The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Manager role in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 17 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 Chester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Manager
Rank 16 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Manager 8 13 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 5.839% 11.30% -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.107% 11.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £475 £356 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
131 110 149
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 95.62% 95.65% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 37 52
Average daily rate £325 £375 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +5.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £153 £215 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £464 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 7
Average hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +292.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.54 £50.00 £6.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Infrastructure Manager
Cheshire

Infrastructure Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Chester Infrastructure Manager Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 10 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (50.00%) Citrix
3 7 (50.00%) UNIX
3 7 (50.00%) AIX
4 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 6 (42.86%) Linux
4 6 (42.86%) VMware
5 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
6 4 (28.57%) Windows
7 3 (21.43%) Oracle
7 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
7 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (21.43%) Windows 8
8 2 (14.29%) Finance
8 2 (14.29%) Information Security
8 2 (14.29%) DB2
8 2 (14.29%) SAP
9 1 (7.143%) SQL
9 1 (7.143%) Solaris
9 1 (7.143%) CRM
9 1 (7.143%) Client/Server
9 1 (7.143%) PMI
9 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
9 1 (7.143%) SAN
9 1 (7.143%) Ariba
9 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
9 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
9 1 (7.143%) Banking

Infrastructure Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 4 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) DB2
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Client/Server
1 1 (7.143%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) UNIX
1 7 (50.00%) AIX
2 6 (42.86%) Linux
3 4 (28.57%) Windows
4 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
4 3 (21.43%) Windows 8
5 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) Project Management
2 10 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (42.86%) PRINCE2
4 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
5 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (7.143%) CRM
5 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.143%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
2 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Citrix
2 6 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (21.43%) Oracle
4 2 (14.29%) SAP
5 1 (7.143%) Ariba