The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London 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 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 299 244 281
Rank change year-on-year
-55 +37
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 22 79 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.189% 0.605% 0.324%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.203% 0.649% 0.346%
Number of salaries quoted 19 75 48
Average salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90% offered a salary of more than £54,300 £60,000 £61,500
10% offered a salary of more than £76,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -2.43%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Architect
London

Infrastructure Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Infrastructure Architect Salary Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Infrastructure Architect Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 38 (54.29%) VMware
2 30 (42.86%) Windows
3 29 (41.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (34.29%) SAN
5 23 (32.86%) Finance
5 23 (32.86%) Microsoft
6 22 (31.43%) Citrix
6 22 (31.43%) Enterprise Architecture
7 19 (27.14%) SQL Server
8 18 (25.71%) MS Excel
9 17 (24.29%) vSphere
10 15 (21.43%) Cisco
11 14 (20.00%) EMC
11 14 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (18.57%) XenApp
12 13 (18.57%) Migration
13 12 (17.14%) Active Directory
13 12 (17.14%) DNS
13 12 (17.14%) Hyper-V
14 11 (15.71%) MCITP
14 11 (15.71%) Forefront TMG
15 10 (14.29%) Business Development
15 10 (14.29%) XenDesktop
15 10 (14.29%) WAN
15 10 (14.29%) HP
15 10 (14.29%) TCP/IP
15 10 (14.29%) Linux
15 10 (14.29%) Banking
15 10 (14.29%) Project Management
16 9 (12.86%) Middleware

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 9 (12.86%) Middleware
2 5 (7.143%) SAML
3 3 (4.286%) Java EE
4 2 (2.857%) WebSphere
4 2 (2.857%) COM
5 1 (1.429%) XML
5 1 (1.429%) XSLT
5 1 (1.429%) HTML
5 1 (1.429%) .NET
5 1 (1.429%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 9 (12.86%) SharePoint
1 9 (12.86%) MS Exchange
2 8 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (11.43%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (7.143%) Windows Azure
4 4 (5.714%) Apache
5 3 (4.286%) iPlanet
5 3 (4.286%) IIS
5 3 (4.286%) ESB
5 3 (4.286%) GlassFish
6 1 (1.429%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (1.429%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (25.71%) MS Excel
2 9 (12.86%) Office 365
3 8 (11.43%) MS Office
4 2 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.857%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.429%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (34.29%) SAN
2 12 (17.14%) DNS
3 10 (14.29%) WAN
3 10 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 9 (12.86%) DHCP
5 8 (11.43%) Kerberos
5 8 (11.43%) LAN
5 8 (11.43%) Firewall
6 7 (10.00%) NAS
7 4 (5.714%) Network Security
7 4 (5.714%) Wireless
8 2 (2.857%) Unified Communications
9 1 (1.429%) Intranet
9 1 (1.429%) Internet
9 1 (1.429%) MPLS
9 1 (1.429%) OSPF
9 1 (1.429%) BGP
9 1 (1.429%) SMS
9 1 (1.429%) VoIP
9 1 (1.429%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (27.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (11.43%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.286%) RDBMS
4 2 (2.857%) DB2
5 1 (1.429%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.429%) MySQL
5 1 (1.429%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (11.43%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (32.86%) Finance
2 10 (14.29%) Banking
3 3 (4.286%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.286%) Law
3 3 (4.286%) Financial Institution
4 2 (2.857%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.857%) Advertising
5 1 (1.429%) Legal
5 1 (1.429%) Front Office
5 1 (1.429%) Billing
5 1 (1.429%) Retail
5 1 (1.429%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.429%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.429%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) iSeries
2 5 (7.143%) Clustering
3 4 (5.714%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (5.714%) Fat Client
3 4 (5.714%) PKI
3 4 (5.714%) Thin Client
4 3 (4.286%) Mainframe
4 3 (4.286%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.857%) SaaS
5 2 (2.857%) IaaS
5 2 (2.857%) CLARiiON
6 1 (1.429%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.429%) IVR
6 1 (1.429%) Computer Science
6 1 (1.429%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.429%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.429%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 30 (42.86%) Windows
2 14 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (14.29%) Linux
4 8 (11.43%) Windows Server 2012
5 5 (7.143%) UNIX
5 5 (7.143%) Solaris
6 4 (5.714%) Windows 7
7 3 (4.286%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (4.286%) Ubuntu
7 3 (4.286%) CentOS
8 2 (2.857%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (2.857%) AIX
9 1 (1.429%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (31.43%) Enterprise Architecture
2 13 (18.57%) Migration
3 10 (14.29%) Business Development
3 10 (14.29%) Project Management
4 8 (11.43%) TOGAF
5 7 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 7 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.00%) Load Balancing
6 6 (8.571%) ITIL
7 5 (7.143%) Asset Management
7 5 (7.143%) Risk Management
7 5 (7.143%) Identity Management
8 4 (5.714%) Infrastructure Management
8 4 (5.714%) Capacity Management
8 4 (5.714%) Network Design
8 4 (5.714%) PRINCE2
8 4 (5.714%) SOA
8 4 (5.714%) ERP
8 4 (5.714%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (5.714%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.86%) SQL
2 5 (7.143%) Java
3 1 (1.429%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (15.71%) MCITP
2 9 (12.86%) MCTS
3 7 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (5.714%) VTSP
4 4 (5.714%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (5.714%) MCSE
4 4 (5.714%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.286%) MCP
6 2 (2.857%) JNCIE
6 2 (2.857%) CCIE
6 2 (2.857%) CCNA
7 1 (1.429%) RHCE
7 1 (1.429%) CCA
7 1 (1.429%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.429%) CCNP
7 1 (1.429%) Degree
7 1 (1.429%) VCP4
7 1 (1.429%) VCP5
7 1 (1.429%) CCEE
7 1 (1.429%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.286%) QA
2 2 (2.857%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.429%) SLA
3 1 (1.429%) COBIT
3 1 (1.429%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (41.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (24.29%) vSphere
3 13 (18.57%) XenApp
4 12 (17.14%) Active Directory
4 12 (17.14%) Hyper-V
5 11 (15.71%) Forefront TMG
6 10 (14.29%) XenDesktop
7 9 (12.86%) UAG
8 8 (11.43%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 2 (2.857%) VMware ESX
10 1 (1.429%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (1.429%) Xen
10 1 (1.429%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 9 (12.86%) SCCM
2 8 (11.43%) SCOM
3 3 (4.286%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.429%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 38 (54.29%) VMware
2 23 (32.86%) Microsoft
3 22 (31.43%) Citrix
4 15 (21.43%) Cisco
5 14 (20.00%) EMC
6 10 (14.29%) HP
7 9 (12.86%) Oracle
8 8 (11.43%) NetApp
9 7 (10.00%) IBM
10 5 (7.143%) Red Hat
11 4 (5.714%) Twitter
12 3 (4.286%) Juniper
13 2 (2.857%) Riverbed
13 2 (2.857%) CheckPoint
14 1 (1.429%) AppSense
14 1 (1.429%) Teradata
14 1 (1.429%) Salesforce.com
14 1 (1.429%) Unisys
14 1 (1.429%) Avaya
14 1 (1.429%) SAP
City, London
The Infrastructure Architect Consultant will be predominantly advising CIOs and CTOs in all aspects of IT strategy helping them to achieve sustainable business benefits. The successful Infrastructure Architect...
ComputAppoint
Salary: market rates
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
This is very much a Windows environment, using IIS, CDN, networking components, SAN technologies, etc... Skills required for the Infrastructure Engineer / Architect - Digital Entertainment - Solid Microsoft / Windows networking...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Essential) In-Depth knowledge of implementing infrastructure solutions to support VMware ESX and Citrix Xen Desktop Virtualisation... Good understanding of Layer-3 networks including IP and ideally OSPF,...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
They will be responsible for the creation of future roadmaps for networks and security including access management and assist with the overall infrastructure roadmap in line with the...
Hudson IT London
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013