The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Workstation 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 Workstation 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Workstation
Rank 113 132 125
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -7
Contract jobs citing VMware Workstation 12 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.486% 0.096% 0.102%
As % of the System Software category 4.255% 1.293% 1.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 2
Average daily rate - £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
UK excluding London average daily rate £278 £340 £280
% change year-on-year
-18.38% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £44.13 - £20.00
All System Software
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
282 232 257
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 11.42% 7.436% 8.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 79 97
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £234 £259
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 29 35 22
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £30.77
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -34.99%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £15.13 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £45.00 £43.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Workstation
South East

VMware Workstation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire VMware Workstation Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Workstation
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VMware Workstation Daily Rate Trend

VMware Workstation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire VMware Workstation Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Workstation
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Workstation within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bracknell - 5 - -
Slough - 2 - -
VMware Workstation
South East

VMware Workstation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing VMware Workstation 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 Workstation.

1 23 (100.00%) Windows
1 23 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (91.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (86.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
4 14 (60.87%) SC Cleared
4 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
5 13 (56.52%) SQL
5 13 (56.52%) Windows 7
6 12 (52.17%) Windows XP
7 10 (43.48%) Symantec
8 8 (34.78%) NetApp
8 8 (34.78%) Citrix
8 8 (34.78%) SAN
8 8 (34.78%) MS Exchange
8 8 (34.78%) ITIL
8 8 (34.78%) VPN
8 8 (34.78%) Linux
8 8 (34.78%) Release Management
8 8 (34.78%) NAS
8 8 (34.78%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (34.78%) Clustering
8 8 (34.78%) NetBackup
9 7 (30.43%) VB
9 7 (30.43%) Oracle
9 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
9 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
9 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
9 7 (30.43%) SCCM

VMware Workstation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing VMware Workstation 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 Workstation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 8 (34.78%) MS Exchange
1 8 (34.78%) Exchange Server 2003
2 7 (30.43%) SharePoint
2 7 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (17.39%) IIS
3 4 (17.39%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (34.78%) SAN
1 8 (34.78%) VPN
1 8 (34.78%) NAS
2 4 (17.39%) LAN
2 4 (17.39%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 4 (17.39%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (8.696%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.348%) Banking
2 1 (4.348%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (30.43%) Desktop Support
2 5 (21.74%) Integration Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Desktop Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Test Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Support
5 1 (4.348%) Applications Packager
5 1 (4.348%) Tester
5 1 (4.348%) Systems Test Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) Integration Tester
5 1 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (4.348%) Administrator
5 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 21 (91.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (86.96%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (56.52%) Windows 7
5 12 (52.17%) Windows XP
6 8 (34.78%) Linux
7 1 (4.348%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) ITIL
1 8 (34.78%) Release Management
2 5 (21.74%) Regression Testing
2 5 (21.74%) Validation
2 5 (21.74%) Migration
2 5 (21.74%) Integration Testing
2 5 (21.74%) Test Scripting
2 5 (21.74%) Non-Functional Testing
3 2 (8.696%) Test Automation
3 2 (8.696%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) VB
3 2 (8.696%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) SC Cleared
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 21 (91.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
3 5 (21.74%) VMware ESX
4 2 (8.696%) Terminal Services
5 1 (4.348%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (34.78%) NetBackup
2 7 (30.43%) SCCM
3 4 (17.39%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (43.48%) Symantec
3 8 (34.78%) NetApp
3 8 (34.78%) Citrix
4 7 (30.43%) Oracle
4 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
5 4 (17.39%) HP
6 2 (8.696%) CA
6 2 (8.696%) Peregrine