The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 15 20 30
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +10
Contract jobs citing VMware 3 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 4.225% 2.609% 0.833%
As % of the Vendors category 15.00% 6.818% 2.174%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £10.00 £17.25 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.02% -8.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £22.69 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+1.37% +1.14%
All Vendors
Ipswich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20 44 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Ipswich 28.17% 38.26% 38.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 29
Average daily rate £325 £313 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £181 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £420 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 2
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.50 £18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.28% -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
VMware
Suffolk

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

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

Ipswich VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Ipswich VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix
3 2 (33.33%) VPN
3 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
3 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) MS Office
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Blackberry

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (33.33%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) 1st Line Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Team Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Support Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Support Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Help Desk Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Call Centre Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
3 1 (16.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
1 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (16.67%) Migration
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
3 1 (16.67%) XenApp
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco
1 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft