The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Consultant
Rank 116 - 126
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Consultant 4 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.167% - 0.101%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.183% - 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £500 - £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £330 £310
% change year-on-year
+5.30% +6.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 - -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2180 2874 2686
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.02% 91.38% 90.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 900 1030 1019
Average daily rate £360 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £476 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 128 184
Average hourly rate £26.00 £19.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.84% -30.90%
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 Consultant
South East

Infrastructure Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Infrastructure Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Infrastructure Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Consultant across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Infrastructure Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Consultant across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Infrastructure Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Reading - 1 £375 -
Infrastructure Consultant
South East

Infrastructure Consultant
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Infrastructure Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) VCP4
2 1 (25.00%) VCP5
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) MCSE
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) CCNP
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley

Infrastructure Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Infrastructure Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Open Source
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) PLM
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) VCP4
1 1 (25.00%) VCP5
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (25.00%) MCSE
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) VMware
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Citrix