The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 24 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 Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 39 48 66
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +18
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 29 27 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 3.580% 2.766% 1.124%
As % of the System Software category 29.00% 28.72% 16.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 8 5
Average daily rate £350 £325 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +51.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £315 £212
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £350 £283
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
100 94 73
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 12.35% 9.631% 6.835%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 27 21
Average daily rate £368 £300 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+22.50% +39.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £103 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £325 £303
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 25
Average hourly rate £14.00 £13.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -19.40%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.02 £10.48 £10.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £15.00 £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Milton Keynes +10 25 £400 +26.98%
Iver - 1 £325 -
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 62 (100.00%) VMware
2 49 (79.03%) Windows
3 35 (56.45%) Citrix
4 34 (54.84%) Windows Server 2008
5 29 (46.77%) MS Exchange
5 29 (46.77%) Microsoft
6 27 (43.55%) Security Cleared
7 24 (38.71%) Hyper-V
8 22 (35.48%) Firewall
9 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
9 21 (33.87%) ITIL
9 21 (33.87%) SQL
10 20 (32.26%) HP
10 20 (32.26%) SAN
11 19 (30.65%) Windows Server 2003
12 18 (29.03%) LAN
12 18 (29.03%) WAN
12 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2003
13 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
14 16 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
14 16 (25.81%) SC Cleared
15 15 (24.19%) DV Cleared
15 15 (24.19%) Linux
15 15 (24.19%) MCSE
16 14 (22.58%) UNIX
16 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
17 13 (20.97%) MS Excel
17 13 (20.97%) Exchange Server 2010
18 12 (19.35%) Service Management
19 11 (17.74%) MCP

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (6.452%) SOAP
2 3 (4.839%) JMS
3 2 (3.226%) LAMP
4 1 (1.613%) HTML
4 1 (1.613%) Web Services
4 1 (1.613%) XML
4 1 (1.613%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 29 (46.77%) MS Exchange
2 18 (29.03%) Exchange Server 2003
3 13 (20.97%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (14.52%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (11.29%) Lync
6 6 (9.677%) SharePoint
7 5 (8.065%) IIS
8 4 (6.452%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (6.452%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (4.839%) Apache
9 3 (4.839%) lighttpd
10 1 (1.613%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 13 (20.97%) MS Excel
2 4 (6.452%) MS Office
3 1 (1.613%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.613%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (35.48%) Firewall
2 20 (32.26%) SAN
3 18 (29.03%) LAN
3 18 (29.03%) WAN
4 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
5 8 (12.90%) VPN
5 8 (12.90%) VoIP
6 7 (11.29%) DHCP
6 7 (11.29%) DNS
6 7 (11.29%) NAS
7 6 (9.677%) Network Security
8 5 (8.065%) Wireless
8 5 (8.065%) WLAN
9 4 (6.452%) SMTP
9 4 (6.452%) Internet
9 4 (6.452%) IPsec
10 3 (4.839%) iSCSI
11 2 (3.226%) Broadband
11 2 (3.226%) ICMP
12 1 (1.613%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (27.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.677%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (8.065%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (4.839%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (4.839%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.839%) MySQL
4 3 (4.839%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 1 (1.613%) Subversion
1 1 (1.613%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (12.90%) Finance
2 2 (3.226%) Spanish Language
3 1 (1.613%) Back Office
3 1 (1.613%) Retail
Job Titles
1 18 (29.03%) Analyst
2 13 (20.97%) Support Analyst
3 8 (12.90%) Architect
4 7 (11.29%) Administrator
4 7 (11.29%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (9.677%) Consultant
5 6 (9.677%) Systems Administrator
