The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 17 34 30
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware 16 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 8.556% 1.205% 1.887%
As % of the Vendors category 15.53% 2.105% 2.913%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £200 £440 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-54.54% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 2
Average hourly rate £10.00 - £15.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 £23.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year
-3.19% +5.87%
All Vendors
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
103 95 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 55.08% 57.23% 64.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 53 42
Average daily rate £310 £365 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.06% +2.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £192 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £444 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 17
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
VMware
South West

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset 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
Taunton +7 8 £280 -
Weston-super-Mare - 1 - -
Yeovil - 1 £190 -
Clevedon - 1 - -
VMware
South West

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 24 (92.31%) Active Directory
3 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
3 19 (73.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (61.54%) Cisco
5 15 (57.69%) Windows XP
6 14 (53.85%) Blackberry
6 14 (53.85%) Windows 7
7 13 (50.00%) MS Office
7 13 (50.00%) MS Excel
7 13 (50.00%) Kaspersky
7 13 (50.00%) SCCM
7 13 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
8 12 (46.15%) Apple
9 9 (34.62%) Windows Server 2008
10 7 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (19.23%) Citrix
11 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
11 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
12 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
13 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
13 3 (11.54%) ITIL
13 3 (11.54%) DHCP
13 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
13 3 (11.54%) DNS
13 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (11.54%) SAN
13 3 (11.54%) XenApp
14 2 (7.692%) vSphere

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 5 (19.23%) MS Exchange
1 5 (19.23%) Exchange Server 2010
2 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (7.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (50.00%) MS Office
1 13 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) DHCP
1 3 (11.54%) TCP/IP
1 3 (11.54%) DNS
1 3 (11.54%) SAN
2 2 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (3.846%) Network Security
3 1 (3.846%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (7.692%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 12 (46.15%) Help Desk Support
3 10 (38.46%) Support Technician
3 10 (38.46%) Helpdesk Technician
3 10 (38.46%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 10 (38.46%) Service Desk Technician
3 10 (38.46%) Help Desk Support Technician
4 6 (23.08%) Support Engineer
4 6 (23.08%) 3rd Line Support
5 3 (11.54%) IT Support
6 2 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Server Support
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Server Engineer
6 2 (7.692%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Support Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Server Support Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Storage Engineer
7 1 (3.846%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (53.85%) Blackberry
2 13 (50.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (3.846%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 26 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (57.69%) Windows XP
3 14 (53.85%) Windows 7
4 9 (34.62%) Windows Server 2008
5 7 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (3.846%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (11.54%) ITIL
2 1 (3.846%) Change Management
2 1 (3.846%) Network Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) LINC
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.692%) MCSE
3 1 (3.846%) MCITP
3 1 (3.846%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) MCP
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 19 (73.08%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (11.54%) XenApp
4 2 (7.692%) vSphere
4 2 (7.692%) VMware Server
4 2 (7.692%) VMware ESX
4 2 (7.692%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 13 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (3.846%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.846%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 19 (73.08%) Microsoft
2 16 (61.54%) Cisco
3 13 (50.00%) Kaspersky
4 12 (46.15%) Apple
5 5 (19.23%) Citrix
6 2 (7.692%) HP
7 1 (3.846%) ProCurve
7 1 (3.846%) McAfee
7 1 (3.846%) Veeam
Yeovil, Somerset
the successful candidate will have the ability to deal with backoffice issues with Active Directory, Exchange, Windows Server etc but also the willingness to get involved in the...
Sanderson
Rate: £150 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013