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The table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX Server skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVMware ESX Server
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank5377
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below3.226 %2.439 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£344
% change on same period last year-1.51 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.94£34.28
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads3141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£330£286
Average daily rate£340£327
% change on same period last year+3.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£317
% change on same period last year-0.13 %
Hourly rates quoted27
Average minimum hourly rate£24.00£14.71
Average hourly rate£28.25£17.07
% change on same period last year+65.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.50£19.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.91£21.04
% change on same period last year-0.62 %
VMware ESX EnglandVMware ESX
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VMware ESX
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VMware ESX across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Midlands VMware ESX Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands VMware ESX Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

14 (100.00 %)VMware
23 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Active Directory
23 (75.00 %)HP
23 (75.00 %)Citrix
32 (50.00 %)Windows XP
32 (50.00 %)IBM
32 (50.00 %)LAN
32 (50.00 %)WAN
32 (50.00 %)DHCP
32 (50.00 %)MSI
32 (50.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (50.00 %)ITIL
41 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (25.00 %)Data Management
41 (25.00 %)Insurance
41 (25.00 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (25.00 %)EMC NetWorker
41 (25.00 %)Extranet
41 (25.00 %)DNS
41 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (25.00 %)SharePoint
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)MS Office
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft
41 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
41 (25.00 %)SAN
41 (25.00 %)Legato

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)SharePoint
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)LAN
12 (50.00 %)WAN
12 (50.00 %)DHCP
21 (25.00 %)DNS
21 (25.00 %)SAN
21 (25.00 %)Extranet
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)MSI
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Insurance
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Desktop Engineer
12 (50.00 %)Infrastructure Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Desktop Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Deployment Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Desktop Support
21 (25.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Support Engineer
21 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)Data Management
21 (25.00 %)Network Load Balancing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Active Directory
22 (50.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (25.00 %)Legato
11 (25.00 %)EMC NetWorker
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)VMware
23 (75.00 %)Citrix
23 (75.00 %)HP
32 (50.00 %)IBM
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft
41 (25.00 %)EMC