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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts within the East of England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVMware
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank60112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+52
Matching contract IT job ads9249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.049 %
As % of the category below5.714 %2.571 %
Daily rates quoted1918
Average minimum daily rate£286£274
Average daily rate£305£281
% change on same period last year+8.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£289
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£341
% change on same period last year+4.97 %
Hourly rates quoted93
Average minimum hourly rate£21.22£33.33
Average hourly rate£22.17£36.67
% change on same period last year-39.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.11£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.78£28.86
% change on same period last year-10.67 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads16101906
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.125 %1.898 %
Daily rates quoted459565
Average minimum daily rate£336£328
Average daily rate£356£348
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£358
% change on same period last year+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted202301
Average minimum hourly rate£23.86£24.14
Average hourly rate£24.88£25.47
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.90£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.70£24.82
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
VMware EnglandVMware
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within VMware, Inc.

VMware
Demand Trend

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

East of England VMware Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East of England VMware Daily Rate Histogram

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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 across the East of England region.

East of England VMware Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East of England VMware Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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+2423£306-
NorfolkUp+1621£254-28.77 %
HertfordshireUp+2420£316-18.60 %
EssexUp+711£332-
SuffolkNew entry-11--
East AngliaUp+56£325-
VMware EnglandVMware
England

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

181 (54.73 %)Windows
269 (46.62 %)MS Exchange
364 (43.24 %)VMware Infrastructure
454 (36.49 %)Active Directory
552 (35.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
648 (32.43 %)Windows Server 2003
747 (31.76 %)Microsoft
844 (29.73 %)VMware ESX
937 (25.00 %)SAN
1035 (23.65 %)HP
1132 (21.62 %)Citrix
1229 (19.59 %)Linux
1326 (17.57 %)Microsoft Certification
1326 (17.57 %)Cisco
1425 (16.89 %)LAN
1425 (16.89 %)MCSE
1425 (16.89 %)Exchange Server 2007
1519 (12.84 %)SharePoint
1519 (12.84 %)Dell
1618 (12.16 %)SQL
1618 (12.16 %)Migration
1717 (11.49 %)WAN
1717 (11.49 %)DNS
1816 (10.81 %)Windows 2000 Server
1816 (10.81 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1915 (10.14 %)IBM
2014 (9.459 %)Citrix Presentation Server
2113 (8.784 %)NetApp
2113 (8.784 %)Solaris
2212 (8.108 %)Perl

