The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the North Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 15 23 18
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 11 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 7.143% 2.235% 6.180%
As % of the System Software category 36.67% 23.53% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 6
Average daily rate £425 £381 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.47% +2.34%
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £18.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
North Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
30 17 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in North Yorkshire 19.48% 9.497% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 17
Average daily rate £425 £363 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% -2.02%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 7
Average hourly rate £25.00 £14.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.57% -6.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

North Yorkshire VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
York - 9 £425 -
Harrogate - 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (75.00%) Hyper-V
3 11 (68.75%) SaaS
3 11 (68.75%) PaaS
3 11 (68.75%) Xen
3 11 (68.75%) SCOM
3 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) IaaS
4 8 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (50.00%) OpenStack
4 8 (50.00%) CloudStack
4 8 (50.00%) Google
4 8 (50.00%) Open Source
4 8 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
4 8 (50.00%) Windows Azure
5 7 (43.75%) UAG
6 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
7 4 (25.00%) MCTS
7 4 (25.00%) MCITP
8 3 (18.75%) Windows
8 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
8 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
9 2 (12.50%) vSphere
9 2 (12.50%) XenApp
10 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
10 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (6.250%) Firewall
10 1 (6.250%) Migration

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North Yorkshire 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 Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) OpenStack
1 8 (50.00%) CloudStack
1 8 (50.00%) Amazon EC2
1 8 (50.00%) Windows Azure
2 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) Firewall
1 1 (6.250%) Network Security
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (6.250%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (6.250%) BIG-IP
1 1 (6.250%) VoIP
1 1 (6.250%) DHCP
1 1 (6.250%) DNS
1 1 (6.250%) OSPF
1 1 (6.250%) NetScreen
1 1 (6.250%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Architect
2 7 (43.75%) Technical Architect
2 7 (43.75%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Security Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Rollout Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Network Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Network Security Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Exchange Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) SaaS
1 11 (68.75%) PaaS
1 11 (68.75%) IaaS
2 8 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 8 (50.00%) Open Source
3 1 (6.250%) Fat Client
3 1 (6.250%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Migration
1 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
1 1 (6.250%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) MCTS
1 4 (25.00%) MCITP
2 1 (6.250%) CCIE
2 1 (6.250%) CCNP
2 1 (6.250%) CCSE
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 11 (68.75%) Xen
3 7 (43.75%) UAG
4 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
5 2 (12.50%) vSphere
5 2 (12.50%) XenApp
6 1 (6.250%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (6.250%) XenServer
6 1 (6.250%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 11 (68.75%) SCOM
2 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco UCCX
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) Citrix
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (68.75%) Microsoft
3 8 (50.00%) Google
4 1 (6.250%) Infoblox
4 1 (6.250%) Imperva
4 1 (6.250%) F5
4 1 (6.250%) HP
4 1 (6.250%) Blue Coat
4 1 (6.250%) Cisco
4 1 (6.250%) Juniper
4 1 (6.250%) NetApp
4 1 (6.250%) Veritas
4 1 (6.250%) CheckPoint
4 1 (6.250%) McAfee