The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 22 29 23
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware 4 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 2.247% 1.375% 1.156%
As % of the Vendors category 4.545% 2.395% 2.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £325 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £320
% change year-on-year
- +1.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £20.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.50 £22.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year
+11.36% +2.32%
All Vendors
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
88 167 87
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 49.44% 57.39% 50.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 67 31
Average daily rate £325 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £108 £225 £135
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 3
Average hourly rate £37.80 £12.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+202.40% -65.27%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
VMware
West Midlands

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry 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 Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
3 6 (46.15%) Citrix
3 6 (46.15%) NetApp
3 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (38.46%) XenApp
5 4 (30.77%) vSphere
5 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (30.77%) DNS
6 3 (23.08%) Cisco
6 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
6 3 (23.08%) DHCP
6 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (23.08%) CCA
6 3 (23.08%) Citrix Certification
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
6 3 (23.08%) MCP
6 3 (23.08%) Firewall
6 3 (23.08%) Migration
6 3 (23.08%) MPLS
6 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (23.08%) AppSense
6 3 (23.08%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
7 2 (15.38%) Network Security
7 2 (15.38%) Degree
7 2 (15.38%) Computer Science

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint
1 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (23.08%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
2 3 (23.08%) MPLS
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
4 1 (7.692%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Citrix Administrator
1 4 (30.77%) Administrator
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Project Manager
2 3 (23.08%) Technical Manager
3 2 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (7.692%) Server Support
4 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support
4 1 (7.692%) Junior
4 1 (7.692%) Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Support
4 1 (7.692%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Migration
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) CCA
1 3 (23.08%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (23.08%) MCP
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (38.46%) XenApp
3 4 (30.77%) vSphere
4 1 (7.692%) Microsoft App-V
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Citrix
2 6 (46.15%) NetApp
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco
3 3 (23.08%) AppSense