The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere 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 vSphere over the 3 months to 20 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 29 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -
Contract jobs citing vSphere 5 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.639% 1.099% -
As % of the System Software category 16.13% 8.955% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £450 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £355 £343
% change year-on-year
-8.45% +3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £30.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +50.00%
All System Software
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
31 67 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 10.16% 12.27% 7.366%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 28 13
Average daily rate £330 £350 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +9.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £247 £144
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £505 £518
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
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 £16.50
% change year-on-year
- +3.03%
vSphere
England

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East vSphere Daily Rate Trend

vSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tyne and Wear +11 5 - - 2
Durham - - - -
vSphere
England

vSphere
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 2 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) SAN
1 5 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (40.00%) VMware Support Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Cisco
1 5 (100.00%) HP
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
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