The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 20 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Architect
Rank 229 206 204
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -2
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Architect 12 39 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.169% 0.550% 0.473%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.177% 0.573% 0.495%
Number of salaries quoted 11 37 32
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £48,500 £61,500
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £63,500 £82,250
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £60,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year
-8.33% -2.43%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6784 6801 6469
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.47% 95.94% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 5749 6008 5720
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Infrastructure Architect Salary Trend

Infrastructure Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Infrastructure Architect across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Cheshire -6 6 £57,500 +15.00%
Manchester -35 5 £50,000 -2.43%
Lancashire - 1 £47,500 -
Infrastructure Architect
England

Infrastructure Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 16 (55.17%) VMware
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
2 14 (48.28%) Cisco
3 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
3 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (34.48%) LAN
4 10 (34.48%) WAN
5 9 (31.03%) EMC
5 9 (31.03%) SAN
5 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (31.03%) Finance
5 9 (31.03%) Firewall
6 8 (27.59%) VoIP
6 8 (27.59%) ITIL
7 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (20.69%) UNIX
8 6 (20.69%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (20.69%) SharePoint 2010
8 6 (20.69%) Exchange Server 2010
8 6 (20.69%) Lync
8 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
8 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
8 6 (20.69%) E-Commerce
8 6 (20.69%) Linux
8 6 (20.69%) MS Exchange
8 6 (20.69%) Citrix
8 6 (20.69%) HP
9 5 (17.24%) DSL
9 5 (17.24%) Project Management

Infrastructure Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (6.897%) Middleware
2 1 (3.448%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) SharePoint
1 6 (20.69%) MS Exchange
1 6 (20.69%) SharePoint 2010
1 6 (20.69%) Lync
1 6 (20.69%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (6.897%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (34.48%) LAN
1 10 (34.48%) WAN
2 9 (31.03%) SAN
2 9 (31.03%) Firewall
3 8 (27.59%) VoIP
4 6 (20.69%) Intrusion Detection
5 5 (17.24%) Wireless
5 5 (17.24%) MPLS
5 5 (17.24%) DSL
5 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
5 5 (17.24%) DNS
6 3 (10.34%) Unified Communications
7 2 (6.897%) Internet
8 1 (3.448%) Intranet
8 1 (3.448%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (13.79%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 9 (31.03%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Advertising
3 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 5 (17.24%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (6.897%) Replication
2 2 (6.897%) CLARiiON
2 2 (6.897%) Clustering
3 1 (3.448%) Computer Science
3 1 (3.448%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 16 (55.17%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (20.69%) UNIX
4 6 (20.69%) Linux
5 1 (3.448%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) ITIL
2 6 (20.69%) E-Commerce
3 5 (17.24%) SOA
3 5 (17.24%) B2C
3 5 (17.24%) Project Management
3 5 (17.24%) Service Management
3 5 (17.24%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (17.24%) ITSM
3 5 (17.24%) Migration
3 5 (17.24%) Business Continuity
3 5 (17.24%) High Availability
3 5 (17.24%) Portfolio Management
3 5 (17.24%) Capacity Management
3 5 (17.24%) Capacity Planning
4 4 (13.79%) Network Management
4 4 (13.79%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (13.79%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (10.34%) Business Development
5 3 (10.34%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.34%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) C#
1 3 (10.34%) C++
1 3 (10.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) CCIE
1 5 (17.24%) CCNA
1 5 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) HP ASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) PCI DSS
2 3 (10.34%) COBIT
System Software
1 12 (41.38%) Active Directory
1 12 (41.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.897%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) SCCM
1 1 (3.448%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (55.17%) Microsoft
1 16 (55.17%) VMware
2 14 (48.28%) Cisco
3 9 (31.03%) EMC
4 6 (20.69%) Citrix
4 6 (20.69%) HP
5 4 (13.79%) IBM
6 3 (10.34%) Oracle
7 2 (6.897%) Hitachi
7 2 (6.897%) Symantec
8 1 (3.448%) McAfee
8 1 (3.448%) FatWire
8 1 (3.448%) Juniper
8 1 (3.448%) Sourcefire
8 1 (3.448%) Fortinet