The first table below looks at the demand for vCloud skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited vCloud over the 3 months to 17 June 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 System Software category for the South East 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
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vCloud
Rank 234 241 244
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +3
Contract jobs citing vCloud 4 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.049% 0.080% 0.019%
As % of the System Software category 0.372% 0.955% 0.215%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
Average daily rate £360 £438 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.71% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £438 £375
% change year-on-year
-25.71% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1074 838 929
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 13.23% 8.328% 8.969%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 332 335
Average daily rate £340 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 168 168
Average hourly rate £18.50 £17.50 £16.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +3.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £41.50 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%
vCloud
England

vCloud
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing vCloud across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East vCloud Jobs Demand Trend

vCloud
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East vCloud Daily Rate Trend

vCloud
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing vCloud across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

South East vCloud Daily Rate Histogram

vCloud
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vCloud within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Oxfordshire 0 2 £335 -7.58% 1
Surrey - 1 £325 - 2
Berkshire - - - - 1
Middlesex - - - -
vCloud
England

vCloud
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing vCloud 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 vCloud.

1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) vSphere
3 3 (37.50%) SAN
4 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (25.00%) HTML
4 2 (25.00%) .NET
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (25.00%) Ajax
4 2 (25.00%) Selenium
4 2 (25.00%) jQuery
4 2 (25.00%) Web Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
4 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
5 1 (12.50%) CCEE
5 1 (12.50%) CCAA
5 1 (12.50%) CCIA
5 1 (12.50%) VCP5
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (12.50%) XenApp
5 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
5 1 (12.50%) VCP4
5 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
5 1 (12.50%) Cadence
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Degree

vCloud
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing vCloud 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 vCloud. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) Ajax
1 2 (25.00%) jQuery
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Selenium
1 2 (25.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (37.50%) Administrator
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
1 1 (12.50%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Web Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (25.00%) Automation Testing
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) VCP4
2 1 (12.50%) CCEE
2 1 (12.50%) CCAA
2 1 (12.50%) CCIA
2 1 (12.50%) VCP5
2 1 (12.50%) CCA
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCEA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
2 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Dell
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
3 1 (12.50%) Cadence
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
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