The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Analyst role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Infrastructure Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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 currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Analyst
Rank 401 410 416
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Analyst 130 168 177
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.280% 0.288% 0.289%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.304% 0.311% 0.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 98 109
Average daily rate £410 £375 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% +17.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £261 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £505 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £348 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.92% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 15
Average hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -2.43%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £18.75 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-14.66% -8.53%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Infrastructure Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Infrastructure Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK.

Infrastructure Analyst Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Infrastructure Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK.

Infrastructure Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Analyst
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Infrastructure Analyst Hourly Rate Histogram

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 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
England +28 125 £415 +7.09%
London -1 68 £425 +6.25%
South East +33 28 £425 +30.76%
City of London -6 24 £425 -5.55%
West Sussex +30 21 £580 +78.46%
East of England +23 14 £293 +10.37%
Gatwick - 9 £585 -
Crawley +18 8 £425 +6.25%
Norwich - 6 - -
Norfolk - 6 - -
Berkshire +20 5 £205 -36.92%
Reading +14 4 £205 -36.92%
North West +9 4 £340 +1.34%
Yorkshire 0 4 - -
South West +15 3 £294 -21.66%
Cambridgeshire +14 3 - -
Peterborough +4 3 - -
West Yorkshire +4 3 - -
Halifax +14 2 - -
Bristol +12 2 £325 -
Manchester +11 2 £340 +36.00%
Scotland -25 2 £250 +5.26%
Merseyside +9 1 £345 +38.00%
Milton Keynes +8 1 - -
West Midlands +8 1 £305 -
Buckinghamshire +7 1 - -
Edinburgh +6 1 - -
Liverpool +6 1 £345 +38.00%
Hertfordshire +4 1 - -
Cheshire +1 1 £205 -57.94%

Infrastructure Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Infrastructure Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 136 (55.97%) Windows
2 120 (49.38%) Active Directory
3 92 (37.86%) VMware
4 84 (34.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 71 (29.22%) Citrix
5 71 (29.22%) Microsoft
6 67 (27.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 64 (26.34%) MS Exchange
8 58 (23.87%) SAN
9 52 (21.40%) ITIL
10 48 (19.75%) Firewall
11 45 (18.52%) LAN
11 45 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
12 43 (17.70%) Cisco
12 43 (17.70%) Finance
13 42 (17.28%) HP
14 40 (16.46%) Exchange Server 2010
15 39 (16.05%) vSphere
16 38 (15.64%) Microsoft Certification
16 38 (15.64%) WAN
17 34 (13.99%) NetApp
18 31 (12.76%) Exchange Server 2003
19 30 (12.35%) Blackberry
20 29 (11.93%) MCSE
20 29 (11.93%) Migration
21 28 (11.52%) Disaster Recovery
21 28 (11.52%) Banking
21 28 (11.52%) Windows 7
22 27 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
23 26 (10.70%) SQL Server

