The first table below looks at the demand for VMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMS 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 of the Operating Systems category for the Reading 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMS
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VMS 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.238% - -
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.015% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £335 £375 £225
% change year-on-year
-10.66% +66.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 - £22.43
All Operating Systems
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
197 260 318
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 23.48% 23.32% 29.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 93 115
Average daily rate £335 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 12
Average hourly rate £20.25 £15.13 £12.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.88% +23.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.81 £14.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £20.00 £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.20 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +3.03%
VMS
Berkshire

VMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMS across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

Reading VMS Jobs Demand Trend

VMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading VMS Daily Rate Trend

VMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading VMS Hourly Rate Trend

VMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (33.33%) HSRP
2 1 (33.33%) GLBP
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
2 1 (33.33%) SecurID
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) NetScout
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) VRRP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) CCNP

VMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (33.33%) HSRP
1 1 (33.33%) GLBP
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) OSPF
1 1 (33.33%) BGP
1 1 (33.33%) VRRP
1 1 (33.33%) DHCP
1 1 (33.33%) SNMP
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Automation Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) C++ Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Test Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Scripting
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Python
1 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 1 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) TippingPoint
1 1 (33.33%) Blue Coat
1 1 (33.33%) NetScout
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia
1 1 (33.33%) CheckPoint