Technical Infrastructure Project Manager Contract Job Trends

Project Manager - Technical Infrastructure
UK

The median Project Manager - Technical Infrastructure daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 581 544 583
Rank change year-on-year -37 +39 +180
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Infrastructure Project Manager 5 9 7
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.027% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.029% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 5
10th Percentile £500 £448 £380
25th Percentile £556 £519 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £551 £525
Median % change year-on-year +18.07% +4.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £669 £575 £538
90th Percentile £680 £611 £560
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £551 £525
% change year-on-year -13.71% +4.86% +5.00%

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 33,689 31,494 40,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 92.77% 93.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,297 19,365 27,107
10th Percentile £293 £300 £285
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £640
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 978 1,483
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.50 £15.02
25th Percentile £18.22 £21.01 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +45.77%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.54 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.62% -29.62% +84.72%

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager job vacancy trend in the UK

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Infrastructure Project Manager job vacancies 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 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Technical Infrastructure Project Manager
Top 9 Contract Job 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 24 December 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 -31 4 £650 +18.07% 4
UK excluding London -43 3 £475 -13.71% 2
London -12 2 £663 +26.19% 4
Work from Home - 2 £563 -
North West -29 1 £475 -28.57%
North of England -50 1 £475 -6.40%
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 24 December 2025, Technical Infrastructure Project 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 Technical Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Azure
4 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (20.00%) JIRA
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) Meraki
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (20.00%) PMP
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Technical Infrastructure Project 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Distributed Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Escalation Management
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
4 1 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 1 (20.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Aruba
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco
1 1 (20.00%) Meraki
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (20.00%) SAP