The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the England 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 England 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 253 295 339
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +44
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 295 313 256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.710% 0.587% 0.456%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.768% 0.634% 0.492%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 188 155
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 £239 £222
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £450 £506
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 £300 £265
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +13.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 23 18
Average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.66% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £17.25 £17.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £31.00 £32.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-21.66% +42.85%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

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 24 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
London -35 105 £375 +8.69%
South East +43 63 £273 -4.38%
East of England +36 48 £303 +0.83%
South West +39 19 £300 +53.84%
East Midlands +4 14 £263 -12.50%
Yorkshire -4 14 £316 -2.69%
North West +14 12 £278 +58.57%
West Midlands +9 11 £319 -10.83%
Midlands - 4 £325 -
North East +13 3 - -
Infrastructure Engineer
UK

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 383 (65.14%) Windows
2 283 (48.13%) VMware
3 244 (41.50%) Active Directory
4 217 (36.90%) Windows Server 2008
5 183 (31.12%) MS Exchange
6 173 (29.42%) Microsoft
7 143 (24.32%) SAN
8 142 (24.15%) Citrix
9 130 (22.11%) Exchange Server 2010
10 129 (21.94%) Cisco
10 129 (21.94%) Windows Server 2003
11 122 (20.75%) Firewall
12 115 (19.56%) HP
13 108 (18.37%) Linux
14 106 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
15 105 (17.86%) DNS
16 86 (14.63%) SQL
17 76 (12.93%) Clustering
17 76 (12.93%) Exchange Server 2007
18 73 (12.41%) XenApp
19 71 (12.07%) UNIX
19 71 (12.07%) DHCP
20 67 (11.39%) ITIL
21 65 (11.05%) Oracle
21 65 (11.05%) Migration
21 65 (11.05%) vSphere
22 63 (10.71%) SQL Server
22 63 (10.71%) LAN
23 58 (9.864%) NetApp
24 56 (9.524%) WAN

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 28 (4.762%) Middleware
2 18 (3.061%) Web Services
3 16 (2.721%) Oracle Fusion
4 15 (2.551%) HTML
4 15 (2.551%) WebCenter
5 14 (2.381%) WebSphere
5 14 (2.381%) SOAP
6 11 (1.871%) OpenCL
6 11 (1.871%) XML
7 10 (1.701%) .NET
7 10 (1.701%) ADSI
8 8 (1.361%) LAMP
8 8 (1.361%) REST
9 7 (1.190%) J2EE
10 6 (1.020%) XSLT
11 5 (0.850%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.850%) COM
11 5 (0.850%) Java EE
12 4 (0.680%) Ajax
12 4 (0.680%) WSRP
Application Platforms
1 183 (31.12%) MS Exchange
2 130 (22.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 76 (12.93%) Exchange Server 2007
4 56 (9.524%) IIS
5 54 (9.184%) SharePoint
6 50 (8.503%) Exchange Server 2003
7 29 (4.932%) Apache
8 20 (3.401%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 17 (2.891%) WebLogic
10 13 (2.211%) Tomcat
11 10 (1.701%) SAS
12 8 (1.361%) SharePoint 2010
12 8 (1.361%) Exchange Server 2013
13 7 (1.190%) WebSphere Application Server
14 6 (1.020%) Amazon EC2
14 6 (1.020%) Amazon AWS
15 5 (0.850%) WebSphere MQ
16 4 (0.680%) Lync
17 3 (0.510%) Oracle SOA Suite
17 3 (0.510%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 47 (7.993%) MS Excel
2 25 (4.252%) MS Office
3 9 (1.531%) Office 365
4 3 (0.510%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.340%) Google Apps
6 1 (0.170%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.340%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.170%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.170%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.170%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 143 (24.32%) SAN
2 122 (20.75%) Firewall
3 105 (17.86%) DNS
4 71 (12.07%) DHCP
5 63 (10.71%) LAN
6 56 (9.524%) WAN
7 44 (7.483%) NAS
8 38 (6.463%) VPN
9 36 (6.122%) TCP/IP
10 25 (4.252%) Wireless
10 25 (4.252%) VoIP
11 22 (3.741%) Internet
12 19 (3.231%) VLAN
13 18 (3.061%) HTTP
14 15 (2.551%) NetScaler
15 14 (2.381%) SNMP
16 13 (2.211%) FTP
17 12 (2.041%) SSL
18 11 (1.871%) BGP
18 11 (1.871%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (10.71%) SQL Server
2 29 (4.932%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (2.551%) MySQL
4 12 (2.041%) Oracle 8/8i
5 11 (1.871%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (1.361%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.361%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.361%) CouchDB
6 8 (1.361%) Redis
7 7 (1.190%) SQL Server 2000
7 7 (1.190%) RDBMS
8 5 (0.850%) Oracle Exadata
8 5 (0.850%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.680%) Apache Cassandra
9 4 (0.680%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (0.680%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (0.680%) PowerCenter
10 2 (0.340%) Essbase
10 2 (0.340%) GIS
10 2 (0.340%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 7 (1.190%) Git (software)
1 7 (1.190%) Maven
2 6 (1.020%) JIRA
2 6 (1.020%) Selenium
2 6 (1.020%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.020%) Hudson
3 3 (0.510%) MSI
3 3 (0.510%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.170%) AdminStudio
4 1 (0.170%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.170%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.170%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.170%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (0.170%) CruiseControl
General
1 51 (8.673%) Finance
2 21 (3.571%) Telecoms
3 16 (2.721%) Financial Institution
4 9 (1.531%) Publishing
5 7 (1.190%) Law
5 7 (1.190%) Retail
6 6 (1.020%) Banking
6 6 (1.020%) Back Office
7 5 (0.850%) Legal
7 5 (0.850%) Advertising
7 5 (0.850%) Local Government
8 3 (0.510%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.340%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.170%) Military
10 1 (0.170%) Games
10 1 (0.170%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 76 (12.93%) Clustering
2 25 (4.252%) Blackberry
3 16 (2.721%) Hedge funds
4 14 (2.381%) Open Source
5 9 (1.531%) Thin Client
5 9 (1.531%) Fat Client
6 7 (1.190%) CLARiiON
6 7 (1.190%) NHS
6 7 (1.190%) EqualLogic
6 7 (1.190%) PKI
7 5 (0.850%) Management Information System
7 5 (0.850%) Replication
7 5 (0.850%) Computer Science
8 4 (0.680%) Taxonomies
8 4 (0.680%) Ontologies
9 3 (0.510%) MPEG
9 3 (0.510%) Client/Server
9 3 (0.510%) iPad
9 3 (0.510%) SaaS
10 2 (0.340%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 383 (65.14%) Windows
2 217 (36.90%) Windows Server 2008
3 129 (21.94%) Windows Server 2003
4 108 (18.37%) Linux
5 71 (12.07%) UNIX
6 54 (9.184%) Windows 7
7 48 (8.163%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 47 (7.993%) Windows XP
9 39 (6.633%) Solaris
10 22 (3.741%) Windows Server 2012
11 14 (2.381%) Windows 8
12 9 (1.531%) HPUX
13 8 (1.361%) Windows Vista
13 8 (1.361%) Windows 2000
14 7 (1.190%) Windows NT
15 5 (0.850%) SUSE
15 5 (0.850%) CentOS
15 5 (0.850%) Ubuntu
16 4 (0.680%) AIX
16 4 (0.680%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (11.39%) ITIL
2 65 (11.05%) Migration
3 37 (6.293%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (4.932%) Incident Management
