The first table below looks at the demand for the VMware Engineer role 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 VMware Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Engineer
Rank 223 241 233
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 6 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.076% 0.048% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.052% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
Average daily rate £325 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £375 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £375 £392
UK excluding London average daily rate £280 £328 £325
% change year-on-year
-14.63% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £21.19
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7340 9547 9507
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.65% 92.30% 92.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3646 4278 4096
Average daily rate £350 £350 £357
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.96%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 588 732 811
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
VMware Engineer
England

VMware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware Engineer across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East VMware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East VMware Engineer Daily Rate Trend

VMware Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East VMware Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Engineer within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Berkshire +16 3 £389 -
Surrey +19 2 £319 -
Hampshire -1 1 £325 -13.33%
VMware Engineer
England

VMware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited VMware Engineer in their job title 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 with VMware Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (90.91%) Windows
3 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (54.55%) HP
4 5 (45.45%) vSphere
4 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (45.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 5 (45.45%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (36.36%) Linux
5 4 (36.36%) IBM
5 4 (36.36%) Red Hat
6 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
6 3 (27.27%) Citrix
6 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
7 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
8 1 (9.091%) SAN
8 1 (9.091%) HP SIM
8 1 (9.091%) NetBackup
8 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
8 1 (9.091%) SCCM
8 1 (9.091%) LAN
8 1 (9.091%) VoIP
8 1 (9.091%) WAN
8 1 (9.091%) VPN
8 1 (9.091%) Cisco
8 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (9.091%) Project Management
8 1 (9.091%) Websense
8 1 (9.091%) Migration

VMware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited VMware Engineer in their job title 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 with VMware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) LAN
1 1 (9.091%) VoIP
1 1 (9.091%) WAN
1 1 (9.091%) VPN
1 1 (9.091%) Fibre Channel
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (36.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 4 (36.36%) Linux
4 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) E-Commerce
2 1 (9.091%) Load Balancing
2 1 (9.091%) Project Management
2 1 (9.091%) Migration
2 1 (9.091%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 6 (54.55%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (45.45%) vSphere
2 5 (45.45%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
4 2 (18.18%) XenDesktop
5 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) HP SIM
1 1 (9.091%) NetBackup
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (54.55%) HP
3 4 (36.36%) IBM
3 4 (36.36%) Red Hat
4 3 (27.27%) Citrix
5 1 (9.091%) Cisco
5 1 (9.091%) Websense
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
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VMware Project Engineer - VSphere 5/SAN/CitrixOne of our client has a new opportunity for an experience Virtualisation Project Engineer. This is to work for a established client...
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Rate: £250 - £300 per day
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Rate: £275 - £300 per Day
Posted: 20 May 2013