Technical Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts

Project Manager - Technical Infrastructure
UK

The median Project Manager - Technical Infrastructure daily rate in the UK is £506, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 573 702
Rank change year-on-year +59 +129 +125
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Infrastructure Project Manager 6 9 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.020% 0.021% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.022% 0.028%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile £416 £300 £343
25th Percentile £481 £355 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% - +3.96%
75th Percentile £558 £681 £578
90th Percentile £615 £775 £631
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £412 £550
% change year-on-year +18.25% -25.05% +10.00%

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £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 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Infrastructure Project Manager over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Infrastructure Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +57 6 £506 -11.96% 3
UK excluding London +66 5 £488 +18.25% 3
North of England +20 2 £508 +69.45%
South East - 2 £519 - 2
London +34 1 £525 -20.75%
North West +17 1 £665 +122.04%
South West - 1 £488 -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Database Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Responsibility
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
3 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (16.67%) Runbook
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) JIRA
3 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared

Technical 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
3 1 (16.67%) Budget Responsibility
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Coaching
3 1 (16.67%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (16.67%) Database Migration
3 1 (16.67%) DSDM
3 1 (16.67%) Feasibility Study
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Runbook
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle