VMware Infrastructure Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 Cheshire 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 Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 44 44 47
Rank change year-on-year
0 +3
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 19 22 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 2.585% 2.733% 2.980%
As % of the System Software category 21.59% 27.85% 27.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 18
Average daily rate £375 £301 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.79% +17.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £154 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £383 £265
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £41.25 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £21.50 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+23.25% -4.14%
All System Software
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 88 79 104
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 11.97% 9.814% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 38 59
Average daily rate £283 £325 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.07% +22.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £120 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 6
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +35.59%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £14.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.95 £30.00 £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire 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
Chester +2 9 £240 -38.46%
Macclesfield +1 1 - -
Warrington -4 1 £475 +33.80%
Knutsford - 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (75.00%) Windows
3 14 (50.00%) Citrix
4 10 (35.71%) XenApp
5 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (28.57%) Finance
6 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 7 (25.00%) SCCM
8 6 (21.43%) Migration
8 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
8 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
8 6 (21.43%) ITIL
8 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
9 5 (17.86%) MS Office
9 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
9 5 (17.86%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (17.86%) Banking
10 4 (14.29%) Change Management
10 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
10 4 (14.29%) Wise Package Studio
10 4 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (14.29%) MSI
10 4 (14.29%) InstallShield
10 4 (14.29%) Novell
10 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (14.29%) ZENworks
10 4 (14.29%) DNS
10 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
10 4 (14.29%) VBScript
10 4 (14.29%) VB

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.571%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) MS Exchange
2 4 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (3.571%) IIS
5 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) MS Office
2 3 (10.71%) MS Excel
3 2 (7.143%) MS Visio
3 2 (7.143%) Office 365
4 1 (3.571%) MS Project
4 1 (3.571%) Acrobat
4 1 (3.571%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) DNS
2 3 (10.71%) SAN
2 3 (10.71%) Firewall
3 2 (7.143%) LAN
3 2 (7.143%) WAN
3 2 (7.143%) DHCP
3 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
4 1 (3.571%) VPN
4 1 (3.571%) Kerberos
4 1 (3.571%) VoIP
4 1 (3.571%) Internet
4 1 (3.571%) NAS
4 1 (3.571%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Wise Package Studio
1 4 (14.29%) MSI
1 4 (14.29%) InstallShield
General
1 8 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Banking
3 3 (10.71%) Local Government
4 1 (3.571%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 5 (17.86%) Consultant
2 4 (14.29%) Applications Packager
2 4 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (10.71%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
3 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
3 3 (10.71%) Support Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) Administrator
4 2 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (7.143%) UNIX Specialist
4 2 (7.143%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix Support Specialist
5 1 (3.571%) Designer
5 1 (3.571%) IT Manager
5 1 (3.571%) Security Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (3.571%) DBA
5 1 (3.571%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (3.571%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) Clustering
2 1 (3.571%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 21 (75.00%) Windows
2 9 (32.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
3 6 (21.43%) Windows 7
4 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (10.71%) UNIX
5 3 (10.71%) AIX
5 3 (10.71%) Linux
6 2 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (7.143%) Tru64
6 2 (7.143%) Windows 2000
7 1 (3.571%) Windows 8
7 1 (3.571%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Migration
1 6 (21.43%) ITIL
2 4 (14.29%) Change Management
2 4 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.143%) Service Management
4 2 (7.143%) Service Delivery
4 2 (7.143%) TOGAF
4 2 (7.143%) Project Management
4 2 (7.143%) Configuration Management
4 2 (7.143%) CRM
4 2 (7.143%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.571%) PRINCE
5 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.571%) Project Planning
5 1 (3.571%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (3.571%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (3.571%) Security Management
5 1 (3.571%) Validation
5 1 (3.571%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) PowerShell
1 4 (14.29%) VBScript
1 4 (14.29%) VB
2 3 (10.71%) SQL
3 2 (7.143%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (3.571%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (35.71%) XenApp
2 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
3 5 (17.86%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (10.71%) VMware ESX
5 2 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (7.143%) PowerHA
5 2 (7.143%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.571%) XenServer
6 1 (3.571%) vSphere
6 1 (3.571%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 7 (25.00%) SCCM
2 4 (14.29%) ZENworks
3 2 (7.143%) Tivoli
3 2 (7.143%) AppDNA
4 1 (3.571%) WSUS
4 1 (3.571%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (50.00%) Citrix
3 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 4 (14.29%) Novell
5 3 (10.71%) HP
5 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
6 2 (7.143%) AppSense
6 2 (7.143%) NetApp
6 2 (7.143%) Remedy
6 2 (7.143%) Cisco
7 1 (3.571%) Oracle
7 1 (3.571%) SAP
7 1 (3.571%) Adobe
7 1 (3.571%) Dell
7 1 (3.571%) EMC
7 1 (3.571%) Veritas
7 1 (3.571%) Hitachi
7 1 (3.571%) LANDesk
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