The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 24 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 Northern Ireland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 31 15 35
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +20
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 0.858% 7.614% 3.022%
As % of the System Software category 25.00% 51.72% 39.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 10
Average daily rate £348 £260 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.65% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £306 £260 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £345 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
8 29 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 3.433% 14.72% 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 16
Average daily rate £335 £260 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.84% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £265 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -17 2 £348 +33.65%
VMware Infrastructure
UK

VMware Infrastructure
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) CommVault
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Xen
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) NAS
4 1 (25.00%) SRDF
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) Replication
4 1 (25.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) COM
4 1 (25.00%) Windows
4 1 (25.00%) EMC

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 1 (25.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (25.00%) NAS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Change Management
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Xen
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
2 2 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) SRDF
3 1 (25.00%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) CommVault
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
4 1 (25.00%) EMC