The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Infrastructure Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Hampshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 90 88 103
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +15
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 15 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.960% 0.440% 0.164%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.030% 0.470% 0.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 1
Average daily rate £405 £600 £538
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.50% +11.62%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £475 £463
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - £34.50
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1456 1489 1707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.21% 93.53% 93.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 802 683 718
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 218 240
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.50 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% -23.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Architect
South East

Infrastructure Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Infrastructure Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Infrastructure Architect Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Hampshire Infrastructure Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Architect
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Infrastructure Architect Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Basingstoke - 2 - -
Farnborough +1 1 £448 -
Portsmouth - 1 £225 -
Infrastructure Architect
South East

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Infrastructure Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 8 (53.33%) SAN
2 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
2 6 (40.00%) VMware
3 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (33.33%) Replication
3 5 (33.33%) Network Security
3 5 (33.33%) LAN
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 4 (26.67%) DNS
4 4 (26.67%) SCCM
4 4 (26.67%) Content Management
5 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (20.00%) IBM
5 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
6 2 (13.33%) 3PAR
6 2 (13.33%) Lumension
6 2 (13.33%) Windows 8
6 2 (13.33%) CCNP
6 2 (13.33%) CCNA
6 2 (13.33%) Ethernet
6 2 (13.33%) SNMP
6 2 (13.33%) MCSE

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Infrastructure Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (53.33%) SAN
2 6 (40.00%) Firewall
3 5 (33.33%) Network Security
3 5 (33.33%) LAN
3 5 (33.33%) WAN
3 5 (33.33%) VPN
4 4 (26.67%) DNS
5 2 (13.33%) Ethernet
5 2 (13.33%) SNMP
5 2 (13.33%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (13.33%) FDDI
6 1 (6.667%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 8
2 2 (13.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (13.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (6.667%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (26.67%) Content Management
3 2 (13.33%) Time Management
3 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
3 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (6.667%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (6.667%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) CCNP
2 2 (13.33%) CCNA
2 2 (13.33%) MCSE
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (6.667%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) XenApp
2 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
3 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (26.67%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (13.33%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (13.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) VMware
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) IBM
3 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (13.33%) 3PAR
4 2 (13.33%) Lumension
4 2 (13.33%) McAfee
4 2 (13.33%) HP
4 2 (13.33%) Intel
4 2 (13.33%) Brocade
4 2 (13.33%) Blue Coat
5 1 (6.667%) BT