IT Infrastructure Project Manager Contract Job Trends

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

The median IT Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 August 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
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 548 551 633
Rank change year-on-year +3 +82 +163
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Project Manager 16 22 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.057% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.061% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 23
10th Percentile £311 £450 £365
25th Percentile £400 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £541 £500
Median % change year-on-year -19.17% +8.25% -
75th Percentile £605 £597 £594
90th Percentile £626 £630 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £506 £550
% change year-on-year +0.99% -7.95% +10.00%

All DemandTrendContract 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 30,068 35,907 47,656
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.24% 93.03% 94.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,996 22,654 32,790
10th Percentile £280 £300 £303
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.47%
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 1,568 1,838 1,476
10th Percentile £13.73 £14.16 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.17
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +1.96% +62.20%
75th Percentile £53.78 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.41 £75.00 £77.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £44.04 £38.65
% change year-on-year -42.89% +13.95% +79.77%

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Project Manager over the 6 months to 31 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

IT Infrastructure Project 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 Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 31 August 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 +18 12 £438 -19.17% 3
UK excluding London -9 8 £511 +0.99% 3
Midlands -6 6 £500 -13.04% 1
Work from Home +22 5 £613 +13.95% 2
West Midlands -11 5 £500 -13.04%
London +15 4 £375 -31.51%
East of England +1 1 £450 - 2
Yorkshire -10 1 £573 +69.63%
North of England -19 1 £573 +69.63%
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 31 August 2025, IT 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 IT Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (31.25%) Degree
4 5 (31.25%) PMP
4 5 (31.25%) PMI Certification
4 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
4 5 (31.25%) SAP
4 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
5 4 (25.00%) Ariba
5 4 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (25.00%) Migration
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 4 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
6 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
6 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) JIRA
6 3 (18.75%) Life Science
6 3 (18.75%) Change Management
6 3 (18.75%) GxP
6 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
7 2 (12.50%) PMI
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office

IT 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 2 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (6.25%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (6.25%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) AWS
1 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Google Workspace
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
2 1 (6.25%) Skype
2 1 (6.25%) VPN
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (12.50%) Manufacturing
4 2 (12.50%) Public Sector
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Automotive
5 1 (6.25%) Back Office
5 1 (6.25%) German Language
5 1 (6.25%) Local Government
5 1 (6.25%) Military
5 1 (6.25%) Retail
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Life Science
2 2 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 2 (12.50%) Driving Licence
2 2 (12.50%) PMI
3 1 (6.25%) CMDB
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Onboarding
3 1 (6.25%) Operational Technology
3 1 (6.25%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) Project Management
2 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (31.25%) PRINCE2
3 5 (31.25%) Risk Management
4 4 (25.00%) Agile
4 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 4 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
5 3 (18.75%) Budget Management
5 3 (18.75%) Change Management
5 3 (18.75%) Waterfall
6 2 (12.50%) Budgeting
6 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (6.25%) Budget Responsibility
7 1 (6.25%) Change Control
7 1 (6.25%) Conflict Resolution
7 1 (6.25%) Cost Control
7 1 (6.25%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
1 5 (31.25%) PMI Certification
1 5 (31.25%) PMP
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
2 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (18.75%) GxP
2 1 (6.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (6.25%) Accessibility
2 1 (6.25%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) Ariba
3 3 (18.75%) ServiceNow
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (6.25%) Aruba
5 1 (6.25%) F5
5 1 (6.25%) Google
5 1 (6.25%) Imperva
5 1 (6.25%) Infoblox
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft