The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry 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 Coventry 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 23 25 24
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 5 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 2.358% 1.167% 0.543%
As % of the System Software category 23.81% 20.00% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £104 £510 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-79.65% +13.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 £19.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+21.05% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £21.50 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+23.25% -4.14%
All System Software
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
21 15 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 9.906% 5.837% 10.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 9
Average daily rate £108 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-69.28% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £92 £200 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £185 £389 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 £11.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

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 Coventry region.

Coventry VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (50.00%) DHCP
3 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 3 (50.00%) MCP
3 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 2 (33.33%) Network Security
4 2 (33.33%) XenApp
5 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
5 1 (16.67%) MS Office
5 1 (16.67%) ITIL

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) DNS
2 3 (50.00%) MPLS
2 3 (50.00%) DHCP
2 3 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Support
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Server Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
3 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) MCP
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) vSphere
2 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) XenApp
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
Coventry, West Midlands
The rate will be 300-350 p/d based on experience of the following skills: VMware Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Windows 7 & 8 Microsoft Office 2003, 2007, 2010...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013