The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 22 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 Bedfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 19 21 33
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +12
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 10 15 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 5.236% 5.376% 3.425%
As % of the System Software category 31.25% 39.47% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 6
Average daily rate £358 £330 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +32.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £325 £161
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £394 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
32 38 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 16.75% 13.62% 8.219%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 12
Average daily rate £335 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £158 £325 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 2
Average hourly rate - £12.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +11.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Dunstable 0 4 £475 +43.93%
Luton -5 1 £425 +9.67%
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (94.12%) Citrix
3 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
4 10 (58.82%) Windows
5 9 (52.94%) IIS
6 8 (47.06%) Cisco
7 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
8 6 (35.29%) MS Exchange
8 6 (35.29%) XenApp
8 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
9 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
9 5 (29.41%) Retail
9 5 (29.41%) TOGAF
9 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
9 5 (29.41%) VMware Server
9 5 (29.41%) XenDesktop
9 5 (29.41%) Finance
9 5 (29.41%) IVR
9 5 (29.41%) MS Visio
9 5 (29.41%) ITIL
9 5 (29.41%) HP
9 5 (29.41%) SAN
10 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (23.53%) Symantec
10 4 (23.53%) SQL
10 4 (23.53%) Oracle
10 4 (23.53%) DHCP
10 4 (23.53%) DNS
10 4 (23.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (23.53%) NetBackup

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 Development
1 1 (5.882%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) IIS
2 6 (35.29%) MS Exchange
3 5 (29.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (5.882%) Office Communications Server
6 1 (5.882%) Lync
6 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.882%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) SAN
2 4 (23.53%) DHCP
2 4 (23.53%) DNS
2 4 (23.53%) Firewall
2 4 (23.53%) Nortel Meridian
3 3 (17.65%) IP Telephony
3 3 (17.65%) DMZ
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) WAN
5 1 (5.882%) Network Security
5 1 (5.882%) iSCSI
5 1 (5.882%) NAS
5 1 (5.882%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (41.18%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 5 (29.41%) Retail
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Back Office
3 1 (5.882%) Local Government
3 1 (5.882%) Marketing
3 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Architect
2 5 (29.41%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Network Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Technical Architect
4 3 (17.65%) Senior Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Support Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Server Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Systems Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Support
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Support Engineer
6 1 (5.882%) Wintel Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) IVR
2 3 (17.65%) Fat Client
2 3 (17.65%) Thin Client
3 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (58.82%) Windows
2 6 (35.29%) Windows 7
3 5 (29.41%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) TOGAF
1 5 (29.41%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Change Management
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE
3 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
3 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
4 1 (5.882%) Data Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Network Load Balancing
4 1 (5.882%) Security Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Network Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (5.882%) Information Governance
4 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) VCP4
2 1 (5.882%) MCSE
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.882%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (17.65%) TickIT
1 3 (17.65%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (35.29%) XenApp
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Server
2 5 (29.41%) XenDesktop
3 3 (17.65%) Forefront TMG
4 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
5 1 (5.882%) XenServer
5 1 (5.882%) vSphere
5 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.882%) NFS
5 1 (5.882%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 4 (23.53%) NetBackup
2 3 (17.65%) WhatsUp Gold
2 3 (17.65%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (11.76%) WSUS
4 1 (5.882%) SCOM
4 1 (5.882%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (94.12%) Citrix
3 11 (64.71%) Microsoft
4 8 (47.06%) Cisco
5 5 (29.41%) HP
6 4 (23.53%) Symantec
6 4 (23.53%) Oracle
6 4 (23.53%) Nortel
7 2 (11.76%) Mercator
8 1 (5.882%) LANDesk
8 1 (5.882%) SolarWinds
8 1 (5.882%) EMC
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