5 24 (4.082%) Load Balancing
6 23 (3.912%) Configuration Management
6 23 (3.912%) Change Control
7 20 (3.401%) Change Management
8 18 (3.061%) PRINCE2
9 17 (2.891%) Capacity Management
10 16 (2.721%) E-Commerce
11 14 (2.381%) Business Continuity
11 14 (2.381%) Information Security
11 14 (2.381%) Capacity Planning
11 14 (2.381%) Problem Management
11 14 (2.381%) Project Management
12 12 (2.041%) Software Testing
12 12 (2.041%) High Availability
13 10 (1.701%) Data Migration
13 10 (1.701%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 86 (14.63%) SQL
2 52 (8.844%) PowerShell
3 21 (3.571%) Java
4 19 (3.231%) VBScript
5 18 (3.061%) Perl
6 16 (2.721%) VB
7 15 (2.551%) C
8 14 (2.381%) Python
9 12 (2.041%) PHP
10 10 (1.701%) Embedded C
11 9 (1.531%) Shell Script
12 5 (0.850%) JavaScript
13 4 (0.680%) Korn
14 2 (0.340%) DCL
14 2 (0.340%) Bash shell
14 2 (0.340%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.170%) C#
15 1 (0.170%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 51 (8.673%) Security Cleared
2 39 (6.633%) Microsoft Certification
3 35 (5.952%) MCSE
4 28 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 28 (4.762%) SC Cleared
5 18 (3.061%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (2.551%) MCITP
7 13 (2.211%) Citrix Certification
8 12 (2.041%) CCNA
9 11 (1.871%) VCP5
9 11 (1.871%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (1.871%) Degree
10 9 (1.531%) NCDA
11 7 (1.190%) MCP
12 6 (1.020%) DV Cleared
13 5 (0.850%) CCA
13 5 (0.850%) HP APS
14 4 (0.680%) MCSA
14 4 (0.680%) CCNP
15 3 (0.510%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.041%) SLA
2 9 (1.531%) QA
3 4 (0.680%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.170%) TickIT
4 1 (0.170%) BS7799
4 1 (0.170%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.170%) JSP 440
System Software
1 244 (41.50%) Active Directory
2 106 (18.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 73 (12.41%) XenApp
4 65 (11.05%) vSphere
5 47 (7.993%) VMware ESX
6 43 (7.313%) Hyper-V
7 20 (3.401%) VMware ESXi
8 16 (2.721%) UAG
8 16 (2.721%) XenServer
8 16 (2.721%) XenDesktop
9 13 (2.211%) ProxySG
10 11 (1.871%) Microsoft App-V
11 10 (1.701%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 10 (1.701%) VMware Server
11 10 (1.701%) NFS
12 9 (1.531%) Samba
13 8 (1.361%) Forefront TMG
13 8 (1.361%) EMC RecoverPoint
14 6 (1.020%) ISA Server
15 5 (0.850%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 54 (9.184%) SCOM
2 50 (8.503%) Backup Exec
3 48 (8.163%) SCCM
4 27 (4.592%) WSUS
5 25 (4.252%) NetBackup
6 16 (2.721%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 14 (2.381%) HP SIM
8 12 (2.041%) EMC NetWorker
9 10 (1.701%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 9 (1.531%) OpenView
11 8 (1.361%) SCVMM
11 8 (1.361%) Legato
12 7 (1.190%) FortiGate
12 7 (1.190%) Tivoli
12 7 (1.190%) Nagios
13 6 (1.020%) Puppet
13 6 (1.020%) Norton AntiVirus
13 6 (1.020%) Cisco CUCM
14 4 (0.680%) ZABBIX
15 3 (0.510%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 283 (48.13%) VMware
2 173 (29.42%) Microsoft
3 142 (24.15%) Citrix
4 129 (21.94%) Cisco
5 115 (19.56%) HP
6 65 (11.05%) Oracle
7 58 (9.864%) NetApp
8 54 (9.184%) Red Hat
9 48 (8.163%) EMC
10 42 (7.143%) Juniper
11 39 (6.633%) IBM
12 33 (5.612%) Dell
13 31 (5.272%) Veritas
14 25 (4.252%) Symantec
15 24 (4.082%) Altiris
16 22 (3.741%) CheckPoint
17 20 (3.401%) ProCurve
18 19 (3.231%) JBoss
19 17 (2.891%) Blue Coat
19 17 (2.891%) F5
Gloucestershire, South West
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer -VMware, Exchange 2010, SAN is required on a 3-6 Month contract by a genuine market in Gloucestershire paying between £300-£350 per day-...
