The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 21 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 Cheshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Manager
Rank 47 46 70
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +24
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 16 20 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.177% 2.484% 0.617%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.385% 2.725% 0.673%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
Average daily rate £400 £350 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £305 £372
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £385 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £400
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £72.00 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+60.00% +20.00%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 734 892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.29% 91.18% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 492
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Manager
North West

Infrastructure Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Infrastructure Manager Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Chester -7 9 £475 +33.33%
Knutsford - 1 - -
Infrastructure Manager
North West

Infrastructure Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 25 (75.76%) Project Management
2 17 (51.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (45.45%) Finance
4 14 (42.42%) UNIX
5 11 (33.33%) Windows
5 11 (33.33%) AIX
5 11 (33.33%) Linux
5 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 9 (27.27%) VMware
7 8 (24.24%) Citrix
8 7 (21.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 6 (18.18%) MS Exchange
10 5 (15.15%) ITIL
10 5 (15.15%) Migration
10 5 (15.15%) Exchange Server 2010
11 4 (12.12%) Supplier Management
11 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
11 4 (12.12%) Banking
11 4 (12.12%) Extranet
11 4 (12.12%) Mainframe
11 4 (12.12%) Oracle
11 4 (12.12%) Windows 8
12 3 (9.091%) Internet
13 2 (6.061%) PMI
13 2 (6.061%) PMI Certification
13 2 (6.061%) DB2
13 2 (6.061%) SAP
13 2 (6.061%) Information Security
13 2 (6.061%) BT
13 2 (6.061%) Service Delivery

Infrastructure Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 6 (18.18%) MS Exchange
2 5 (15.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Extranet
2 3 (9.091%) Internet
3 1 (3.030%) LAN
3 1 (3.030%) WAN
3 1 (3.030%) LDAP
3 1 (3.030%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.061%) DB2
2 1 (3.030%) SQL Server
General
1 15 (45.45%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Banking
3 1 (3.030%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Mainframe
2 2 (6.061%) PMI
3 1 (3.030%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (42.42%) UNIX
2 11 (33.33%) Windows
2 11 (33.33%) AIX
2 11 (33.33%) Linux
3 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
3 4 (12.12%) Windows 8
4 1 (3.030%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (75.76%) Project Management
2 17 (51.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 5 (15.15%) ITIL
4 5 (15.15%) Migration
5 4 (12.12%) Supplier Management
6 2 (6.061%) Information Security
6 2 (6.061%) Service Delivery
6 2 (6.061%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.030%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (3.030%) Change Management
7 1 (3.030%) Risk Management
7 1 (3.030%) Programme Management
7 1 (3.030%) CRM
7 1 (3.030%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.030%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (6.061%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.030%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) BladeLogic
1 1 (3.030%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) VMware
2 8 (24.24%) Citrix
3 4 (12.12%) Oracle
4 2 (6.061%) SAP
4 2 (6.061%) BT
4 2 (6.061%) Remedy
5 1 (3.030%) HP
5 1 (3.030%) Dell
5 1 (3.030%) Ariba
5 1 (3.030%) BMC