The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Infrastructure Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 103 129 118
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -11
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 19 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.775% 0.218% 0.410%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.848% 0.239% 0.455%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 2
Average daily rate £503 £463 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.64% -15.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £341 £530
10% offered a daily rate of more than £579 £575 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - £34.50
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2240 2929 2637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.32% 91.30% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 1039 1001
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £220 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 126 181
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -39.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Architect
South East

Infrastructure Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Berkshire Infrastructure Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Infrastructure Architect Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Infrastructure Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell - 7 £570 -
Reading +14 5 £500 -
Newbury 0 2 - -
Infrastructure Architect
South East

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Infrastructure Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Architect in their job title.

1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 11 (42.31%) VMware
3 10 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 7 (26.92%) Citrix
6 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
7 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
7 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
7 5 (19.23%) SQL
8 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
8 4 (15.38%) Open Source
8 4 (15.38%) vSphere
9 3 (11.54%) XenApp
9 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
9 3 (11.54%) Oracle
9 3 (11.54%) Solaris
9 3 (11.54%) Linux
9 3 (11.54%) SAN
9 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
10 2 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
10 2 (7.692%) LAN
10 2 (7.692%) WAN
10 2 (7.692%) UNIX
10 2 (7.692%) Cisco
10 2 (7.692%) ITIL
10 2 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Infrastructure Architect in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.846%) Amazon AWS
1 1 (3.846%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.846%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) SAN
2 2 (7.692%) LAN
2 2 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (3.846%) DNS
3 1 (3.846%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (7.692%) Retail
2 1 (3.846%) Investment Banking
2 1 (3.846%) Banking
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Open Source
2 1 (3.846%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.846%) N-Tier
2 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 14 (53.85%) Windows
2 8 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (11.54%) Windows 7
4 3 (11.54%) Solaris
4 3 (11.54%) Linux
5 2 (7.692%) UNIX
5 2 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (7.692%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
2 2 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2
3 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) PowerShell
2 1 (3.846%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) VCP4
3 1 (3.846%) VCP5
3 1 (3.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 10 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (19.23%) Active Directory
3 4 (15.38%) vSphere
4 3 (11.54%) XenApp
5 2 (7.692%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (7.692%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (7.692%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.846%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) VMware
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 7 (26.92%) Citrix
4 3 (11.54%) Oracle
4 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
5 2 (7.692%) Cisco
5 2 (7.692%) Fujitsu
6 1 (3.846%) Brocade
6 1 (3.846%) SAP
6 1 (3.846%) EMC
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Responsibilities Leading in the design and deployment of a Windows 7 upgrade and a VDI Environment Acting as an escalation point for the Service Desk or Infrastructure...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Providing infrastructure support for Windows 7, Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 and XenApp 6.5, VMware 5.1 & Cisco Routing... Installing and supporting Windows 2008 R2 Server. Installing and...
Resource Management
Rate: £71 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowance + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013