The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 17 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 London 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 277 237 319
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +82
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 108 176 118
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.500% 0.657% 0.378%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.542% 0.710% 0.408%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 122 84
Average daily rate £360 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £232
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £511 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £293 £285 £265
% change year-on-year
+2.63% +7.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 9
Average hourly rate £23.75 £28.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +3.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.35 £20.68 £22.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.15 £29.75 £29.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.50 £30.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year
-21.66% +42.85%
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19929 24797 28916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.30% 92.59% 92.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 13475 15993 18573
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 606 683
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.25 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

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 London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London -5 28 £325 -16.66%
Wembley - 3 - -
Greenwich - 1 £380 -
Infrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 142 (61.47%) Windows
2 97 (41.99%) VMware
3 91 (39.39%) Active Directory
4 68 (29.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 65 (28.14%) Citrix
5 65 (28.14%) SAN
6 58 (25.11%) Microsoft
7 56 (24.24%) MS Exchange
8 53 (22.94%) Linux
9 51 (22.08%) HP
10 50 (21.65%) Firewall
11 49 (21.21%) Cisco
12 46 (19.91%) UNIX
13 45 (19.48%) DNS
14 42 (18.18%) Clustering
15 41 (17.75%) Exchange Server 2010
16 39 (16.88%) Windows Server 2003
17 37 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
18 36 (15.58%) SQL
19 33 (14.29%) Red Hat
19 33 (14.29%) Migration
20 31 (13.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 29 (12.55%) NetApp
22 28 (12.12%) WAN
22 28 (12.12%) SCOM
23 27 (11.69%) Exchange Server 2007
23 27 (11.69%) LAN
23 27 (11.69%) Oracle
24 26 (11.26%) PowerShell
24 26 (11.26%) Windows 7

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 18 (7.792%) Middleware
2 13 (5.628%) SOAP
3 11 (4.762%) Web Services
4 10 (4.329%) XML
5 9 (3.896%) .NET
5 9 (3.896%) WebSphere
6 8 (3.463%) Oracle Fusion
7 7 (3.030%) WebCenter
7 7 (3.030%) REST
7 7 (3.030%) LAMP
8 6 (2.597%) XSLT
9 5 (2.165%) J2EE
9 5 (2.165%) Java EE
9 5 (2.165%) ASP.NET
9 5 (2.165%) ADSI
10 4 (1.732%) DHTML
10 4 (1.732%) HTML
10 4 (1.732%) Flash
10 4 (1.732%) Ajax
10 4 (1.732%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 56 (24.24%) MS Exchange
2 41 (17.75%) Exchange Server 2010
3 27 (11.69%) Exchange Server 2007
4 22 (9.524%) SharePoint
5 21 (9.091%) IIS
6 20 (8.658%) Apache
7 12 (5.195%) Exchange Server 2003
8 10 (4.329%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 9 (3.896%) WebLogic
10 7 (3.030%) WebSphere Application Server
10 7 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2013
11 6 (2.597%) SAS
12 5 (2.165%) Amazon AWS
12 5 (2.165%) SharePoint 2010
13 4 (1.732%) Amazon EC2
13 4 (1.732%) Tomcat
14 3 (1.299%) Oracle SOA Suite
15 2 (0.866%) WebSphere MQ
15 2 (0.866%) SharePoint Server
16 1 (0.433%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 16 (6.926%) MS Excel
2 12 (5.195%) MS Office
3 7 (3.030%) Office 365
4 2 (0.866%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.433%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 65 (28.14%) SAN
2 50 (21.65%) Firewall
3 45 (19.48%) DNS
4 28 (12.12%) WAN
5 27 (11.69%) LAN
6 24 (10.39%) NAS
7 22 (9.524%) DHCP
8 21 (9.091%) VPN
9 15 (6.494%) NetScaler
10 12 (5.195%) VLAN
10 12 (5.195%) Internet
10 12 (5.195%) TCP/IP
11 11 (4.762%) BGP
12 10 (4.329%) MPLS
12 10 (4.329%) OSPF
12 10 (4.329%) SSL
12 10 (4.329%) HTTP
12 10 (4.329%) SMTP
13 9 (3.896%) VoIP
13 9 (3.896%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.82%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.463%) MySQL
2 8 (3.463%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (3.030%) CouchDB
3 7 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
3 7 (3.030%) RDBMS
3 7 (3.030%) MongoDB
3 7 (3.030%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.030%) Redis
4 5 (2.165%) Oracle Exadata
5 4 (1.732%) PowerCenter
5 4 (1.732%) Hadoop
6 3 (1.299%) Oracle BI EE
6 3 (1.299%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (1.299%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (1.299%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.866%) Essbase
8 1 (0.433%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.433%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.433%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 6 (2.597%) Maven
1 6 (2.597%) JIRA
1 6 (2.597%) Selenium
1 6 (2.597%) Git (software)
1 6 (2.597%) Hudson
1 6 (2.597%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.299%) MSI
3 2 (0.866%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.433%) Wise Package Studio
4 1 (0.433%) TeamCity
General
1 23 (9.957%) Finance
2 6 (2.597%) Law
3 5 (2.165%) Financial Institution
4 4 (1.732%) Local Government
4 4 (1.732%) Publishing
4 4 (1.732%) Banking
5 3 (1.299%) Retail
5 3 (1.299%) Investment Banking
5 3 (1.299%) Legal
5 3 (1.299%) Telecoms
6 2 (0.866%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 42 (18.18%) Clustering
2 10 (4.329%) Open Source
3 9 (3.896%) Blackberry
4 6 (2.597%) CLARiiON
4 6 (2.597%) PKI
4 6 (2.597%) Hedge funds
5 5 (2.165%) EqualLogic
5 5 (2.165%) Computer Science
6 4 (1.732%) Taxonomies
6 4 (1.732%) Ontologies
7 3 (1.299%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.299%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.299%) iPad
8 2 (0.866%) Replication
8 2 (0.866%) Celerra
8 2 (0.866%) SaaS
8 2 (0.866%) Symmetrix DMX
8 2 (0.866%) Symmetrix
8 2 (0.866%) Freedom of Information
8 2 (0.866%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 142 (61.47%) Windows
2 68 (29.44%) Windows Server 2008
3 53 (22.94%) Linux
4 46 (19.91%) UNIX
5 39 (16.88%) Windows Server 2003
6 31 (13.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 26 (11.26%) Windows 7
8 23 (9.957%) Windows XP
9 20 (8.658%) Solaris
10 10 (4.329%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (2.597%) Windows 8
12 5 (2.165%) HPUX
12 5 (2.165%) Windows 2000
12 5 (2.165%) Windows NT
13 4 (1.732%) Windows Vista
13 4 (1.732%) VMS
13 4 (1.732%) OpenVMS
14 3 (1.299%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.866%) SUSE
16 1 (0.433%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (14.29%) Migration
2 23 (9.957%) Load Balancing
3 18 (7.792%) ITIL
4 17 (7.359%) Incident Management
5 15 (6.494%) E-Commerce
6 14 (6.061%) Change Control
7 12 (5.195%) High Availability
8 11 (4.762%) Problem Management
9 10 (4.329%) Configuration Management
9 10 (4.329%) Change Management
9 10 (4.329%) Data Migration
9 10 (4.329%) Capacity Management
10 9 (3.896%) Data Management
11 8 (3.463%) Data Analysis
11 8 (3.463%) Project Management
11 8 (3.463%) Information Security
12 7 (3.030%) SOA
12 7 (3.030%) Penetration Testing
13 6 (2.597%) Network Load Balancing
13 6 (2.597%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.58%) SQL
