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The table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist role in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Infrastructure Specialist
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank198195
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.056 %0.031 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£312-
Average daily rate£329-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£347-
UK excluding London average daily rate£433£392
% change on same period last year+10.39 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.56£31.37
% change on same period last year+10.16 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71556541
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.17 %6.606 %
Daily rates quoted38782689
Average minimum daily rate£408£443
Average daily rate£444£471
% change on same period last year-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£499
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted310235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.47£23.09
Average hourly rate£24.30£24.42
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.14£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
Infrastructure Specialist LondonInfrastructure Specialist
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Infrastructure Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Demand Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist across the City of London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

110 (66.67 %)Windows
110 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
27 (46.67 %)Finance
27 (46.67 %)Active Directory
35 (33.33 %)Citrix
35 (33.33 %)SQL
35 (33.33 %)IIS
44 (26.67 %)SAN
44 (26.67 %)VMware
53 (20.00 %)MCSE
53 (20.00 %)Microsoft
53 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (20.00 %)DNS
53 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
62 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
62 (13.33 %)SCOM
62 (13.33 %)Data Protection
62 (13.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (13.33 %)Firewall
62 (13.33 %)Cisco
62 (13.33 %)WAN
62 (13.33 %)POP3
62 (13.33 %)SMTP
62 (13.33 %)HP
62 (13.33 %)CCNA
62 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
62 (13.33 %)LAN
62 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
62 (13.33 %)COM+
62 (13.33 %)DCOM

Infrastructure Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (13.33 %)ASP.NET
12 (13.33 %)COM+
12 (13.33 %)DCOM
12 (13.33 %).NET
21 (6.667 %)Application Packaging
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (33.33 %)IIS
21 (6.667 %)MS Exchange
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (26.67 %)SAN
23 (20.00 %)DNS
32 (13.33 %)Firewall
32 (13.33 %)WAN
32 (13.33 %)POP3
32 (13.33 %)SMTP
32 (13.33 %)LAN
41 (6.667 %)SMS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)SQL Server
12 (13.33 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (6.667 %)DB2
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)TestDirector
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Finance
22 (13.33 %)Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Web 2.0
12 (13.33 %)Clustering
21 (6.667 %)Thin Client
21 (6.667 %)Fat Client
21 (6.667 %)EMC Centera
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (66.67 %)Windows
110 (66.67 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
32 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
41 (6.667 %)Windows NT
41 (6.667 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (13.33 %)Performance Testing
12 (13.33 %)Data Protection
12 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
12 (13.33 %)Content Management
12 (13.33 %)Load Balancing
12 (13.33 %)Migration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (33.33 %)SQL
22 (13.33 %)VBScript
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (20.00 %)MCSE
13 (20.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (13.33 %)CCNA
22 (13.33 %)Degree
22 (13.33 %)Cisco Certification
31 (6.667 %)CCSA
31 (6.667 %)MCT
31 (6.667 %)CNE
31 (6.667 %)Novell Certification
31 (6.667 %)Check Point Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)QA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (46.67 %)Active Directory
22 (13.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (6.667 %)NetBackup
31 (6.667 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (6.667 %)VMware ESX
31 (6.667 %)MetaFrame
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (13.33 %)SCOM
21 (6.667 %)MOM
21 (6.667 %)SCCM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (33.33 %)Citrix
24 (26.67 %)VMware
33 (20.00 %)Microsoft
42 (13.33 %)Cisco
42 (13.33 %)HP
42 (13.33 %)CheckPoint
51 (6.667 %)BMC
51 (6.667 %)NetApp
51 (6.667 %)Novell
51 (6.667 %)Lotus
51 (6.667 %)Symantec
51 (6.667 %)Sophos
51 (6.667 %)Altiris
51 (6.667 %)Dell
51 (6.667 %)EMC
51 (6.667 %)Intel