VMware Contracts in Scotland
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 21 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 Scotland 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 56 36 64
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +28
Contract jobs citing VMware 68 79 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.751% 2.989% 1.936%
As % of the Vendors category 6.061% 7.640% 4.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 40 14
Average daily rate £353 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.46% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £232 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £427 £393
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 6
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +57.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 £23.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year
-3.19% +5.87%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 1122 1034 1185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.39% 39.12% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 461 511
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 52 55
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.85 £10.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
VMware
UK

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland VMware Daily Rate Histogram

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Edinburgh +5 31 £375 +7.14%
Glasgow -25 17 £314 -14.91%
Renfrewshire - 9 £425 -
Aberdeen -4 5 £263 -19.23%
West Lothian -3 3 £350 +20.17%
Dundee - 1 £150 -
VMware
UK

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 104 (70.75%) Windows
2 85 (57.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (40.14%) Windows Server 2008
4 56 (38.10%) Active Directory
5 52 (35.37%) Windows Server 2003
6 47 (31.97%) Citrix
7 42 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 40 (27.21%) MS Exchange
9 28 (19.05%) DNS
10 27 (18.37%) Migration
11 25 (17.01%) SQL Server
11 25 (17.01%) SAN
12 24 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
13 23 (15.65%) Cisco
13 23 (15.65%) Security Cleared
14 22 (14.97%) Linux
15 21 (14.29%) HP
15 21 (14.29%) SCCM
15 21 (14.29%) vSphere
16 20 (13.61%) SQL
17 19 (12.93%) VMware ESX
18 18 (12.24%) Finance
18 18 (12.24%) Windows XP
18 18 (12.24%) DHCP
19 17 (11.56%) Exchange Server 2007
20 16 (10.88%) Exchange Server 2003
20 16 (10.88%) XenApp
21 15 (10.20%) ITIL
22 14 (9.524%) MS Excel
22 14 (9.524%) Firewall

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 Development
1 7 (4.762%) Application Packaging
2 3 (2.041%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.361%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.361%) MooTools
3 2 (1.361%) Middleware
3 2 (1.361%) XML
3 2 (1.361%) XSLT
3 2 (1.361%) J2EE
3 2 (1.361%) Ajax
4 1 (0.680%) Spring
4 1 (0.680%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.680%) Java EE
4 1 (0.680%) LINQ
4 1 (0.680%) Spring Security
4 1 (0.680%) Spring Web Flow
4 1 (0.680%) Spring MVC
4 1 (0.680%) .NET
4 1 (0.680%) Web Services
4 1 (0.680%) Spring Batch
4 1 (0.680%) Spring Integration
Application Platforms
1 40 (27.21%) MS Exchange
2 17 (11.56%) Exchange Server 2007
3 16 (10.88%) Exchange Server 2003
4 14 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
5 11 (7.483%) IIS
6 9 (6.122%) SharePoint
7 5 (3.401%) Lotus Notes
7 5 (3.401%) Lync
8 4 (2.721%) Apache
9 3 (2.041%) MQSeries
9 3 (2.041%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (2.041%) Lotus Domino
9 3 (2.041%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (1.361%) Tomcat
10 2 (1.361%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.680%) CMS
11 1 (0.680%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.680%) GroupWise
11 1 (0.680%) GlassFish
Applications
1 14 (9.524%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.680%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 28 (19.05%) DNS
2 25 (17.01%) SAN
3 18 (12.24%) DHCP
4 14 (9.524%) Firewall
5 13 (8.844%) TCP/IP
6 9 (6.122%) WAN
7 6 (4.082%) NAS
7 6 (4.082%) LAN
7 6 (4.082%) SMS
8 5 (3.401%) VLAN
9 4 (2.721%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (2.721%) IPsec
10 3 (2.041%) Wireless
10 3 (2.041%) SSL
10 3 (2.041%) Internet
