The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the 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 21 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 491 468 480
Rank change year-on-year
-23 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 116 170 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.264% 0.316% 0.253%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.282% 0.336% 0.271%
Number of salaries quoted 106 149 103
Average salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £55,000 £55,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -3.22%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41069 50577 53212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.41% 93.89% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 34568 43927 44773
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Architect
England

Infrastructure Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London Infrastructure Architect Salary Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Infrastructure Architect Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Architect
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London -52 21 £65,000 -
Hammersmith - 1 £55,000 -
Uxbridge - 1 £80,000 -
Infrastructure Architect
England

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 133 (48.36%) Windows
2 124 (45.09%) VMware
3 86 (31.27%) Microsoft
4 85 (30.91%) VMware Infrastructure
5 67 (24.36%) Cisco
6 66 (24.00%) SQL Server
6 66 (24.00%) Active Directory
6 66 (24.00%) Citrix
6 66 (24.00%) SAN
7 61 (22.18%) Enterprise Architecture
8 60 (21.82%) Finance
9 54 (19.64%) Linux
10 53 (19.27%) SQL
11 52 (18.91%) Windows Server 2008
12 41 (14.91%) UNIX
13 40 (14.55%) Oracle
13 40 (14.55%) MS Excel
14 39 (14.18%) NetApp
15 38 (13.82%) Migration
16 35 (12.73%) Banking
16 35 (12.73%) Windows Server 2003
16 35 (12.73%) EMC
16 35 (12.73%) Firewall
17 34 (12.36%) Project Management
17 34 (12.36%) vSphere
18 32 (11.64%) MS Exchange
18 32 (11.64%) TOGAF
18 32 (11.64%) Load Balancing
19 31 (11.27%) WAN
19 31 (11.27%) IIS

