England Infrastructure Manager Contracts

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

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London Coventry Crawley Cumbria Devon Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hendon Hertfordshire High Wycombe Kent Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands New Malden Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northwood Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Staines Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	303	344
Rank change on same period last year	+41
Matching contract IT job ads	243	321
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.383 %	0.344 %
As % of the category below	0.465 %	0.403 %
Daily rates quoted	109	124
Average minimum daily rate	£387	£409
Average daily rate	£401	£430
% change on same period last year	-6.91 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£452
UK excluding London average daily rate	£408	£393
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	11
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.00	£38.27
Average hourly rate	£36.50	£40.17
% change on same period last year	-9.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£42.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.38	£39.44
% change on same period last year	-25.51 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	52250	79626
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.30 %	85.32 %
Daily rates quoted	16864	24512
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 quoted	5137	7273
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 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Manager 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+39	114	£393	-16.50 %
South East	+32	37	£406	+9.52 %
Yorkshire	+42	22	£355	-3.63 %
North West	+19	21	£383	+3.59 %
East of England	+30	17	£464	+27.34 %
South West	+24	14	£401	-5.71 %
West Midlands	-1	7	£500	+28.82 %
East Midlands	+2	7	-	-
Midlands	-	2	-	-
North East	+9	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 192 (33.22 %) Project Management 2 187 (32.35 %) PRINCE2 3 158 (27.34 %) Finance 4 124 (21.45 %) Banking 5 102 (17.65 %) Windows 6 100 (17.30 %) ITIL 7 59 (10.21 %) UNIX 8 56 (9.689 %) Stakeholder Management 9 55 (9.516 %) Investment Banking 10 54 (9.343 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 53 (9.170 %) SAN 12 52 (8.997 %) Government 13 46 (7.958 %) Microsoft 13 46 (7.958 %) Solaris 14 45 (7.785 %) Oracle

15 41 (7.093 %) Linux 15 41 (7.093 %) Migration 15 41 (7.093 %) Security Cleared 16 40 (6.920 %) Active Directory 17 39 (6.747 %) WAN 18 38 (6.574 %) Citrix 18 38 (6.574 %) PRINCE 19 37 (6.401 %) Cisco 19 37 (6.401 %) SQL 20 31 (5.363 %) Disaster Recovery 20 31 (5.363 %) LAN 21 30 (5.190 %) Service Delivery 21 30 (5.190 %) Change Management 22 28 (4.844 %) Matrix Management 23 26 (4.498 %) Middleware

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Infrastructure Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 26 (4.498 %) Middleware 2 8 (1.384 %) WebSphere 3 2 (0.346 %) SAP Basis 3 2 (0.346 %) HTML 3 2 (0.346 %) .NET 3 2 (0.346 %) J2EE 4 1 (0.173 %) XML 4 1 (0.173 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 13 (2.249 %) IIS 1 13 (2.249 %) MS Exchange 2 9 (1.557 %) WebLogic 3 6 (1.038 %) SharePoint 4 5 (0.865 %) SharePoint Server 2007 5 3 (0.519 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 2 (0.346 %) Apache 6 2 (0.346 %) Tomcat 6 2 (0.346 %) GlassFish 6 2 (0.346 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 2 (0.346 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (0.173 %) Lotus Domino 7 1 (0.173 %) SAS 7 1 (0.173 %) NetWeaver 7 1 (0.173 %) BizTalk Server 7 1 (0.173 %) GroupWise 7 1 (0.173 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 1 (0.173 %) Office Communications Server 7 1 (0.173 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.173 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 24 (4.152 %) MS Project 2 22 (3.806 %) MS Excel 3 14 (2.422 %) MS Office 4 13 (2.249 %) MS Visio 5 2 (0.346 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 3 (0.519 %) SAP ERP 2 1 (0.173 %) Oracle Applications 2 1 (0.173 %) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking 1 53 (9.170 %) SAN 2 39 (6.747 %) WAN 3 31 (5.363 %) LAN 4 17 (2.941 %) Firewall 5 14 (2.422 %) VoIP 6 12 (2.076 %) VPN 7 11 (1.903 %) Wireless 8 7 (1.211 %) VLAN 8 7 (1.211 %) Internet 9 6 (1.038 %) ISDN 9 6 (1.038 %) PBX 9 6 (1.038 %) LDAP 9 6 (1.038 %) Intrusion Detection 10 5 (0.865 %) SSL 11 4 (0.692 %) TCP/IP 11 4 (0.692 %) Intranet 11 4 (0.692 %) KiloStream 11 4 (0.692 %) MegaStream 11 4 (0.692 %) OSPF 11 4 (0.692 %) BGP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 24 (4.152 %) SQL Server 2 6 (1.038 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 6 (1.038 %) Oracle 10g 3 5 (0.865 %) EDRMS 4 4 (0.692 %) RDBMS 4 4 (0.692 %) SQL Server 2000 4 4 (0.692 %) MS Access 5 2 (0.346 %) Datawarehouse 5 2 (0.346 %) GIS 5 2 (0.346 %) PostgreSQL 5 2 (0.346 %) SQL Server 2005 6 1 (0.173 %) SAP BW 6 1 (0.173 %) Oracle 9i 6 1 (0.173 %) Informix
General 1 158 (27.34 %) Finance 2 124 (21.45 %) Banking 3 55 (9.516 %) Investment Banking 4 52 (8.997 %) Government 5 20 (3.460 %) Retail 6 19 (3.287 %) Telecoms 7 17 (2.941 %) Insurance 8 14 (2.422 %) Financial Institution 9 8 (1.384 %) Publishing 10 7 (1.211 %) Pharmaceutical 10 7 (1.211 %) Local Government 11 6 (1.038 %) Pensions 11 6 (1.038 %) Criminal Justice 12 5 (0.865 %) Health 12 5 (0.865 %) Retail Banking 13 4 (0.692 %) Games 13 4 (0.692 %) Legal 14 3 (0.519 %) Back Office 14 3 (0.519 %) Construction 14 3 (0.519 %) Auditing	Miscellaneous 1 21 (3.633 %) French Language 2 14 (2.422 %) PMI 3 13 (2.249 %) NHS 3 13 (2.249 %) Mainframe 4 10 (1.730 %) Clustering 5 7 (1.211 %) Video Conferencing 6 6 (1.038 %) Equities 6 6 (1.038 %) Blackberry 7 4 (0.692 %) Fixed Income 8 3 (0.519 %) CMDB 9 2 (0.346 %) German Language 10 1 (0.173 %) IVR 10 1 (0.173 %) Derivative 10 1 (0.173 %) Photography 10 1 (0.173 %) Life Science 10 1 (0.173 %) Grid Computing 10 1 (0.173 %) AS400 10 1 (0.173 %) Replication 10 1 (0.173 %) LIMS
Operating Systems 1 102 (17.65 %) Windows 2 59 (10.21 %) UNIX 3 46 (7.958 %) Solaris 4 41 (7.093 %) Linux 5 20 (3.460 %) Windows Server 2003 6 16 (2.768 %) AIX 7 10 (1.730 %) Windows XP 8 6 (1.038 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 4 (0.692 %) HPUX 9 4 (0.692 %) Windows Server 2008 10 3 (0.519 %) Windows 2000 10 3 (0.519 %) Windows NT 10 3 (0.519 %) Red Hat Linux 10 3 (0.519 %) Windows Vista 11 2 (0.346 %) VME 11 2 (0.346 %) SUSE 11 2 (0.346 %) Mac OS X 12 1 (0.173 %) VMS 12 1 (0.173 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 192 (33.22 %) Project Management 2 187 (32.35 %) PRINCE2 3 100 (17.30 %) ITIL 4 56 (9.689 %) Stakeholder Management 5 41 (7.093 %) Migration 5 41 (7.093 %) Security Cleared 6 38 (6.574 %) PRINCE 7 31 (5.363 %) Disaster Recovery 8 30 (5.190 %) Service Delivery 8 30 (5.190 %) Change Management 9 28 (4.844 %) Matrix Management 10 25 (4.325 %) Service Management 11 22 (3.806 %) Supplier Management 12 19 (3.287 %) Time Management 12 19 (3.287 %) Configuration Management 13 18 (3.114 %) SC Cleared 14 13 (2.249 %) Resource Management 14 13 (2.249 %) ITSM 15 11 (1.903 %) Programme Management 16 10 (1.730 %) Risk Management
Programming Languages 1 37 (6.401 %) SQL 2 11 (1.903 %) C 3 3 (0.519 %) Java 4 2 (0.346 %) JavaScript 4 2 (0.346 %) Perl 4 2 (0.346 %) C++ 5 1 (0.173 %) COBOL 5 1 (0.173 %) C# 5 1 (0.173 %) Shell Script 5 1 (0.173 %) Euclid	Qualifications 1 54 (9.343 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 22 (3.806 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 3 16 (2.768 %) PMP 4 15 (2.595 %) PMI Certification 5 11 (1.903 %) Degree 5 11 (1.903 %) ITIL Certification 6 4 (0.692 %) Microsoft Certification 6 4 (0.692 %) CISM 6 4 (0.692 %) CISSP 7 2 (0.346 %) Cisco Certification 7 2 (0.346 %) MCSE 7 2 (0.346 %) CCNP 8 1 (0.173 %) CCDP 8 1 (0.173 %) MCSA 8 1 (0.173 %) RHCE 8 1 (0.173 %) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 23 (3.979 %) SLA 2 4 (0.692 %) BS15000 3 3 (0.519 %) QA 4 1 (0.173 %) PCI DSS	System Software 1 40 (6.920 %) Active Directory 2 6 (1.038 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (0.519 %) Terminal Services 4 2 (0.346 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (0.346 %) MailMarshal 5 1 (0.173 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 6 (1.038 %) MIIS 2 4 (0.692 %) CiscoWorks 3 2 (0.346 %) Tivoli 3 2 (0.346 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 2 (0.346 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (0.173 %) Netcool 4 1 (0.173 %) Legato 4 1 (0.173 %) SCCM	Vendors 1 46 (7.958 %) Microsoft 2 45 (7.785 %) Oracle 3 38 (6.574 %) Citrix 4 37 (6.401 %) Cisco 5 26 (4.498 %) Sybase 6 23 (3.979 %) HP 7 22 (3.806 %) Sun 8 19 (3.287 %) VMware 9 16 (2.768 %) IBM 10 14 (2.422 %) SAP 11 7 (1.211 %) Symantec 11 7 (1.211 %) Nortel 12 6 (1.038 %) EMC 12 6 (1.038 %) Intel 13 5 (0.865 %) CheckPoint 14 4 (0.692 %) Juniper 15 3 (0.519 %) BMC 15 3 (0.519 %) Novell 15 3 (0.519 %) Lotus 15 3 (0.519 %) Red Hat