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The table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT contracts within the West Midlands 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Infrastructure Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank115134
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.267 %0.179 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£328
% change on same period last year+3.64 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.50
Average hourly rate-£22.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.71£21.82
% change on same period last year+17.87 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads30013349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.057 %3.303 %
Daily rates quoted750771
Average minimum daily rate£322£326
Average daily rate£343£348
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted296469
Average minimum hourly rate£19.60£21.33
Average hourly rate£21.09£23.00
% change on same period last year-8.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.58£24.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Infrastructure Engineer EnglandInfrastructure Engineer
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 Engineer
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Demand Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Infrastructure Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
BirminghamNew entry-3--
StaffordshireNew entry-2--
ShropshireDown-81£375-
Infrastructure Engineer EnglandInfrastructure Engineer
England

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

16 (42.86 %)Windows
16 (42.86 %)VMware
25 (35.71 %)Migration
25 (35.71 %)Microsoft
25 (35.71 %)Citrix
34 (28.57 %)Active Directory
34 (28.57 %)HP
34 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
34 (28.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (21.43 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
43 (21.43 %)Cisco
43 (21.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
43 (21.43 %)LAN
43 (21.43 %)WAN
43 (21.43 %)C
52 (14.29 %)MS Office
52 (14.29 %)MCSE
52 (14.29 %)MS Excel
52 (14.29 %)CCNP
52 (14.29 %)CCNA
52 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
52 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (14.29 %)3Com
52 (14.29 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
52 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (7.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2007
61 (7.143 %)Test Scripting

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)HTML
11 (7.143 %)CSS
11 (7.143 %)XML
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (28.57 %)MS Exchange
23 (21.43 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (7.143 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (7.143 %)WebLogic Portal
31 (7.143 %)WebLogic
31 (7.143 %)Apache
31 (7.143 %)SharePoint
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (14.29 %)MS Office
12 (14.29 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (21.43 %)LAN
13 (21.43 %)WAN
21 (7.143 %)SSL
21 (7.143 %)SAN
21 (7.143 %)BIG-IP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (42.86 %)Windows
23 (21.43 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (7.143 %)UNIX
41 (7.143 %)Solaris
41 (7.143 %)Linux
41 (7.143 %)Windows 2000
41 (7.143 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (35.71 %)Migration
21 (7.143 %)Load Balancing
21 (7.143 %)Test Scripting
21 (7.143 %)SC Cleared
21 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
21 (7.143 %)ITIL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)C
21 (7.143 %)Java
21 (7.143 %)JavaScript
21 (7.143 %)Perl
21 (7.143 %)VBScript
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)MCSE
12 (14.29 %)CCNP
12 (14.29 %)CCNA
12 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
12 (14.29 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (14.29 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (28.57 %)Active Directory
14 (28.57 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (21.43 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
32 (14.29 %)Citrix Presentation Server
41 (7.143 %)ISA Server
41 (7.143 %)VMware ESX
41 (7.143 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)VMware
25 (35.71 %)Citrix
25 (35.71 %)Microsoft
34 (28.57 %)HP
43 (21.43 %)Cisco
52 (14.29 %)3Com
61 (7.143 %)Novell
61 (7.143 %)Oracle