The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Specialist
Rank 765 723 766
Rank change year-on-year
-42 +43
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Specialist 76 143 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.075% 0.126% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.133% 0.076%
Number of salaries quoted 60 120 74
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 £40,698
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% +16.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £28,200 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-16.47% +13.33%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95490 107493 111049
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.41% 94.82% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 80297 92843 94497
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,925 £27,500 £26,250
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Specialist
UK

Infrastructure Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Infrastructure Specialist Salary Trend

Infrastructure Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

England Infrastructure Specialist Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +14 28 £42,750 -22.27%
South East +19 24 £40,000 -6.97%
East of England -2 11 £40,000 -5.88%
North West -25 4 £36,250 -17.61%
South West 0 3 £32,000 -8.57%
East Midlands -3 2 £41,250 +50.00%
West Midlands -21 2 £35,250 -10.19%
Yorkshire -6 1 - -
North East - 1 £36,000 -
Infrastructure Specialist
UK

Infrastructure Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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.

1 105 (59.66%) Windows
2 103 (58.52%) VMware
3 72 (40.91%) Microsoft
4 68 (38.64%) Cisco
5 67 (38.07%) VMware Infrastructure
6 63 (35.80%) SAN
7 60 (34.09%) Linux
7 60 (34.09%) Firewall
8 53 (30.11%) Active Directory
9 51 (28.98%) Windows Server 2008
10 50 (28.41%) Citrix
11 44 (25.00%) SQL Server
12 43 (24.43%) MS Exchange
13 42 (23.86%) HP
14 40 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
15 36 (20.45%) DNS
16 35 (19.89%) SharePoint
17 34 (19.32%) TCP/IP
18 32 (18.18%) vSphere
19 31 (17.61%) Degree
20 28 (15.91%) MS Excel
20 28 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
21 27 (15.34%) ITIL
22 25 (14.20%) Internet
22 25 (14.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
23 23 (13.07%) CCNA
23 23 (13.07%) MySQL
23 23 (13.07%) SQL
24 22 (12.50%) IIS
24 22 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification

