The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Infrastructure Consultant 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Consultant
Rank 147 150 151
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Consultant 8 1 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.253% 0.029% 0.235%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.267% 0.030% 0.248%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 7
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £51,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -31.37%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3000 3304 3220
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.70% 94.70% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1791 2412 2426
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Consultant
UK

Infrastructure Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Infrastructure Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Infrastructure Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Infrastructure Consultant Salary Trend

Infrastructure Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Scotland Infrastructure Consultant Salary Histogram

Infrastructure Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Infrastructure Consultant within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -17 5 £40,750 +16.42%
North Lanarkshire - 1 £45,000 -
Aberdeen - 1 £45,000 -
Edinburgh - 1 £70,000 -
Infrastructure Consultant
UK

Infrastructure Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Infrastructure Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 11 (91.67%) MS Exchange
1 11 (91.67%) Citrix
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) VMware
3 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 9 (75.00%) Windows
4 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (58.33%) Hyper-V
5 7 (58.33%) XenApp
6 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (50.00%) SCCM
7 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (41.67%) XenServer
7 5 (41.67%) CCA
7 5 (41.67%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
8 4 (33.33%) MCITP
8 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (25.00%) SAN
9 3 (25.00%) XenDesktop
9 3 (25.00%) VCP4
9 3 (25.00%) VCP5
9 3 (25.00%) Linux
9 3 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (16.67%) Change Management
10 2 (16.67%) MCSA
10 2 (16.67%) LAN

Infrastructure Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Infrastructure Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 11 (91.67%) MS Exchange
2 6 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (41.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (25.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (8.333%) Lync
6 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (8.333%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) SAN
2 2 (16.67%) LAN
2 2 (16.67%) VoIP
2 2 (16.67%) WAN
3 1 (8.333%) Network Security
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (8.333%) Unified Communications
3 1 (8.333%) DHCP
3 1 (8.333%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (41.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
6 1 (8.333%) Windows Vista
6 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (16.67%) Change Management
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL
1 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
2 1 (8.333%) Resource Management
2 1 (8.333%) Time Management
2 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (8.333%) Network Design
2 1 (8.333%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) CCA
1 5 (41.67%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (33.33%) MCITP
3 3 (25.00%) VCP4
3 3 (25.00%) VCP5
4 2 (16.67%) MCSA
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (16.67%) MCTS
5 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 9 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (58.33%) Hyper-V
3 7 (58.33%) XenApp
4 5 (41.67%) XenServer
5 3 (25.00%) XenDesktop
6 2 (16.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (8.333%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (91.67%) Citrix
2 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (83.33%) VMware
3 2 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle
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Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + + Fantastic Benefits
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