The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 52 96 64
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -32
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 263 168 265
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 3.374% 1.656% 2.554%
As % of the System Software category 26.20% 20.51% 28.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 84 123
Average daily rate £338 £375 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £275 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £483 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 11
Average hourly rate £19.00 £16.25 £25.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.92% -36.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.80 £14.65 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £28.35 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1004 819 927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 12.88% 8.072% 8.936%
Number of daily rates quoted 476 335 345
Average daily rate £340 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £200 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 146 150
Average hourly rate £17.75 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.57% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £41.50 £39.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 +70 103 £320 +7.56%
Hampshire +31 79 £338 -10.00%
Buckinghamshire +9 29 £350 +7.69%
Surrey +1 13 £263 -30.00%
Oxfordshire +7 9 £395 +12.85%
West Sussex -5 8 £425 +6.25%
East Sussex +13 6 £525 +7.69%
Middlesex +8 5 £375 -
Kent -2 4 - -
Home Counties +5 3 £550 -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 462 (100.00%) VMware
2 337 (72.94%) Windows
3 208 (45.02%) Windows Server 2008
4 198 (42.86%) Microsoft
5 186 (40.26%) Active Directory
6 155 (33.55%) Citrix
7 149 (32.25%) Windows Server 2003
8 145 (31.39%) SAN
9 126 (27.27%) Security Cleared
10 116 (25.11%) SQL
11 114 (24.68%) HP
12 102 (22.08%) SC Cleared
13 95 (20.56%) MS Exchange
13 95 (20.56%) LAN
13 95 (20.56%) SQL Server
14 90 (19.48%) Windows 7
15 89 (19.26%) ITIL
16 83 (17.97%) Oracle
16 83 (17.97%) Linux
16 83 (17.97%) WAN
17 82 (17.75%) Migration
18 75 (16.23%) MS Excel
19 74 (16.02%) TCP/IP
20 73 (15.80%) Cisco
21 66 (14.29%) Hyper-V
22 65 (14.07%) Firewall
23 64 (13.85%) SharePoint
23 64 (13.85%) Windows XP
24 63 (13.64%) Clustering
25 60 (12.99%) UNIX

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (2.814%) .NET
2 11 (2.381%) Web Services
3 10 (2.165%) SAML
4 9 (1.948%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.515%) J2EE
6 6 (1.299%) COM
7 5 (1.082%) COM+
7 5 (1.082%) Middleware
8 4 (0.866%) JDBC
8 4 (0.866%) SOAP
9 3 (0.649%) LAMP
9 3 (0.649%) WSH
9 3 (0.649%) JMS
10 2 (0.433%) XML
10 2 (0.433%) Application Packaging
11 1 (0.216%) Windows SharePoint Services
11 1 (0.216%) FIX Protocol
11 1 (0.216%) HTML
11 1 (0.216%) CSS
11 1 (0.216%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 95 (20.56%) MS Exchange
2 64 (13.85%) SharePoint
3 54 (11.69%) Exchange Server 2010
4 47 (10.17%) Exchange Server 2003
5 44 (9.524%) IIS
6 38 (8.225%) Exchange Server 2007
7 35 (7.576%) Tomcat
8 31 (6.710%) Apache
9 20 (4.329%) SharePoint 2010
10 10 (2.165%) Lync
11 9 (1.948%) IBM HTTP Server
11 9 (1.948%) GlassFish
11 9 (1.948%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 6 (1.299%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 5 (1.082%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (1.082%) WebLogic
14 4 (0.866%) Liferay
14 4 (0.866%) BizTalk Server
15 3 (0.649%) Documentum
15 3 (0.649%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 75 (16.23%) MS Excel
2 48 (10.39%) MS Office
3 13 (2.814%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.433%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.216%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.216%) MS Project
5 1 (0.216%) AutoCAD
5 1 (0.216%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (0.433%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.433%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.216%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.216%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 145 (31.39%) SAN
2 95 (20.56%) LAN
3 83 (17.97%) WAN
4 74 (16.02%) TCP/IP
5 65 (14.07%) Firewall
6 56 (12.12%) DNS
7 48 (10.39%) VPN
8 47 (10.17%) DHCP
8 47 (10.17%) NAS
9 21 (4.545%) Internet
10 20 (4.329%) HTTP
11 18 (3.896%) IPsec
11 18 (3.896%) VoIP
11 18 (3.896%) LDAP
12 15 (3.247%) SSL
13 12 (2.597%) Wireless
13 12 (2.597%) SMTP
14 11 (2.381%) Network Security
14 11 (2.381%) iSCSI
