The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 London 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 112 88 160
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +72
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 391 586 381
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 1.805% 2.175% 1.226%
As % of the System Software category 23.73% 27.97% 20.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 332 234
Average daily rate £400 £350 £396
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -11.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £498 £497
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 24 15
Average hourly rate £25.00 £19.75 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.58% -21.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £12.50 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £30.15 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1648 2095 1868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.610% 7.777% 6.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 973 1198 968
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 180 204
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £12.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £36.70 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Histogram

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 London region.

London VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London -17 121 £425 +21.42%
Greenwich +5 2 £365 -7.59%
Canary Wharf -1 2 - -
Docklands, London -1 2 £313 -10.71%
Uxbridge +5 1 £325 -
Hammersmith +3 1 - -
Ealing +2 1 - -
Wembley - 1 - -
Romford - 1 £288 -
Southwark - 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 780 (100.00%) VMware
2 520 (66.67%) Windows
3 318 (40.77%) Active Directory
4 280 (35.90%) Microsoft
5 277 (35.51%) Windows Server 2008
6 267 (34.23%) Citrix
7 242 (31.03%) SAN
8 239 (30.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 219 (28.08%) HP
10 215 (27.56%) Linux
11 188 (24.10%) Finance
12 164 (21.03%) MS Exchange
12 164 (21.03%) vSphere
13 163 (20.90%) Cisco
14 155 (19.87%) ITIL
15 153 (19.62%) VMware ESX
16 131 (16.79%) DNS
17 126 (16.15%) SQL
18 123 (15.77%) UNIX
19 121 (15.51%) Migration
20 111 (14.23%) SQL Server
21 109 (13.97%) Red Hat
22 108 (13.85%) Oracle
22 108 (13.85%) NAS
23 107 (13.72%) EMC
24 105 (13.46%) Windows 7
25 104 (13.33%) Firewall
26 102 (13.08%) XenApp
27 101 (12.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
28 99 (12.69%) Exchange Server 2010

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 Development
1 69 (8.846%) .NET
2 38 (4.872%) Web Services
3 34 (4.359%) Middleware
4 25 (3.205%) ASP.NET
5 23 (2.949%) Application Packaging
6 17 (2.179%) ADSI
6 17 (2.179%) .NET Framework
7 9 (1.154%) WSH
8 7 (0.897%) HTML
8 7 (0.897%) COM
9 5 (0.641%) XML
10 4 (0.513%) WebSphere
10 4 (0.513%) J2EE
10 4 (0.513%) ASP
11 3 (0.385%) LAMP
11 3 (0.385%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (0.256%) Regular Expression
12 2 (0.256%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.256%) Struts
12 2 (0.256%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 164 (21.03%) MS Exchange
2 99 (12.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 97 (12.44%) IIS
4 72 (9.231%) SharePoint
5 57 (7.308%) Apache
6 55 (7.051%) Exchange Server 2007
7 52 (6.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 37 (4.744%) Exchange Server 2003
9 26 (3.333%) Tomcat
10 18 (2.308%) SharePoint 2010
11 13 (1.667%) Lync
12 10 (1.282%) Office Communications Server
13 9 (1.154%) Lotus Notes
13 9 (1.154%) Amazon AWS
14 8 (1.026%) SharePoint Server
14 8 (1.026%) Lotus Domino
15 7 (0.897%) Oracle Application Server
15 7 (0.897%) Oracle SOA Suite
16 6 (0.769%) Confluence
17 5 (0.641%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 70 (8.974%) MS Excel
2 63 (8.077%) MS Office
3 13 (1.667%) MS Visio
4 12 (1.538%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (1.154%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.385%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.256%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.128%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 5 (0.641%) Oracle Applications
