The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 24 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 System Software category for the East Sussex 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 25 38 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 6 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 2.564% 0.938% -
As % of the System Software category 30.00% 10.34% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
Average daily rate £525 £488 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 29 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 8.547% 9.063% 1.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 0
Average daily rate £525 £380 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.15% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 6 0
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Sussex VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brighton +5 1 £400 -17.94%
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 14 (87.50%) SAN
3 13 (81.25%) Cisco
4 11 (68.75%) SharePoint
5 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
6 8 (50.00%) NAS
6 8 (50.00%) XenApp
6 8 (50.00%) Fat Client
6 8 (50.00%) Thin Client
6 8 (50.00%) HP
6 8 (50.00%) Citrix
7 7 (43.75%) NetApp
7 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
7 7 (43.75%) Firewall
7 7 (43.75%) XenServer
8 6 (37.50%) XenDesktop
8 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
8 6 (37.50%) SCCM
8 6 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (37.50%) Project Management
8 6 (37.50%) vSphere
8 6 (37.50%) Mobile Computing
8 6 (37.50%) Software Distribution
9 5 (31.25%) NetScreen
9 5 (31.25%) EMC
9 5 (31.25%) LAN

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 5 (31.25%) COM+
2 1 (6.250%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (68.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (31.25%) IIS
2 5 (31.25%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 14 (87.50%) SAN
2 8 (50.00%) NAS
3 7 (43.75%) TCP/IP
3 7 (43.75%) Firewall
4 5 (31.25%) NetScreen
4 5 (31.25%) LAN
4 5 (31.25%) WAN
5 1 (6.250%) CTI
5 1 (6.250%) DHCP
5 1 (6.250%) DNS
5 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
5 1 (6.250%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
1 1 (6.250%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Architect
2 8 (50.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 5 (31.25%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Desktop Support
4 1 (6.250%) Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (6.250%) IT Architect
4 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 8 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 6 (37.50%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
3 1 (6.250%) Clustering
3 1 (6.250%) CCTV
3 1 (6.250%) Computer Science
3 1 (6.250%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 14 (87.50%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows 7
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Project Management
1 6 (37.50%) Software Distribution
2 5 (31.25%) TOGAF
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
4 2 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (37.50%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (31.25%) CCNA
3 5 (31.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (31.25%) MCTS
3 5 (31.25%) MCITP
4 2 (12.50%) MCSE
5 1 (6.250%) MCSA
5 1 (6.250%) MCP
5 1 (6.250%) CCNP
5 1 (6.250%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) Hyper-V
2 8 (50.00%) XenApp
3 7 (43.75%) XenServer
4 6 (37.50%) XenDesktop
4 6 (37.50%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (37.50%) SCCM
2 5 (31.25%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
3 1 (6.250%) HP SIM
3 1 (6.250%) WSUS
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 13 (81.25%) Cisco
4 8 (50.00%) HP
4 8 (50.00%) Citrix
5 7 (43.75%) NetApp
6 5 (31.25%) EMC
7 2 (12.50%) Nortel
7 2 (12.50%) Avaya
8 1 (6.250%) Juniper
8 1 (6.250%) CheckPoint
8 1 (6.250%) ProCurve
8 1 (6.250%) F5
8 1 (6.250%) Verint
8 1 (6.250%) Fujitsu
8 1 (6.250%) Mitel
8 1 (6.250%) Altiris