The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Ipswich 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 Ipswich 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 16 21 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 2.740% 0.855% 0.833%
As % of the System Software category 28.57% 9.091% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £18.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
7 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 9.589% 9.402% 2.500%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
Average daily rate £250 - £143
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 1
Average hourly rate £13.00 £16.63 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.80% -11.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Infrastructure
Suffolk

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) SLA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Azure
3 1 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Ipswich 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 Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Support Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Support Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Call Centre Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 8
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft