VMware Infrastructure Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 17 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 North West 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 85 80 71
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 33 53 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.437% 1.674% 2.144%
As % of the System Software category 15.07% 19.63% 23.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 26 45
Average daily rate £325 £300 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £248 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £383 £284
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 5 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £15.50 £20.47
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+109.67% -24.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.70 £12.00 £17.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.46 £16.50 £22.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £20.75 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+30.12% -7.48%
All System Software
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 219 270 277
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 9.534% 8.525% 8.996%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 104 136
Average daily rate £263 £313 £255
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +22.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £155 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £450 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 39 39
Average hourly rate £19.04 £17.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.80% +12.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.75 £11.52 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire +4 20 £375 +24.79%
Manchester -3 5 £298 +3.47%
Lancashire +12 3 £325 +109.67%
Merseyside +9 3 - -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 70 (100.00%) VMware
2 58 (82.86%) Windows
3 30 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 29 (41.43%) Microsoft
4 29 (41.43%) Active Directory
5 25 (35.71%) Citrix
6 22 (31.43%) SAN
7 21 (30.00%) Cisco
8 20 (28.57%) SQL Server
9 19 (27.14%) Windows Server 2003
10 17 (24.29%) SCCM
11 16 (22.86%) Hyper-V
11 16 (22.86%) DNS
12 15 (21.43%) Firewall
13 14 (20.00%) VMware ESX
13 14 (20.00%) HP
13 14 (20.00%) ITIL
13 14 (20.00%) MS Exchange
14 12 (17.14%) Windows XP
14 12 (17.14%) LAN
14 12 (17.14%) DHCP
15 11 (15.71%) TCP/IP
15 11 (15.71%) WAN
16 10 (14.29%) SQL
16 10 (14.29%) XenApp
16 10 (14.29%) Windows 7
16 10 (14.29%) vSphere
17 9 (12.86%) Banking
17 9 (12.86%) MS Excel
17 9 (12.86%) Finance

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 4 (5.714%) Middleware
1 4 (5.714%) WebSphere
2 2 (2.857%) .NET
2 2 (2.857%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.429%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 14 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 7 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (8.571%) SharePoint
4 4 (5.714%) WebLogic
4 4 (5.714%) CICS
4 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.429%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.429%) Lync
5 1 (1.429%) IIS
5 1 (1.429%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 9 (12.86%) MS Excel
2 6 (8.571%) MS Office
3 2 (2.857%) Office 365
3 2 (2.857%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.429%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.429%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.429%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.857%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (31.43%) SAN
2 16 (22.86%) DNS
3 15 (21.43%) Firewall
4 12 (17.14%) LAN
4 12 (17.14%) DHCP
5 11 (15.71%) TCP/IP
5 11 (15.71%) WAN
6 6 (8.571%) Network Security
7 5 (7.143%) Internet
8 4 (5.714%) Wireless
8 4 (5.714%) NAS
9 3 (4.286%) VPN
9 3 (4.286%) SNA
10 2 (2.857%) SSL
10 2 (2.857%) VoIP
10 2 (2.857%) WLAN
10 2 (2.857%) VLAN
11 1 (1.429%) MPLS
11 1 (1.429%) Kerberos
11 1 (1.429%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (5.714%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (5.714%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (4.286%) DB2
5 2 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.429%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.429%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.429%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (7.143%) MSI
2 4 (5.714%) InstallShield
2 4 (5.714%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 9 (12.86%) Finance
1 9 (12.86%) Banking
2 4 (5.714%) Local Government
3 3 (4.286%) Retail
3 3 (4.286%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.429%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.429%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.429%) French Language
Job Titles
1 11 (15.71%) Consultant
2 10 (14.29%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (8.571%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (7.143%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 4 (5.714%) Applications Packager
6 4 (5.714%) Architect
6 4 (5.714%) Desktop Support
6 4 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (4.286%) Support Specialist
7 3 (4.286%) Analyst
7 3 (4.286%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.286%) Support Analyst
7 3 (4.286%) Technical Support
7 3 (4.286%) UNIX Specialist
7 3 (4.286%) Designer
7 3 (4.286%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
8 2 (2.857%) VMware Consultant
8 2 (2.857%) Wintel Specialist
8 2 (2.857%) Technical Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.571%) Clustering
2 4 (5.714%) VSAM
2 4 (5.714%) PKI
2 4 (5.714%) Mainframe
3 3 (4.286%) IBM Mainframe
3 3 (4.286%) Online Banking
3 3 (4.286%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (2.857%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.429%) CLARiiON
5 1 (1.429%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.429%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.429%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.429%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 58 (82.86%) Windows
2 30 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (27.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (17.14%) Windows XP
5 10 (14.29%) Windows 7
6 8 (11.43%) AIX
7 6 (8.571%) Linux
7 6 (8.571%) Windows 2000
7 6 (8.571%) UNIX
8 5 (7.143%) Windows 2000 Server
9 4 (5.714%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (4.286%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (4.286%) Tru64
11 2 (2.857%) Windows Vista
11 2 (2.857%) Windows NT
12 1 (1.429%) zOS
12 1 (1.429%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (20.00%) ITIL
2 7 (10.00%) Migration
3 5 (7.143%) Change Management
3 5 (7.143%) Information Security
4 4 (5.714%) ETL
4 4 (5.714%) Service Management
4 4 (5.714%) Capacity Management
4 4 (5.714%) Validation
4 4 (5.714%) Software Deployment
5 3 (4.286%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (4.286%) Configuration Management
5 3 (4.286%) Project Management
5 3 (4.286%) PRINCE2
5 3 (4.286%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (2.857%) TOGAF
6 2 (2.857%) Content Management
6 2 (2.857%) CRM
6 2 (2.857%) Service Delivery
6 2 (2.857%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.29%) SQL
2 8 (11.43%) PowerShell
3 5 (7.143%) VBScript
3 5 (7.143%) VB
4 3 (4.286%) Shell Script
4 3 (4.286%) JCL
5 1 (1.429%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.286%) CCNP
2 3 (4.286%) CCNA
2 3 (4.286%) MCP
2 3 (4.286%) MCSA
2 3 (4.286%) Dell Certification
3 2 (2.857%) CCIE
4 1 (1.429%) CCSP
4 1 (1.429%) MCSE
4 1 (1.429%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.429%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.714%) SLA
2 1 (1.429%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 29 (41.43%) Active Directory
2 16 (22.86%) Hyper-V
3 14 (20.00%) VMware ESX
4 10 (14.29%) XenApp
4 10 (14.29%) vSphere
5 5 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (5.714%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
7 3 (4.286%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (4.286%) PowerHA
8 2 (2.857%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (1.429%) UAG
9 1 (1.429%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (1.429%) Terminal Services
9 1 (1.429%) XenServer
9 1 (1.429%) DFS Replication
Systems Management
1 17 (24.29%) SCCM
2 6 (8.571%) Tivoli
3 4 (5.714%) ZENworks
4 3 (4.286%) NetBackup
4 3 (4.286%) SCOM
5 2 (2.857%) AppDNA
5 2 (2.857%) Backup Exec
5 2 (2.857%) WSUS
6 1 (1.429%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) VMware
2 29 (41.43%) Microsoft
3 25 (35.71%) Citrix
4 21 (30.00%) Cisco
5 14 (20.00%) HP
6 7 (10.00%) Dell
7 6 (8.571%) IBM
7 6 (8.571%) Oracle
8 5 (7.143%) EMC
8 5 (7.143%) Red Hat
9 4 (5.714%) CheckPoint
9 4 (5.714%) Novell
9 4 (5.714%) CA
9 4 (5.714%) Brocade
10 3 (4.286%) NetApp
11 2 (2.857%) AppSense
11 2 (2.857%) Remedy
11 2 (2.857%) Sophos
11 2 (2.857%) Juniper
12 1 (1.429%) Hitachi
3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer
Liverpool, North West
The successful candidate will be required to ensure the IT Infrasturture is maintained and is appropriate to support the companies business requirements. The work will be mostly project...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
3rd Line IT Support Engineer - Urgent - Bolton, Windows 2008
Bolton, Lancashire
The successful 3rd Line IT Support Engineer must have strong experience with Windows Server 2008, Citrix, VMWare, Active Directory, networking and security. The 3rd Line IT Support Engineer...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Rate: £225 - £300 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
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