OPUS
Rate: GBP300 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Gloucestershire
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer -VMware, Exchange 2010, SAN is required on a 3-6 Month contract by a genuine market in Gloucestershire paying between £300-£350 per day...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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
London
My Client in Central London is a prestigious organisation who is looking to add a Contractor to their Infrastructure team. The requirement is for an Infrastructure Engineer/ Build...
Mint
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 27 April 2013
Essex, South East
One of my key clients based inEssexare urgently looking for an Infrastructure Engineer with strong Citrix experience. This is a great opportunity with an exciting and rapidly expanding...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
The successful candidate will be required to ensure the IT Infrasturture is maintained and is appropriate to support the companies business requirements. The work will be mostly project...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
A great opportunity has arisen working for my London based client, they are looking for an infrastructure support engineer to join their busy team on a 6 month...
Computer Futures
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Designing and implementing new infrastructure hosting platforms for customers.*Aiding with projects from Server upgrades from Microsoft Windows 2003 to 2008, Active Directory upgrade and migration from 2003...
Sand Resources
Rate: £150 - £200 per day
Posted: 21 May 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
West Midlands
Infrastructure Engineer (Vmware/Cisco/SAN) I have a contract requirement for an infrastructure engineer (3rd line/Vmware/Cisco/SAN) to be based out of the West Midlands... You...
Real Staffing
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Working for a leading organisation based in Milton Keynes you will be responsible for offering additional 3rd Line and Project Support across a Windows Server and Cisco/HP...
Experis IT
Rate: £190 - £225 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
System Administration and Maintenance of key systems including, but not limited to: Windows Server 2003 - 2012 , Active Directory , DNS, DHCP Network Services , IIS and Microsoft Exchange Familiarity of...
Lucid Support Services
Rate: Competitive Market Rates
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucester, South West
Infrastructure Engineer, 3rd Line Engineer,- Contract - GloucesterOur client, has an urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to join their team-The postholder will be responsible for the...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 to GBP350 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Key skills: - Windows Server 2008 R2 - AD - Exchange 2010 - MS Clustering - WSUS - Networking technologies - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP - VMWare Experience of HP/Cisco Networking technologies is an advantage...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £250 to £350 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
We are therefore looking for an person who has very good knowledge of the following technologies; Migration to and deployment of Windows 2012 servers Active Directory Virtualisation deployment...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
My London based client is looking for a SC Cleared Infrastructure Engineer for an initial 6Months, to start ASAP... Thank you.
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Posted: 22 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Nottingham Day Rate: £220 - £240 per day An Infrastructure Engineer Windows/Vmware/Citrix Engineer (3rd Line Support) is needed for a multinational organisation based in Nottingham... The Infrastructure...
Venturi
Rate: £220 - £240 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Exchange 2003/2007. - Mobile Device Management (Apple, BB devices) - Active Directory including Group Policies, DNS etc. - Project delivery experience especially in infrastructure projects such as Active Directory,Exchange...
Coal IT Services
Rate: Up to £240 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Swindon, South West
XenDesktop Infrastructure / Server Engineer / vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Swindon, £450 per dayA XenDesktop Infrastructure Engineer /vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Engineer is required on an initial 6-Month contract by a...
OPUS
Rate: GBP450 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Hereford, West Midlands
2nd/ 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Windows ServerInfrastructure Analyst/Engineer - Contract - Hereford, £250Contract Urgent requirement for an experienced Infrastructure Analyst,The postholder will be responsible...
OPUS
Rate: GBP250 per day
Posted: 11 May 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
York, Yorkshire
My client is actively seeking a dynamic, communicable and intelligent Linux Build and Deployment Engineer with proven past experience in Linux based domains to deliver server and portal...
IQ Resourcing
Rate: £350 - £375 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
London
Linux, JBoss, TomCat, Apache, PHP, DNS) Monitoring (e.g... Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL e.g. Cassandra, MongoDB, Redis, Hadoop & CouchDB) Security: Encryption; Network security; Network topology; System Hardening, Pen...
Bearing Partnership
Rate: From £450 to £480 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013