11 2 (1.361%) Unified Communications
11 2 (1.361%) Network Security
11 2 (1.361%) VPN
11 2 (1.361%) LDAP
11 2 (1.361%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (17.01%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (2.721%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (2.041%) MySQL
5 2 (1.361%) Oracle Exadata
5 2 (1.361%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.680%) GIS
6 1 (0.680%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.680%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (0.680%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (0.680%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 9 (6.122%) MSI
2 6 (4.082%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (3.401%) WinRunner
3 5 (3.401%) TestDirector
4 4 (2.721%) Wise Package Studio
4 4 (2.721%) InstallShield
5 3 (2.041%) Subversion
6 2 (1.361%) Trac
7 1 (0.680%) Bugzilla
7 1 (0.680%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.680%) JIRA
7 1 (0.680%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.680%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.680%) TortoiseSVN
7 1 (0.680%) Spring Roo
7 1 (0.680%) Hudson
General
1 18 (12.24%) Finance
2 10 (6.803%) Banking
3 6 (4.082%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.041%) Retail
4 3 (2.041%) Retail Banking
5 2 (1.361%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.361%) Back Office
6 1 (0.680%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (12.93%) Analyst
2 16 (10.88%) Architect
3 12 (8.163%) Consultant
3 12 (8.163%) Applications Packager
3 12 (8.163%) Server Engineer
4 9 (6.122%) Support Engineer
4 9 (6.122%) 3rd Line Support
5 7 (4.762%) Technical Analyst
5 7 (4.762%) Infrastructure Architect
5 7 (4.762%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 6 (4.082%) VMware Specialist
6 6 (4.082%) Virtualisation Specialist
6 6 (4.082%) Server Support
6 6 (4.082%) Technical Specialist
6 6 (4.082%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 5 (3.401%) Support Analyst
7 5 (3.401%) Network Engineer
8 4 (2.721%) Wintel Engineer
8 4 (2.721%) IT Support
8 4 (2.721%) Microsoft Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.844%) Clustering
2 4 (2.721%) Fat Client
2 4 (2.721%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (2.721%) Thin Client
2 4 (2.721%) PDA
3 3 (2.041%) PKI
3 3 (2.041%) CMDB
4 2 (1.361%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.361%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.361%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.361%) Replication
4 2 (1.361%) Handset
5 1 (0.680%) Streaming Video
5 1 (0.680%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.680%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.680%) EPoS
5 1 (0.680%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 104 (70.75%) Windows
2 59 (40.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 52 (35.37%) Windows Server 2003
4 22 (14.97%) Linux
5 18 (12.24%) Windows XP
6 10 (6.803%) Solaris
7 9 (6.122%) Windows 7
8 8 (5.442%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (5.442%) AIX
8 8 (5.442%) Windows Vista
9 7 (4.762%) UNIX
10 3 (2.041%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.361%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.680%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (18.37%) Migration
2 15 (10.20%) ITIL
3 8 (5.442%) Project Management
4 7 (4.762%) Workflow
5 5 (3.401%) Service Management
5 5 (3.401%) Software Engineering
5 5 (3.401%) Test Automation
5 5 (3.401%) Test Scripting
6 4 (2.721%) Time Management
6 4 (2.721%) ITIL V2
6 4 (2.721%) Software Deployment
6 4 (2.721%) PRINCE2
6 4 (2.721%) Incident Management
7 3 (2.041%) Scrum
7 3 (2.041%) Service Delivery
7 3 (2.041%) Change Management
7 3 (2.041%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (2.041%) Supplier Management
7 3 (2.041%) Configuration Management
8 2 (1.361%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.61%) SQL
2 8 (5.442%) VBScript
3 7 (4.762%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.721%) VB
5 3 (2.041%) Jython
5 3 (2.041%) C#
5 3 (2.041%) Shell Script
6 2 (1.361%) Java
6 2 (1.361%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.680%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (16.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 23 (15.65%) Security Cleared
3 14 (9.524%) SC Cleared
4 13 (8.844%) MCSE
5 8 (5.442%) MCITP
6 6 (4.082%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.082%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (3.401%) MCSA
8 3 (2.041%) MCTS
9 2 (1.361%) MCP
9 2 (1.361%) Degree
10 1 (0.680%) CCVP
10 1 (0.680%) Server+ Certification
10 1 (0.680%) CCSE
10 1 (0.680%) ISEB
10 1 (0.680%) CCNP
10 1 (0.680%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.680%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.041%) SLA
2 1 (0.680%) QA
2 1 (0.680%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (57.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 56 (38.10%) Active Directory
3 21 (14.29%) vSphere
4 19 (12.93%) VMware ESX
5 16 (10.88%) XenApp
6 12 (8.163%) Microsoft App-V
7 9 (6.122%) Hyper-V
8 7 (4.762%) XenDesktop
9 5 (3.401%) VMware ESXi
10 3 (2.041%) Terminal Services
10 3 (2.041%) DFS Replication
11 2 (1.361%) ISA Server
11 2 (1.361%) Terminal Server
11 2 (1.361%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.680%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.680%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.680%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 21 (14.29%) SCCM
2 11 (7.483%) SCOM
3 8 (5.442%) Backup Exec
4 6 (4.082%) OpenView Configuration Management
5 5 (3.401%) Netcool
5 5 (3.401%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (3.401%) McAfee ePO
6 4 (2.721%) ZENworks
6 4 (2.721%) WSUS
7 3 (2.041%) NetBackup
7 3 (2.041%) MOM
7 3 (2.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (2.041%) HP UCMDB
7 3 (2.041%) HP SiteScope
8 2 (1.361%) WMI
9 1 (0.680%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.680%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 47 (31.97%) Citrix
2 42 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 23 (15.65%) Cisco
4 21 (14.29%) HP
5 13 (8.844%) McAfee
5 13 (8.844%) Symantec
6 10 (6.803%) Oracle
7 9 (6.122%) IBM
7 9 (6.122%) EMC
7 9 (6.122%) Red Hat
8 8 (5.442%) NetApp
8 8 (5.442%) Lotus
9 7 (4.762%) Dell
9 7 (4.762%) Veritas
9 7 (4.762%) CommVault
10 5 (3.401%) Novell
11 4 (2.721%) Postini
11 4 (2.721%) Veeam
11 4 (2.721%) Nokia
11 4 (2.721%) CheckPoint
Wintel Engineer
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The ideal candidate will have experience in Active Directory, Exchange and Blackberry servers in addition to Windows 2003, XP and 7, as well as virtualisation experience through VMware.
Net Talent
Posted: 15 May 2013
technical analyst
Livingston, West Lothian
The successful candidate will have a Microsoft background, which includes skills such as Microsoft Windows Server 2003 / Windows Server 2008, VMWare, Active Directory and Backup technologies. This role...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Infrastructure Engineer
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Technical Experience Required: *Microsoft Windows Server 2008/2012 *VMWare ESX *Active Directory *Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012 *Red Hat Enterprise Linux (desirable) *Datacentre experience would be beneficial This...
Vertical IT
Posted: 20 May 2013
Rollout Engineer
Ayr, Scotland
They will required to be proficient in deployment of W7 and the set up and deployment of virtual devices including VXL boxes using VM Ware and PCs deployed...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £80.00 - £95 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Rollout Engineer
Ayr, Ayrshire
They will required to be proficient in deployment of W7 and the set up and deployment of virtual devices including VXL boxes using VM Ware and PCs deployed...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Rate: £80.00 - £95 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Windows Technical Specialist (Wintel, 3rd Line, Support, SCCM)
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Any knowledge or experience of SAN technologies, HP / Compaq server hardware, Citrix Presentation Server 4, XenApp and SQL Server will be advantageous and you will ideally have some...
Head Resourcing
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
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