North West Infrastructure Designer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Designer role in IT contracts within the North West 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 Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Infrastructure Designer
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Cheshire City of London England Hampshire London Middlesex North West Reading South East UK	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	129	140
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching contract IT job ads	2	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.060 %	0.148 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£400	-
Average daily rate	£475	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£550	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£475	£460
% change on same period last year	+3.26 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3337	4053
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.719 %	4.103 %
Daily rates quoted	775	824
Average minimum daily rate	£324	£320
Average daily rate	£341	£338
% change on same period last year	+0.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted	472	453
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.58	£20.29
Average hourly rate	£23.36	£21.91
% change on same period last year	+6.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.14	£23.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.71	£25.14
% change on same period last year	-5.69 %
Infrastructure Designer 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 Designer
Demand Trend

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

Infrastructure Designer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Infrastructure Designer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Designer within the North West region over the 3 months to 13 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
Cheshire	+8	2	£475	-

Infrastructure Designer England

Infrastructure Designer
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Infrastructure Designer 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 Designer in their job title.

1 14 (77.78 %) UNIX 1 14 (77.78 %) Windows 1 14 (77.78 %) Mainframe 2 13 (72.22 %) IBM 2 13 (72.22 %) HP 2 13 (72.22 %) Citrix 3 10 (55.56 %) Internet 4 7 (38.89 %) Banking 4 7 (38.89 %) Network Security 5 4 (22.22 %) Finance 6 1 (5.556 %) Tandem 6 1 (5.556 %) Middleware 6 1 (5.556 %) Retail 6 1 (5.556 %) Retail Banking

Infrastructure Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Infrastructure Designer 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (5.556 %) Middleware	Communications & Networking 1 10 (55.56 %) Internet 2 7 (38.89 %) Network Security
General 1 7 (38.89 %) Banking 2 4 (22.22 %) Finance 3 1 (5.556 %) Retail 3 1 (5.556 %) Retail Banking	Miscellaneous 1 14 (77.78 %) Mainframe 2 1 (5.556 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 14 (77.78 %) UNIX 1 14 (77.78 %) Windows	Vendors 1 13 (72.22 %) IBM 1 13 (72.22 %) HP 1 13 (72.22 %) Citrix