East of England VMware Infrastructure Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure (VI3) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Bexleyheath Birmingham Bolton Bracknell Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Crawley Croydon Darlington Devon Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Lincolnshire London Lytham St Annes Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Midlothian Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Preston Reading Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	102	140
Rank change on same period last year	+38
Matching contract IT job ads	28	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.040 %	0.021 %
As % of the category below	9.556 %	6.079 %
Daily rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£236
Average daily rate	£363	£241
% change on same period last year	+50.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£388	£246
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£342
% change on same period last year	+2.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.50	£10.00
Average hourly rate	£28.75	£11.00
% change on same period last year	+161.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	£12.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.57	£28.31
% change on same period last year	+11.49 %
System Software East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	293	329
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.418 %	0.340 %
Daily rates quoted	63	58
Average minimum daily rate	£216	£291
Average daily rate	£230	£302
% change on same period last year	-23.83 %
Average maximum daily rate	£244	£313
UK excluding London average daily rate	£320	£321
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	79	99
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	£22.54
Average hourly rate	£19.35	£23.57
% change on same period last year	-17.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£20.71	£24.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£21.32	£21.37
% change on same period last year	-0.23 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the East of England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the East of England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridgeshire	+25	12	£375	-
Norfolk	-	5	-	-
Essex	+13	4	-	-
Hertfordshire	+21	4	£325	-16.12 %
Bedfordshire	+12	2	-	-
Suffolk	+14	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 64 (100.00 %) VMware 2 42 (65.63 %) Windows 3 25 (39.06 %) MS Exchange 4 23 (35.94 %) Active Directory 5 21 (32.81 %) Linux 6 20 (31.25 %) Windows Server 2003 7 19 (29.69 %) SAN 8 18 (28.13 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 17 (26.56 %) Exchange Server 2003 10 15 (23.44 %) Microsoft Certification 10 15 (23.44 %) MCSE 10 15 (23.44 %) Microsoft 11 14 (21.88 %) Cisco 11 14 (21.88 %) VMware ESX 12 13 (20.31 %) Solaris

13 12 (18.75 %) SQL 13 12 (18.75 %) Clustering 14 10 (15.63 %) IBM 14 10 (15.63 %) TCP/IP 14 10 (15.63 %) HP 15 9 (14.06 %) Dell 15 9 (14.06 %) LAN 15 9 (14.06 %) Migration 16 8 (12.50 %) WAN 16 8 (12.50 %) C 16 8 (12.50 %) NetApp 17 7 (10.94 %) Citrix 17 7 (10.94 %) UNIX 17 7 (10.94 %) Perl 17 7 (10.94 %) NFS

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.563 %) ASP 1 1 (1.563 %) X-Windows	Application Platforms 1 25 (39.06 %) MS Exchange 2 18 (28.13 %) Exchange Server 2007 3 17 (26.56 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (6.250 %) SharePoint 5 3 (4.688 %) IIS 6 2 (3.125 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications 1 2 (3.125 %) MS Project 1 2 (3.125 %) MS Office 1 2 (3.125 %) MS Visio 2 1 (1.563 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.563 %) assyst
Communications & Networking 1 19 (29.69 %) SAN 2 10 (15.63 %) TCP/IP 3 9 (14.06 %) LAN 4 8 (12.50 %) WAN 5 7 (10.94 %) iSCSI 6 6 (9.375 %) DNS 7 4 (6.250 %) Firewall 7 4 (6.250 %) DHCP 8 3 (4.688 %) VPN 8 3 (4.688 %) MPLS 8 3 (4.688 %) Network Security 9 2 (3.125 %) VoIP 10 1 (1.563 %) Wireless	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (7.813 %) SQL Server 2 4 (6.250 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 3 (4.688 %) Finance 2 2 (3.125 %) Government 2 2 (3.125 %) Manufacturing 2 2 (3.125 %) Insurance 3 1 (1.563 %) Retail 3 1 (1.563 %) Chemicals 3 1 (1.563 %) Electric 3 1 (1.563 %) Back Office 3 1 (1.563 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 8 (12.50 %) Analyst 2 7 (10.94 %) Storage Engineer 3 6 (9.375 %) Consultant 3 6 (9.375 %) 3rd Line Support 4 5 (7.813 %) Support Engineer 4 5 (7.813 %) Administrator 5 4 (6.250 %) Server Administrator 5 4 (6.250 %) Server Support 5 4 (6.250 %) Software Engineer 6 3 (4.688 %) Support Technician 6 3 (4.688 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 7 2 (3.125 %) Server Analyst 7 2 (3.125 %) Windows Server Engineer 7 2 (3.125 %) Support Analyst 7 2 (3.125 %) Project Manager 7 2 (3.125 %) Server Engineer 7 2 (3.125 %) Migration Consultant 7 2 (3.125 %) Technical Analyst 8 1 (1.563 %) Network Support Engineer 8 1 (1.563 %) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 12 (18.75 %) Clustering 2 1 (1.563 %) Fat Client 2 1 (1.563 %) Thin Client 2 1 (1.563 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 42 (65.63 %) Windows 2 21 (32.81 %) Linux 3 20 (31.25 %) Windows Server 2003 4 13 (20.31 %) Solaris 5 7 (10.94 %) UNIX 5 7 (10.94 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 5 (7.813 %) AIX 6 5 (7.813 %) HPUX 7 2 (3.125 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (3.125 %) Windows NT 8 1 (1.563 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (14.06 %) Migration 2 3 (4.688 %) Project Management 2 3 (4.688 %) Identity Management 2 3 (4.688 %) Data Protection 3 2 (3.125 %) Load Balancing 3 2 (3.125 %) ITIL 3 2 (3.125 %) Network Design 3 2 (3.125 %) Project Planning 4 1 (1.563 %) Operations Management 4 1 (1.563 %) Systems Analysis 4 1 (1.563 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (1.563 %) Matrix Management 4 1 (1.563 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (1.563 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 12 (18.75 %) SQL 2 8 (12.50 %) C 3 7 (10.94 %) Perl 4 5 (7.813 %) C++ 4 5 (7.813 %) Python 5 2 (3.125 %) PowerShell
Qualifications 1 15 (23.44 %) MCSE 1 15 (23.44 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (10.94 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 3 4 (6.250 %) Cisco Certification 3 4 (6.250 %) CCNA 4 2 (3.125 %) CCDP 4 2 (3.125 %) CCNP	System Software 1 23 (35.94 %) Active Directory 2 14 (21.88 %) VMware ESX 3 7 (10.94 %) NFS 4 4 (6.250 %) NetBackup 4 4 (6.250 %) Backup Exec 5 3 (4.688 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 2 (3.125 %) VMware Server 7 1 (1.563 %) VMware Workstation 7 1 (1.563 %) ISA Server 7 1 (1.563 %) Samba
Systems Management 1 1 (1.563 %) MOM 1 1 (1.563 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (1.563 %) WSUS 1 1 (1.563 %) SCCM	Vendors 1 64 (100.00 %) VMware 2 15 (23.44 %) Microsoft 3 14 (21.88 %) Cisco 4 10 (15.63 %) IBM 4 10 (15.63 %) HP 5 9 (14.06 %) Dell 6 8 (12.50 %) NetApp 7 7 (10.94 %) Citrix 8 4 (6.250 %) Altiris 9 3 (4.688 %) Compaq 10 2 (3.125 %) PlateSpin 10 2 (3.125 %) Intel 11 1 (1.563 %) VERITAS 11 1 (1.563 %) LANDesk 11 1 (1.563 %) WatchGuard 11 1 (1.563 %) Brocade 11 1 (1.563 %) Juniper 11 1 (1.563 %) CommVault 11 1 (1.563 %) Hitachi 11 1 (1.563 %) Oracle