Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts within the England 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Infrastructure Engineer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank387443
Rank change on same period last yearUp+56
Matching contract IT job ads133185
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.209 %0.198 %
As % of the category below0.255 %0.232 %
Daily rates quoted3145
Average minimum daily rate£322£318
Average daily rate£339£337
% change on same period last year+0.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£357
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£304
% change on same period last year+0.49 %
Hourly rates quoted2123
Average minimum hourly rate£25.33£24.67
Average hourly rate£25.81£26.07
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.29£27.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.83£24.43
% change on same period last year+5.75 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching contract IT job ads5225079626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled82.30 %85.32 %
Daily rates quoted1686424512
Average minimum daily rate£366£390
Average daily rate£392£414
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted51377273
Average minimum hourly rate£22.14£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.59£25.15
% change on same period last year-6.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.04£26.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
Infrastructure Engineer UKInfrastructure Engineer
UK

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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

England Infrastructure Engineer Demand Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the England region.

England Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the England region.

England Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+7769£346-8.07 %
South EastUp+2929£375+3.95 %
South WestUp+2712£303-4.71 %
East of EnglandUp+286--
YorkshireUp+305--
West MidlandsUp+64--
East MidlandsDown-53£240-4.00 %
North EastNew entry-3--
North WestUp+82--
Infrastructure Engineer UKInfrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1201 (64.63 %)Windows
2112 (36.01 %)Windows Server 2003
398 (31.51 %)Active Directory
483 (26.69 %)MS Exchange
576 (24.44 %)VMware
668 (21.86 %)Microsoft
761 (19.61 %)Citrix
858 (18.65 %)UNIX
949 (15.76 %)Linux
949 (15.76 %)SQL
949 (15.76 %)Microsoft Certification
949 (15.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
1048 (15.43 %)Security Cleared
1048 (15.43 %)Cisco
1146 (14.79 %)MCSE
1241 (13.18 %)SAN
1338 (12.22 %)HP
1437 (11.90 %)SC Cleared
1535 (11.25 %)Oracle
1634 (10.93 %)LAN
1732 (10.29 %)WAN
1831 (9.968 %)Windows 2000
1831 (9.968 %)Java
1930 (9.646 %)IIS
1930 (9.646 %)TCP/IP
2029 (9.325 %)DNS
2128 (9.003 %)SQL Server
2128 (9.003 %)Migration
2227 (8.682 %)Firewall
2227 (8.682 %)Solaris

