The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Engineer
Rank 58 57 44
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Engineer 2 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 0.548% 0.488% 1.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.563% 0.506% 1.119%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £30,000 £34,750 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.66% -17.26%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,750
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.04%
All Job Titles
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
355 395 268
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 97.26% 96.34% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 310 347 225
Average salary £36,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.30% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Infrastructure Engineer
Leicestershire

Infrastructure Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester Infrastructure Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Leicester Infrastructure Engineer Salary Trend

Infrastructure Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester region that cited Infrastructure Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) HP
3 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (62.50%) Windows
4 4 (50.00%) Linux
4 4 (50.00%) VoIP
4 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (50.00%) ProCurve
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Open Source
5 3 (37.50%) VMware ESX
5 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
5 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco
6 2 (25.00%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) NetApp
6 2 (25.00%) Citrix
7 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (12.50%) SAN
7 1 (12.50%) CCNP
7 1 (12.50%) CCNA

Infrastructure Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester region that cited Infrastructure Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) VoIP
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) SAN
3 1 (12.50%) MPLS
3 1 (12.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) DHCP
3 1 (12.50%) HTTP
3 1 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Software Deployment
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
2 1 (12.50%) Capacity Management
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) CCNP
1 1 (12.50%) CCNA
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) MCSA
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (37.50%) VMware ESX
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) VMware
3 5 (62.50%) HP
4 4 (50.00%) ProCurve
5 3 (37.50%) Red Hat
6 2 (25.00%) Cisco
6 2 (25.00%) NetApp
6 2 (25.00%) Citrix
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle
7 1 (12.50%) SAP