The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Huntingdon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 23 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 Huntingdon 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing vSphere 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huntingdon - - -
As % of the System Software category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £311 £350 £318
% change year-on-year
-11.07% +10.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £43.37 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-30.82% +116.85%
All System Software
Huntingdon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Huntingdon 14.29% 25.00% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 2
Average daily rate - £295 £90
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +227.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
vSphere
Cambridgeshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Huntingdon vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

Huntingdon vSphere Daily Rate Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) AppSense
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
2 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) XenServer
2 4 (80.00%) SCOM
2 4 (80.00%) Wyse
3 3 (60.00%) Thin Client
3 3 (60.00%) Load Balancing
3 3 (60.00%) Release Management
3 3 (60.00%) Fat Client
3 3 (60.00%) Build Automation
3 3 (60.00%) Change Control
3 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (40.00%) IAG
4 2 (40.00%) CCEE
4 2 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) SLA
4 2 (40.00%) MCSE
5 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (20.00%) Finance

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Huntingdon region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Thin Client
1 3 (60.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Load Balancing
1 3 (60.00%) Release Management
1 3 (60.00%) Build Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Change Control
1 3 (60.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCEE
1 2 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
2 4 (80.00%) XenServer
3 2 (40.00%) IAG
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) AppSense
2 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Wyse