The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Dorset 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 22 16 23
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +7
Contract jobs citing VMware 8 17 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 3.704% 6.296% 5.574%
As % of the Vendors category 8.163% 13.82% 9.827%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 11
Average daily rate £425 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £344 £311 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £377 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £47.50 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 £23.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year
-3.19% +5.87%
All Vendors
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 123 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 45.37% 45.56% 56.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 87
Average daily rate £340 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £445 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £14.50 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+227.58% +27.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
VMware
South West

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Dorset 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
Bournemouth -3 5 £425 +13.33%
VMware
South West

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 12 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (53.33%) UML
4 7 (46.67%) Configuration Management
5 6 (40.00%) InstallShield
5 6 (40.00%) Serena
5 6 (40.00%) VMware Workstation
5 6 (40.00%) WinForms
5 6 (40.00%) NUnit
5 6 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
5 6 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
5 6 (40.00%) OO
5 6 (40.00%) C#
5 6 (40.00%) .NET
5 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
5 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
8 3 (20.00%) VMware Server
8 3 (20.00%) Time Management
8 3 (20.00%) Degree
8 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 3 (20.00%) Linux
8 3 (20.00%) Symantec
8 3 (20.00%) UNIX
8 3 (20.00%) FalconStor
9 2 (13.33%) Network Management
9 2 (13.33%) HND
9 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
9 2 (13.33%) C++

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 Development
1 6 (40.00%) WinForms
1 6 (40.00%) .NET
2 1 (6.667%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) Ethernet
1 2 (13.33%) SNMP
1 2 (13.33%) NAS
2 1 (6.667%) Firewall
2 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.667%) DNS
2 1 (6.667%) SAN
2 1 (6.667%) LAN
2 1 (6.667%) WAN
2 1 (6.667%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) DTS
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) InstallShield
1 6 (40.00%) NUnit
1 6 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (13.33%) Banking
2 1 (6.667%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Software Engineer
2 3 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Consultant
3 2 (13.33%) C# Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) .NET Software Engineer
3 2 (13.33%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) SAP Basis Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (6.667%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Client/Server
1 2 (13.33%) Clustering
1 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) Replication
2 1 (6.667%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (86.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (6.667%) VMS
3 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) UML
2 7 (46.67%) Configuration Management
3 6 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 6 (40.00%) OOA/OOD
3 6 (40.00%) OO
4 3 (20.00%) Time Management
4 3 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (13.33%) Network Management
6 1 (6.667%) Performance Management
6 1 (6.667%) Business Continuity
6 1 (6.667%) Project Management
6 1 (6.667%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) C++
3 1 (6.667%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (13.33%) HND
System Software
1 12 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (40.00%) VMware Workstation
3 3 (20.00%) VMware Server
4 2 (13.33%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) NetBackup
2 1 (6.667%) HP SIM
2 1 (6.667%) WSUS
2 1 (6.667%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Serena
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Symantec
2 3 (20.00%) FalconStor
3 1 (6.667%) ProCurve
3 1 (6.667%) HP
3 1 (6.667%) EMC
3 1 (6.667%) Juniper
3 1 (6.667%) NetApp
3 1 (6.667%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.667%) SAP
Bournemouth, Dorset
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Aston Carter
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013