The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 VMware 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 Vendors 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.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 40 32 35
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Contract jobs citing VMware 47 61 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 3.727% 4.469% 3.436%
As % of the Vendors category 8.117% 10.82% 7.966%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 28 14
Average daily rate £276 £263 £220
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.23% +19.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £198 £186
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £436 £378
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 10
Average hourly rate £27.50 £24.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.58% +23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.60 £13.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.15 £57.50 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +6.99%
All Vendors
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
579 564 590
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 45.92% 41.32% 43.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 271 209
Average daily rate £325 £331 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% -1.19%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £180 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 49 68
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -14.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.03 £8.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £57.50 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
England

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands VMware Hourly Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Nottinghamshire +8 26 £293 -10.00%
Derbyshire +8 11 £315 -10.00%
Northamptonshire +8 4 £220 -10.20%
Leicestershire -6 3 £225 -21.05%
Lincolnshire -1 1 £263 -
VMware
England

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 93 (68.89%) Windows
2 64 (47.41%) Active Directory
3 60 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 57 (42.22%) Windows Server 2008
5 51 (37.78%) Citrix
6 48 (35.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 47 (34.81%) Cisco
8 46 (34.07%) Windows Server 2003
9 38 (28.15%) SQL Server
10 34 (25.19%) SAN
11 33 (24.44%) HP
12 31 (22.96%) Linux
13 30 (22.22%) MS Exchange
14 25 (18.52%) IBM
15 22 (16.30%) LAN
16 21 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification
16 21 (15.56%) UNIX
17 20 (14.81%) Windows 2000
17 20 (14.81%) Firewall
18 19 (14.07%) Migration
18 19 (14.07%) WAN
19 18 (13.33%) SQL
19 18 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
20 17 (12.59%) MCSE
21 16 (11.85%) vSphere
21 16 (11.85%) SQL Server 2005
21 16 (11.85%) Exchange Server 2010
22 15 (11.11%) Windows 7
22 15 (11.11%) ITIL
22 15 (11.11%) TCP/IP

