The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 advertised for the Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 61 48 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 6 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 1.095% 0.230% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.109% 0.234% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £62,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -2.43%
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
541 428 565
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.72% 98.39% 96.91%
Number of salaries quoted 477 401 526
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,800 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Architect
South Wales

Infrastructure Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cardiff Infrastructure Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Infrastructure Architect Salary Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Infrastructure Architect 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 IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Architect in their job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) UNIX
2 4 (57.14%) Human Factors
3 3 (42.86%) VMware
3 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
4 2 (28.57%) IBM
4 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) Nortel
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) VMware ESX
4 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (28.57%) iSeries
4 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
4 2 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 2 (28.57%) Avaya
4 2 (28.57%) SAN
5 1 (14.29%) Site Server
5 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (14.29%) Radware
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Retail
5 1 (14.29%) Nortel Alteon
5 1 (14.29%) Brocade
5 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
5 1 (14.29%) Apache
5 1 (14.29%) Solaris
5 1 (14.29%) C

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Infrastructure Architect 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 IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (14.29%) Site Server
2 1 (14.29%) Apache
2 1 (14.29%) WebLogic
2 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) Nortel Alteon
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Human Factors
2 2 (28.57%) iSeries
2 2 (28.57%) Blackberry
3 1 (14.29%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
4 1 (14.29%) Solaris
4 1 (14.29%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL
1 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) IBM
3 2 (28.57%) Nortel
3 2 (28.57%) Avaya
4 1 (14.29%) Radware
4 1 (14.29%) Brocade
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (14.29%) HP
RCN, Cardiff - Gate Office
Design and development of new systems and services for the RCN.Requirements of the Infrastructure Architect:You will ideally be a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist with excellent VMware...
Royal College of Nursing
Salary: £34,590 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013