Infrastructure Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Infrastructure Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (2.469%) Middleware
2 5 (2.058%) WebSphere
3 4 (1.646%) Web Services
4 2 (0.823%) XML
4 2 (0.823%) COM
5 1 (0.412%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.412%) .NET
5 1 (0.412%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 64 (26.34%) MS Exchange
2 40 (16.46%) Exchange Server 2010
3 31 (12.76%) Exchange Server 2003
4 27 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 25 (10.29%) SharePoint
6 23 (9.465%) Lotus Notes
7 17 (6.996%) SharePoint 2010
8 11 (4.527%) Exchange Server 2007
9 10 (4.115%) IIS
9 10 (4.115%) Apache
9 10 (4.115%) OpenEdge
10 5 (2.058%) Lync
11 4 (1.646%) LiveLink
12 1 (0.412%) Documentum
12 1 (0.412%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 23 (9.465%) MS Excel
2 16 (6.584%) MS Office
3 9 (3.704%) MS Visio
4 8 (3.292%) MS Project
5 7 (2.881%) MS PowerPoint
6 3 (1.235%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 10 (4.115%) Dynamics NAV
2 3 (1.235%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.823%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 2 (0.823%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 58 (23.87%) SAN
2 48 (19.75%) Firewall
3 45 (18.52%) LAN
4 38 (15.64%) WAN
5 26 (10.70%) TCP/IP
6 17 (6.996%) DNS
7 16 (6.584%) VPN
8 14 (5.761%) DHCP
8 14 (5.761%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (4.527%) Cisco PIX
10 10 (4.115%) Network Security
10 10 (4.115%) Wireless
11 9 (3.704%) DMZ
11 9 (3.704%) NAS
12 8 (3.292%) Wireless Security
12 8 (3.292%) LDAP
13 7 (2.881%) SMTP
14 6 (2.469%) SSL
14 6 (2.469%) Internet
15 5 (2.058%) S/MIME
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (10.70%) SQL Server
2 16 (6.584%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (4.527%) MySQL
4 3 (1.235%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (1.235%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.823%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.412%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 2 (0.823%) MSI
General
1 43 (17.70%) Finance
2 28 (11.52%) Banking
3 15 (6.173%) Law
4 10 (4.115%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.115%) Investment Banking
5 9 (3.704%) Legal
6 4 (1.646%) Back Office
6 4 (1.646%) Online Betting
7 3 (1.235%) Retail
8 2 (0.823%) Advertising
8 2 (0.823%) Publishing
8 2 (0.823%) Local Government
9 1 (0.412%) Marketing
9 1 (0.412%) French Language
9 1 (0.412%) German Language
9 1 (0.412%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.412%) Spanish Language
9 1 (0.412%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 30 (12.35%) Blackberry
2 23 (9.465%) Clustering
3 9 (3.704%) Thin Client
3 9 (3.704%) Fat Client
4 6 (2.469%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.646%) CLARiiON
6 3 (1.235%) CMDB
6 3 (1.235%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (0.823%) FMCG
7 2 (0.823%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.823%) SaaS
7 2 (0.823%) SWIFT
7 2 (0.823%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.823%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.823%) PKI
8 1 (0.412%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.412%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.412%) AS400
8 1 (0.412%) New Media
8 1 (0.412%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 136 (55.97%) Windows
2 84 (34.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 67 (27.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 28 (11.52%) Windows 7
5 23 (9.465%) Linux
6 12 (4.938%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 11 (4.527%) UNIX
7 11 (4.527%) Windows XP
8 7 (2.881%) HPUX
9 6 (2.469%) Solaris
10 4 (1.646%) Windows 2000
10 4 (1.646%) SUSE
11 3 (1.235%) AIX
12 1 (0.412%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.412%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (21.40%) ITIL
2 29 (11.93%) Migration
3 28 (11.52%) Disaster Recovery
4 17 (6.996%) Service Management
5 15 (6.173%) Configuration Management
5 15 (6.173%) Business Continuity
6 14 (5.761%) Project Management
6 14 (5.761%) Change Management
7 13 (5.350%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (5.350%) Business Analysis
8 10 (4.115%) PRINCE2
9 9 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (3.704%) Root Cause Analysis
10 8 (3.292%) Network Load Balancing
10 8 (3.292%) Incident Management
