The first table below looks at the demand for the Infrastructure Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Infrastructure Consultant
Rank 196 176 171
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -5
Permanent jobs requiring an Infrastructure Consultant 8 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.160% 0.176% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.166% 0.184% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 1
Average salary £40,000 £46,250 £60,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.51% -23.55%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £42,500 £40,750
% change year-on-year
+11.76% +4.29%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4806 4353 4043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.97% 95.88% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3989 3821 3443
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Infrastructure Consultant
England

Infrastructure Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Infrastructure Consultant Salary Trend

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Solihull - 6 £40,000 -
Birmingham -10 2 £37,500 -28.57%
Infrastructure Consultant
England

Infrastructure Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (73.33%) Cisco
2 11 (73.33%) MS Exchange
2 11 (73.33%) Citrix
2 11 (73.33%) VMware
2 11 (73.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (66.67%) Firewall
3 10 (66.67%) SAN
3 10 (66.67%) SharePoint
3 10 (66.67%) Windows
3 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
3 10 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
4 9 (60.00%) Lync
4 9 (60.00%) HP
5 8 (53.33%) Wireless
5 8 (53.33%) MSI
5 8 (53.33%) Project Management
5 8 (53.33%) Clustering
5 8 (53.33%) Application Packaging
5 8 (53.33%) SCCM
5 8 (53.33%) SCOM
5 8 (53.33%) Dell
5 8 (53.33%) SLA
5 8 (53.33%) NAS
5 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (53.33%) Change Control
6 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
8 3 (20.00%) MCITP
8 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification

Infrastructure Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 8 (53.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (73.33%) MS Exchange
2 10 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 10 (66.67%) SharePoint 2010
3 9 (60.00%) Lync
4 2 (13.33%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (13.33%) Lotus Domino
4 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (66.67%) Firewall
1 10 (66.67%) SAN
2 8 (53.33%) Wireless
2 8 (53.33%) NAS
3 2 (13.33%) Kerberos
3 2 (13.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (53.33%) MSI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Project Management
1 8 (53.33%) Change Control
2 2 (13.33%) High Availability
2 2 (13.33%) ITIL
2 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (13.33%) Information Management
2 2 (13.33%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (20.00%) MCITP
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (20.00%) CCIE
2 3 (20.00%) MCSE
3 2 (13.33%) MCSA
3 2 (13.33%) CCNP
3 2 (13.33%) CCIP
3 2 (13.33%) CCNA
4 1 (6.667%) CCSA
4 1 (6.667%) HP AIS
4 1 (6.667%) HP ASE
4 1 (6.667%) HP MASE
4 1 (6.667%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (6.667%) MCTS
4 1 (6.667%) CCSE
4 1 (6.667%) CCA
4 1 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (6.667%) CCEA
4 1 (6.667%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (53.33%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (20.00%) vSphere
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (6.667%) XenApp
3 1 (6.667%) XenServer
3 1 (6.667%) XenDesktop
3 1 (6.667%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (6.667%) UAG
Systems Management
1 8 (53.33%) SCCM
1 8 (53.33%) SCOM
2 2 (13.33%) Zenoss
2 2 (13.33%) WhatsUp Gold
2 2 (13.33%) WSUS
2 2 (13.33%) Backup Exec
2 2 (13.33%) Tivoli
2 2 (13.33%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (13.33%) ARCserve
2 2 (13.33%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 13 (86.67%) Microsoft
2 11 (73.33%) Cisco
2 11 (73.33%) Citrix
2 11 (73.33%) VMware
3 9 (60.00%) HP
4 8 (53.33%) Dell
5 3 (20.00%) NetApp
6 2 (13.33%) Lotus
6 2 (13.33%) Symantec
6 2 (13.33%) McAfee
6 2 (13.33%) Sophos
7 1 (6.667%) EMC
7 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint