IT Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 September 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
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 541 537 611
Rank change year-on-year -4 +74 +138
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 17 32 40
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.052% 0.083% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.089% 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 32
10th Percentile £400 £330 £342
25th Percentile £406 £450 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -5.12% +7.50%
75th Percentile £619 £597 £650
90th Percentile £638 £708 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £573 £500 £538
% change year-on-year +14.50% -6.98% +7.50%

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 29,973 35,853 47,592
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 93.02% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,919 22,254 32,672
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,564 1,726 1,497
10th Percentile £13.75 £14.73 £14.56
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.33
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -0.76% +66.65%
75th Percentile £51.93 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.59
% change year-on-year -44.11% +10.86% +84.50%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in the UK

IT Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for IT Infrastructure Manager job vacancies in the UK

IT Infrastructure Manager
Top 10 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 13 September 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 +5 14 £500 -3.85% 17
UK excluding London -16 9 £573 +14.50% 14
Midlands -4 7 £600 +4.35% 2
London +30 5 £463 -11.06% 6
West Midlands -10 5 £500 -23.81%
Work from Home +27 4 £613 +13.95% 3
East Midlands -3 2 £650 +30.00% 2
East of England +7 1 £450 - 2
Yorkshire -14 1 £573 +69.63%
North of England -19 1 £573 +69.63% 3

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 2025, IT Infrastructure 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 IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
1 8 (47.06%) Project Management
2 6 (35.29%) PRINCE2
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (29.41%) Degree
3 5 (29.41%) PMP
3 5 (29.41%) PMI Certification
3 5 (29.41%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 4 (23.53%) SAP
4 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
5 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
5 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
5 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Agile
5 3 (17.65%) JIRA
5 3 (17.65%) Change Management
5 3 (17.65%) Ariba
5 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
5 3 (17.65%) GxP
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (11.76%) Back Office
6 2 (11.76%) Confluence
6 2 (11.76%) Life Science
6 2 (11.76%) Retail

IT Infrastructure 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.88%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.88%) Firewall
1 1 (5.88%) LAN
1 1 (5.88%) Skype
1 1 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (5.88%) VPN
1 1 (5.88%) WAN
1 1 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (11.76%) Automotive
4 2 (11.76%) Back Office
4 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 2 (11.76%) Retail
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Aviation
5 1 (5.88%) German Language
5 1 (5.88%) Local Government
5 1 (5.88%) Military
5 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 2 (11.76%) Driving Licence
1 2 (11.76%) Life Science
2 1 (5.88%) CMDB
2 1 (5.88%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.88%) PKI
2 1 (5.88%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Project Management
2 6 (35.29%) PRINCE2
2 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
4 3 (17.65%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Budget Management
4 3 (17.65%) Change Management
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
4 3 (17.65%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (11.76%) Budgeting
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
6 1 (5.88%) Change Control
6 1 (5.88%) Conflict Resolution
6 1 (5.88%) Contract Management
6 1 (5.88%) High Availability
6 1 (5.88%) Process Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Degree
1 5 (29.41%) PMI Certification
1 5 (29.41%) PMP
2 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) GxP
2 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Ariba
2 3 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Infoblox
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) NEC