IT Infrastructure Manager Contracts in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
UK > England

The median IT Infrastructure Manager daily rate in England is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 557 697
Rank change year-on-year +72 +140 -15
Contract jobs requiring an IT Infrastructure Manager 29 32 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.093% 0.080% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% 0.085% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 55
10th Percentile £330 £340 £418
25th Percentile £450 £383 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £510 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.00% -1.63%
75th Percentile £588 £578 £594
90th Percentile £708 £675 £725
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £515
% change year-on-year - -2.91% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £64.50
UK median hourly rate - - £64.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

IT Infrastructure Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Infrastructure Manager in England.

Hourly rate trend for IT Infrastructure Manager in England

IT Infrastructure Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. 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
London +49 12 £510 +2.00% 2
South East +44 7 £563 +65.44% 1
Midlands +8 4 £575 -6.12% 1
North of England +24 3 £338 -35.71% 3
West Midlands +5 3 £575 -6.12%
North West +26 2 - - 1
East of England +19 2 £450 -11.11% 2
South West +25 1 £450 -2.17% 1
Yorkshire +11 1 £338 -35.71% 2
East Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
IT Infrastructure Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, 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 across the England region featuring IT Infrastructure Manager in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 12 (41.38%) Project Management
3 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
4 8 (27.59%) Change Management
4 8 (27.59%) QA
5 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
6 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
6 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
7 5 (17.24%) WAN
7 5 (17.24%) ITIL
7 5 (17.24%) Migration
7 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
8 4 (13.79%) Business Case
8 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
8 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
8 4 (13.79%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (13.79%) Banking
8 4 (13.79%) VMware
8 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
8 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (10.34%) Balanced Scorecard
9 3 (10.34%) Retail
9 3 (10.34%) Agile
9 3 (10.34%) LAN
9 3 (10.34%) Quality Management
9 3 (10.34%) Degree
9 3 (10.34%) Resource Management

IT Infrastructure Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (3.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Azure
1 2 (6.90%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.45%) AWS
2 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.24%) WAN
2 4 (13.79%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (10.34%) LAN
4 2 (6.90%) Firewall
5 1 (3.45%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.45%) DHCP
5 1 (3.45%) DNS
5 1 (3.45%) SAN
5 1 (3.45%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.45%) VLAN
5 1 (3.45%) VoIP
5 1 (3.45%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (3.45%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
General
1 14 (48.28%) Finance
2 9 (31.03%) Social Skills
3 7 (24.14%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (13.79%) Banking
4 4 (13.79%) Telecoms
5 3 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 3 (10.34%) Retail
6 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) CCTV
3 1 (3.45%) CMDB
3 1 (3.45%) Digital Signage
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.45%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.90%) Windows
1 2 (6.90%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
2 1 (3.45%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Project Management
2 8 (27.59%) Change Management
3 6 (20.69%) PRINCE2
3 6 (20.69%) Risk Management
3 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.24%) Budget Management
4 5 (17.24%) ITIL
4 5 (17.24%) Migration
5 4 (13.79%) Business Case
5 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (13.79%) Project Delivery
5 4 (13.79%) Resource Allocation
6 3 (10.34%) Balanced Scorecard
6 3 (10.34%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 3 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
6 3 (10.34%) Line Management
6 3 (10.34%) Quality Management
6 3 (10.34%) Scorecard
6 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) Python
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (6.90%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.45%) PMP
3 1 (3.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.45%) RIBA
3 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (27.59%) QA
2 3 (10.34%) PMO
3 1 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) VMware
2 2 (6.90%) Cisco
2 2 (6.90%) Dynatrace
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.90%) Splunk
3 1 (3.45%) Citrix
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) SolarWinds