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This section looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Infrastructure Specialist
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank115144
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.369 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£410-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£420-
UK excluding London average daily rate£457£415
% change on same period last year+10.23 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.00£31.67
% change on same period last year-14.73 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads29793546
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.931 %3.532 %
Daily rates quoted637679
Average minimum daily rate£320£329
Average daily rate£339£348
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted303319
Average minimum hourly rate£21.47£23.82
Average hourly rate£23.16£25.26
% change on same period last year-8.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.84£26.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Infrastructure Specialist EnglandInfrastructure Specialist
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 Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Infrastructure Specialist Demand Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Infrastructure Specialist Daily Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Infrastructure Specialist Hourly Rate Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
North YorkshireNew entry-7£410-
West YorkshireUp+93--
Infrastructure Specialist EnglandInfrastructure Specialist
England

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

110 (62.50 %)UNIX
28 (50.00 %)Oracle
37 (43.75 %)Solaris
46 (37.50 %)Sun
46 (37.50 %)Back Office
46 (37.50 %)Finance
46 (37.50 %)SCSA
55 (31.25 %)Microsoft
55 (31.25 %)VMware
55 (31.25 %)Windows
64 (25.00 %)Financial Institution
64 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (18.75 %)IBM
73 (18.75 %)BizTalk Server
73 (18.75 %)Tivoli
73 (18.75 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
73 (18.75 %)Mainframe
82 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (12.50 %)SharePoint
82 (12.50 %).NET
82 (12.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
91 (6.250 %)Release Management
91 (6.250 %)Oracle 8/8i

Infrastructure Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (12.50 %).NET
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (18.75 %)BizTalk Server
22 (12.50 %)SharePoint
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)Oracle 8/8i
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (37.50 %)Back Office
16 (37.50 %)Finance
24 (25.00 %)Financial Institution
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (18.75 %)Mainframe
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (62.50 %)UNIX
27 (43.75 %)Solaris
35 (31.25 %)Windows
42 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (6.250 %)Release Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (37.50 %)SCSA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (18.75 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
22 (12.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (18.75 %)Tivoli
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (50.00 %)Oracle
26 (37.50 %)Sun
35 (31.25 %)Microsoft
35 (31.25 %)VMware
43 (18.75 %)IBM