The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 17 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 Basingstoke 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 32 22 22
Rank change year-on-year
-10 0
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 11 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 5.164% 3.243% 3.586%
As % of the System Software category 52.38% 30.00% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 2
Average daily rate £369 £410 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.06% -15.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £298 £378
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £522 £598
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 £27.00 £20.75 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+30.12% -7.48%
All System Software
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
21 20 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 9.859% 10.81% 9.562%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 5
Average daily rate £338 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £108 £254
10% offered a daily rate of more than £420 £544 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 4
Average hourly rate £12.00 £13.75 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.72% -23.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.08 £13.50 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.60 £15.00 £22.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Hampshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke 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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Basingstoke region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Basingstoke VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Histogram

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 Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (64.29%) Windows
3 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 7 (50.00%) Migration
5 6 (42.86%) HP SIM
5 6 (42.86%) HP
6 5 (35.71%) Linux
7 4 (28.57%) ATM
7 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
7 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
7 4 (28.57%) Change Management
7 4 (28.57%) Red Hat
7 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (28.57%) Configuration Management
7 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (28.57%) SUSE
7 4 (28.57%) VMware Server
7 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (21.43%) vSphere
8 3 (21.43%) Finance
8 3 (21.43%) Oracle
8 3 (21.43%) Solaris
9 2 (14.29%) NetApp
9 2 (14.29%) Citrix
9 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
9 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
9 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (7.143%) High Availability
10 1 (7.143%) SaaS

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 4 (28.57%) ATM
2 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.143%) DHCP
3 1 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.143%) DNS
3 1 (7.143%) SAN
3 1 (7.143%) Firewall
3 1 (7.143%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Linux Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Designer
4 1 (7.143%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) VMware Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.143%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 9 (64.29%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Linux
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (28.57%) SUSE
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 3 (21.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Migration
2 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 4 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.143%) ERP
4 1 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (7.143%) Network Design
4 1 (7.143%) Time Management
4 1 (7.143%) High Availability
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Server
2 3 (21.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (42.86%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 6 (42.86%) HP
4 4 (28.57%) Red Hat
5 3 (21.43%) Oracle
6 2 (14.29%) Citrix
6 2 (14.29%) NetApp
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The successful Engineering Consultant/Technical Solution Designer (VMWare - Microsoft Server solutions - Linux) will need to have a broad understanding of networking, change management and development tools and techniques.
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013