The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Server 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 VMware Server 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 System Software 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
VMware Server
Rank 469 526 540
Rank change year-on-year
+57 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware Server 43 31 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.102% 0.058% 0.027%
As % of the System Software category 1.069% 0.718% 0.373%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 14 5
Average daily rate £400 £363 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.34% -9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £184 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £426
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
Average hourly rate - £18.00 £24.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.77%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.40%
All System Software
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4022 4316 4021
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 9.507% 8.067% 7.259%
Number of daily rates quoted 1957 2091 1790
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £200 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 591 604
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.04 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £37.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Server
UK

VMware Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England VMware Server Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

England VMware Server Daily Rate Trend

VMware Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England VMware Server Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England VMware Server Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Server 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
South East +32 14 £400 -20.00%
West Midlands - 7 £250 -
London +12 6 £365 -2.66%
South West +29 5 £353 -
East of England +12 5 £500 +29.03%
North West +17 2 - -
Yorkshire +2 2 £500 +81.81%
East Midlands +2 2 - -
VMware Server
UK

VMware Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 68 (100.00%) VMware
2 55 (80.88%) Windows
3 33 (48.53%) Windows Server 2008
4 32 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
5 27 (39.71%) Active Directory
6 23 (33.82%) Citrix
6 23 (33.82%) MS Exchange
7 18 (26.47%) Windows 7
8 17 (25.00%) SQL Server
9 15 (22.06%) Linux
9 15 (22.06%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (22.06%) Exchange Server 2010
10 14 (20.59%) SAN
11 13 (19.12%) Finance
11 13 (19.12%) LAN
12 12 (17.65%) Cisco
12 12 (17.65%) Migration
12 12 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
13 11 (16.18%) DNS
13 11 (16.18%) HP
13 11 (16.18%) WAN
13 11 (16.18%) MS Excel
13 11 (16.18%) Oracle
13 11 (16.18%) SQL
14 10 (14.71%) UNIX
15 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
15 9 (13.24%) MS Office
15 9 (13.24%) XenApp
16 8 (11.76%) IIS