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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 21 (7.636%) Middleware
2 16 (5.818%) WebSphere
3 10 (3.636%) HTML
3 10 (3.636%) XML
4 9 (3.273%) XSLT
5 8 (2.909%) .NET
6 6 (2.182%) Java EE
7 5 (1.818%) SAML
8 4 (1.455%) J2EE
9 3 (1.091%) COM
9 3 (1.091%) Web Services
10 2 (0.727%) SAP MI
11 1 (0.364%) SAP Basis
11 1 (0.364%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 32 (11.64%) MS Exchange
2 31 (11.27%) IIS
3 19 (6.909%) Apache
4 16 (5.818%) SharePoint
5 14 (5.091%) WebLogic
6 13 (4.727%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (4.364%) Exchange Server 2007
7 12 (4.364%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (2.909%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (2.909%) GlassFish
9 7 (2.545%) ESB
10 6 (2.182%) iPlanet
11 5 (1.818%) Windows Azure
12 4 (1.455%) WebSphere MQ
13 3 (1.091%) Lync
14 2 (0.727%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.364%) NetWeaver
15 1 (0.364%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 40 (14.55%) MS Excel
2 9 (3.273%) Office 365
3 8 (2.909%) MS Office
4 3 (1.091%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (1.091%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (4.364%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (24.00%) SAN
2 35 (12.73%) Firewall
3 31 (11.27%) WAN
4 29 (10.55%) LAN
5 25 (9.091%) NAS
6 21 (7.636%) Wireless
6 21 (7.636%) Network Security
7 18 (6.545%) DNS
8 16 (5.818%) TCP/IP
9 12 (4.364%) Unified Communications
10 10 (3.636%) DHCP
11 8 (2.909%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (2.909%) Kerberos
12 4 (1.455%) HTTP
13 3 (1.091%) LDAP
13 3 (1.091%) NetScaler
14 2 (0.727%) Internet
14 2 (0.727%) VPN
14 2 (0.727%) HTTPS
15 1 (0.364%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (24.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (3.636%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (2.909%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.455%) DB2
5 2 (0.727%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.364%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.364%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.364%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.364%) MySQL
6 1 (0.364%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.364%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 8 (2.909%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.364%) Visual Studio
General
1 60 (21.82%) Finance
2 35 (12.73%) Banking
3 14 (5.091%) Law
4 13 (4.727%) Retail
5 8 (2.909%) Back Office
6 7 (2.545%) Manufacturing
7 4 (1.455%) Financial Institution
7 4 (1.455%) Investment Banking
7 4 (1.455%) Games
7 4 (1.455%) Telecoms
7 4 (1.455%) Legal
8 3 (1.091%) Front Office
9 2 (0.727%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.727%) Advertising
10 1 (0.364%) Publishing
10 1 (0.364%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.364%) Billing
10 1 (0.364%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.364%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.000%) PKI
2 15 (5.455%) Clustering
3 14 (5.091%) IaaS
4 12 (4.364%) Management Information System
5 9 (3.273%) iSeries
6 4 (1.455%) Video on Demand
6 4 (1.455%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (1.455%) Thin Client
6 4 (1.455%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.455%) Fat Client
6 4 (1.455%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.091%) Mobile Banking
7 3 (1.091%) SaaS
8 2 (0.727%) Visualisation
8 2 (0.727%) PaaS
8 2 (0.727%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.727%) Replication
8 2 (0.727%) CLARiiON
9 1 (0.364%) IVR
9 1 (0.364%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 133 (48.36%) Windows
2 54 (19.64%) Linux
3 52 (18.91%) Windows Server 2008
4 41 (14.91%) UNIX
5 35 (12.73%) Windows Server 2003
6 24 (8.727%) Solaris
7 10 (3.636%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (2.909%) Windows 7
9 7 (2.545%) CentOS
10 6 (2.182%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.455%) AIX
11 4 (1.455%) Windows XP
11 4 (1.455%) Windows Vista
12 3 (1.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (1.091%) Android
13 2 (0.727%) SUSE
14 1 (0.364%) HPUX
14 1 (0.364%) Windows 2000
14 1 (0.364%) zOS
14 1 (0.364%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (22.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 38 (13.82%) Migration
3 34 (12.36%) Project Management
4 32 (11.64%) TOGAF
4 32 (11.64%) Load Balancing
5 24 (8.727%) ITIL
6 23 (8.364%) Identity Management
7 21 (7.636%) Technical Architecture
7 21 (7.636%) Information Security
7 21 (7.636%) Security Architecture
8 20 (7.273%) GAP Analysis
8 20 (7.273%) E-Commerce
8 20 (7.273%) Vulnerability Assessment
9 17 (6.182%) PRINCE2
10 15 (5.455%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (5.091%) Benchmarking
12 13 (4.727%) Business Development
12 13 (4.727%) Process Management
12 13 (4.727%) Change Management
13 12 (4.364%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (19.27%) SQL
2 23 (8.364%) Java
3 12 (4.364%) PowerShell
4 6 (2.182%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.364%) VBScript
5 1 (0.364%) C#
Qualifications
1 17 (6.182%) MCITP
2 16 (5.818%) Microsoft Certification
3 15 (5.455%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (4.364%) Degree
5 11 (4.000%) JNCIE
5 11 (4.000%) CCIE
6 10 (3.636%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 10 (3.636%) MCTS
7 9 (3.273%) MCSE
8 6 (2.182%) Security Cleared
9 4 (1.455%) VTSP
9 4 (1.455%) CCNA
10 3 (1.091%) MCP
10 3 (1.091%) PMI Certification
10 3 (1.091%) Microsoft Certified Architect
10 3 (1.091%) DV Cleared
11 2 (0.727%) VCP4
11 2 (0.727%) VCP5
11 2 (0.727%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (0.727%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.909%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (2.909%) QA
3 7 (2.545%) SLA
4 4 (1.455%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.727%) COBIT
6 1 (0.364%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 85 (30.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 66 (24.00%) Active Directory
3 34 (12.36%) vSphere
4 27 (9.818%) Forefront TMG
5 24 (8.727%) UAG
6 21 (7.636%) XenApp
7 17 (6.182%) VMware ESX
7 17 (6.182%) Hyper-V
8 14 (5.091%) XenDesktop
9 8 (2.909%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 6 (2.182%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (1.455%) XenServer
12 3 (1.091%) Microsoft App-V
12 3 (1.091%) Xen
12 3 (1.091%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 3 (1.091%) MetaFrame
12 3 (1.091%) vCloud
13 2 (0.727%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.727%) ProxySG
14 1 (0.364%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 15 (5.455%) SCCM
2 11 (4.000%) NetBackup
3 10 (3.636%) SCOM
4 2 (0.727%) SolarWinds Orion
5 1 (0.364%) WMI
5 1 (0.364%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 124 (45.09%) VMware
2 86 (31.27%) Microsoft
3 67 (24.36%) Cisco
4 66 (24.00%) Citrix
5 40 (14.55%) Oracle
6 39 (14.18%) NetApp
7 35 (12.73%) EMC
8 31 (11.27%) HP
9 25 (9.091%) Juniper
10 18 (6.545%) Riverbed
11 12 (4.364%) Sybase
12 11 (4.000%) IBM
12 11 (4.000%) CheckPoint
13 10 (3.636%) SAP
14 9 (3.273%) DataSynapse
14 9 (3.273%) Red Hat
14 9 (3.273%) F5
14 9 (3.273%) 29West
15 6 (2.182%) Twitter
16 4 (1.455%) Veritas
London
Production of detailed solution architectures that document all proposed changes to the technical architecture... This is an excellent opportunity for an Infrastructure Architect (VMWare / Citrix / Windows / Clustering) to...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum plus competitive package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
You will be technically sound in Unix, Middleware technologies, and at least two Databases. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is technically strong to focus in...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £70000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The role has been designed for the incumbent to oversee the development and maintenance of the Infrastructure and Architecture of the Hosting, Network, Data Movement and Workplace Technology...
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP55000 to GBP65000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Responsibilities: *Take full responsibility for the solution and technical design on projects *Architecture activity in on-going projects and programmes *Ensure strategy and deliverables are met by working...
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
You will be joining a team of architects who support a major e-commerce programme. Infrastructure Architect - e-Commerce Responsibilities Provide Infrastructure architecture design and technical leadership to...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
You will be joining a team of architects who support a major e-commerce programme. Infrastructure Architect - e-Commerce Responsibilities Provide Infrastructure architecture design and technical leadership to...
Annapurna
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Central London / West End
L eading the analysis, design, and implementation of changes to the technical architecture and ensure the architecture meets the requirements... Acknowledged expert in content ingest, management, delivery and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 15 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, London
My client a leading manage service organisation are currently in the market for a Pre-sales Infrastructure Architect -VTSP-VDI-Citrix-XenDesktop- XenApp to join their team. On...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
South West London
They require strong knowledge of Enterprise class storage including HP 3PAR, Netapp SAN and NAS including DR, Veritas Netbackup and Cisco. They also need VMware vSphere and ideally...
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 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
London
Experience in service oriented architecture and Java Applications - Experience of UNIX and 3 tiered architecture - Experience of securing Web communications, SSL, Cryptography Supporting Skills - The idea candidate will...
Epsilium Recruitment
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum + Bonus + Pension + Health + 23-28 D
Posted: 20 May 2013