The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the Northamptonshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 26 31 18
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -13
Contract jobs citing VMware 4 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.587% 2.632% 5.054%
As % of the Vendors category 5.128% 7.914% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 6
Average daily rate £220 £245 £195
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.20% +25.64%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
Average hourly rate - £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -14.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £22.69 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+1.37% +1.14%
All Vendors
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
78 139 101
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 30.95% 33.25% 36.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 87 58
Average daily rate £350 £250 £281
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £225 £157
10% offered a daily rate of more than £568 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 11 13
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.30 £8.80 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
VMware
East Midlands

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Northamptonshire VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Northampton +4 2 £220 -9.27%
VMware
East Midlands

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing VMware 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.

1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) DHCP
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) CCNP
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (33.33%) CheckPoint
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) MPLS
3 3 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 3 (33.33%) VLAN
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) SLA
4 2 (22.22%) Novell
4 2 (22.22%) CCNA
4 2 (22.22%) MS Office

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) DHCP
3 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) MPLS
3 3 (33.33%) EIGRP
3 3 (33.33%) Firewall
3 3 (33.33%) VLAN
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) WAN
5 1 (11.11%) DNS
General
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Network Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support Technician
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) CAE
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) CCNP
1 3 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (22.22%) CCNA
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) CheckPoint
4 2 (22.22%) Novell
5 1 (11.11%) NetApp
5 1 (11.11%) Nokia
5 1 (11.11%) Avaya
5 1 (11.11%) HP
5 1 (11.11%) Symantec
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