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (6.109 %)HTML
218 (5.788 %)XML
317 (5.466 %)XSL
48 (2.572 %).NET
57 (2.251 %)WebSphere
65 (1.608 %)WMI
74 (1.286 %)Middleware
74 (1.286 %)J2EE
83 (0.965 %)CGI
92 (0.643 %)Windows SharePoint Services
92 (0.643 %)ASP.NET
92 (0.643 %)SOAP
92 (0.643 %)WebServices
92 (0.643 %)Application Packaging
92 (0.643 %)Adobe Flex
92 (0.643 %)WCF
101 (0.322 %)COM
101 (0.322 %)ASP
101 (0.322 %).NET Framework
101 (0.322 %)WinForms
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
183 (26.69 %)MS Exchange
249 (15.76 %)Exchange Server 2003
330 (9.646 %)IIS
417 (5.466 %)SharePoint
515 (4.823 %)Exchange Server 2007
610 (3.215 %)Apache
78 (2.572 %)WebLogic
87 (2.251 %)Lotus Notes
87 (2.251 %)SharePoint Server 2007
96 (1.929 %)WebSphere MQ
105 (1.608 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
113 (0.965 %)WPS
113 (0.965 %)Exchange Server 5.5
113 (0.965 %)WebSphere Application Server
113 (0.965 %)MQSeries
113 (0.965 %)WebSphere Message Broker
122 (0.643 %)iPlanet
122 (0.643 %)SharePoint Portal Server
122 (0.643 %)Tomcat
122 (0.643 %)Exchange Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (7.074 %)MS Excel
213 (4.180 %)MS Office
32 (0.643 %)MS Visio
41 (0.322 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.322 %)MS Project
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.643 %)RMDS
21 (0.322 %)Oracle ERP
21 (0.322 %)Global One
21 (0.322 %)Summit
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
141 (13.18 %)SAN
234 (10.93 %)LAN
332 (10.29 %)WAN
430 (9.646 %)TCP/IP
529 (9.325 %)DNS
627 (8.682 %)Firewall
717 (5.466 %)DHCP
811 (3.537 %)VoIP
910 (3.215 %)VPN
108 (2.572 %)Internet
108 (2.572 %)Cisco PIX
116 (1.929 %)SMS
116 (1.929 %)LDAP
125 (1.608 %)ISDN
125 (1.608 %)SSL
125 (1.608 %)HTTP
125 (1.608 %)Intranet
133 (0.965 %)IP Telephony
133 (0.965 %)Network Security
133 (0.965 %)BIG-IP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (9.003 %)SQL Server
28 (2.572 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (2.251 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (1.929 %)Oracle 9i
54 (1.286 %)MySQL
54 (1.286 %)Sybase ASE
62 (0.643 %)GIS
62 (0.643 %)Sybase IQ
62 (0.643 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.322 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.322 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.322 %)MS Access
71 (0.322 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.322 %)RDBMS
71 (0.322 %)NonStop SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (3.215 %)MSI
23 (0.965 %)VSS/SourceSafe
23 (0.965 %)ClearCase
23 (0.965 %)WebLOAD
31 (0.322 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.322 %)InstallShield
31 (0.322 %)JIRA
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (6.752 %)Government
219 (6.109 %)Finance
313 (4.180 %)Banking
49 (2.894 %)Back Office
57 (2.251 %)Telecoms
66 (1.929 %)Front Office
75 (1.608 %)Auditing
83 (0.965 %)Retail
83 (0.965 %)Investment Banking
83 (0.965 %)Construction
92 (0.643 %)Health
92 (0.643 %)Local Government
101 (0.322 %)FMCG
101 (0.322 %)Advertising
101 (0.322 %)Education
101 (0.322 %)Pharmaceutical
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (4.180 %)Clustering
26 (1.929 %)Replication
34 (1.286 %)Fat Client
34 (1.286 %)Thin Client
43 (0.965 %)NHS
52 (0.643 %)N-Tier
52 (0.643 %)Blackberry
52 (0.643 %)RIA
61 (0.322 %)Grid Computing
61 (0.322 %)Statistics
61 (0.322 %)Spread Betting
61 (0.322 %)Mathematics
61 (0.322 %)Biotechnology
61 (0.322 %)French Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1201 (64.63 %)Windows
2112 (36.01 %)Windows Server 2003
358 (18.65 %)UNIX
449 (15.76 %)Linux
531 (9.968 %)Windows 2000
627 (8.682 %)Solaris
726 (8.360 %)Windows XP
819 (6.109 %)Windows 2000 Server
918 (5.788 %)Red Hat Linux
109 (2.894 %)Windows Server 2008
118 (2.572 %)HPUX
127 (2.251 %)AIX
127 (2.251 %)NetWare
127 (2.251 %)Windows NT
133 (0.965 %)Windows Vista
142 (0.643 %)Windows CE
151 (0.322 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
148 (15.43 %)Security Cleared
237 (11.90 %)SC Cleared
328 (9.003 %)Migration
417 (5.466 %)Web Development
513 (4.180 %)ITIL
611 (3.537 %)Disaster Recovery
79 (2.894 %)Time Management
86 (1.929 %)Project Management
94 (1.286 %)Service Management
94 (1.286 %)E-Commerce
94 (1.286 %)Asset Management
94 (1.286 %)Data Protection
94 (1.286 %)Configuration Management
94 (1.286 %)Load Balancing
103 (0.965 %)User Acceptance Testing
103 (0.965 %)DV Cleared
103 (0.965 %)Project Planning
103 (0.965 %)Validation
103 (0.965 %)Business Continuity
103 (0.965 %)Change Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
149 (15.76 %)SQL
231 (9.968 %)Java
324 (7.717 %)Perl
421 (6.752 %)JavaScript
517 (5.466 %)XPath
614 (4.502 %)Shell Script
711 (3.537 %)C
88 (2.572 %)VB
97 (2.251 %)VBScript
105 (1.608 %)C++
114 (1.286 %)C#
122 (0.643 %)Korn
131 (0.322 %)VBA
131 (0.322 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
149 (15.76 %)Microsoft Certification
246 (14.79 %)MCSE
322 (7.074 %)Cisco Certification
415 (4.823 %)MCP
415 (4.823 %)CCNA
512 (3.859 %)Degree
69 (2.894 %)CCNP
76 (1.929 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
85 (1.608 %)CCIE
85 (1.608 %)CCA
85 (1.608 %)Citrix Certification
94 (1.286 %)Novell Certification
102 (0.643 %)Check Point Certification
102 (0.643 %)CNE
102 (0.643 %)CCEA
111 (0.322 %)MCAD
111 (0.322 %)MCSA
111 (0.322 %)MCT
111 (0.322 %)CCSA
111 (0.322 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.643 %)SLA
12 (0.643 %)QA
21 (0.322 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
198 (31.51 %)Active Directory
223 (7.395 %)VMware ESX
319 (6.109 %)VMware Infrastructure
415 (4.823 %)Citrix Presentation Server
512 (3.859 %)Backup Exec
610 (3.215 %)Terminal Server
78 (2.572 %)NetBackup
78 (2.572 %)Oracle RAC
87 (2.251 %)ISA Server
96 (1.929 %)Oracle RMAN
96 (1.929 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
104 (1.286 %)Terminal Services
112 (0.643 %)MetaFrame
112 (0.643 %)MailMarshal
112 (0.643 %)VMware Server
121 (0.322 %)Novell eDirectory
121 (0.322 %)AquaLogic
121 (0.322 %)VMware GSX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (2.894 %)MOM
26 (1.929 %)Netcool
34 (1.286 %)OpenView
34 (1.286 %)ARCserve
43 (0.965 %)BMC PATROL
43 (0.965 %)EMC NetWorker
43 (0.965 %)Legato
43 (0.965 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
52 (0.643 %)OpenView Configuration Management
52 (0.643 %)Tivoli
52 (0.643 %)SCOM
52 (0.643 %)HP Data Protector
52 (0.643 %)WSUS
52 (0.643 %)MAILsweeper
61 (0.322 %)NNM
61 (0.322 %)OVPM
61 (0.322 %)SCCM
61 (0.322 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.322 %)Unicenter
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
176 (24.44 %)VMware
268 (21.86 %)Microsoft
361 (19.61 %)Citrix
448 (15.43 %)Cisco
538 (12.22 %)HP
635 (11.25 %)Oracle
717 (5.466 %)Red Hat
717 (5.466 %)Proxima
815 (4.823 %)CA
913 (4.180 %)VERITAS
913 (4.180 %)Altiris
1012 (3.859 %)Sybase
1111 (3.537 %)Lotus
1210 (3.215 %)Sun
138 (2.572 %)Novell
146 (1.929 %)CheckPoint
155 (1.608 %)EMC
164 (1.286 %)IBM
173 (0.965 %)Avaya
173 (0.965 %)Reuters