10 8 (3.292%) Problem Management
11 7 (2.881%) Capacity Planning
12 6 (2.469%) High Availability
12 6 (2.469%) BCP
13 5 (2.058%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.230%) SQL
2 10 (4.115%) PHP
3 7 (2.881%) Shell Script
3 7 (2.881%) PowerShell
4 4 (1.646%) C
5 1 (0.412%) Perl
5 1 (0.412%) VBScript
5 1 (0.412%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (15.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 29 (11.93%) MCSE
3 14 (5.761%) Security Cleared
4 12 (4.938%) MCITP
4 12 (4.938%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (4.527%) SC Cleared
6 10 (4.115%) Degree
6 10 (4.115%) MCP
7 8 (3.292%) MCSA
8 7 (2.881%) CCNA
8 7 (2.881%) CISSP
8 7 (2.881%) MCDST
9 6 (2.469%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 6 (2.469%) ISEB
9 6 (2.469%) CCNP
10 4 (1.646%) CCA
10 4 (1.646%) Citrix Certification
11 3 (1.235%) GIAC
11 3 (1.235%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.235%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.881%) SLA
2 6 (2.469%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.469%) ISO 9000
2 6 (2.469%) BS25999
3 3 (1.235%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.823%) QA
5 1 (0.412%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.412%) COBIT
System Software
1 120 (49.38%) Active Directory
2 45 (18.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (16.05%) vSphere
4 22 (9.053%) XenApp
5 15 (6.173%) VMware ESX
6 13 (5.350%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 12 (4.938%) Hyper-V
8 11 (4.527%) NLBS
9 7 (2.881%) Microsoft App-V
9 7 (2.881%) UAG
10 5 (2.058%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (1.235%) DFS Replication
11 3 (1.235%) XenDesktop
11 3 (1.235%) Xen
12 2 (0.823%) ISA Server
13 1 (0.412%) VMware Server
13 1 (0.412%) MetaFrame
13 1 (0.412%) SRDF
13 1 (0.412%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 22 (9.053%) SCOM
2 20 (8.230%) SCCM
3 11 (4.527%) WSUS
4 10 (4.115%) OpenView
4 10 (4.115%) HP SIM
5 9 (3.704%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 9 (3.704%) Backup Exec
6 7 (2.881%) ServiceCenter
7 6 (2.469%) Tivoli
8 5 (2.058%) HP Data Protector
9 4 (1.646%) Tivoli Identity Manager
9 4 (1.646%) MOM
9 4 (1.646%) Oracle Identity Manager
10 3 (1.235%) HP Quality Center
10 3 (1.235%) NetBackup
11 2 (0.823%) OpenView Configuration Management
11 2 (0.823%) BMC PATROL
12 1 (0.412%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 1 (0.412%) Netcool
12 1 (0.412%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 92 (37.86%) VMware
2 71 (29.22%) Microsoft
2 71 (29.22%) Citrix
3 43 (17.70%) Cisco
4 42 (17.28%) HP
5 34 (13.99%) NetApp
6 24 (9.877%) Lotus
7 17 (6.996%) CheckPoint
7 17 (6.996%) Symantec
8 15 (6.173%) EMC
9 14 (5.761%) Juniper
10 12 (4.938%) Red Hat
10 12 (4.938%) F5
11 11 (4.527%) SolarWinds
12 8 (3.292%) AppSense
13 7 (2.881%) Oracle
13 7 (2.881%) ProCurve
14 6 (2.469%) Altiris
14 6 (2.469%) Websense
15 5 (2.058%) Remedy
City, London
The successful Infrastructure Analyst will need to have excellent, demonstrable skills in Active Directory 2008, Windows Server 2003/8, Cisco Networking and Checkpoint Firewalls, VMWare, MS Exchange 2010,...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: £425 - £470 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
6 Mo. London, Grenwich £343 pd. The successful candidate for this role will sit within the Information Management team and provide business critical support to the users of...
Advantage Resourcing
Salary: £343 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An ideal candidate would have a number of these skills and Microsoft / Cisco certification would be advantageous although not essential: Windows Server 2000 \ 2003 \ 2008 (Group Policy \ DNS \...
Search Consultancy
Rate: Market rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Sussex
System Centre Operations Manager (SCOM) VMWARE ESXi 4.0, 5.0, VSphere. Citrix XenApp 5.0, 6.0. Cisco Layer 2\CAT switching, ASA Firewall. HP Proliant Server,...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: £39,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Crawley, West Sussex
Strong technical expertise covering a range of the following: - Desktop infrastructure technology (e.g.PCs, laptops - configuration and management) - Server infrastructure (e.g.hardware, OS) - Storage infrastructure (e...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 14 May 2013