The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 of the System Software category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 24 19 23
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +4
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.258% 4.188% 2.646%
As % of the System Software category 22.22% 28.57% 13.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
Average daily rate £210 £326 £244
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.63% +33.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £21.50 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+23.25% -4.14%
All System Software
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
9 28 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 5.660% 14.66% 20.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 14
Average daily rate £315 £250 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £144 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £333 £312
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 8
Average hourly rate £12.00 £17.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% +13.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Scotland

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Aberdeen VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing VMware Infrastructure also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Infrastructure.

1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) CommVault
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) MCTS
3 2 (50.00%) MCITP
3 2 (50.00%) Altiris
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) XenApp
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) VSAT
4 1 (25.00%) NAS
4 1 (25.00%) vSphere
4 1 (25.00%) Network Management
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) PKI
4 1 (25.00%) Brocade
4 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (25.00%) VLAN
4 1 (25.00%) Data Security
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing VMware Infrastructure also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) VSAT
2 1 (25.00%) NAS
2 1 (25.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (25.00%) VLAN
2 1 (25.00%) Wireless
2 1 (25.00%) IPsec
2 1 (25.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Support Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Server Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Network Support
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) PKI
1 1 (25.00%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) Data Security
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCTS
1 2 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) CommVault
3 2 (50.00%) Altiris
4 1 (25.00%) Fortinet
4 1 (25.00%) Brocade
4 1 (25.00%) Dell
4 1 (25.00%) EMC