The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Manager
Rank 106 125 109
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 15 13 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.625% 0.413% 0.859%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.686% 0.452% 0.953%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 18
Average daily rate £450 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
Average hourly rate - £45.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.00 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+60.00% +20.00%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2185 2877 2728
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.00% 91.30% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1030 1038
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £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 116 126 188
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £30.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -37.46%
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 Manager
South East

Infrastructure Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Infrastructure Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Infrastructure Manager Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Infrastructure Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Manager
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Infrastructure Manager Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Manager
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Windsor - 7 - -
Reading +18 5 £450 -
Slough -9 1 £230 -48.88%
Infrastructure Manager
South East

Infrastructure Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 12 (60.00%) Windows
2 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 9 (45.00%) Migration
3 8 (40.00%) Linux
3 8 (40.00%) Apache
3 8 (40.00%) SAN
4 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (15.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) vSphere
5 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
5 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (10.00%) Finance
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (10.00%) SAP
5 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
6 1 (5.000%) Huawei
6 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (5.000%) Requirements Management
6 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (5.000%) Windows 7

Infrastructure Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (40.00%) Apache
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.000%) Lotus Domino
2 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (40.00%) SAN
2 1 (5.000%) BSS
2 1 (5.000%) Firewall
2 1 (5.000%) GSM
2 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Open Source
1 1 (5.000%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 12 (60.00%) Windows
2 8 (40.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
4 1 (5.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Migration
2 3 (15.00%) ITIL
3 2 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (10.00%) ERP
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (5.000%) Requirements Management
4 1 (5.000%) Information Security
4 1 (5.000%) eTOM
4 1 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) Change Management
4 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.000%) Risk Management
4 1 (5.000%) Process Architecture
4 1 (5.000%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.000%) MCP
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) vSphere
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) NetBackup
1 1 (5.000%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.00%) VMware
1 2 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (5.000%) Huawei
2 1 (5.000%) Symantec
2 1 (5.000%) McAfee
2 1 (5.000%) Lotus
2 1 (5.000%) EMC
2 1 (5.000%) Cisco
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle