The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 20 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 East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 69 74 74
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 14 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.113% 0.513% 0.371%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.221% 0.548% 0.399%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 2
Average daily rate £263 £300 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +1.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £220 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £327 £380 £319
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £290 £265
% change year-on-year
- +9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 1
Average hourly rate £24.75 £30.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% -14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-21.66% +42.85%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1147 1277 1253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 91.18% 93.55% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 519 642 492
Average daily rate £325 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £183 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 95 125
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.44 £8.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.40 £34.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Derbyshire +14 4 £315 -21.25%
Lincolnshire +5 4 £263 +31.25%
Nottinghamshire -2 4 £293 -
Leicestershire - 2 - -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 19 (70.37%) VMware
2 17 (62.96%) Cisco
3 16 (59.26%) Windows
4 15 (55.56%) Firewall
5 14 (51.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
7 9 (33.33%) LAN
7 9 (33.33%) Wireless
8 8 (29.63%) MS Exchange
8 8 (29.63%) Citrix
9 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
9 7 (25.93%) WLAN
9 7 (25.93%) Exchange Server 2010
9 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (22.22%) WAN
10 6 (22.22%) VoIP
10 6 (22.22%) SAN
10 6 (22.22%) NetApp
11 5 (18.52%) HP
11 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
11 5 (18.52%) Internet
11 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
12 4 (14.81%) Juniper
12 4 (14.81%) Blue Coat
12 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
12 4 (14.81%) VPN
12 4 (14.81%) Nokia
12 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
13 3 (11.11%) SQL
13 3 (11.11%) DNS

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 1 (3.704%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) MS Exchange
2 7 (25.93%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (7.407%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.704%) Lync
4 1 (3.704%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (3.704%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (7.407%) Office 365
2 1 (3.704%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (55.56%) Firewall
2 9 (33.33%) Wireless
2 9 (33.33%) LAN
3 7 (25.93%) WLAN
4 6 (22.22%) WAN
4 6 (22.22%) VoIP
4 6 (22.22%) SAN
5 5 (18.52%) Internet
5 5 (18.52%) TCP/IP
6 4 (14.81%) VPN
7 3 (11.11%) DNS
8 2 (7.407%) DHCP
8 2 (7.407%) iSCSI
9 1 (3.704%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (3.704%) Unified Communications
9 1 (3.704%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (3.704%) VLAN
9 1 (3.704%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (18.52%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Clustering
2 2 (7.407%) Open Source
2 2 (7.407%) NHS
2 2 (7.407%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 16 (59.26%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
4 2 (7.407%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (7.407%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (7.407%) Linux
5 1 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (3.704%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.407%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (7.407%) WAN Optimisation
1 2 (7.407%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (3.704%) Service Delivery
2 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (3.704%) Data Analysis
2 1 (3.704%) Incident Management
2 1 (3.704%) Project Planning
2 1 (3.704%) Problem Management
2 1 (3.704%) Performance Management
2 1 (3.704%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.407%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.704%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (3.704%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (51.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (25.93%) Active Directory
3 3 (11.11%) XenApp
4 2 (7.407%) ISA Server
4 2 (7.407%) NFS
5 1 (3.704%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 3 (11.11%) SCCM
2 2 (7.407%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (7.407%) HP SIM
2 2 (7.407%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (7.407%) NetBackup
2 2 (7.407%) Backup Exec
2 2 (7.407%) WSUS
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) VMware
2 17 (62.96%) Cisco
3 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
4 8 (29.63%) Citrix
5 6 (22.22%) NetApp
6 5 (18.52%) HP
7 4 (14.81%) Juniper
7 4 (14.81%) Nokia
7 4 (14.81%) CheckPoint
7 4 (14.81%) Blue Coat
8 2 (7.407%) Riverbed
8 2 (7.407%) MobileIron
8 2 (7.407%) Symantec
8 2 (7.407%) McAfee
8 2 (7.407%) Red Hat
8 2 (7.407%) Veritas
8 2 (7.407%) IBM
8 2 (7.407%) Dell
8 2 (7.407%) EMC
9 1 (3.704%) Hitachi