The first table below looks at the demand for vCloud skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited vCloud 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 Essex 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 vCloud
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing vCloud 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex - - -
As % of the System Software category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
-22.75% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
63 68 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 15.00% 16.67% 21.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 36 31
Average daily rate £350 £265 £100
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.07% +165.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £95 £99 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £475 £365
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 27
Average hourly rate £18.75 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £14.60 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £30.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
vCloud
East of England