The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Infrastructure Engineer 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 City of London 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 Engineer
Rank 178 170 214
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +44
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 25 48 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.392% 0.610% 0.316%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.424% 0.667% 0.345%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 28 21
Average daily rate £330 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £261 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £426 £540 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £300 £265
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +13.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 8 5
Average hourly rate £23.75 £28.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +1.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-21.66% +42.85%
All Job Titles
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Engineer
London

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Infrastructure Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the City of London region.

City of London Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Infrastructure Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 42 (64.62%) Windows
2 36 (55.38%) VMware
3 30 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
4 27 (41.54%) Active Directory
5 20 (30.77%) Citrix
6 19 (29.23%) MS Exchange
7 15 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
8 14 (21.54%) Cisco
9 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 13 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
10 12 (18.46%) SAN
11 11 (16.92%) Exchange Server 2007
11 11 (16.92%) Exchange Server 2010
12 10 (15.38%) Windows 7
12 10 (15.38%) NetApp
12 10 (15.38%) UNIX
13 9 (13.85%) Finance
13 9 (13.85%) XenApp
13 9 (13.85%) SCCM
14 8 (12.31%) Exchange Server 2003
14 8 (12.31%) Firewall
14 8 (12.31%) Windows XP
15 7 (10.77%) SharePoint
15 7 (10.77%) Linux
15 7 (10.77%) SQL
15 7 (10.77%) ITIL
15 7 (10.77%) IBM
15 7 (10.77%) DNS
16 6 (9.231%) Business Intelligence
16 6 (9.231%) HP

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (3.077%) COM
2 1 (1.538%) Java EE
2 1 (1.538%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.538%) Apache Flex
2 1 (1.538%) Web Services
2 1 (1.538%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.538%) .NET
2 1 (1.538%) ADSI
Application Platforms
1 19 (29.23%) MS Exchange
2 11 (16.92%) Exchange Server 2007
2 11 (16.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (12.31%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (10.77%) SharePoint
5 6 (9.231%) SAS
6 4 (6.154%) IIS
7 2 (3.077%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (3.077%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (3.077%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (1.538%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (9.231%) MS Office
1 6 (9.231%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.615%) Office 365
3 1 (1.538%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 12 (18.46%) SAN
2 8 (12.31%) Firewall
3 7 (10.77%) DNS
4 5 (7.692%) DHCP
5 4 (6.154%) WAN
5 4 (6.154%) TCP/IP
6 3 (4.615%) VoIP
6 3 (4.615%) LAN
6 3 (4.615%) FTP
7 2 (3.077%) HTTP
7 2 (3.077%) VPN
7 2 (3.077%) SMTP
7 2 (3.077%) ADSL
7 2 (3.077%) IP Telephony
7 2 (3.077%) Internet
7 2 (3.077%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.538%) NAS
8 1 (1.538%) Network Security
8 1 (1.538%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.538%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.154%) PowerCenter
2 4 (6.154%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.538%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.538%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.538%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.077%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.538%) MSI
General
1 9 (13.85%) Finance
2 4 (6.154%) Publishing
3 3 (4.615%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.615%) Legal
4 2 (3.077%) Law
4 2 (3.077%) Local Government
4 2 (3.077%) Banking
5 1 (1.538%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.615%) iPad
1 3 (4.615%) Clustering
2 2 (3.077%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.077%) Open Source
3 1 (1.538%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.538%) Fat Client
3 1 (1.538%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.538%) Statistics
3 1 (1.538%) Replication
3 1 (1.538%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.538%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 42 (64.62%) Windows
2 30 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (15.38%) Windows 7
4 10 (15.38%) UNIX
5 8 (12.31%) Windows XP
6 7 (10.77%) Linux
7 4 (6.154%) Windows Vista
8 3 (4.615%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (3.077%) Solaris
10 1 (1.538%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.538%) Windows 2000
10 1 (1.538%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.538%) NetWare
10 1 (1.538%) VMS
10 1 (1.538%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (10.77%) ITIL
2 6 (9.231%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (4.615%) Migration
4 2 (3.077%) Business Continuity
4 2 (3.077%) Project Management
4 2 (3.077%) Change Management
4 2 (3.077%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (3.077%) Configuration Management
5 1 (1.538%) Project Planning
5 1 (1.538%) eTOM
5 1 (1.538%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.538%) System Testing
5 1 (1.538%) Investment Management
5 1 (1.538%) Time Management
5 1 (1.538%) Network Management
5 1 (1.538%) Change Control
5 1 (1.538%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (1.538%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (1.538%) Service Management
5 1 (1.538%) CMMI
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.77%) SQL
2 6 (9.231%) Shell Script
2 6 (9.231%) PowerShell
3 3 (4.615%) VBScript
4 1 (1.538%) Python
4 1 (1.538%) C
4 1 (1.538%) Java
4 1 (1.538%) Perl
4 1 (1.538%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (6.154%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (6.154%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (4.615%) Degree
3 2 (3.077%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (3.077%) MCSE
4 1 (1.538%) MCITP
4 1 (1.538%) MCSA
4 1 (1.538%) MCP
4 1 (1.538%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.538%) TickIT
1 1 (1.538%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (41.54%) Active Directory
2 15 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (13.85%) XenApp
4 4 (6.154%) VMware ESX
4 4 (6.154%) VMware Server
5 3 (4.615%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.615%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (3.077%) vSphere
7 1 (1.538%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (1.538%) XenServer
7 1 (1.538%) XenDesktop
7 1 (1.538%) NDS
Systems Management
1 9 (13.85%) SCCM
2 6 (9.231%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 6 (9.231%) SCOM
3 4 (6.154%) Tivoli
4 2 (3.077%) Backup Exec
5 1 (1.538%) Legato
5 1 (1.538%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (1.538%) WMI
5 1 (1.538%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 36 (55.38%) VMware
2 20 (30.77%) Citrix
3 14 (21.54%) Cisco
4 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 10 (15.38%) NetApp
6 7 (10.77%) IBM
7 6 (9.231%) HP
8 4 (6.154%) EMC
8 4 (6.154%) Informatica
8 4 (6.154%) Business Objects
9 3 (4.615%) Juniper
9 3 (4.615%) Red Hat
9 3 (4.615%) Apple
10 2 (3.077%) AppSense
10 2 (3.077%) CheckPoint
10 2 (3.077%) Sophos
11 1 (1.538%) PlateSpin
11 1 (1.538%) WatchGuard
11 1 (1.538%) ProCurve
11 1 (1.538%) Riverbed
City of London
Server / VMware / NetApp / Cisco / UCS / Exchange / Active Directory Mint is currently looking for an experienced Infrastructure Build Engineer to work on a large scale International project. The contract...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
Infrastructure Engineer - Cisco, Unified Comms, NetApp, VmwareMy client is currently looking for a broadly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join their busy Infrastructure team for a global project.
Mint
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
City of London
Mint recruitment are actively looking to hire a Senior Windows Infrastructure Engineer that is also highly experienced with MS SharePoint 2010 software.Based on Cheapside London this role...
Mint
Rate: £400 - £460 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013