The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 21 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 Luton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 17 13 10
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -3
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 1 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 1.266% 1.515% 3.774%
As % of the System Software category 9.091% 25.00% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £425 £388 £196
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% +97.45%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £21.50 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+23.25% -4.14%
All System Software
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
11 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 13.92% 6.061% 9.434%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 3
Average daily rate £325 £388 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.12% +51.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £296 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £362 £388 £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Bedfordshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) EMC
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) VMware