Network Infrastructure Manager Contract Job Trends

Network Infrastructure Manager
UK

The median Network Infrastructure Manager daily rate in the UK is £438, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 539 607
Rank change year-on-year -11 +68 +198
Contract jobs requiring a Network Infrastructure Manager 11 18 29
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.049% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.052% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 14
10th Percentile - £300 £465
25th Percentile £350 £400 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £495 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.62% -17.50% -
75th Percentile £572 £713 £638
90th Percentile £585 £787 £816
UK excluding London median daily rate £549 £400 £440
% change year-on-year +37.19% -9.09% -4.09%

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 30,142 34,441 45,147
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 92.92% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,024 20,756 30,859
10th Percentile £277 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,674 1,385 1,538
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.04 £14.64
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.62 £40.33 £43.83
% change year-on-year -38.95% -7.99% +94.78%

Network Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Network Infrastructure Manager' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Network Infrastructure Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Network Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Network Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Network Infrastructure Manager over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Network Infrastructure Manager in the UK

Network Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Network Infrastructure Manager
Top 8 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Network Infrastructure Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 October 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
Work from Home +30 7 £350 -12.50% 1
England -6 7 £549 +10.86% 2
London +17 5 £518 -31.00% 1
UK excluding London -17 2 £549 +37.19% 1
West Midlands -16 1 £525 +23.53% 1
Midlands -21 1 £525 +23.53% 1
North of England -24 1 £573 -8.40%
Yorkshire -28 1 £573 -8.40%

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

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Network 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 Network Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 5 (45.45%) Cisco
2 5 (45.45%) Service Management
3 4 (36.36%) Configuration Management
3 4 (36.36%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (36.36%) Defect Management
3 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (36.36%) LAN
3 4 (36.36%) Resource Management
3 4 (36.36%) RFC 2544
3 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
3 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (36.36%) Test Management
3 4 (36.36%) Test Planning
3 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
3 4 (36.36%) Use Case
3 4 (36.36%) WAN
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Communications Security
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
5 2 (18.18%) Virtual Team Management
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.09%) Active Directory

Network 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (54.55%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) LAN
2 4 (36.36%) WAN
3 2 (18.18%) SD-WAN
3 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) RFC 2544
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Virtual Team
3 1 (9.09%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Service Management
2 4 (36.36%) Configuration Management
2 4 (36.36%) Data Centre Operations
2 4 (36.36%) Defect Management
2 4 (36.36%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (36.36%) Resource Management
2 4 (36.36%) Risk Management
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 4 (36.36%) Test Management
2 4 (36.36%) Test Planning
2 4 (36.36%) Test Scripting
2 4 (36.36%) Use Case
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Communications Security
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Virtual Team Management
4 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) PMI Certification
2 1 (9.09%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle