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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.

LinkVMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank102140
Rank change on same period last yearUp+38
Matching contract IT job ads2820
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.021 %
As % of the category below9.556 %6.079 %
Daily rates quoted48
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 quoted22
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 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads293329
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.418 %0.340 %
Daily rates quoted6358
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 quoted7999
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 %
VMware Infrastructure EnglandVMware Infrastructure
England

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.

VMware Infrastructure
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.

East of England VMware Infrastructure Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
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.

East of England VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
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.

East of England VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
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.

East of England VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
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.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeshireUp+2512£375-
NorfolkNew entry-5--
EssexUp+134--
HertfordshireUp+214£325-16.12 %
BedfordshireUp+122--
SuffolkUp+141--
VMware Infrastructure EnglandVMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
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.

164 (100.00 %)VMware
242 (65.63 %)Windows
325 (39.06 %)MS Exchange
423 (35.94 %)Active Directory
521 (32.81 %)Linux
620 (31.25 %)Windows Server 2003
719 (29.69 %)SAN
818 (28.13 %)Exchange Server 2007
917 (26.56 %)Exchange Server 2003
1015 (23.44 %)Microsoft Certification
1015 (23.44 %)MCSE
1015 (23.44 %)Microsoft
1114 (21.88 %)Cisco
1114 (21.88 %)VMware ESX
1213 (20.31 %)Solaris
1312 (18.75 %)SQL
1312 (18.75 %)Clustering
1410 (15.63 %)IBM
1410 (15.63 %)TCP/IP
1410 (15.63 %)HP
159 (14.06 %)Dell
159 (14.06 %)LAN
159 (14.06 %)Migration
168 (12.50 %)WAN
168 (12.50 %)C
168 (12.50 %)NetApp
177 (10.94 %)Citrix
177 (10.94 %)UNIX
177 (10.94 %)Perl
177 (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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (1.563 %)ASP
11 (1.563 %)X-Windows
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (39.06 %)MS Exchange
218 (28.13 %)Exchange Server 2007
317 (26.56 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (6.250 %)SharePoint
53 (4.688 %)IIS
62 (3.125 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.125 %)MS Project
12 (3.125 %)MS Office
12 (3.125 %)MS Visio
21 (1.563 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.563 %)assyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (29.69 %)SAN
210 (15.63 %)TCP/IP
39 (14.06 %)LAN
48 (12.50 %)WAN
57 (10.94 %)iSCSI
66 (9.375 %)DNS
74 (6.250 %)Firewall
74 (6.250 %)DHCP
83 (4.688 %)VPN
83 (4.688 %)MPLS
83 (4.688 %)Network Security
92 (3.125 %)VoIP
101 (1.563 %)Wireless
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (7.813 %)SQL Server
24 (6.250 %)SQL Server 2005
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (4.688 %)Finance
22 (3.125 %)Government
22 (3.125 %)Manufacturing
22 (3.125 %)Insurance
31 (1.563 %)Retail
31 (1.563 %)Chemicals
31 (1.563 %)Electric
31 (1.563 %)Back Office
31 (1.563 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (12.50 %)Analyst
27 (10.94 %)Storage Engineer
36 (9.375 %)Consultant
36 (9.375 %)3rd Line Support
45 (7.813 %)Support Engineer
45 (7.813 %)Administrator
54 (6.250 %)Server Administrator
54 (6.250 %)Server Support
54 (6.250 %)Software Engineer
63 (4.688 %)Support Technician
63 (4.688 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
72 (3.125 %)Server Analyst
72 (3.125 %)Windows Server Engineer
72 (3.125 %)Support Analyst
72 (3.125 %)Project Manager
72 (3.125 %)Server Engineer
72 (3.125 %)Migration Consultant
72 (3.125 %)Technical Analyst
81 (1.563 %)Network Support Engineer
81 (1.563 %)Desktop Engineer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (18.75 %)Clustering
21 (1.563 %)Fat Client
21 (1.563 %)Thin Client
21 (1.563 %)Blackberry
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
142 (65.63 %)Windows
221 (32.81 %)Linux
320 (31.25 %)Windows Server 2003
413 (20.31 %)Solaris
57 (10.94 %)UNIX
57 (10.94 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (7.813 %)AIX
65 (7.813 %)HPUX
72 (3.125 %)Windows 2000
72 (3.125 %)Windows NT
81 (1.563 %)Windows Vista
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (14.06 %)Migration
23 (4.688 %)Project Management
23 (4.688 %)Identity Management
23 (4.688 %)Data Protection
32 (3.125 %)Load Balancing
32 (3.125 %)ITIL
32 (3.125 %)Network Design
32 (3.125 %)Project Planning
41 (1.563 %)Operations Management
41 (1.563 %)Systems Analysis
41 (1.563 %)Service Delivery
41 (1.563 %)Matrix Management
41 (1.563 %)SC Cleared
41 (1.563 %)Security Cleared
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (18.75 %)SQL
28 (12.50 %)C
37 (10.94 %)Perl
45 (7.813 %)C++
45 (7.813 %)Python
52 (3.125 %)PowerShell
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (23.44 %)MCSE
115 (23.44 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (10.94 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
34 (6.250 %)Cisco Certification
34 (6.250 %)CCNA
42 (3.125 %)CCDP
42 (3.125 %)CCNP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (35.94 %)Active Directory
214 (21.88 %)VMware ESX
37 (10.94 %)NFS
44 (6.250 %)NetBackup
44 (6.250 %)Backup Exec
53 (4.688 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (3.125 %)VMware Server
71 (1.563 %)VMware Workstation
71 (1.563 %)ISA Server
71 (1.563 %)Samba
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.563 %)MOM
11 (1.563 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (1.563 %)WSUS
11 (1.563 %)SCCM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
164 (100.00 %)VMware
215 (23.44 %)Microsoft
314 (21.88 %)Cisco
410 (15.63 %)IBM
410 (15.63 %)HP
59 (14.06 %)Dell
68 (12.50 %)NetApp
77 (10.94 %)Citrix
84 (6.250 %)Altiris
93 (4.688 %)Compaq
102 (3.125 %)PlateSpin
102 (3.125 %)Intel
111 (1.563 %)VERITAS
111 (1.563 %)LANDesk
111 (1.563 %)WatchGuard
111 (1.563 %)Brocade
111 (1.563 %)Juniper
111 (1.563 %)CommVault
111 (1.563 %)Hitachi
111 (1.563 %)Oracle