2 26 (11.26%) PowerShell
3 18 (7.792%) Perl
4 16 (6.926%) Java
5 15 (6.494%) VB
6 8 (3.463%) VBScript
7 7 (3.030%) PHP
8 6 (2.597%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.732%) JavaScript
10 3 (1.299%) C
10 3 (1.299%) Korn
11 2 (0.866%) DCL
11 2 (0.866%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.433%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (7.792%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (7.359%) MCSE
3 12 (5.195%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (4.762%) Degree
5 10 (4.329%) Citrix Certification
6 9 (3.896%) NCDA
7 7 (3.030%) SC Cleared
8 5 (2.165%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.165%) HP APS
9 4 (1.732%) CCNA
10 3 (1.299%) CCA
10 3 (1.299%) Oracle Certification
10 3 (1.299%) MCITP
11 2 (0.866%) CCEE
11 2 (0.866%) MCTS
11 2 (0.866%) RHCE
11 2 (0.866%) Linux+ Certification
11 2 (0.866%) OCP
11 2 (0.866%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.030%) QA
2 5 (2.165%) SLA
3 1 (0.433%) TickIT
System Software
1 91 (39.39%) Active Directory
2 37 (16.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (10.82%) XenApp
4 22 (9.524%) VMware ESX
5 16 (6.926%) Hyper-V
5 16 (6.926%) vSphere
6 13 (5.628%) ProxySG
7 8 (3.463%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (3.463%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 7 (3.030%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (3.030%) Samba
8 7 (3.030%) XenServer
8 7 (3.030%) XenDesktop
9 6 (2.597%) VMware Server
10 5 (2.165%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 5 (2.165%) NFS
11 3 (1.299%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (1.299%) Oracle RAC
12 2 (0.866%) UAG
13 1 (0.433%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 28 (12.12%) SCOM
2 24 (10.39%) SCCM
3 22 (9.524%) Backup Exec
4 16 (6.926%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 15 (6.494%) NetBackup
6 9 (3.896%) EMC NetWorker
7 8 (3.463%) SCVMM
7 8 (3.463%) WSUS
7 8 (3.463%) OpenView
8 7 (3.030%) Legato
8 7 (3.030%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (2.165%) Tivoli
10 3 (1.299%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (1.299%) Nagios
10 3 (1.299%) Data Guard
10 3 (1.299%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.866%) HP SIM
11 2 (0.866%) Puppet
11 2 (0.866%) Red Hat Satellite
12 1 (0.433%) Cobbler
Vendors
1 97 (41.99%) VMware
2 65 (28.14%) Citrix
3 58 (25.11%) Microsoft
4 51 (22.08%) HP
5 49 (21.21%) Cisco
6 33 (14.29%) Red Hat
7 29 (12.55%) NetApp
8 27 (11.69%) Oracle
9 22 (9.524%) EMC
10 20 (8.658%) Veritas
11 19 (8.225%) Altiris
12 17 (7.359%) Dell
13 16 (6.926%) IBM
13 16 (6.926%) Juniper
14 14 (6.061%) JBoss
15 13 (5.628%) Blue Coat
16 12 (5.195%) Symantec
17 11 (4.762%) F5
18 10 (4.329%) ProCurve
19 8 (3.463%) Sun
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
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
City, London
You will have an extensive knowledge of Citrix Xenapp 6.5 along with Windows Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010 and Active Directory. Managing, configuring and supporting a variety...
Senitor Associates
Rate: £340 - £380 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
West London
The role requires a technically gifted candidate with a strong background in Infrastructure as a whole you must be qualified or at a minimum working towards MCSE, CCNA...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £0.00 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: exchange, infrastructure, 2nd line, 3rd line, third line, 3rd line, WSUS, AV, linux, VMWare, ESXi... BSOD oAV Server management oProxy maintenance oLansweeper oAsset register maintenance oNew...
Just IT Recruitment
Rate: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 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