The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Bristol 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 27 49 37
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -12
Contract jobs citing VMware 25 14 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 4.762% 1.641% 2.560%
As % of the Vendors category 11.74% 5.303% 6.452%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 9 7
Average daily rate £325 £275 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -21.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £125 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £537 £425 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £18.75 £21.25 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -39.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.88 £22.43
% change year-on-year
-1.63% +1.98%
All Vendors
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
213 264 248
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 40.57% 30.95% 39.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 167 109
Average daily rate £325 £310 £341
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -9.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £140 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £509 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 24 21
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +21.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £15.20 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.20 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
South West

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 22 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
4 18 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
6 16 (38.10%) MS Exchange
7 15 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
8 14 (33.33%) Firewall
9 13 (30.95%) DNS
10 10 (23.81%) TCP/IP
10 10 (23.81%) LAN
10 10 (23.81%) Citrix
11 9 (21.43%) WAN
11 9 (21.43%) Cisco
11 9 (21.43%) MS Excel
11 9 (21.43%) SQL Server
11 9 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
12 8 (19.05%) SQL Server 2008
12 8 (19.05%) MCSE
12 8 (19.05%) HP
12 8 (19.05%) DHCP
12 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (16.67%) SQL
14 6 (14.29%) MCTS
14 6 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
14 6 (14.29%) MCITP
14 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
14 6 (14.29%) NetApp
14 6 (14.29%) vSphere
15 5 (11.90%) ProCurve

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 (2.381%) COM
Application Platforms
1 16 (38.10%) MS Exchange
2 9 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (11.90%) IIS
4 4 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.762%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (2.381%) Lync
6 1 (2.381%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (21.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.762%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (33.33%) Firewall
2 13 (30.95%) DNS
3 10 (23.81%) TCP/IP
3 10 (23.81%) LAN
4 9 (21.43%) WAN
5 8 (19.05%) DHCP
6 6 (14.29%) Cisco IPT
7 5 (11.90%) VPN
8 4 (9.524%) SAN
9 3 (7.143%) Internet
9 3 (7.143%) Network Security
10 1 (2.381%) Unified Communications
10 1 (2.381%) MPLS
10 1 (2.381%) VoIP
10 1 (2.381%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (2.381%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 8 (19.05%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.381%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (7.143%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.381%) Finance
2 1 (2.381%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Network Engineer
2 7 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Cisco Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Support Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Cisco IPT Engineer
5 2 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support
5 2 (4.762%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (4.762%) Citrix Consultant
5 2 (4.762%) Citrix Engineer
5 2 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.762%) Analyst
5 2 (4.762%) IT Support
5 2 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 1 (2.381%) VMware Consultant
6 1 (2.381%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 1 (2.381%) Backup Consultant
6 1 (2.381%) Architect
6 1 (2.381%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.143%) PKI
1 3 (7.143%) Clustering
2 2 (4.762%) Blackberry
2 2 (4.762%) EqualLogic
3 1 (2.381%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.381%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.381%) Tandem
3 1 (2.381%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 22 (52.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (35.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (11.90%) Linux
5 2 (4.762%) Windows XP
5 2 (4.762%) UNIX
5 2 (4.762%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (2.381%) AIX
6 1 (2.381%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.90%) Service Delivery
2 4 (9.524%) Incident Management
3 3 (7.143%) Change Control
3 3 (7.143%) Project Management
3 3 (7.143%) Migration
4 2 (4.762%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (4.762%) Configuration Management
4 2 (4.762%) Software Deployment
4 2 (4.762%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.381%) Capacity Management
5 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.381%) ITIL
5 1 (2.381%) CRM
5 1 (2.381%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.381%) Data Protection
5 1 (2.381%) Project Planning
5 1 (2.381%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.381%) Business Continuity
5 1 (2.381%) Service Management
5 1 (2.381%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) MCSE
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (14.29%) MCTS
2 6 (14.29%) MCITP
2 6 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 5 (11.90%) MCSA
4 4 (9.524%) CCVP
4 4 (9.524%) SC Cleared
4 4 (9.524%) CCNP
5 3 (7.143%) CCNA
6 2 (4.762%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 2 (4.762%) MCP
7 1 (2.381%) CCA
7 1 (2.381%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (2.381%) DV Cleared
7 1 (2.381%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (2.381%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (45.24%) Active Directory
2 18 (42.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (14.29%) vSphere
4 4 (9.524%) XenApp
5 2 (4.762%) VMware ESX
5 2 (4.762%) XenDesktop
6 1 (2.381%) Terminal Server
6 1 (2.381%) Novell eDirectory
6 1 (2.381%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (2.381%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (7.143%) SCCM
1 3 (7.143%) SCOM
1 3 (7.143%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.381%) HP SIM
2 1 (2.381%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (2.381%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (2.381%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (2.381%) WSUS
2 1 (2.381%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 17 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.81%) Citrix
3 9 (21.43%) Cisco
4 8 (19.05%) HP
5 6 (14.29%) NetApp
6 5 (11.90%) ProCurve
7 3 (7.143%) Veritas
7 3 (7.143%) Symantec
7 3 (7.143%) CheckPoint
7 3 (7.143%) Dell
8 2 (4.762%) SonicWALL
8 2 (4.762%) EMC
8 2 (4.762%) Red Hat
8 2 (4.762%) Siemens
8 2 (4.762%) CommVault
8 2 (4.762%) Juniper
8 2 (4.762%) Veeam
9 1 (2.381%) Genesys
9 1 (2.381%) Alcatel-Lucent
9 1 (2.381%) McAfee
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