1 5 (0.641%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.256%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.128%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 242 (31.03%) SAN
2 131 (16.79%) DNS
3 108 (13.85%) NAS
4 104 (13.33%) Firewall
5 99 (12.69%) DHCP
6 71 (9.103%) LAN
7 67 (8.590%) TCP/IP
8 65 (8.333%) WAN
9 58 (7.436%) VPN
10 53 (6.795%) Internet
11 39 (5.000%) Cisco ASA
12 35 (4.487%) iSCSI
13 27 (3.462%) SSL
14 26 (3.333%) Wireless
15 25 (3.205%) Cisco Nexus
16 24 (3.077%) MPLS
16 24 (3.077%) LDAP
17 23 (2.949%) SMTP
18 20 (2.564%) VoIP
19 19 (2.436%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (14.23%) SQL Server
2 58 (7.436%) SQL Server 2008
3 51 (6.538%) SQL Server 2005
4 25 (3.205%) MySQL
5 20 (2.564%) Oracle Exadata
6 11 (1.410%) Oracle 8/8i
7 9 (1.154%) SQL Server 2012
8 8 (1.026%) Oracle BI EE
9 7 (0.897%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 7 (0.897%) Oracle 11g
10 6 (0.769%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.641%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (0.641%) DTS
12 4 (0.513%) SQL Server 2000
13 3 (0.385%) PostgreSQL
13 3 (0.385%) SQL Server 7
13 3 (0.385%) Oracle 10g
13 3 (0.385%) Crystal Reports
13 3 (0.385%) Oracle Reports
14 2 (0.256%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (2.179%) MSI
1 17 (2.179%) Team Foundation Server
2 12 (1.538%) Jenkins
2 12 (1.538%) Git (software)
3 9 (1.154%) Subversion
4 8 (1.026%) JIRA
5 7 (0.897%) InstallShield
6 5 (0.641%) Hudson
6 5 (0.641%) Gerrit
7 4 (0.513%) Selenium
7 4 (0.513%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.513%) LoadRunner
7 4 (0.513%) Maven
8 3 (0.385%) Ant
9 2 (0.256%) MSBuild
9 2 (0.256%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.256%) ClearCase
9 2 (0.256%) JUnit
9 2 (0.256%) WinRunner
9 2 (0.256%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 188 (24.10%) Finance
2 94 (12.05%) Banking
3 51 (6.538%) Investment Banking
4 26 (3.333%) Financial Institution
5 24 (3.077%) Telecoms
6 12 (1.538%) Law
7 9 (1.154%) Retail
7 9 (1.154%) Marketing
8 8 (1.026%) German Language
9 5 (0.641%) Back Office
9 5 (0.641%) Legal
9 5 (0.641%) Advertising
9 5 (0.641%) Games
10 4 (0.513%) Publishing
11 3 (0.385%) Local Government
12 2 (0.256%) Dutch Language
12 2 (0.256%) Retail Banking
12 2 (0.256%) Military
13 1 (0.128%) Front Office
13 1 (0.128%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 85 (10.90%) Administrator
2 83 (10.64%) Architect
3 82 (10.51%) Analyst
4 71 (9.103%) Consultant
5 60 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
6 46 (5.897%) 3rd Line Support
7 40 (5.128%) Support Engineer
8 38 (4.872%) Systems Engineer
9 37 (4.744%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 28 (3.590%) Wintel Engineer
11 27 (3.462%) Infrastructure Architect
12 26 (3.333%) Server Engineer
13 23 (2.949%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
13 23 (2.949%) Solutions Architect
14 21 (2.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
14 21 (2.692%) Developer
14 21 (2.692%) VMware Consultant
15 20 (2.564%) Project Manager
15 20 (2.564%) UNIX Administrator
15 20 (2.564%) Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 98 (12.56%) Clustering
2 51 (6.538%) Blackberry
3 30 (3.846%) Hedge funds
4 26 (3.333%) CLARiiON
5 20 (2.564%) Computer Science
6 19 (2.436%) Thin Client
6 19 (2.436%) Fat Client
7 17 (2.179%) Replication
8 16 (2.051%) Symmetrix DMX
8 16 (2.051%) Open Source
9 15 (1.923%) Wiki
10 13 (1.667%) Cloud Computing
10 13 (1.667%) IaaS
11 12 (1.538%) PaaS
12 11 (1.410%) Management Information System
13 10 (1.282%) PKI
14 9 (1.154%) SaaS
14 9 (1.154%) EqualLogic
15 8 (1.026%) Video Conferencing
15 8 (1.026%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 520 (66.67%) Windows
2 277 (35.51%) Windows Server 2008
3 239 (30.64%) Windows Server 2003
4 215 (27.56%) Linux
5 123 (15.77%) UNIX
6 105 (13.46%) Windows 7
7 101 (12.95%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 81 (10.38%) Windows XP
9 72 (9.231%) Solaris
10 41 (5.256%) Windows 2000
11 38 (4.872%) Windows Server 2012
12 33 (4.231%) AIX
13 25 (3.205%) Mac OS X
14 22 (2.821%) HPUX
14 22 (2.821%) SUSE
15 18 (2.308%) Windows Vista
16 17 (2.179%) Windows NT
17 15 (1.923%) CentOS
18 11 (1.410%) Windows 8
19 7 (0.897%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (19.87%) ITIL
2 121 (15.51%) Migration
3 72 (9.231%) Change Management
4 48 (6.154%) Load Balancing
4 48 (6.154%) Disaster Recovery
5 42 (5.385%) Project Management
6 39 (5.000%) Service Management
7 35 (4.487%) Configuration Management
7 35 (4.487%) Service Delivery
8 30 (3.846%) Incident Management
9 28 (3.590%) PRINCE2
9 28 (3.590%) Capacity Planning
10 26 (3.333%) Problem Management
11 24 (3.077%) Change Control
12 21 (2.692%) Technical Architecture
13 19 (2.436%) Asset Management
14 18 (2.308%) Stakeholder Management
14 18 (2.308%) Workflow
15 16 (2.051%) TOGAF
16 15 (1.923%) RDF
Programming Languages
1 126 (16.15%) SQL
2 83 (10.64%) PowerShell
3 75 (9.615%) Perl
4 44 (5.641%) Shell Script
5 38 (4.872%) VBScript
6 32 (4.103%) VB
7 29 (3.718%) Java
8 28 (3.590%) Python
9 25 (3.205%) Bash shell
10 24 (3.077%) C#
11 17 (2.179%) Korn
12 15 (1.923%) Ruby
12 15 (1.923%) C
13 14 (1.795%) VB.NET
14 12 (1.538%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.410%) PHP
16 9 (1.154%) JavaScript
17 6 (0.769%) PL/SQL
18 5 (0.641%) R
19 4 (0.513%) sed
Qualifications
1 91 (11.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 78 (10.00%) MCSE
3 54 (6.923%) Cisco Certification
4 53 (6.795%) Security Cleared
5 49 (6.282%) Degree
6 38 (4.872%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 37 (4.744%) CCNA
8 34 (4.359%) Citrix Certification
9 33 (4.231%) MCITP
10 29 (3.718%) DV Cleared
11 23 (2.949%) CCA
12 22 (2.821%) MCSA
13 16 (2.051%) CCEA
13 16 (2.051%) RHCE
13 16 (2.051%) MCP
13 16 (2.051%) CCNP
14 14 (1.795%) SC Cleared
15 10 (1.282%) MCTS
16 8 (1.026%) CCEE
16 8 (1.026%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.974%) SLA
2 9 (1.154%) PCI DSS
3 8 (1.026%) QA
4 6 (0.769%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 6 (0.769%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.385%) Solvency II
6 2 (0.256%) GxP
7 1 (0.128%) TickIT
7 1 (0.128%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.128%) COBIT
System Software
1 318 (40.77%) Active Directory
2 164 (21.03%) vSphere
3 153 (19.62%) VMware ESX
4 102 (13.08%) XenApp
5 83 (10.64%) Hyper-V
6 59 (7.564%) VMware ESXi
7 43 (5.513%) XenDesktop
8 36 (4.615%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 31 (3.974%) Microsoft App-V
10 29 (3.718%) XenServer
11 28 (3.590%) vCloud
12 19 (2.436%) Veritas Cluster Server
13 14 (1.795%) Veritas Volume Manager
14 12 (1.538%) VMware Workstation
15 11 (1.410%) NFS
15 11 (1.410%) Terminal Services
16 10 (1.282%) SRDF
17 9 (1.154%) ProxySG
17 9 (1.154%) VMware Server
17 9 (1.154%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 86 (11.03%) SCCM
2 84 (10.77%) SCOM
3 46 (5.897%) Puppet
4 36 (4.615%) Backup Exec
5 31 (3.974%) NetBackup
6 26 (3.333%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 18 (2.308%) Tivoli
8 17 (2.179%) Nagios
8 17 (2.179%) Legato
8 17 (2.179%) Norton AntiVirus
9 16 (2.051%) WSUS
10 13 (1.667%) MAILsweeper
11 12 (1.538%) Red Hat Spacewalk
12 11 (1.410%) BladeLogic
13 10 (1.282%) HP Data Protector
13 10 (1.282%) BMC Performance Manager
13 10 (1.282%) BMC PATROL
14 9 (1.154%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 9 (1.154%) HP Operations Orchestration
15 8 (1.026%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 780 (100.00%) VMware
2 280 (35.90%) Microsoft
3 267 (34.23%) Citrix
4 219 (28.08%) HP
5 163 (20.90%) Cisco
6 109 (13.97%) Red Hat
7 108 (13.85%) Oracle
8 107 (13.72%) EMC
9 99 (12.69%) NetApp
10 66 (8.462%) IBM
11 63 (8.077%) Veritas
12 62 (7.949%) Symantec
13 58 (7.436%) Dell
14 50 (6.410%) Sun
15 45 (5.769%) F5
16 38 (4.872%) Altiris
17 36 (4.615%) BMC
18 32 (4.103%) Brocade
18 32 (4.103%) McAfee
19 28 (3.590%) Sophos
City of London
Infrastructure Engineer - Cisco, Unified Comms, NetApp, VmwareMy client is currently looking for a broadly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to join their busy Infrastructure team for a global project.
