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This section looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist role in IT contracts within the Manchester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Infrastructure Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Infrastructure Specialist
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank73-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.150 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted80
Average minimum daily rate£416-
Average daily rate£427-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£438-
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£408
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.50£37.25
% change on same period last year-28.85 %
Job Titles ManchesterJob Titles
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads1304983
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.719 %1.028 %
Daily rates quoted250189
Average minimum daily rate£321£313
Average daily rate£340£333
% change on same period last year+2.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted190110
Average minimum hourly rate£19.10£19.28
Average hourly rate£20.92£20.81
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.74£22.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.89
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Infrastructure Specialist North WestInfrastructure Specialist
North West

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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Manchester Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

115 (100.00 %)Windows
210 (66.67 %)Citrix
39 (60.00 %)Active Directory
47 (46.67 %)SAN
47 (46.67 %)LAN
47 (46.67 %)WAN
47 (46.67 %)VMware
56 (40.00 %)IIS
56 (40.00 %)SQL
56 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (40.00 %)Finance
56 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
56 (40.00 %)MCSE
65 (33.33 %)Tivoli
65 (33.33 %)Shell Script
65 (33.33 %)Middleware
65 (33.33 %)Mainframe
65 (33.33 %)Unix
65 (33.33 %)COM+
65 (33.33 %)DCOM
65 (33.33 %)POP3
65 (33.33 %)SMTP
65 (33.33 %)AIX
65 (33.33 %)HPUX
65 (33.33 %)Solaris
65 (33.33 %)Tandem
65 (33.33 %)Change Management
65 (33.33 %)OMEGAMON
74 (26.67 %)Citrix Presentation Server
74 (26.67 %)WebSphere

Infrastructure Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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
15 (33.33 %)Middleware
15 (33.33 %)COM+
15 (33.33 %)DCOM
24 (26.67 %)WebSphere
Application Platforms
16 (40.00 %)IIS
22 (13.33 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (13.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (6.667 %)Gentran
Communications & Networking
17 (46.67 %)SAN
17 (46.67 %)LAN
17 (46.67 %)WAN
25 (33.33 %)POP3
25 (33.33 %)SMTP
General
16 (40.00 %)Finance
Miscellaneous
15 (33.33 %)Mainframe
15 (33.33 %)Tandem
Operating Systems
115 (100.00 %)Windows
26 (40.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (33.33 %)Unix
35 (33.33 %)AIX
35 (33.33 %)HPUX
35 (33.33 %)Solaris
43 (20.00 %)Windows NT
51 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
15 (33.33 %)Change Management
24 (26.67 %)PRINCE2
24 (26.67 %)Migration
Programming Languages
16 (40.00 %)SQL
25 (33.33 %)Shell Script
31 (6.667 %)C
Qualifications
16 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
16 (40.00 %)MCSE
21 (6.667 %)CCA
21 (6.667 %)Citrix Certification
21 (6.667 %)PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
19 (60.00 %)Active Directory
24 (26.67 %)Citrix Presentation Server
24 (26.67 %)MetaFrame
Systems Management
15 (33.33 %)Tivoli
15 (33.33 %)OMEGAMON
Vendors
110 (66.67 %)Citrix
27 (46.67 %)VMware
32 (13.33 %)Cisco
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