The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Chester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 6 17 19
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +2
Contract jobs citing VMware 20 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 14.39% 3.419% 3.067%
As % of the Vendors category 27.78% 7.018% 6.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £240 £390 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-38.46% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £22.50 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +0.31%
All Vendors
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
72 57 74
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 51.80% 48.72% 45.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 16 23
Average daily rate £306 £338 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.25% -6.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £203 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £490 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 2
Average hourly rate £44.90 £14.00 £46.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+220.71% -69.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.87 £14.00 £45.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £21.20 £47.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
Cheshire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 25 (78.13%) Citrix
2 15 (46.88%) Windows
3 13 (40.63%) AIX
3 13 (40.63%) Linux
3 13 (40.63%) UNIX
4 11 (34.38%) SAN
4 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (31.25%) ITIL
5 10 (31.25%) PRINCE2
5 10 (31.25%) DNS
6 9 (28.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 9 (28.13%) Project Management
6 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (28.13%) Clustering
6 9 (28.13%) SCCM
7 8 (25.00%) Migration
7 8 (25.00%) DHCP
8 7 (21.88%) MS Exchange
8 7 (21.88%) Active Directory
8 7 (21.88%) Windows 2000
9 6 (18.75%) SCOM
9 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
9 6 (18.75%) Local Government
9 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
9 6 (18.75%) Windows NT
10 5 (15.63%) HP
10 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
10 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 Platforms
1 7 (21.88%) MS Exchange
2 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (12.50%) MS Office
2 1 (3.125%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.125%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.125%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) SAN
2 10 (31.25%) DNS
3 8 (25.00%) DHCP
4 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
5 4 (12.50%) VPN
5 4 (12.50%) Firewall
6 1 (3.125%) SSL
6 1 (3.125%) HTTP
6 1 (3.125%) SNMP
6 1 (3.125%) LAN
6 1 (3.125%) WAN
6 1 (3.125%) SMTP
6 1 (3.125%) VLAN
6 1 (3.125%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 2 (6.250%) DB2
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (18.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 10 (31.25%) Project Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Infrastructure Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Wintel Engineer
3 6 (18.75%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 5 (15.63%) Analyst
4 5 (15.63%) Wintel Analyst
5 4 (12.50%) Wintel Specialist
6 3 (9.375%) Information Architect
6 3 (9.375%) Architect
6 3 (9.375%) Programme Manager
6 3 (9.375%) Security Architect
6 3 (9.375%) Information Security Architect
7 2 (6.250%) UNIX Specialist
7 2 (6.250%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (6.250%) Administrator
7 2 (6.250%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (6.250%) Senior Manager
8 1 (3.125%) UNIX Systems Administrator
8 1 (3.125%) Systems Engineer
8 1 (3.125%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 9 (28.13%) Clustering
2 2 (6.250%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 15 (46.88%) Windows
2 13 (40.63%) AIX
2 13 (40.63%) Linux
2 13 (40.63%) UNIX
3 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (28.13%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (21.88%) Windows 2000
6 6 (18.75%) Windows NT
7 2 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (6.250%) Tru64
8 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
1 10 (31.25%) ITIL
1 10 (31.25%) PRINCE2
2 9 (28.13%) Project Management
3 8 (25.00%) Migration
4 4 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 4 (12.50%) Information Security
4 4 (12.50%) Security Management
5 3 (9.375%) Change Management
5 3 (9.375%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.250%) CRM
6 2 (6.250%) Configuration Management
6 2 (6.250%) Service Management
7 1 (3.125%) PRINCE
7 1 (3.125%) Project Planning
7 1 (3.125%) Critical Path Analysis
7 1 (3.125%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.125%) Capacity Management
7 1 (3.125%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.75%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.375%) SQL
3 2 (6.250%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 10 (31.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (21.88%) Active Directory
3 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
4 2 (6.250%) PowerHA
4 2 (6.250%) XenApp
4 2 (6.250%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (28.13%) SCCM
2 6 (18.75%) SCOM
3 2 (6.250%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 25 (78.13%) Citrix
2 5 (15.63%) HP
3 4 (12.50%) Cisco
4 3 (9.375%) Red Hat
5 2 (6.250%) Oracle
5 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
6 1 (3.125%) Veritas
6 1 (3.125%) Dell
6 1 (3.125%) SAP