Infrastructure Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 10 (5.682%) Application Packaging
2 9 (5.114%) LAMP
3 8 (4.545%) Middleware
4 3 (1.705%) Web Services
5 2 (1.136%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.136%) COM
5 2 (1.136%) SAML
6 1 (0.568%) Regular Expression
6 1 (0.568%) .NET
6 1 (0.568%) ODBC
6 1 (0.568%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.568%) ISPF
Application Platforms
1 43 (24.43%) MS Exchange
2 35 (19.89%) SharePoint
3 22 (12.50%) IIS
3 22 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 22 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 19 (10.80%) Apache
5 17 (9.659%) Lync
6 10 (5.682%) SharePoint 2010
7 9 (5.114%) SharePoint Server
8 8 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
9 7 (3.977%) Office Communications Server
10 3 (1.705%) Windows Azure
10 3 (1.705%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (1.705%) MQSeries
11 2 (1.136%) Tomcat
11 2 (1.136%) SAS
11 2 (1.136%) nginx
12 1 (0.568%) WebSphere Message Broker
12 1 (0.568%) WebSphere MQ
12 1 (0.568%) CICS
Applications
1 28 (15.91%) MS Excel
2 6 (3.409%) MS Office
3 1 (0.568%) Office 365
3 1 (0.568%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.568%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.136%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.136%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 63 (35.80%) SAN
2 60 (34.09%) Firewall
3 36 (20.45%) DNS
4 34 (19.32%) TCP/IP
5 25 (14.20%) Internet
6 21 (11.93%) NAS
7 19 (10.80%) VPN
8 17 (9.659%) LAN
9 16 (9.091%) VoIP
9 16 (9.091%) WAN
10 15 (8.523%) DHCP
10 15 (8.523%) Network Security
11 13 (7.386%) SMTP
11 13 (7.386%) HTTP
11 13 (7.386%) Wireless
11 13 (7.386%) Cisco ASA
12 10 (5.682%) iSCSI
13 9 (5.114%) SSL
13 9 (5.114%) Ethernet
14 8 (4.545%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 23 (13.07%) MySQL
3 13 (7.386%) SQL Server 2008
4 11 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (1.705%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (1.136%) DB2
6 2 (1.136%) OLAP
6 2 (1.136%) Big Data
7 1 (0.568%) SQL Server 2012
7 1 (0.568%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.682%) MSI
2 2 (1.136%) Subversion
3 1 (0.568%) InstallShield
General
1 19 (10.80%) Finance
2 9 (5.114%) Retail
2 9 (5.114%) Telecoms
3 8 (4.545%) Advertising
4 5 (2.841%) Electronics
5 3 (1.705%) Banking
5 3 (1.705%) Front Office
5 3 (1.705%) Legal
6 2 (1.136%) Automotive
6 2 (1.136%) Law
6 2 (1.136%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.568%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.568%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 17 (9.659%) Clustering
2 9 (5.114%) Computer Science
3 7 (3.977%) Handset
4 6 (3.409%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.273%) Blackberry
5 4 (2.273%) Enterprise Storage
6 3 (1.705%) Open Source
6 3 (1.705%) PKI
6 3 (1.705%) Equities
7 2 (1.136%) Replication
7 2 (1.136%) CCTV
7 2 (1.136%) Mathematics
7 2 (1.136%) Physics
7 2 (1.136%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.136%) Firmware
7 2 (1.136%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.136%) SaaS
8 1 (0.568%) iPad
8 1 (0.568%) iSeries
8 1 (0.568%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 105 (59.66%) Windows
2 60 (34.09%) Linux
3 51 (28.98%) Windows Server 2008
4 40 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
5 25 (14.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (11.93%) UNIX
7 16 (9.091%) Debian
8 15 (8.523%) Windows XP
9 13 (7.386%) Windows 7
10 8 (4.545%) Windows Vista
11 5 (2.841%) Solaris
12 3 (1.705%) Windows Server 2012
12 3 (1.705%) Mac OS
12 3 (1.705%) Windows 2000 Server
12 3 (1.705%) CentOS
12 3 (1.705%) NetWare
12 3 (1.705%) AIX
13 2 (1.136%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.568%) Windows NT
14 1 (0.568%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (15.34%) ITIL
2 18 (10.23%) Project Management
3 14 (7.955%) Change Control
3 14 (7.955%) Business Continuity
4 13 (7.386%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
6 6 (3.409%) Change Management
7 5 (2.841%) Capacity Management
7 5 (2.841%) Infrastructure Management
7 5 (2.841%) E-Commerce
7 5 (2.841%) Software Engineering
7 5 (2.841%) Network Design
7 5 (2.841%) Service Management
8 4 (2.273%) Information Security
8 4 (2.273%) E-business
8 4 (2.273%) Network Load Balancing
8 4 (2.273%) Configuration Management
8 4 (2.273%) Algorithmic Trading
8 4 (2.273%) Software Deployment
9 3 (1.705%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (13.07%) SQL
2 12 (6.818%) Bash shell
2 12 (6.818%) Perl
3 10 (5.682%) Python
4 8 (4.545%) Java
4 8 (4.545%) VB
5 6 (3.409%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.841%) VBScript
6 5 (2.841%) C++
7 2 (1.136%) C
7 2 (1.136%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.136%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.136%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.568%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (0.568%) JCL
8 1 (0.568%) ActionScript
8 1 (0.568%) VBA
8 1 (0.568%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (17.61%) Degree
2 28 (15.91%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (13.07%) CCNA
4 22 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (10.80%) MCSE
6 8 (4.545%) CCNP
7 7 (3.977%) RHCE
8 6 (3.409%) MCP
8 6 (3.409%) Security Cleared
8 6 (3.409%) SC Cleared
9 5 (2.841%) CCIP
9 5 (2.841%) CCSP
9 5 (2.841%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.705%) VCP4
10 3 (1.705%) CISSP
10 3 (1.705%) MCSA
10 3 (1.705%) MCITP
11 2 (1.136%) ACSA
11 2 (1.136%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.136%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.386%) SLA
2 3 (1.705%) QA
2 3 (1.705%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.136%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 67 (38.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 53 (30.11%) Active Directory
3 32 (18.18%) vSphere
4 16 (9.091%) VMware ESX
5 13 (7.386%) XenApp
6 11 (6.250%) NFS
7 10 (5.682%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (5.114%) Hyper-V
8 9 (5.114%) Samba
9 8 (4.545%) Postfix
10 6 (3.409%) ISA Server
10 6 (3.409%) XenDesktop
10 6 (3.409%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (3.409%) UAG
11 5 (2.841%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 5 (2.841%) Microsoft App-V
12 4 (2.273%) Terminal Services
12 4 (2.273%) XenServer
13 3 (1.705%) VMware Server
14 2 (1.136%) NDS
Systems Management
1 20 (11.36%) SCCM
2 14 (7.955%) SCOM
3 10 (5.682%) Puppet
4 9 (5.114%) Nagios
5 7 (3.977%) HP SIM
6 6 (3.409%) Munin
7 3 (1.705%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 2 (1.136%) WSUS
8 2 (1.136%) OpenView
8 2 (1.136%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (1.136%) Red Hat Spacewalk
8 2 (1.136%) OSSEC
9 1 (0.568%) Cacti
9 1 (0.568%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.568%) WebInspect
9 1 (0.568%) Nessus
9 1 (0.568%) NetBackup
9 1 (0.568%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 103 (58.52%) VMware
2 72 (40.91%) Microsoft
3 68 (38.64%) Cisco
4 50 (28.41%) Citrix
5 42 (23.86%) HP
6 22 (12.50%) CheckPoint
7 19 (10.80%) Red Hat
8 14 (7.955%) EMC
9 12 (6.818%) Dell
10 10 (5.682%) Oracle
11 8 (4.545%) Juniper
12 7 (3.977%) Symantec
13 6 (3.409%) NetApp
14 5 (2.841%) 3PAR
15 4 (2.273%) WatchGuard
15 4 (2.273%) Avaya
15 4 (2.273%) ProCurve
16 3 (1.705%) F5
16 3 (1.705%) McAfee
16 3 (1.705%) Nortel
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