Shropshire Infrastructure Architect Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT contracts within the Shropshire 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 Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Infrastructure Architect
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London East of England England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Newport North West Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West Stevenage Surrey Telford UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands Westminster	3 months to 7 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	19	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	5	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	3.521 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£450	-
Average daily rate	£488	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£525	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£410	£422
% change on same period last year	-2.80 %
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	£45.00	£22.50
% change on same period last year	+100.00 %
Job Titles Shropshire
Matching contract IT job ads	142	164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.283 %	0.205 %
Daily rates quoted	45	56
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£333
Average daily rate	£436	£355
% change on same period last year	+23.05 %
Average maximum daily rate	£468	£377
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£357
% change on same period last year	-2.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£13.98	£20.18
Average hourly rate	£14.22	£21.78
% change on same period last year	-34.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£14.45	£23.39
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£23.50
% change on same period last year	-1.52 %
Infrastructure Architect West Midlands

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 Architect
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Shropshire 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 Architect within the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. 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	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
Telford	-	5	£488	-

Infrastructure Architect West Midlands

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Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 2 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 2 (33.33 %) WebLogic 1 2 (33.33 %) UNIX 1 2 (33.33 %) Microsoft 1 2 (33.33 %) Security Cleared 2 1 (16.67 %) WebLogic Portal 2 1 (16.67 %) Middleware 2 1 (16.67 %) HPUX 2 1 (16.67 %) Solaris 2 1 (16.67 %) SharePoint 2 1 (16.67 %) VPN 2 1 (16.67 %) Service Delivery 2 1 (16.67 %) Change Management 2 1 (16.67 %) Firewall 2 1 (16.67 %) Government

2 1 (16.67 %) VLAN 2 1 (16.67 %) Performance Testing

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 1 (16.67 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 2 (33.33 %) WebLogic 2 1 (16.67 %) SharePoint 2 1 (16.67 %) WebLogic Portal
Communications & Networking 1 1 (16.67 %) VPN 1 1 (16.67 %) Firewall 1 1 (16.67 %) VLAN	General 1 1 (16.67 %) Government
Operating Systems 1 2 (33.33 %) UNIX 2 1 (16.67 %) HPUX 2 1 (16.67 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (16.67 %) Service Delivery 1 1 (16.67 %) Change Management 1 1 (16.67 %) Performance Testing
Qualifications 1 2 (33.33 %) Security Cleared	Vendors 1 2 (33.33 %) Oracle 1 2 (33.33 %) Microsoft