%) Six Sigma Green Belt
8 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.85%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) QA
2 4 (3.39%) PMO
3 1 (0.85%) GRC
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 4 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 13 (11.02%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.78%) Cisco
3 6 (5.08%) Citrix
4 3 (2.54%) Arista
4 3 (2.54%) SAP
4 3 (2.54%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.69%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.69%) BT
5 2 (1.69%) IBM
5 2 (1.69%) Radianz
5 2 (1.69%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.69%) Reuters
6 1 (0.85%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.85%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.85%) Dell
6 1 (0.85%) EMC
6 1 (0.85%) Meraki
6 1 (0.85%) Nokia
6 1 (0.85%) Red Hat