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (0.676 %)ASP
11 (0.676 %)X-Windows
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
169 (46.62 %)MS Exchange
252 (35.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
325 (16.89 %)Exchange Server 2007
419 (12.84 %)SharePoint
510 (6.757 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
67 (4.730 %)Exchange Server 2000
72 (1.351 %)Lotus Notes
72 (1.351 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.676 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (0.676 %)IIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
111 (7.432 %)MS Excel
25 (3.378 %)MS Project
34 (2.703 %)MS Office
42 (1.351 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (2.703 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.676 %)assyst
21 (0.676 %)BASE24
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (25.00 %)SAN
225 (16.89 %)LAN
317 (11.49 %)WAN
317 (11.49 %)DNS
412 (8.108 %)TCP/IP
510 (6.757 %)iSCSI
69 (6.081 %)MPLS
78 (5.405 %)VoIP
87 (4.730 %)Firewall
96 (4.054 %)Network Security
105 (3.378 %)DHCP
112 (1.351 %)VPN
112 (1.351 %)SNMP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (6.757 %)SQL Server
22 (1.351 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (0.676 %)Oracle 11g
31 (0.676 %)Oracle 9i
31 (0.676 %)RDBMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.027 %)MSI
21 (0.676 %)TestDirector
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (6.081 %)Finance
26 (4.054 %)Telecoms
35 (3.378 %)Construction
35 (3.378 %)Manufacturing
44 (2.703 %)Back Office
53 (2.027 %)Insurance
53 (2.027 %)Government
62 (1.351 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (1.351 %)Chemicals
62 (1.351 %)Retail
71 (0.676 %)Investment Banking
71 (0.676 %)Banking
71 (0.676 %)Electric
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (14.86 %)Analyst
219 (12.84 %)3rd Line Support
313 (8.784 %)Support Analyst
313 (8.784 %)Consultant
412 (8.108 %)Server Engineer
511 (7.432 %)Server Support
610 (6.757 %)Support Engineer
610 (6.757 %)Administrator
610 (6.757 %)Storage Engineer
79 (6.081 %)Infrastructure Engineer
87 (4.730 %)Infrastructure Consultant
87 (4.730 %)Wintel Engineer
87 (4.730 %)Systems Engineer
87 (4.730 %)Desktop Support
96 (4.054 %)2nd Line Support
105 (3.378 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
105 (3.378 %)Citrix Engineer
105 (3.378 %)Citrix Consultant
105 (3.378 %)Infrastructure Analyst
105 (3.378 %)Project Manager
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (6.081 %)Blackberry
19 (6.081 %)Clustering
25 (3.378 %)German Language
31 (0.676 %)IBM Mainframe
31 (0.676 %)NHS
31 (0.676 %)Mainframe
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
181 (54.73 %)Windows
248 (32.43 %)Windows Server 2003
329 (19.59 %)Linux
416 (10.81 %)Windows 2000 Server
513 (8.784 %)Solaris
68 (5.405 %)UNIX
77 (4.730 %)Windows 2000
86 (4.054 %)Windows XP
93 (2.027 %)Red Hat Linux
93 (2.027 %)Windows NT
102 (1.351 %)AIX
102 (1.351 %)HPUX
102 (1.351 %)Windows Vista
111 (0.676 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.676 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
111 (0.676 %)Tru64
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (12.16 %)Migration
27 (4.730 %)ITIL
35 (3.378 %)Security Cleared
35 (3.378 %)SC Cleared
44 (2.703 %)PRINCE2
44 (2.703 %)BC Cleared
53 (2.027 %)Project Management
62 (1.351 %)Network Design
62 (1.351 %)Project Planning
62 (1.351 %)Load Balancing
71 (0.676 %)Matrix Management
71 (0.676 %)Logistics
71 (0.676 %)Systems Analysis
71 (0.676 %)Compatibility Testing
71 (0.676 %)Integration Testing
71 (0.676 %)Technical Architecture
71 (0.676 %)Security Management
71 (0.676 %)Service Delivery
71 (0.676 %)Regression Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (12.16 %)SQL
212 (8.108 %)Perl
36 (4.054 %)C
42 (1.351 %)Shell Script
42 (1.351 %)PowerShell
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (17.57 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (16.89 %)MCSE
316 (10.81 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
410 (6.757 %)CCNA
410 (6.757 %)Cisco Certification
54 (2.703 %)Citrix Certification
63 (2.027 %)CCNP
72 (1.351 %)ISEB
72 (1.351 %)CCDP
72 (1.351 %)RHCE
81 (0.676 %)Degree
81 (0.676 %)MCP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (3.378 %)SLA
22 (1.351 %)GxP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
164 (43.24 %)VMware Infrastructure
254 (36.49 %)Active Directory
344 (29.73 %)VMware ESX
414 (9.459 %)Citrix Presentation Server
57 (4.730 %)NFS
57 (4.730 %)Backup Exec
65 (3.378 %)VMware Workstation
74 (2.703 %)Terminal Server
83 (2.027 %)VMware Server
83 (2.027 %)NetBackup
92 (1.351 %)VMware GSX
101 (0.676 %)Terminal Services
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (5.405 %)MOM
22 (1.351 %)OpenView Configuration Management
22 (1.351 %)Tivoli
22 (1.351 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (1.351 %)OpenView
31 (0.676 %)SCCM
31 (0.676 %)WSUS
31 (0.676 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
147 (31.76 %)Microsoft
235 (23.65 %)HP
332 (21.62 %)Citrix
426 (17.57 %)Cisco
519 (12.84 %)Dell
615 (10.14 %)IBM
713 (8.784 %)NetApp
88 (5.405 %)Altiris
95 (3.378 %)Oracle
104 (2.703 %)Red Hat
104 (2.703 %)AppSense
104 (2.703 %)Compaq
104 (2.703 %)EMC
113 (2.027 %)PlateSpin
113 (2.027 %)Intel
122 (1.351 %)Symantec
122 (1.351 %)Sophos
122 (1.351 %)Avaya
122 (1.351 %)VERITAS
122 (1.351 %)Lotus