The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere 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 vSphere over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 29 28 26
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing vSphere 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 1.869% 0.394% 0.524%
As % of the System Software category 18.18% 8.333% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £104 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-72.33% -16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £313
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £23.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £43.37 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-27.94% +116.85%
All System Software
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 12 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 10.28% 4.724% 9.948%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 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 £402 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 6 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%
vSphere
West Midlands

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing vSphere across the Coventry region.

Coventry vSphere Daily Rate Trend

vSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry vSphere Hourly Rate Trend

vSphere
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (75.00%) MPLS
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) DHCP
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (75.00%) DNS
1 3 (75.00%) MPLS
1 3 (75.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Support
2 1 (25.00%) 3rd Line Server Support
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Server Support
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) XenApp
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix