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The table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist role in IT contracts within the London 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Infrastructure Specialist
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank386445
Rank change on same period last yearUp+59
Matching contract IT job ads3637
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.049 %0.037 %
As % of the category below0.121 %0.085 %
Daily rates quoted1318
Average minimum daily rate£319£363
Average daily rate£338£380
% change on same period last year-11.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£476£409
% change on same period last year+16.37 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.67
Average hourly rate-£30.83
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£31.67
% change on same period last year-21.05 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2965643594
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.96 %43.62 %
Daily rates quoted1268816384
Average minimum daily rate£406£424
Average daily rate£436£453
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£465£482
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted16402270
Average minimum hourly rate£23.79£23.97
Average hourly rate£25.45£25.69
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.11£27.41
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.87£25.62
% change on same period last year-6.81 %
Infrastructure Specialist EnglandInfrastructure Specialist
England

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.

Infrastructure Specialist
Demand Trend

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

London Infrastructure Specialist Demand Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

London Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 4 September 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.

LocationRank 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
City of LondonDown-2411£322-
UxbridgeNew entry-1£362-
Infrastructure Specialist EnglandInfrastructure Specialist
England

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

152 (57.78 %)Windows
249 (54.44 %)Windows Server 2003
324 (26.67 %)Active Directory
324 (26.67 %)Citrix
420 (22.22 %)SAN
420 (22.22 %)AIX
420 (22.22 %)Linux
420 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
519 (21.11 %)Red Hat
519 (21.11 %)TIBCO
519 (21.11 %)BusinessWorks
519 (21.11 %)Finance
519 (21.11 %)TIBCO iProcess
519 (21.11 %)Red Hat Linux
616 (17.78 %)IIS
715 (16.67 %)Migration
813 (14.44 %)VMware
813 (14.44 %)Microsoft
813 (14.44 %)HP
912 (13.33 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1011 (12.22 %)MetaFrame
1011 (12.22 %)SQL
1011 (12.22 %)Windows NT
1110 (11.11 %)LAN
1110 (11.11 %)SQL Server
1110 (11.11 %)MCSE
1110 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
1110 (11.11 %)Dell
129 (10.00 %)WAN
138 (8.889 %)Firewall

Infrastructure Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (5.556 %).NET
15 (5.556 %)ASP.NET
15 (5.556 %)COM+
15 (5.556 %)DCOM
24 (4.444 %)Application Packaging
32 (2.222 %)WebSphere
41 (1.111 %)Middleware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (17.78 %)IIS
25 (5.556 %)MS Exchange
32 (2.222 %)WebSphere MQ
32 (2.222 %)SharePoint
32 (2.222 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (1.111 %)Exchange Server 5.5
41 (1.111 %)Exchange Server 2000
41 (1.111 %)Exchange Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (2.222 %)MS Excel
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (21.11 %)BusinessWorks
119 (21.11 %)TIBCO iProcess
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (22.22 %)SAN
210 (11.11 %)LAN
39 (10.00 %)WAN
48 (8.889 %)Firewall
57 (7.778 %)DNS
66 (6.667 %)SMTP
75 (5.556 %)POP3
83 (3.333 %)VPN
92 (2.222 %)SMS
101 (1.111 %)TCP/IP
101 (1.111 %)SSL
101 (1.111 %)Wireless
101 (1.111 %)NetScreen
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (11.11 %)SQL Server
28 (8.889 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (3.333 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.111 %)DB2
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (3.333 %)TestDirector
22 (2.222 %)Ant
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (21.11 %)Finance
26 (6.667 %)Banking
33 (3.333 %)Retail
42 (2.222 %)Financial Institution
42 (2.222 %)Telecoms
51 (1.111 %)Legal
51 (1.111 %)Publishing
51 (1.111 %)Retail Banking
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (6.667 %)Clustering
16 (6.667 %)Web 2.0
23 (3.333 %)EMC Centera
31 (1.111 %)Thin Client
31 (1.111 %)Fat Client
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
152 (57.78 %)Windows
249 (54.44 %)Windows Server 2003
320 (22.22 %)AIX
320 (22.22 %)Linux
320 (22.22 %)Windows 2000
419 (21.11 %)Red Hat Linux
511 (12.22 %)Windows NT
66 (6.667 %)Windows Vista
75 (5.556 %)Windows 2000 Server
75 (5.556 %)UNIX
84 (4.444 %)Windows XP
91 (1.111 %)Solaris
91 (1.111 %)Windows Mobile
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (16.67 %)Migration
26 (6.667 %)Content Management
26 (6.667 %)Load Balancing
34 (4.444 %)Performance Testing
34 (4.444 %)ITIL
34 (4.444 %)PRINCE2
34 (4.444 %)Change Management
43 (3.333 %)Disaster Recovery
52 (2.222 %)Incident Management
52 (2.222 %)Business Desktop Deployment
52 (2.222 %)Business Continuity
52 (2.222 %)Data Protection
52 (2.222 %)Service Management
61 (1.111 %)Problem Management
61 (1.111 %)DV Cleared
61 (1.111 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.111 %)Information Security
61 (1.111 %)Project Management
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (12.22 %)SQL
24 (4.444 %)VBScript
31 (1.111 %)VB
31 (1.111 %)Shell Script
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (11.11 %)MCSE
110 (11.11 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (2.222 %)CCNA
22 (2.222 %)Cisco Certification
22 (2.222 %)Degree
31 (1.111 %)MCT
31 (1.111 %)CNE
31 (1.111 %)Novell Certification
31 (1.111 %)Check Point Certification
31 (1.111 %)ITIL Certification
31 (1.111 %)CCSA
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.333 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (26.67 %)Active Directory
212 (13.33 %)Citrix Presentation Server
311 (12.22 %)MetaFrame
44 (4.444 %)NetBackup
53 (3.333 %)VMware Infrastructure
62 (2.222 %)VMware ESX
71 (1.111 %)ISA Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (6.667 %)MOM
24 (4.444 %)SCOM
32 (2.222 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (1.111 %)MIMEsweeper
41 (1.111 %)SCCM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (26.67 %)Citrix
219 (21.11 %)Red Hat
219 (21.11 %)TIBCO
313 (14.44 %)VMware
313 (14.44 %)Microsoft
313 (14.44 %)HP
410 (11.11 %)Dell
55 (5.556 %)Oracle
55 (5.556 %)Cisco
63 (3.333 %)EMC
63 (3.333 %)Apple
63 (3.333 %)BMC
63 (3.333 %)NetApp
63 (3.333 %)Symantec
72 (2.222 %)Altiris
72 (2.222 %)CheckPoint
72 (2.222 %)Chordiant
81 (1.111 %)IBM
81 (1.111 %)Intel
81 (1.111 %)Juniper