VMware Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (4.412%) LAMP
2 2 (2.941%) RESTful
2 2 (2.941%) REST
2 2 (2.941%) Java EE
2 2 (2.941%) JMS
2 2 (2.941%) COM
2 2 (2.941%) SOAP
2 2 (2.941%) XML
2 2 (2.941%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 23 (33.82%) MS Exchange
2 15 (22.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (11.76%) IIS
5 7 (10.29%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (5.882%) Lync
7 3 (4.412%) Commerce Server
8 2 (2.941%) ActiveMQ
8 2 (2.941%) ESB
8 2 (2.941%) SharePoint
8 2 (2.941%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (1.471%) Apache
9 1 (1.471%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 11 (16.18%) MS Excel
2 9 (13.24%) MS Office
3 5 (7.353%) MS Visio
4 4 (5.882%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (5.882%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (20.59%) SAN
2 13 (19.12%) LAN
3 11 (16.18%) DNS
3 11 (16.18%) WAN
4 8 (11.76%) TCP/IP
5 6 (8.824%) DHCP
6 4 (5.882%) Unified Communications
6 4 (5.882%) Nortel Meridian
6 4 (5.882%) VPN
6 4 (5.882%) HTTP
7 3 (4.412%) xDSL
7 3 (4.412%) NAS
8 2 (2.941%) Firewall
8 2 (2.941%) Wireless
8 2 (2.941%) ATM
9 1 (1.471%) WLAN
9 1 (1.471%) SMTP
9 1 (1.471%) Ethernet
9 1 (1.471%) DMZ
9 1 (1.471%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.824%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.941%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.941%) MySQL
4 1 (1.471%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.471%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.471%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.471%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (1.471%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.471%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.471%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (1.471%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (1.471%) LoadRunner
1 1 (1.471%) Oracle APEX
General
1 13 (19.12%) Finance
2 7 (10.29%) Retail
3 4 (5.882%) Banking
4 2 (2.941%) Investment Banking
4 2 (2.941%) French Language
4 2 (2.941%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.471%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (14.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (13.24%) Architect
3 8 (11.76%) Analyst
4 7 (10.29%) 3rd Line Support
5 6 (8.824%) Consultant
6 4 (5.882%) VMware Engineer
6 4 (5.882%) Server Engineer
6 4 (5.882%) Wintel Engineer
6 4 (5.882%) Technical Architect
6 4 (5.882%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.882%) Server Support
7 3 (4.412%) Support Engineer
7 3 (4.412%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (4.412%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.412%) Network Manager
7 3 (4.412%) Designer
8 2 (2.941%) Data Centre Project Manager
8 2 (2.941%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (2.941%) Server Support Specialist
8 2 (2.941%) Data Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.353%) IVR
2 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.941%) Clustering
2 2 (2.941%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.941%) Replication
3 1 (1.471%) CLARiiON
3 1 (1.471%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.471%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 55 (80.88%) Windows
2 33 (48.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (26.47%) Windows 7
4 15 (22.06%) Linux
4 15 (22.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (14.71%) UNIX
6 5 (7.353%) Windows XP
7 4 (5.882%) SUSE
8 3 (4.412%) Windows 2000
8 3 (4.412%) Solaris
8 3 (4.412%) VMS
8 3 (4.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.471%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (17.65%) Migration
2 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (10.29%) Disaster Recovery
3 7 (10.29%) Configuration Management
4 6 (8.824%) Change Management
5 5 (7.353%) ITIL
5 5 (7.353%) TOGAF
6 4 (5.882%) Time Management
6 4 (5.882%) PRINCE2
7 3 (4.412%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.412%) Project Management
8 2 (2.941%) PRINCE
8 2 (2.941%) Unified Process
8 2 (2.941%) SOA
8 2 (2.941%) UML
9 1 (1.471%) Service Management
9 1 (1.471%) Performance Testing
9 1 (1.471%) Test Management
9 1 (1.471%) Test Scripting
9 1 (1.471%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 11 (16.18%) SQL
2 2 (2.941%) Java
2 2 (2.941%) PHP
3 1 (1.471%) C
3 1 (1.471%) Perl
3 1 (1.471%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.471%) Python
3 1 (1.471%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (13.24%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (8.824%) MCSE
3 5 (7.353%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (7.353%) MCITP
4 4 (5.882%) Degree
5 3 (4.412%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.941%) MCP
7 1 (1.471%) MCSA
7 1 (1.471%) ISEB
7 1 (1.471%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.471%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.471%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.471%) HP AIS
7 1 (1.471%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (1.471%) Microsoft Certified Master
7 1 (1.471%) Microsoft Certified Architect
7 1 (1.471%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (39.71%) Active Directory
3 9 (13.24%) XenApp
4 7 (10.29%) vSphere
5 5 (7.353%) XenDesktop
6 3 (4.412%) Terminal Services
6 3 (4.412%) Hyper-V
6 3 (4.412%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (2.941%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (1.471%) NFS
8 1 (1.471%) Samba
8 1 (1.471%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (1.471%) Postfix
8 1 (1.471%) Squid
8 1 (1.471%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 4 (5.882%) Backup Exec
1 4 (5.882%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 3 (4.412%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.941%) CA Wily
3 2 (2.941%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (2.941%) OpenView
4 1 (1.471%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 1 (1.471%) ARCserve
4 1 (1.471%) Legato
4 1 (1.471%) Tivoli
4 1 (1.471%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.471%) SCCM
4 1 (1.471%) SCOM
4 1 (1.471%) HP Data Protector
4 1 (1.471%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (1.471%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (1.471%) HP SIM
4 1 (1.471%) Puppet
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) VMware
2 32 (47.06%) Microsoft
3 23 (33.82%) Citrix
4 12 (17.65%) Cisco
5 11 (16.18%) HP
5 11 (16.18%) Oracle
6 7 (10.29%) Red Hat
7 6 (8.824%) Symantec
8 5 (7.353%) NetApp
9 4 (5.882%) Nortel
9 4 (5.882%) Adobe
10 3 (4.412%) EMC
10 3 (4.412%) FalconStor
11 2 (2.941%) 3PAR
11 2 (2.941%) Mercator
11 2 (2.941%) Lotus
11 2 (2.941%) Dell
12 1 (1.471%) IBM
12 1 (1.471%) Intel
12 1 (1.471%) McAfee
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