South West Infrastructure Engineer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts within the South 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheshire City of London Crawley Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Glasgow Hackney Hampshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent King's Lynn Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Lincoln Lincolnshire Livingston London Norfolk North West Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Shropshire Solihull South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford UK Uxbridge Wales Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	128	161
Rank change on same period last year	+33
Matching contract IT job ads	10	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.240 %	0.054 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£353	-
Average daily rate	£362	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£370	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.67	-
Average hourly rate	£25.83	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£26.64	£21.57
% change on same period last year	+23.47 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	4172	5513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	5.561 %	5.578 %
Daily rates quoted	1410	1472
Average minimum daily rate	£345	£337
Average daily rate	£368	£356
% change on same period last year	+3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate	£391	£374
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	527	707
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.83	£24.47
Average hourly rate	£26.74	£26.19
% change on same period last year	+2.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.65	£27.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the South West 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 Engineer across the South West region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
Bristol	+17	5	£400	-
Wiltshire	+12	3	£275	-
Dorset	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Infrastructure Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (43.75 %) Active Directory 2 6 (37.50 %) Microsoft 2 6 (37.50 %) Windows 3 5 (31.25 %) Citrix 4 4 (25.00 %) Microsoft Certification 4 4 (25.00 %) SAN 4 4 (25.00 %) HP 4 4 (25.00 %) MCSE 4 4 (25.00 %) VMware 4 4 (25.00 %) Security Cleared 5 3 (18.75 %) Degree 5 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 5.5 5 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 3 (18.75 %) Migration 5 3 (18.75 %) Windows 2000

5 3 (18.75 %) MCP 5 3 (18.75 %) UNIX 5 3 (18.75 %) SQL 5 3 (18.75 %) MS Office 5 3 (18.75 %) DNS 6 2 (12.50 %) VPN 6 2 (12.50 %) ISEB 6 2 (12.50 %) Internet 6 2 (12.50 %) MOM 6 2 (12.50 %) ISA Server 6 2 (12.50 %) ITIL 6 2 (12.50 %) Oracle 6 2 (12.50 %) SQL Server 6 2 (12.50 %) ISO9000 6 2 (12.50 %) SharePoint

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Infrastructure Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (6.250 %) Software Packaging	Application Platforms 1 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 5.5 1 3 (18.75 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 2 (12.50 %) SharePoint 3 1 (6.250 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (6.250 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 1 (6.250 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 3 (18.75 %) MS Office 2 1 (6.250 %) MS Excel 2 1 (6.250 %) Windchill	Communications & Networking 1 4 (25.00 %) SAN 2 3 (18.75 %) DNS 3 2 (12.50 %) VPN 3 2 (12.50 %) Internet 4 1 (6.250 %) Firewall 4 1 (6.250 %) VLAN 4 1 (6.250 %) Broadband 4 1 (6.250 %) DHCP 4 1 (6.250 %) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (12.50 %) SQL Server	General 1 2 (12.50 %) Government 2 1 (6.250 %) Auditing 2 1 (6.250 %) Telecoms 2 1 (6.250 %) Finance
Operating Systems 1 6 (37.50 %) Windows 2 3 (18.75 %) Windows 2000 2 3 (18.75 %) UNIX 3 2 (12.50 %) Windows XP 4 1 (6.250 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (6.250 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (25.00 %) Security Cleared 2 3 (18.75 %) Migration 3 2 (12.50 %) Information Security 3 2 (12.50 %) Network Design 3 2 (12.50 %) SC Cleared 3 2 (12.50 %) ITIL 3 2 (12.50 %) Project Management 3 2 (12.50 %) Service Management 4 1 (6.250 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 3 (18.75 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 4 (25.00 %) MCSE 1 4 (25.00 %) Microsoft Certification 2 3 (18.75 %) Degree 2 3 (18.75 %) MCP 3 2 (12.50 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (12.50 %) ISO9000 1 2 (12.50 %) BS7799	System Software 1 7 (43.75 %) Active Directory 2 2 (12.50 %) ISA Server 2 2 (12.50 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 2 (12.50 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (6.250 %) VMware ESX 3 1 (6.250 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 2 (12.50 %) MOM 2 1 (6.250 %) MIMEsweeper 2 1 (6.250 %) WSUS 2 1 (6.250 %) SCCM 2 1 (6.250 %) SCOM	Vendors 1 6 (37.50 %) Microsoft 2 5 (31.25 %) Citrix 3 4 (25.00 %) HP 3 4 (25.00 %) VMware 4 2 (12.50 %) Oracle 5 1 (6.250 %) Cisco 5 1 (6.250 %) Sun 5 1 (6.250 %) Juniper 5 1 (6.250 %) Symantec 5 1 (6.250 %) McAfee Security 5 1 (6.250 %) Clearswift 5 1 (6.250 %) Dell