The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Server skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Server 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 Leeds 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 Server
Rank 72 63 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Contract jobs citing VMware Server 2 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.271% 0.460% -
As % of the System Software category 3.390% 5.556% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £500 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.40%
All System Software
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
59 72 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 7.984% 8.285% 7.547%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 18
Average daily rate £278 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £130 £134 £168
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £400 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 7
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.00 £11.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% +1.05%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.39 £10.50 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £23.50 £21.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Server
West Yorkshire

VMware Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VMware Server Daily Rate Trend

VMware Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) JMS
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
1 2 (100.00%) OpenView
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) LAMP
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Process
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
1 2 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
1 2 (100.00%) Java EE
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ESB
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) CA Wily
1 2 (100.00%) REST

VMware Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) JMS
1 2 (100.00%) LAMP
1 2 (100.00%) Java EE
1 2 (100.00%) RESTful
1 2 (100.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
1 2 (100.00%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) HTTP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) UNIX
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Process
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) OpenView
1 2 (100.00%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware