The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist 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 Specialist 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 Specialist
Rank 314 291 317
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +26
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 7 32 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.060% 0.245% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.263% 0.097%
Number of salaries quoted 4 23 13
Average salary £59,500 £52,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,200 £45,000 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,750 £65,000 £77,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-16.47% +13.33%
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 Specialist
London

Infrastructure Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist across the City of London region.

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Salary Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

City of London Infrastructure Specialist Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Specialist in their job title.

1 8 (53.33%) VMware
2 7 (46.67%) Windows
3 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (40.00%) HP
3 6 (40.00%) Citrix
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (33.33%) XenApp
4 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (33.33%) vSphere
4 5 (33.33%) Finance
4 5 (33.33%) SAN
5 4 (26.67%) DHCP
6 3 (20.00%) EMC
6 3 (20.00%) DNS
6 3 (20.00%) Linux
6 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
6 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (20.00%) E-business
6 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
6 3 (20.00%) Mainframe
6 3 (20.00%) Clustering
6 3 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 2 (13.33%) Banking
7 2 (13.33%) Network Design
7 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
7 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM

Infrastructure Specialist
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 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 IT job ads sampled with Infrastructure Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (6.667%) IIS
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
1 1 (6.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (33.33%) SAN
2 4 (26.67%) DHCP
3 3 (20.00%) DNS
4 2 (13.33%) Network Security
4 2 (13.33%) Firewall
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) WAN
5 1 (6.667%) SMTP
5 1 (6.667%) WLAN
5 1 (6.667%) Ethernet
5 1 (6.667%) SNMP
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (6.667%) ADSL
5 1 (6.667%) Wireless
5 1 (6.667%) MPLS
5 1 (6.667%) OSPF
5 1 (6.667%) BGP
5 1 (6.667%) WAAS
5 1 (6.667%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (6.667%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (13.33%) MySQL
General
1 5 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
2 2 (13.33%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Mainframe
1 3 (20.00%) Clustering
2 2 (13.33%) Equities
3 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (6.667%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (13.33%) UNIX
5 1 (6.667%) NetWare
5 1 (6.667%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.667%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (6.667%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 3 (20.00%) E-business
1 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (13.33%) Network Design
2 2 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (13.33%) Algorithmic Trading
2 2 (13.33%) Network Architecture
2 2 (13.33%) Project Management
2 2 (13.33%) CRM
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE
3 1 (6.667%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) Network Management
3 1 (6.667%) Software Distribution
3 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (6.667%) Budget Control
3 1 (6.667%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (6.667%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
2 1 (6.667%) VBScript
2 1 (6.667%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (6.667%) CCNP
1 1 (6.667%) CCNA
1 1 (6.667%) MCSE
1 1 (6.667%) CISA
1 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (6.667%) MCITP
1 1 (6.667%) Degree
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (33.33%) XenApp
2 5 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (33.33%) vSphere
3 3 (20.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 2 (13.33%) XenServer
4 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
5 1 (6.667%) NDS
5 1 (6.667%) MetaFrame
5 1 (6.667%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) SCOM
2 1 (6.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (53.33%) VMware
2 6 (40.00%) HP
2 6 (40.00%) Citrix
3 3 (20.00%) EMC
4 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.667%) Dell
5 1 (6.667%) Cisco
5 1 (6.667%) IBM
5 1 (6.667%) Oracle
5 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint
5 1 (6.667%) McAfee
5 1 (6.667%) Sophos
5 1 (6.667%) Juniper
5 1 (6.667%) 3PAR
5 1 (6.667%) Infoblox
5 1 (6.667%) AppSense
5 1 (6.667%) Brocade
5 1 (6.667%) Altiris
City of London
You will have expert knowledge of IT infrastructures and architectures and have working knowledge of the following: Citrix XenApp 5, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Active Directory 2003/...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
You will have expert knowledge of IT infrastructures and architectures and have working knowledge of the following: Citrix XenApp 5, Windows Server 2000/2003/2008, Active Directory 2003/...
DP Connect Ltd
Posted: 23 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: 25 May 2013
City of London
Your skills and qualifications will include - Experience of large/complex SharePoint implementations - Design and implementation of SharePoint architecture and deployment scenarios - Windows SharePoint Services Windows SharePoint Foundation Microsoft...
IT Human Resources
Posted: 15 May 2013