Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts

Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 431 481 434
Rank change year-on-year +50 -47 -14
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 88 119 293
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.27% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.29% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 90 212
10th Percentile £392 £410 £400
25th Percentile £425 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £578 £630 £609
90th Percentile £646 £689 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £550 £488
% change year-on-year -11.36% +12.82% +3.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.25
Median hourly rate - - £64.50
75th Percentile - - £66.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 27,050 40,453 56,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.79% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,352 39,474
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.55% -1.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,031 2,658 1,569
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -20.00% +91.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.75 £38.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -25.32% -9.41% +117.95%

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 30 April 2025.

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 15 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 30 April 2025. 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 78 £500 -9.09% 12
UK excluding London +33 41 £488 -11.36% 13
London +26 38 £525 -6.67% 1
Work from Home +41 27 £488 -11.36% 5
North of England +27 12 £456 +1.39% 1
South East +33 9 £500 -13.04% 5
Midlands +19 9 £463 -17.78% 3
South West +45 6 £494 -10.23% 1
North West +14 6 £550 -1.79% 1
West Midlands +14 5 £513 -6.82%
Scotland +11 4 £465 -11.52% 1
East Midlands +7 4 £425 -32.00% 3
Yorkshire +9 3 £450 +2.86%
North East +1 2 £442 -
East of England +31 1 £625 +47.06% 1

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 53 (60.23%) Project Management
2 38 (43.18%) Finance
3 36 (40.91%) Social Skills
4 29 (32.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (23.86%) Project Delivery
6 20 (22.73%) Data Centre
7 18 (20.45%) Agile
7 18 (20.45%) Banking
7 18 (20.45%) Migration
8 17 (19.32%) Microsoft
9 15 (17.05%) PRINCE2
9 15 (17.05%) Azure
10 12 (13.64%) Project Planning
10 12 (13.64%) PMI Certification
11 11 (12.50%) Waterfall
12 10 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (11.36%) PMP
12 10 (11.36%) Supplier Management
12 10 (11.36%) Budget Management
13 9 (10.23%) Active Directory
13 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Project
13 9 (10.23%) Windows
13 9 (10.23%) Decision-Making
13 9 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 7 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
14 7 (7.95%) ITIL
14 7 (7.95%) Change Management
14 7 (7.95%) Risk Management
14 7 (7.95%) AWS
15 6 (6.82%) Security Cleared

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 3 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.27%) Confluence
2 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (10.23%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.27%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.05%) Azure
2 7 (7.95%) AWS
2 7 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.41%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.27%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.27%) SaaS
5 1 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.14%) Google Workspace
5 1 (1.14%) Mimecast
5 1 (1.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.82%) Firewall
2 4 (4.55%) LAN
2 4 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (3.41%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (3.41%) VPN
3 3 (3.41%) WAN
4 1 (1.14%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.14%) DHCP
4 1 (1.14%) DNS
4 1 (1.14%) NAS
4 1 (1.14%) Network Security
4 1 (1.14%) SAN
4 1 (1.14%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.14%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.14%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.14%) MSI
General
1 38 (43.18%) Finance
2 36 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.45%) Banking
4 6 (6.82%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.41%) Aviation
6 3 (3.41%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.27%) Legal
7 2 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.27%) Retail
7 2 (2.27%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.14%) Automotive
8 1 (1.14%) German Language
8 1 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.14%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.27%) LDAP
2 1 (1.14%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.73%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.68%) PMI
3 4 (4.55%) CCTV
4 3 (3.41%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (2.27%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.27%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.27%) Life Science
6 1 (1.14%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.14%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.14%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.14%) Replication
6 1 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.23%) Windows
2 4 (4.55%) Linux
3 3 (3.41%) Unix
4 2 (2.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (60.23%) Project Management
2 29 (32.95%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (23.86%) Project Delivery
4 18 (20.45%) Agile
4 18 (20.45%) Migration
5 15 (17.05%) PRINCE2
6 12 (13.64%) Project Planning
7 11 (12.50%) Waterfall
8 10 (11.36%) Budget Management
8 10 (11.36%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.36%) Supplier Management
9 9 (10.23%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (7.95%) Change Management
10 7 (7.95%) ITIL
10 7 (7.95%) Risk Management
11 6 (6.82%) Budgeting
12 5 (5.68%) Cloud Security
12 5 (5.68%) Roadmaps
13 4 (4.55%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (13.64%) PMI Certification
2 10 (11.36%) PMP
3 6 (6.82%) Security Cleared
4 5 (5.68%) Degree
5 3 (3.41%) SC Cleared
6 2 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (2.27%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.14%) CAPM
7 1 (1.14%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.68%) PMO
2 1 (1.14%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (1.14%) GxP
2 1 (1.14%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.14%) ISO 14001
2 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.14%) NIST
2 1 (1.14%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (10.23%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (3.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.14%) BitLocker
5 1 (1.14%) KVM
5 1 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (1.14%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.41%) SCCM
2 1 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (19.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.55%) VMware
3 3 (3.41%) Cisco
3 3 (3.41%) Citrix
3 3 (3.41%) SAP
4 2 (2.27%) Ariba
4 2 (2.27%) Oracle
4 2 (2.27%) Planview
4 2 (2.27%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.14%) Apple
5 1 (1.14%) Aruba
5 1 (1.14%) F5
5 1 (1.14%) Fortinet
5 1 (1.14%) Google
5 1 (1.14%) Imperva