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 (4.444%) Web Services
2 1 (0.741%) WebSphere
2 1 (0.741%) COM
Application Platforms
1 30 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 16 (11.85%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (10.37%) IIS
4 10 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
5 8 (5.926%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 7 (5.185%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (4.444%) Apache
8 4 (2.963%) SharePoint
9 2 (1.481%) Office Communications Server
9 2 (1.481%) Lync
10 1 (0.741%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.741%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 13 (9.630%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.926%) MS Office
3 3 (2.222%) MS Project
3 3 (2.222%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.481%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.481%) Office 365
5 1 (0.741%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.481%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.741%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 34 (25.19%) SAN
2 22 (16.30%) LAN
3 20 (14.81%) Firewall
4 19 (14.07%) WAN
5 15 (11.11%) TCP/IP
6 12 (8.889%) DNS
7 11 (8.148%) Wireless
8 10 (7.407%) Cisco Nexus
9 9 (6.667%) DHCP
10 7 (5.185%) VPN
10 7 (5.185%) WLAN
11 6 (4.444%) VoIP
11 6 (4.444%) NetScaler
12 5 (3.704%) MPLS
13 4 (2.963%) VLAN
13 4 (2.963%) NAS
14 3 (2.222%) iSCSI
14 3 (2.222%) EIGRP
14 3 (2.222%) Internet
15 2 (1.481%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (28.15%) SQL Server
2 18 (13.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 16 (11.85%) SQL Server 2005
4 15 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (0.741%) GIS
5 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.741%) DB2
5 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.741%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 1 (0.741%) Ant
General
1 11 (8.148%) Telecoms
2 5 (3.704%) Finance
2 5 (3.704%) Marketing
3 1 (0.741%) Danish Language
3 1 (0.741%) French Language
3 1 (0.741%) Swedish Language
3 1 (0.741%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.741%) Games
3 1 (0.741%) Banking
3 1 (0.741%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (0.741%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 20 (14.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 18 (13.33%) Systems Engineer
2 18 (13.33%) 3rd Line Support
3 15 (11.11%) Support Engineer
4 13 (9.630%) Analyst
5 9 (6.667%) Network Engineer
6 8 (5.926%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.185%) Consultant
7 7 (5.185%) Project Manager
7 7 (5.185%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (5.185%) Platform Engineer
8 5 (3.704%) Account Manager
8 5 (3.704%) Sales Manager
9 4 (2.963%) Server Engineer
9 4 (2.963%) Systems Support Engineer
9 4 (2.963%) Administrator
9 4 (2.963%) Architect
9 4 (2.963%) Server Support
9 4 (2.963%) Systems Support
9 4 (2.963%) Network Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.148%) Clustering
2 9 (6.667%) Blackberry
3 5 (3.704%) NHS
4 2 (1.481%) Thin Client
4 2 (1.481%) Replication
4 2 (1.481%) Fat Client
4 2 (1.481%) Open Source
5 1 (0.741%) EqualLogic
5 1 (0.741%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.741%) Celerra
5 1 (0.741%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.741%) CLARiiON
5 1 (0.741%) VLE
5 1 (0.741%) Statistics
5 1 (0.741%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 93 (68.89%) Windows
2 57 (42.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 46 (34.07%) Windows Server 2003
4 31 (22.96%) Linux
5 21 (15.56%) UNIX
6 20 (14.81%) Windows 2000
7 15 (11.11%) Windows 7
8 9 (6.667%) Windows XP
9 7 (5.185%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 6 (4.444%) Windows 2000 Server
11 5 (3.704%) Windows Server 2012
12 4 (2.963%) AIX
13 2 (1.481%) HPUX
14 1 (0.741%) SUSE
14 1 (0.741%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.741%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (14.07%) Migration
2 15 (11.11%) ITIL
3 11 (8.148%) Validation
4 10 (7.407%) Service Delivery
5 8 (5.926%) Change Management
6 7 (5.185%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (4.444%) PRINCE2
7 6 (4.444%) Configuration Management
8 4 (2.963%) Problem Management
9 3 (2.222%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (2.222%) Capacity Management
9 3 (2.222%) Project Management
9 3 (2.222%) E-Commerce
9 3 (2.222%) ITSM
10 2 (1.481%) Incident Management
10 2 (1.481%) WAN Optimisation
10 2 (1.481%) Load Balancing
10 2 (1.481%) Performance Management
10 2 (1.481%) Capacity Planning
10 2 (1.481%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (13.33%) SQL
2 6 (4.444%) VBScript
2 6 (4.444%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.481%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.741%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (15.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (12.59%) MCSE
3 12 (8.889%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 9 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (5.926%) MCITP
6 7 (5.185%) Security Cleared
7 5 (3.704%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 5 (3.704%) MCP
7 5 (3.704%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (3.704%) CCNP
8 4 (2.963%) CCNA
8 4 (2.963%) CCA
9 3 (2.222%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.741%) VCP4
10 1 (0.741%) RHCE
10 1 (0.741%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.741%) RHCA
10 1 (0.741%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 64 (47.41%) Active Directory
2 48 (35.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (11.85%) vSphere
4 12 (8.889%) XenApp
5 6 (4.444%) Hyper-V
5 6 (4.444%) MetaFrame
5 6 (4.444%) ISA Server
5 6 (4.444%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 3 (2.222%) VMware ESX
6 3 (2.222%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (2.222%) XenDesktop
6 3 (2.222%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (1.481%) UAG
7 2 (1.481%) NFS
7 2 (1.481%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (1.481%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.741%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.741%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.741%) IAG
8 1 (0.741%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (7.407%) SCCM
1 10 (7.407%) SCOM
2 6 (4.444%) Tivoli
2 6 (4.444%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 5 (3.704%) WSUS
4 3 (2.222%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (2.222%) McAfee ePO
5 2 (1.481%) HP SIM
5 2 (1.481%) NetBackup
5 2 (1.481%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.741%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 60 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 51 (37.78%) Citrix
3 47 (34.81%) Cisco
4 33 (24.44%) HP
5 25 (18.52%) IBM
6 13 (9.630%) Oracle
7 12 (8.889%) NetApp
8 10 (7.407%) EMC
9 7 (5.185%) Red Hat
9 7 (5.185%) Altiris
9 7 (5.185%) Brocade
9 7 (5.185%) Riverbed
10 5 (3.704%) Nortel
10 5 (3.704%) Novell
10 5 (3.704%) Sun
11 4 (2.963%) Dell
11 4 (2.963%) McAfee
11 4 (2.963%) Symantec
12 3 (2.222%) CheckPoint
12 3 (2.222%) F5
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