The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESXi 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 Berkshire 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 ESXi
Rank 107 138 -
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 16 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.661% 0.033% -
As % of the System Software category 5.993% 0.427% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £20.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 - £21.96
All System Software
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
267 234 263
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.03% 7.675% 8.846%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 84 102
Average daily rate £325 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £235 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 35 21
Average hourly rate £19.75 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.25% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.65 £15.13 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £40.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware ESXi
South East

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VMware ESXi Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Berkshire VMware ESXi Daily Rate Histogram

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VMware ESXi Hourly Rate Trend

VMware ESXi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the Berkshire 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
Reading - 11 £404 -
Wokingham - 2 - -
Bracknell -9 1 - -
VMware ESXi
South East

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 22 (95.65%) VMware
2 20 (86.96%) Windows
3 15 (65.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2003
5 12 (52.17%) TCP/IP
5 12 (52.17%) SQL
6 10 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
6 10 (43.48%) Retail
7 8 (34.78%) ITIL
7 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
8 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
8 7 (30.43%) HP
8 7 (30.43%) SAN
8 7 (30.43%) IBM
8 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
8 7 (30.43%) LAN
8 7 (30.43%) HTTP
8 7 (30.43%) Web Services
8 7 (30.43%) Apache
8 7 (30.43%) Tomcat
8 7 (30.43%) .NET
8 7 (30.43%) J2EE
8 7 (30.43%) IIS
8 7 (30.43%) IBM HTTP Server
8 7 (30.43%) Clustering
8 7 (30.43%) Workflow
8 7 (30.43%) Content Management
8 7 (30.43%) Windows 7
9 6 (26.09%) HP SIM
9 6 (26.09%) vSphere

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (30.43%) .NET
1 7 (30.43%) J2EE
1 7 (30.43%) Web Services
2 5 (21.74%) WebSphere
3 3 (13.04%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (30.43%) IIS
1 7 (30.43%) Apache
1 7 (30.43%) Tomcat
1 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
1 7 (30.43%) IBM HTTP Server
2 5 (21.74%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (17.39%) WebLogic
3 4 (17.39%) Oracle HTTP Server
4 3 (13.04%) FileNet
5 1 (4.348%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (4.348%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (4.348%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (52.17%) TCP/IP
2 7 (30.43%) SAN
2 7 (30.43%) LAN
2 7 (30.43%) HTTP
3 5 (21.74%) Kerberos
3 5 (21.74%) VLAN
3 5 (21.74%) Network Security
4 1 (4.348%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (43.48%) Retail
2 3 (13.04%) Banking
3 2 (8.696%) Multimedia
3 2 (8.696%) Finance
4 1 (4.348%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) 2nd Line Support
2 5 (21.74%) Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Technical Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Applications Support
4 3 (13.04%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) WebSphere Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Designer
5 2 (8.696%) Lead Designer
5 2 (8.696%) Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Systems Support
5 2 (8.696%) Support Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Support Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Administrator
6 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (4.348%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Systems Support Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (4.348%) Support Technician
6 1 (4.348%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Clustering
2 2 (8.696%) Speech Recognition
3 1 (4.348%) iPhone
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
3 1 (4.348%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 15 (65.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (30.43%) Windows 7
5 5 (21.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (21.74%) Linux
6 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) ITIL
2 7 (30.43%) Workflow
2 7 (30.43%) Content Management
3 5 (21.74%) Test Scripting
4 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.696%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.348%) Migration
6 1 (4.348%) Project Management
6 1 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 12 (52.17%) SQL
2 5 (21.74%) Python
2 5 (21.74%) Bash shell
2 5 (21.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1 (4.348%) HNC
1 1 (4.348%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (4.348%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (30.43%) Active Directory
3 6 (26.09%) vSphere
4 1 (4.348%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (26.09%) Foglight
1 6 (26.09%) HP SIM
2 2 (8.696%) Cisco UCCE
3 1 (4.348%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) VMware
2 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
3 7 (30.43%) HP
3 7 (30.43%) IBM
4 5 (21.74%) Red Hat
5 4 (17.39%) Oracle
5 4 (17.39%) JBoss
6 3 (13.04%) Cisco
6 3 (13.04%) ReadSoft
7 2 (8.696%) Verint