Infrastructure Project Manager Contracts

Infrastructure Project Manager
UK

The median Infrastructure Project Manager daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 463 432 402
Rank change year-on-year -31 -30 +80
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 122 279 539
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.50% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.53% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 201 404
10th Percentile £409 £413 £400
25th Percentile £500 £450 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £584
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £488 £486
% change year-on-year +12.82% +0.26% +2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £64.50 £64.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £64.50

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 40,557 52,491 83,111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 94.51% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,070 36,644 58,616
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,936 1,486 1,938
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.42 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.81 £65.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%

Infrastructure Project Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Infrastructure Project Manager in the UK

Infrastructure Project Manager
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Project Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England -34 106 £550 +1.85% 6
UK excluding London -20 57 £550 +12.82% 4
London +7 53 £563 -6.25% 2
Work from Home +29 41 £550 +4.76% 4
South East +13 17 £563 +18.42% 2
North of England -9 14 £550 +5.77% 2
Midlands +1 10 £575 +27.71%
Yorkshire +3 9 £488 -11.36% 1
South West +4 8 £550 +23.94%
East Midlands +7 6 £638 +27.50%
West Midlands +2 4 £550 +22.22%
North West 0 4 £560 +12.00% 1
Wales +21 3 £600 +41.18%
East of England +1 3 £450 -9.09%
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East +9 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 Infrastructure Project Manager in the job title.

1 55 (45.08%) Project Management
2 46 (37.70%) Finance
3 44 (36.07%) Social Skills
4 32 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 29 (23.77%) Project Delivery
6 25 (20.49%) Agile
7 20 (16.39%) PRINCE2
8 19 (15.57%) Migration
8 19 (15.57%) Azure
8 19 (15.57%) Data Centre
9 17 (13.93%) Windows
10 15 (12.30%) Waterfall
11 14 (11.48%) Change Management
11 14 (11.48%) Risk Management
12 13 (10.66%) Microsoft
12 13 (10.66%) Banking
13 12 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
14 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
14 10 (8.20%) Security Cleared
15 9 (7.38%) SharePoint
16 8 (6.56%) Cisco
16 8 (6.56%) Degree
16 8 (6.56%) SC Cleared
16 8 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
17 7 (5.74%) Change Control
17 7 (5.74%) Budget Management
17 7 (5.74%) QA
17 7 (5.74%) WAN
17 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
18 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Project

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 9 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.46%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (4.92%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (4.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (2.46%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 19 (15.57%) Azure
2 8 (6.56%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (4.10%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.46%) SaaS
5 1 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.82%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.74%) WAN
2 4 (3.28%) LAN
3 3 (2.46%) SD-WAN
3 3 (2.46%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.64%) Firewall
4 2 (1.64%) MPLS
4 2 (1.64%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.82%) Network Security
5 1 (0.82%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.82%) VoIP
5 1 (0.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (2.46%) JIRA
General
1 46 (37.70%) Finance
2 44 (36.07%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.66%) Banking
4 10 (8.20%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.74%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.10%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.46%) Electronics
8 3 (2.46%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.46%) Marketing
9 2 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.64%) Legal
9 2 (1.64%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.82%) Front Office
10 1 (0.82%) Law
10 1 (0.82%) Retail
10 1 (0.82%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.64%) SAML
2 1 (0.82%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.57%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.10%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.64%) HACMP
3 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.64%) PMI
3 2 (1.64%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.82%) BYOD
4 1 (0.82%) CMDB
4 1 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.82%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.82%) NHS
4 1 (0.82%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.82%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.93%) Windows
2 5 (4.10%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.28%) AIX
4 2 (1.64%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.64%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.82%) Linux
5 1 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (45.08%) Project Management
2 32 (26.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 29 (23.77%) Project Delivery
4 25 (20.49%) Agile
5 20 (16.39%) PRINCE2
6 19 (15.57%) Migration
7 15 (12.30%) Waterfall
8 14 (11.48%) Change Management
8 14 (11.48%) Risk Management
9 12 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (5.74%) Budget Management
10 7 (5.74%) Change Control
11 6 (4.92%) Acceptance Criteria
11 6 (4.92%) Line Management
11 6 (4.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 5 (4.10%) Business Case
12 5 (4.10%) Cybersecurity
12 5 (4.10%) Scrum
13 4 (3.28%) Programme Management
13 4 (3.28%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.64%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (8.20%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.56%) Degree
2 8 (6.56%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.92%) PMP
4 4 (3.28%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (2.46%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.64%) CCNA
6 2 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.64%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.64%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.74%) QA
2 5 (4.10%) PMO
3 1 (0.82%) GRC
3 1 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.82%) NIST
3 1 (0.82%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.82%) SEPA
3 1 (0.82%) SLA
3 1 (0.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 5 (4.10%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.64%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (10.66%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.56%) Cisco
3 6 (4.92%) Citrix
4 3 (2.46%) Arista
4 3 (2.46%) SAP
5 2 (1.64%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.64%) BT
5 2 (1.64%) IBM
5 2 (1.64%) Radianz
5 2 (1.64%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.64%) Reuters
5 2 (1.64%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.82%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.82%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.82%) Isilon
6 1 (0.82%) Meraki
6 1 (0.82%) Nokia
6 1 (0.82%) Planview
6 1 (0.82%) Red Hat