The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Infrastructure Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Scotland 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 110 97 106
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +9
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 9 12 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.359% 0.446% 0.211%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.389% 0.479% 0.226%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £438 £355 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.23% -25.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £475 £470
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - £37.25
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2314 2507 2650
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.41% 93.23% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1088 1164 1341
Average daily rate £353 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.71% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 107 95
Average hourly rate £14.00 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.33 £10.99 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.40 £32.50 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Infrastructure Architect
UK

Infrastructure Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Infrastructure Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Infrastructure Architect Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Scotland Infrastructure Architect Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Architect
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Edinburgh +3 5 £450 +26.76%
Glasgow -20 4 £438 -
Aberdeen - - - -
Infrastructure Architect
UK

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Infrastructure Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

1 11 (42.31%) Oracle
2 10 (38.46%) Linux
3 9 (34.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (30.77%) VMware
4 8 (30.77%) Banking
5 7 (26.92%) Windows
5 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
6 6 (23.08%) JBoss
6 6 (23.08%) Finance
7 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (19.23%) Unified Communications
7 5 (19.23%) WebSphere
7 5 (19.23%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
7 5 (19.23%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (19.23%) Solaris
7 5 (19.23%) SAN
7 5 (19.23%) EMC
7 5 (19.23%) Red Hat
8 4 (15.38%) Citrix
8 4 (15.38%) IBM
8 4 (15.38%) Windows XP
8 4 (15.38%) SOA
8 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
8 4 (15.38%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (15.38%) AIX
8 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
8 4 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
8 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
8 4 (15.38%) WebSphere MQ

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Infrastructure Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (19.23%) WebSphere
2 4 (15.38%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (3.846%) X-Windows
3 1 (3.846%) J2EE
3 1 (3.846%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (11.54%) MQSeries
3 2 (7.692%) WebLogic
3 2 (7.692%) Lync
4 1 (3.846%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) Unified Communications
1 5 (19.23%) SAN
2 4 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.692%) MPLS
4 1 (3.846%) NAS
4 1 (3.846%) Firewall
4 1 (3.846%) DNS
4 1 (3.846%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 4 (15.38%) Oracle 8/8i
2 4 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) StarTeam
General
1 8 (30.77%) Banking
2 6 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (3.846%) Retail
3 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
3 1 (3.846%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Symmetrix DMX
1 1 (3.846%) Clustering
1 1 (3.846%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (38.46%) Linux
2 9 (34.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (26.92%) Windows
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (19.23%) Solaris
5 4 (15.38%) Windows XP
5 4 (15.38%) AIX
6 2 (7.692%) UNIX
6 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (3.846%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (15.38%) SOA
2 4 (15.38%) Zachman Framework
2 4 (15.38%) TOGAF
3 3 (11.54%) Time Management
3 3 (11.54%) Migration
3 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.692%) ITIL
5 1 (3.846%) High Availability
5 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.846%) Identity Management
5 1 (3.846%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
1 1 (3.846%) Server+ Certification
1 1 (3.846%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) XenDesktop
1 3 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (11.54%) VMware ESX
2 1 (3.846%) vSphere
2 1 (3.846%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (3.846%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli
1 1 (3.846%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 1 (3.846%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Oracle
2 8 (30.77%) VMware
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 6 (23.08%) JBoss
5 5 (19.23%) EMC
5 5 (19.23%) Red Hat
6 4 (15.38%) Citrix
6 4 (15.38%) IBM
7 3 (11.54%) Dell
7 3 (11.54%) Symantec
8 1 (3.846%) TIBCO
8 1 (3.846%) Cisco
8 1 (3.846%) Sun
8 1 (3.846%) CheckPoint
8 1 (3.846%) Nokia
8 1 (3.846%) Veritas
8 1 (3.846%) Borland