The first table below looks at the demand for VMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMS 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 Operating Systems category for the East Midlands 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
VMS
Rank - 83 73
Contract jobs citing VMS 0 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - 0.220% 0.146%
As % of the Operating Systems category - 1.220% 0.697%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £343 £369 £225
% change year-on-year
-7.11% +63.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £22.15
All Operating Systems
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
279 246 287
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 22.13% 18.02% 20.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 108 81
Average daily rate £300 £300 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £149 £94
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 45 47
Average hourly rate £13.00 £14.50 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.34% -17.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +4.93%
VMS
England

VMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMS across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

East Midlands VMS Jobs Demand Trend

VMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands VMS Daily Rate Trend

VMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands VMS Hourly Rate Trend

VMS
Top 1 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VMS 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 VMS.

1 1 (100.00%) VMware

VMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Consultant
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware