The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Support Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Infrastructure Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Support Engineer
Rank 91 101 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Contract jobs requiring an Infrastructure Support Engineer 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.117% 0.134% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.128% 0.145% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £95 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £308 £201 £215
% change year-on-year
+52.79% -6.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.75 £17.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year
+35.71% -16.66%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1565 2064 1784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 91.47% 92.35% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 725 976 761
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 151 146
Average hourly rate £18.50 £15.56 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.89% -13.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £36.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Infrastructure Support Engineer
England

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Infrastructure Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Infrastructure Support Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Infrastructure Support Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Support 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 Support Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
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Job
Vacancies
Solihull 0 1 - -
Shropshire - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Infrastructure Support Engineer
England

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Infrastructure Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) ARCserve
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (66.67%) MCTS
2 2 (66.67%) MCITP
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) CCNP
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (66.67%) CA
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i

Infrastructure Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) UNIX
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem Management
1 2 (66.67%) Release Management
1 2 (66.67%) Capacity Management
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (66.67%) MCTS
1 2 (66.67%) MCITP
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) CA
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
West Midlands
start and finishing times) Required experience: *Windows Server implementation and support - Windows Server 2008 R2, 2003 *Experience and in-depth knowledge of Exchange Server 2007 and associated technologies *...
Venn Group
Rate: £25000 Per Annum 1600 car allowance
Posted: 18 June 2013