The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 13 20 19
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware 17 16 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 9.189% 5.674% 7.143%
As % of the Vendors category 22.67% 14.41% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 11
Average daily rate £293 £325 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +47.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £195 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £405 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £17.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +6.99%
All Vendors
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
75 111 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 40.54% 39.36% 51.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 53 64
Average daily rate £325 £375 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £403
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 11 6
Average hourly rate £17.50 £29.00 £11.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.65% +163.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
East of England

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Bedfordshire VMware Daily Rate Histogram

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 -4 1 £425 +44.68%
VMware
East of England

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing VMware 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.

1 27 (84.38%) Citrix
2 21 (65.63%) Windows
3 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
3 17 (53.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (37.50%) MS Exchange
4 12 (37.50%) IIS
5 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
5 10 (31.25%) SAN
5 10 (31.25%) XenApp
5 10 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (28.13%) Cisco
6 9 (28.13%) SQL
6 9 (28.13%) SQL Server
7 8 (25.00%) DNS
7 8 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
8 7 (21.88%) Windows 7
8 7 (21.88%) HP
8 7 (21.88%) DHCP
8 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (18.75%) Symantec
9 6 (18.75%) DMZ
9 6 (18.75%) ITIL
9 6 (18.75%) NetBackup
9 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (15.63%) IVR
10 5 (15.63%) Retail
10 5 (15.63%) TOGAF
10 5 (15.63%) Back Office
10 5 (15.63%) Finance
10 5 (15.63%) XenDesktop

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) Web Services
1 1 (3.125%) Middleware
1 1 (3.125%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 12 (37.50%) IIS
1 12 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 8 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (9.375%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (9.375%) Lync
4 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
5 2 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (3.125%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 5 (15.63%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.125%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 10 (31.25%) SAN
2 8 (25.00%) DNS
3 7 (21.88%) DHCP
4 6 (18.75%) DMZ
5 4 (12.50%) Firewall
5 4 (12.50%) IP Telephony
5 4 (12.50%) Nortel Meridian
6 3 (9.375%) LAN
6 3 (9.375%) WAN
7 2 (6.250%) NAS
8 1 (3.125%) Network Security
8 1 (3.125%) iSCSI
8 1 (3.125%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (9.375%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.125%) MSI
1 1 (3.125%) AdminStudio
1 1 (3.125%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 5 (15.63%) Back Office
1 5 (15.63%) Finance
1 5 (15.63%) Retail
2 3 (9.375%) Local Government
3 1 (3.125%) Marketing
3 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Analyst
2 6 (18.75%) Architect
2 6 (18.75%) Technical Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Network Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Technical Architect
5 3 (9.375%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (9.375%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (9.375%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) Wintel Engineer
6 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
7 1 (3.125%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (3.125%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.125%) Support Specialist
7 1 (3.125%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 5 (15.63%) IVR
2 3 (9.375%) Fat Client
2 3 (9.375%) Thin Client
3 1 (3.125%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.125%) Replication
3 1 (3.125%) Clustering
3 1 (3.125%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (65.63%) Windows
2 10 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (21.88%) Windows 7
3 7 (21.88%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (6.250%) UNIX
5 1 (3.125%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) ITIL
2 5 (15.63%) TOGAF
3 4 (12.50%) Project Management
3 4 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (6.250%) PRINCE2
4 2 (6.250%) PRINCE
4 2 (6.250%) Business Continuity
4 2 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.125%) Information Governance
5 1 (3.125%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (3.125%) Network Load Balancing
5 1 (3.125%) Data Architecture
5 1 (3.125%) Security Architecture
5 1 (3.125%) Network Architecture
5 1 (3.125%) ERP
5 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.125%) Validation
5 1 (3.125%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 9 (28.13%) SQL
2 1 (3.125%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (9.375%) MCSE
2 3 (9.375%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (6.250%) VCP4
4 1 (3.125%) MCITP
4 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
4 1 (3.125%) MCSA
4 1 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
1 4 (12.50%) TickIT
1 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.125%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (53.13%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (31.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (31.25%) XenApp
3 5 (15.63%) XenDesktop
3 5 (15.63%) VMware Server
4 4 (12.50%) Forefront TMG
5 2 (6.250%) VMware ESX
6 1 (3.125%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (3.125%) Terminal Server
6 1 (3.125%) NFS
6 1 (3.125%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.125%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (3.125%) vSphere
6 1 (3.125%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 6 (18.75%) NetBackup
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 3 (9.375%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (9.375%) WhatsUp Gold
3 3 (9.375%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (9.375%) WSUS
4 1 (3.125%) SCCM
4 1 (3.125%) SCOM
4 1 (3.125%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Citrix
2 17 (53.13%) Microsoft
3 9 (28.13%) Cisco
4 7 (21.88%) HP
5 6 (18.75%) Symantec
6 4 (12.50%) Oracle
6 4 (12.50%) Nortel
7 2 (6.250%) Mercator
7 2 (6.250%) SolarWinds
8 1 (3.125%) Twitter
8 1 (3.125%) LANDesk
8 1 (3.125%) CommVault
8 1 (3.125%) EMC