The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist 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 Specialist
Rank 99 80 97
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 6 15 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.384% 0.942% 0.493%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.412% 1.007% 0.527%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 15 8
Average daily rate £283 £450 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-37.22% +26.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £335 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £550 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £450 £318
% change year-on-year
-27.77% +41.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - £19.00
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 Specialist
South East

Infrastructure Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Infrastructure Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hampshire Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Infrastructure Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist 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
Southampton - 3 £283 -
Farnborough -2 2 £473 +7.50%
Portsmouth - 1 £225 -
Infrastructure Specialist
South East

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (50.00%) VMware
4 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (33.33%) Windows
6 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 3 (25.00%) EMC
6 3 (25.00%) Citrix
6 3 (25.00%) SAN
6 3 (25.00%) ITIL
6 3 (25.00%) NAS
7 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (16.67%) Maximo
7 2 (16.67%) CMDB
8 1 (8.333%) Nessus
8 1 (8.333%) SecurID
8 1 (8.333%) PKI
8 1 (8.333%) Operations Management
8 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
8 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
8 1 (8.333%) WSUS
8 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
8 1 (8.333%) Workflow
8 1 (8.333%) Migration
8 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
8 1 (8.333%) Clustering
8 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (8.333%) ClearQuest

Infrastructure Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) SAN
1 3 (25.00%) NAS
2 1 (8.333%) DHCP
2 1 (8.333%) DNS
2 1 (8.333%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) ClearQuest
1 1 (8.333%) ClearCase
General
1 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) CMDB
2 1 (8.333%) SecurID
2 1 (8.333%) PKI
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
3 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 8
3 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (8.333%) Operations Management
2 1 (8.333%) Workflow
2 1 (8.333%) Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Data Migration
2 1 (8.333%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (8.333%) VMware ESX
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (8.333%) vSphere
3 1 (8.333%) XenApp
3 1 (8.333%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Nessus
1 1 (8.333%) WSUS
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (25.00%) EMC
2 3 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco