The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 19 June 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 North East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 29 41 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESX 6 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.993% 1.270% -
As % of the System Software category 20.00% 10.45% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 0
Average daily rate £275 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-35.29% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £294
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-6.25% -4.00%
All System Software
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
30 67 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 9.967% 12.16% 7.440%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 28 13
Average daily rate £328 £350 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.42% +9.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £247 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £381 £505 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £318 £305
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 4
Average hourly rate £11.00 £12.33 £11.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.78% +3.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.10 £9.84
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £25.00 £21.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East VMware ESX Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East VMware ESX Hourly Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the North East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear +13 5 - - 3
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (55.56%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (55.56%) Fibre Channel
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (55.56%) vSphere
3 5 (55.56%) HP
3 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco
4 4 (44.44%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 2 (22.22%) SCCM
5 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
5 2 (22.22%) Replication
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) MCSE
6 1 (11.11%) LAN
6 1 (11.11%) WAN
6 1 (11.11%) DHCP
6 1 (11.11%) DNS
6 1 (11.11%) EMC
6 1 (11.11%) Citrix
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (11.11%) Internet

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 5 (55.56%) Fibre Channel
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (11.11%) LAN
3 1 (11.11%) WAN
3 1 (11.11%) DHCP
3 1 (11.11%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) VMware Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Storage Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Storage Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Replication
2 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (55.56%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (55.56%) vSphere
3 2 (22.22%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) HP
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) EMC
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
Darlington, North East
The role is a 3 month contract with likely extensions.The Role:The role is providing business as usual 3rd line support alongside project work on a Windows...
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Rate: £250.00 - £300.00 per day + Negotiable Depending On Experience
Posted: 7 June 2013
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