6 5 (8.065%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (6.452%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 4 (6.452%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (6.452%) Network Engineer
7 4 (6.452%) 2nd Line Support
7 4 (6.452%) Security Analyst
8 3 (4.839%) Technical Architect
8 3 (4.839%) Security Architect
8 3 (4.839%) Windows Systems Administrator
8 3 (4.839%) Windows Administrator
8 3 (4.839%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 2 (3.226%) Windows Systems Engineer
9 2 (3.226%) Wintel Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.13%) Clustering
2 8 (12.90%) Cryptography
3 5 (8.065%) PKI
4 4 (6.452%) Blackberry
4 4 (6.452%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.839%) N-Tier
5 3 (4.839%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.226%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (3.226%) CESG
6 2 (3.226%) Fat Client
6 2 (3.226%) EPoS
6 2 (3.226%) Thin Client
7 1 (1.613%) Replication
7 1 (1.613%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 49 (79.03%) Windows
2 34 (54.84%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (30.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (24.19%) Linux
5 14 (22.58%) UNIX
6 9 (14.52%) Windows 7
7 6 (9.677%) Windows Server 2012
7 6 (9.677%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (9.677%) Windows NT
8 5 (8.065%) Windows Vista
9 4 (6.452%) Windows XP
9 4 (6.452%) Windows 2000
10 3 (4.839%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (3.226%) Windows 8
12 1 (1.613%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (33.87%) ITIL
2 12 (19.35%) Service Management
3 9 (14.52%) Service Delivery
4 8 (12.90%) Change Management
5 6 (9.677%) Information Security
6 5 (8.065%) Migration
6 5 (8.065%) Incident Management
6 5 (8.065%) Compatibility Testing
6 5 (8.065%) Penetration Testing
6 5 (8.065%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (6.452%) Load Balancing
7 4 (6.452%) Integration Testing
7 4 (6.452%) Test Scripting
7 4 (6.452%) Configuration Management
7 4 (6.452%) Validation
7 4 (6.452%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (4.839%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (4.839%) TOGAF
8 3 (4.839%) Ethical Hacking
8 3 (4.839%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 21 (33.87%) SQL
2 2 (3.226%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.226%) VBScript
2 2 (3.226%) Perl
3 1 (1.613%) PHP
3 1 (1.613%) Java
3 1 (1.613%) VB
3 1 (1.613%) VBA
3 1 (1.613%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 27 (43.55%) Security Cleared
2 16 (25.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 16 (25.81%) SC Cleared
3 15 (24.19%) DV Cleared
3 15 (24.19%) MCSE
4 11 (17.74%) MCP
5 9 (14.52%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (14.52%) CCNA
6 4 (6.452%) MCTS
6 4 (6.452%) Degree
6 4 (6.452%) CCSP
6 4 (6.452%) ISEB
7 1 (1.613%) CISSP
7 1 (1.613%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.613%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.613%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.677%) SLA
2 4 (6.452%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.613%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (38.71%) Hyper-V
2 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
3 10 (16.13%) VMware ESX
4 8 (12.90%) XenApp
5 6 (9.677%) vSphere
5 6 (9.677%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (6.452%) ISA Server
6 4 (6.452%) Terminal Services
7 3 (4.839%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.613%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.613%) Terminal Server
8 1 (1.613%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (1.613%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.613%) Forefront TMG
8 1 (1.613%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 10 (16.13%) Backup Exec
2 8 (12.90%) SCOM
3 6 (9.677%) SCCM
3 6 (9.677%) OpenView
3 6 (9.677%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (6.452%) BladeLogic
5 3 (4.839%) OVSD
6 2 (3.226%) SCVMM
7 1 (1.613%) NetBackup
7 1 (1.613%) MOM
7 1 (1.613%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.613%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) VMware
2 35 (56.45%) Citrix
3 29 (46.77%) Microsoft
4 20 (32.26%) HP
5 10 (16.13%) Oracle
6 7 (11.29%) Cisco
6 7 (11.29%) Intel
7 6 (9.677%) Juniper
8 5 (8.065%) F5
9 4 (6.452%) Compaq
10 3 (4.839%) NetApp
10 3 (4.839%) StorageTek
10 3 (4.839%) Sun
11 2 (3.226%) Websense
12 1 (1.613%) 3Com
12 1 (1.613%) AppSense
12 1 (1.613%) Symantec
12 1 (1.613%) Dell
12 1 (1.613%) EMC
12 1 (1.613%) Veeam
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