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 during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 454 419 407
Rank change year-on-year -35 -12 +74
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Project Manager 117 284 541
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.50% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.53% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 207 412
10th Percentile £404 £413 £381
25th Percentile £500 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £624 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +12.82% +2.63% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £64.50 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 -21 102 £550 +4.76% 18
UK excluding London +3 56 £550 +12.82% 14
London +17 50 £563 -6.25% 4
Work from Home +14 36 £550 +5.26% 4
South East +33 15 £600 +26.32% 5
Midlands +6 13 £550 +22.22% 2
North of England +2 13 £425 -19.05% 6
Yorkshire -2 8 £425 -22.73% 3
East Midlands +15 7 £625 +25.00% 1
South West +6 7 £550 +23.94%
West Midlands +5 6 £550 +22.22% 1
North West +7 4 £455 -6.67% 2
Wales +19 3 £600 +41.18%
East of England +2 3 £425 -30.61%
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North East +13 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 53 (45.30%) Project Management
2 44 (37.61%) Finance
3 40 (34.19%) Social Skills
4 32 (27.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 22 (18.80%) Agile
7 19 (16.24%) PRINCE2
8 18 (15.38%) Migration
8 18 (15.38%) Azure
8 18 (15.38%) Data Centre
9 16 (13.68%) Windows
10 14 (11.97%) Risk Management
10 14 (11.97%) Change Management
10 14 (11.97%) Waterfall
11 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
11 11 (9.40%) Banking
12 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
13 9 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (7.69%) Security Cleared
13 9 (7.69%) SharePoint
14 8 (6.84%) Cisco
14 8 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
15 7 (5.98%) Budget Management
15 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
15 7 (5.98%) Degree
15 7 (5.98%) QA
15 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
16 6 (5.13%) Citrix
16 6 (5.13%) Acceptance Criteria
16 6 (5.13%) Stakeholder Engagement

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 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.56%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.71%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (4.27%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.71%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.38%) Azure
2 8 (6.84%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 3 (2.56%) SaaS
4 1 (0.85%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.85%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) LAN
1 5 (4.27%) WAN
2 4 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.71%) Firewall
3 2 (1.71%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.85%) MPLS
4 1 (0.85%) Network Security
4 1 (0.85%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.85%) Skype
4 1 (0.85%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) VoIP
4 1 (0.85%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 3 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 44 (37.61%) Finance
2 40 (34.19%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.40%) Banking
4 10 (8.55%) Public Sector
5 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
6 5 (4.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.27%) Manufacturing
7 4 (3.42%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.56%) Electronics
8 3 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 3 (2.56%) Law
8 3 (2.56%) Legal
8 3 (2.56%) Marketing
9 2 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.85%) Front Office
10 1 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.85%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.85%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.42%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (1.71%) HACMP
3 2 (1.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.71%) PMI
3 2 (1.71%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.85%) BYOD
4 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.85%) Mainframe
4 1 (0.85%) NHS
4 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.85%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.85%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 16 (13.68%) Windows
2 5 (4.27%) Windows 10
3 4 (3.42%) AIX
4 2 (1.71%) Windows 7
4 2 (1.71%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.85%) Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Unix
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (45.30%) Project Management
2 32 (27.35%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 22 (18.80%) Agile
5 19 (16.24%) PRINCE2
6 18 (15.38%) Migration
7 14 (11.97%) Change Management
7 14 (11.97%) Risk Management
7 14 (11.97%) Waterfall
8 9 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (5.98%) Budget Management
10 6 (5.13%) Acceptance Criteria
10 6 (5.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (4.27%) Change Control
11 5 (4.27%) Scrum
12 4 (3.42%) Line Management
12 4 (3.42%) Programme Management
12 4 (3.42%) Project Governance
12 4 (3.42%) Project Planning
12 4 (3.42%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.71%) R
Qualifications
1 9 (7.69%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.98%) Degree
2 7 (5.98%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.27%) PMP
4 4 (3.42%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.56%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.71%) CCNA
6 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.71%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 2 (1.71%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 1 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.98%) QA
2 4 (3.42%) PMO
3 1 (0.85%) GRC
3 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.85%) NIST
3 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.85%) SEPA
3 1 (0.85%) SLA
3 1 (0.85%) SOC 2
System Software
1 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.71%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 11 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) Cisco
3 6 (5.13%) Citrix
4 3 (2.56%) Arista
4 3 (2.56%) SAP
5 2 (1.71%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.71%) BT
5 2 (1.71%) IBM
5 2 (1.71%) Radianz
5 2 (1.71%) Refinitiv
5 2 (1.71%) Reuters
5 2 (1.71%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.85%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.85%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.85%) Dell
6 1 (0.85%) EMC
6 1 (0.85%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.85%) Meraki
6 1 (0.85%) Nokia
6 1 (0.85%) Red Hat