The first table below looks at the demand for SCVMM skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SCVMM over the 3 months to 21 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 Systems Management category for the England 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
Rank 484 545 553
Rank change year-on-year
+61 +8
Contract jobs citing SCVMM 28 12 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.066% 0.022% 0.004%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.978% 0.365% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 2
Average daily rate £375 £350 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -26.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £180 £350 £455
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £535 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Systems Management
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
2862 3287 3228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 6.765% 6.143% 5.827%
Number of daily rates quoted 1641 1695 1572
Average daily rate £375 £353 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -6.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 156 212
Average hourly rate £20.50 £20.00 £23.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% -14.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.66 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
SCVMM
UK

SCVMM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SCVMM across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

England SCVMM Jobs Demand Trend

SCVMM
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SCVMM across the England region.

England SCVMM Daily Rate Trend

SCVMM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SCVMM across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England SCVMM Daily Rate Histogram

SCVMM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SCVMM within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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
London +30 20 £450 -
South East +25 2 £375 +3.44%
North West +16 2 - -
West Midlands +14 2 £275 -21.42%
Yorkshire +5 1 £350 -
South West - 1 £525 -
SCVMM
UK

SCVMM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SCVMM 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 SCVMM.

1 35 (94.59%) Hyper-V
2 33 (89.19%) Windows
3 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
4 26 (70.27%) SCOM
5 24 (64.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 18 (48.65%) Active Directory
7 17 (45.95%) SAN
8 16 (43.24%) SQL
8 16 (43.24%) SCCM
9 15 (40.54%) PowerShell
10 14 (37.84%) Windows Server 2003
10 14 (37.84%) Windows Server 2012
11 13 (35.14%) Dell
11 13 (35.14%) MS Exchange
11 13 (35.14%) QA
12 12 (32.43%) VLAN
12 12 (32.43%) Broadcom
12 12 (32.43%) Exchange Server 2010
12 12 (32.43%) Exchange Server 2013
13 11 (29.73%) WSUS
13 11 (29.73%) DHCP
13 11 (29.73%) DNS
13 11 (29.73%) Symantec
14 10 (27.03%) SMTP
14 10 (27.03%) Windows XP
14 10 (27.03%) VMware
14 10 (27.03%) Backup Exec
14 10 (27.03%) Network Load Balancing
14 10 (27.03%) Windows 8
15 9 (24.32%) VMware Infrastructure

SCVMM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SCVMM 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 SCVMM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET
1 4 (10.81%) .NET
2 1 (2.703%) JMS
2 1 (2.703%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 13 (35.14%) MS Exchange
2 12 (32.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (32.43%) Exchange Server 2013
3 6 (16.22%) SharePoint
4 4 (10.81%) IIS
5 2 (5.405%) Lync
5 2 (5.405%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (2.703%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 17 (45.95%) SAN
2 12 (32.43%) VLAN
3 11 (29.73%) DHCP
3 11 (29.73%) DNS
4 10 (27.03%) SMTP
5 9 (24.32%) Kerberos
6 7 (18.92%) LAN
6 7 (18.92%) WAN
7 5 (13.51%) Internet
8 3 (8.108%) iSCSI
8 3 (8.108%) VPN
9 2 (5.405%) TCP/IP
10 1 (2.703%) NAS
10 1 (2.703%) Firewall
10 1 (2.703%) Fibre Channel
10 1 (2.703%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.81%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (10.81%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (8.108%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Visual Studio
1 4 (10.81%) Subversion
General
1 2 (5.405%) Finance
1 2 (5.405%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Consultant
1 8 (21.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Support Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Applications Support
2 4 (10.81%) Applications Support Engineer
2 4 (10.81%) Server Engineer
3 3 (8.108%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 3 (8.108%) Architect
4 2 (5.405%) Analyst
4 2 (5.405%) Network Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (5.405%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 2 (5.405%) Project Engineer
4 2 (5.405%) Network Specialist
5 1 (2.703%) Microsoft Consultant
5 1 (2.703%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (2.703%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (2.703%) Storage Consultant
5 1 (2.703%) IT Architect
5 1 (2.703%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (24.32%) EqualLogic
2 4 (10.81%) Clustering
3 3 (8.108%) Blackberry
4 2 (5.405%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.703%) Cryptography
5 1 (2.703%) Fat Client
5 1 (2.703%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 33 (89.19%) Windows
2 24 (64.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (37.84%) Windows Server 2003
3 14 (37.84%) Windows Server 2012
4 10 (27.03%) Windows XP
4 10 (27.03%) Windows 8
5 3 (8.108%) Windows Vista
6 2 (5.405%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Network Load Balancing
2 4 (10.81%) Workflow
2 4 (10.81%) Software Testing
3 3 (8.108%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (8.108%) Automated Testing
3 3 (8.108%) Migration
3 3 (8.108%) Continuous Integration
3 3 (8.108%) Time Management
3 3 (8.108%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (5.405%) ITIL
4 2 (5.405%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.405%) Data Protection
4 2 (5.405%) Data Management
5 1 (2.703%) TOGAF
5 1 (2.703%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.703%) Programme Office Management
5 1 (2.703%) Release Management
5 1 (2.703%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.703%) Change Control
5 1 (2.703%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 16 (43.24%) SQL
2 15 (40.54%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.81%) C#
4 3 (8.108%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.703%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (21.62%) MCSE
3 3 (8.108%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.405%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.405%) Degree
5 1 (2.703%) MCTS
5 1 (2.703%) MCITP
5 1 (2.703%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.703%) ISEB
5 1 (2.703%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.703%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.703%) CCSP
5 1 (2.703%) CCNA
5 1 (2.703%) MCP
5 1 (2.703%) MCSA
5 1 (2.703%) MCT
5 1 (2.703%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (35.14%) QA
2 1 (2.703%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (94.59%) Hyper-V
2 18 (48.65%) Active Directory
3 9 (24.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (16.22%) XenApp
5 3 (8.108%) VMware ESX
6 2 (5.405%) vSphere
6 2 (5.405%) XenDesktop
6 2 (5.405%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.703%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (2.703%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 26 (70.27%) SCOM
2 16 (43.24%) SCCM
3 11 (29.73%) WSUS
4 10 (27.03%) Backup Exec
5 5 (13.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (5.405%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (2.703%) OpenView
Vendors
1 28 (75.68%) Microsoft
2 13 (35.14%) Dell
3 12 (32.43%) Broadcom
4 11 (29.73%) Symantec
5 10 (27.03%) VMware
6 6 (16.22%) Citrix
7 5 (13.51%) HP
8 4 (10.81%) LANDesk
9 3 (8.108%) EMC
10 2 (5.405%) Remedy
11 1 (2.703%) AppSense
11 1 (2.703%) Wyse
11 1 (2.703%) NetApp
11 1 (2.703%) StorageTek
11 1 (2.703%) Cisco
11 1 (2.703%) Sun
11 1 (2.703%) Oracle
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