Mint
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 30 April 2013
London
Essential skills include experience with: Windows Server 2003/2008 Windows XP/7 Exchange Active Directory Microsoft Office Applications Networking Virtualisation Advantageous skills include experience with: VMware Hyper-V...
Roc Search
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
A great opportunity has arisen working for my London based client, they are looking for an infrastructure support engineer to join their busy team on a 6 month...
Computer Futures
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
For our client, a huge global consultancy company, we are looking for a Citrix Senior Engineer to work on a 3 month (possibly rolling) paying up to £425...
Computer Futures
Rate: £400 - £425 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Capacity Management... Business Intelligence. Desktop (Citrix Xen, Microsoft App-V) Application Server (VMWare) Infrastructure (Wintel, storage, database, communications) Troubleshooting of functional, technical, operational, and performance issues, including the...
Coal IT Services
Rate: From £0 to £0 per day market rate
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills Required:- -A proven in-depth experience with Nagios -Strong Debian or Red Hat Linux experience is crucial -Must be confident in at least 1 scripting technology -...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
About your personal attributes:Collaborative working and willing to share knowledge and experienceCustomer focused with excellent rapport building skills - able to comfortably communicate with clients face to face,...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £18000 - £24000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
A global retail brand is looking for an Active directory migration engineer (3rd line) contractor... In this role you will need to have: *Complete understanding of Active Directory,...
Mortimer Spinks
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
infrastructure, windows server, network, exchange, cisco, active directory, windows server, sql, citrix, lyncA leading investment firm require two Windows Infrastructure Analysts with different technical focuses for a minimum...
Hudson IT London
Rate: £350 - £465 per day
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
Microsoft Exchange 2010. *Microsoft SQL Server 2005/08/12. *Microsoft Sharepoint 2010. *Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager / LanDesk... *Brocade Fibre Channel Switches. *Blackberry Enterprise Server... *DNS, WINS, DHCP.
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £320 - £400 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
My client based in London, is looking for a Linux Systems Administrator for an initial 6 month contract. This is one of Computer Futures' top clients and they...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Wide experience in implementing SAN and distributed storage infrastructures with in-depth knowledge of EMC products such as vMAX (Essential) Experience with common application infrastructure deployment models for...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £450 - £500
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Cisco UCS Engineer (VMware, Red Hat, EMC) - Our client, a leading financial services company is looking for a Cisco UCS Engineer (VMware, Red Hat, EMC) to work onsite...
Salt
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
West London
Computer Futures are seeking a Linux Systems Administrator for a client based in West London. This is a 6 month contract with a view to go permanent thereafter.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
They are looking for someone with the following experience: - Linux system administration - Experience in CentOS - Experience with DNS, Wifi products, load balancing - VMware - Clustering and high availability network...
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
SMTP, POP3, LDAP, SSL, TLS, and knowledge of basic network troubleshooting. Outlook Client Support Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Lotus Domino Server, Lotus Notes Client E-Mail Migration and...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Technical Project Manager / Central London / 6 Month Contract / Application Upgrade Project. A well reputed police force is implementingan insider threat management solution to put them in line with...
ReThink Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £310 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Knowledge of MSBuild, WebDeploy,Desirable Knowledge & Experience:*Knowledge of Microsoft technical implementation toolsets (Visual Studio, C# / ASP.NET 1.1 - 4.5)*Knowledge of IIS6 - 8*Knowledge of...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £400 - £500 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013