The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Norwich region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Norwich 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 16 15 29
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 9 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 7.031% 7.514% 2.970%
As % of the Vendors category 19.57% 18.57% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 3
Average daily rate £225 £258 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.62% -19.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.25 £22.50 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+3.33% +0.31%
All Vendors
Norwich
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
46 70 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Norwich 35.94% 40.46% 32.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 30 10
Average daily rate £295 £288 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.60% -10.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £233 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £421
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 6
Average hourly rate £19.00 £23.00 £18.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.39% +21.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
Norfolk

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich 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 Norwich region.

Norwich VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 21 (80.77%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 18 (69.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (65.38%) MS Exchange
4 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
5 15 (57.69%) Exchange Server 2010
6 13 (50.00%) vSphere
7 11 (42.31%) Hyper-V
7 11 (42.31%) HP
8 10 (38.46%) ITIL
8 10 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (34.62%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
10 8 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
10 8 (30.77%) PRINCE
11 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
11 7 (26.92%) MCITP
11 7 (26.92%) SQL
11 7 (26.92%) IIS
11 7 (26.92%) DNS
11 7 (26.92%) Cisco
11 7 (26.92%) Forefront TMG
11 7 (26.92%) VCP5
12 6 (23.08%) Windows 8
12 6 (23.08%) UAG
12 6 (23.08%) Windows XP
12 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
13 5 (19.23%) Migration

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Norwich 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 17 (65.38%) MS Exchange
2 15 (57.69%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (26.92%) IIS
5 2 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (7.692%) Lotus Domino
Communications & Networking
1 7 (26.92%) DNS
2 4 (15.38%) SAN
3 3 (11.54%) LAN
3 3 (11.54%) VoIP
3 3 (11.54%) WAN
3 3 (11.54%) NAS
3 3 (11.54%) Firewall
4 2 (7.692%) WAAS
5 1 (3.846%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (34.62%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
4 4 (15.38%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (11.54%) Support Specialist
5 3 (11.54%) Network Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Network Support
6 2 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
7 1 (3.846%) Network Support Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Network Administrator
7 1 (3.846%) Systems Support
7 1 (3.846%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 21 (80.77%) Windows
2 18 (69.23%) Windows Server 2008
3 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (23.08%) Windows 8
4 6 (23.08%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) ITIL
2 8 (30.77%) PRINCE2
2 8 (30.77%) PRINCE
3 6 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (19.23%) Migration
5 2 (7.692%) RDF
6 1 (3.846%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (34.62%) ITIL Certification
3 7 (26.92%) MCITP
3 7 (26.92%) VCP5
4 3 (11.54%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (7.692%) CCNP
5 2 (7.692%) CCA
5 2 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (7.692%) CISSP
6 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.846%) CCNA
6 1 (3.846%) CCIE
6 1 (3.846%) MCSE
6 1 (3.846%) Degree
System Software
1 18 (69.23%) Active Directory
2 13 (50.00%) vSphere
3 11 (42.31%) Hyper-V
4 9 (34.62%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (26.92%) Forefront TMG
6 6 (23.08%) UAG
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) HP Data Protector
Vendors
1 16 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (42.31%) HP
3 7 (26.92%) Cisco
4 3 (11.54%) Veritas
4 3 (11.54%) Dell
5 2 (7.692%) Lotus
6 1 (3.846%) Citrix
6 1 (3.846%) Brocade
6 1 (3.846%) Websense