The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 Slough 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 31 19 33
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +14
Contract jobs citing VMware 10 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 4.016% 4.926% 2.273%
As % of the Vendors category 8.000% 9.901% 4.965%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £325 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+44.44% -35.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £32.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 £23.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year
-3.19% +5.87%
All Vendors
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
125 101 141
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 50.20% 49.75% 45.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 49 71
Average daily rate £375 £325 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +6.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £250 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 12
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.75 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.23% -4.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
VMware
Berkshire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
5 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
5 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
6 7 (50.00%) VB
6 7 (50.00%) SQL
6 7 (50.00%) Windows XP
6 7 (50.00%) MS Exchange
6 7 (50.00%) Citrix
6 7 (50.00%) SCCM
7 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
7 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
7 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2010
7 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
8 4 (28.57%) VBScript
8 4 (28.57%) Service Management
9 3 (21.43%) Peregrine
9 3 (21.43%) vSphere
10 2 (14.29%) EMC
10 2 (14.29%) DNS
10 2 (14.29%) Cisco
10 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
10 2 (14.29%) MS Office
10 2 (14.29%) ITIL
10 2 (14.29%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 7 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (42.86%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.143%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (7.143%) Site Server
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (7.143%) SAN
2 1 (7.143%) Internet
2 1 (7.143%) MPLS
2 1 (7.143%) DSL
2 1 (7.143%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.143%) Broadband
2 1 (7.143%) LAN
2 1 (7.143%) WAN
2 1 (7.143%) SMTP
2 1 (7.143%) HTTP
2 1 (7.143%) VPN
2 1 (7.143%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (7.143%) MySQL
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (7.143%) Retail
1 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (14.29%) Integration Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Technical Manager
1 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (7.143%) Project Manager
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Architect
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (7.143%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Delivery Manager
2 1 (7.143%) SCCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.143%) CLARiiON
1 1 (7.143%) Clustering
1 1 (7.143%) Open Source
1 1 (7.143%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (85.71%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 6 (42.86%) Windows 7
6 1 (7.143%) UNIX
6 1 (7.143%) VMS
6 1 (7.143%) Solaris
6 1 (7.143%) Linux
6 1 (7.143%) CentOS
6 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Service Management
2 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (7.143%) Change Management
3 1 (7.143%) Migration
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE
3 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.143%) Load Balancing
3 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (7.143%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) VB
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) VBScript
3 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
3 1 (7.143%) C
3 1 (7.143%) Perl
3 1 (7.143%) Python
3 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.143%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 9 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (21.43%) vSphere
4 2 (14.29%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (7.143%) VMware ESX
5 1 (7.143%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 7 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.143%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 7 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (21.43%) Peregrine
4 2 (14.29%) EMC
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
5 1 (7.143%) Symantec
5 1 (7.143%) McAfee
5 1 (7.143%) Brocade
5 1 (7.143%) Blue Coat
5 1 (7.143%) Lotus
5 1 (7.143%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.143%) HP