14 11 (2.381%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (20.56%) SQL Server
2 35 (7.576%) SQL Server 2008
3 31 (6.710%) SQL Server 2005
4 28 (6.061%) Oracle 8/8i
5 13 (2.814%) Oracle 11g
6 9 (1.948%) Oracle 10g
6 9 (1.948%) MySQL
7 8 (1.732%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (1.082%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.866%) Oracle BI EE
9 4 (0.866%) Oracle OWB
9 4 (0.866%) PostgreSQL
10 3 (0.649%) OLTP
10 3 (0.649%) IDOL
10 3 (0.649%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (0.649%) MarkLogic
11 2 (0.433%) SQL Server 2000
12 1 (0.216%) SQLite
12 1 (0.216%) Cognos Impromptu
12 1 (0.216%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (3.247%) LoadRunner
2 6 (1.299%) MSI
3 5 (1.082%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (1.082%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.082%) Wise Package Studio
4 4 (0.866%) Git (software)
4 4 (0.866%) Hudson
4 4 (0.866%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (0.649%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.433%) WinRunner
6 2 (0.433%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 2 (0.433%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.433%) JIRA
6 2 (0.433%) Selenium
6 2 (0.433%) SilkTest
6 2 (0.433%) Subversion
7 1 (0.216%) StarTeam
7 1 (0.216%) InstallShield
7 1 (0.216%) TestDirector
General
1 38 (8.225%) Finance
2 19 (4.113%) Telecoms
3 16 (3.463%) Retail
4 8 (1.732%) Banking
5 6 (1.299%) Publishing
6 5 (1.082%) Multimedia
6 5 (1.082%) Military
6 5 (1.082%) Back Office
7 4 (0.866%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.866%) Electronics
7 4 (0.866%) Marketing
8 3 (0.649%) Online Betting
8 3 (0.649%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.433%) Advertising
9 2 (0.433%) French Language
10 1 (0.216%) Local Government
10 1 (0.216%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 65 (14.07%) Analyst
2 56 (12.12%) Architect
3 55 (11.90%) Administrator
4 53 (11.47%) Consultant
5 37 (8.009%) Support Engineer
6 36 (7.792%) Systems Administrator
7 30 (6.494%) Server Engineer
8 29 (6.277%) 3rd Line Support
9 26 (5.628%) Support Analyst
10 22 (4.762%) Infrastructure Architect
10 22 (4.762%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 20 (4.329%) Technical Architect
12 19 (4.113%) Systems Engineer
13 18 (3.896%) Windows Administrator
14 16 (3.463%) Project Manager
15 15 (3.247%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
16 14 (3.030%) Desktop Support
17 13 (2.814%) Windows Server Engineer
17 13 (2.814%) Test Analyst
17 13 (2.814%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 63 (13.64%) Clustering
2 23 (4.978%) Blackberry
3 19 (4.113%) Management Information System
4 15 (3.247%) Fat Client
4 15 (3.247%) Thin Client
5 13 (2.814%) PKI
6 12 (2.597%) Open Source
6 12 (2.597%) Cryptography
7 8 (1.732%) CCTV
8 7 (1.515%) N-Tier
9 6 (1.299%) Mobile Computing
10 5 (1.082%) Replication
11 4 (0.866%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.866%) Video Conferencing
12 3 (0.649%) Computer Science
12 3 (0.649%) EPoS
12 3 (0.649%) NHS
12 3 (0.649%) SaaS
13 2 (0.433%) iSeries
13 2 (0.433%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 337 (72.94%) Windows
2 208 (45.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 149 (32.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 90 (19.48%) Windows 7
5 83 (17.97%) Linux
6 64 (13.85%) Windows XP
7 60 (12.99%) UNIX
8 25 (5.411%) Windows 2000 Server
9 23 (4.978%) Solaris
10 21 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (3.680%) Windows Server 2012
12 15 (3.247%) Windows Vista
13 10 (2.165%) Oracle Linux
14 8 (1.732%) Windows 2000
14 8 (1.732%) SUSE
15 6 (1.299%) Mac OS X
15 6 (1.299%) Windows NT
15 6 (1.299%) NetWare
16 5 (1.082%) HPUX
17 4 (0.866%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (19.26%) ITIL
2 82 (17.75%) Migration
3 33 (7.143%) Disaster Recovery
4 29 (6.277%) PRINCE2
5 28 (6.061%) Service Delivery
6 27 (5.844%) Configuration Management
6 27 (5.844%) Project Management
6 27 (5.844%) Test Scripting
7 26 (5.628%) Service Management
8 24 (5.195%) Change Management
9 19 (4.113%) Validation
10 17 (3.680%) Regression Testing
11 13 (2.814%) Information Security
11 13 (2.814%) Software Distribution
12 12 (2.597%) Release Management
13 11 (2.381%) TOGAF
13 11 (2.381%) Business Continuity
13 11 (2.381%) Load Balancing
13 11 (2.381%) Technical Architecture
14 10 (2.165%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 116 (25.11%) SQL
2 26 (5.628%) PowerShell
3 23 (4.978%) Perl
4 21 (4.545%) VB
5 16 (3.463%) Java
6 14 (3.030%) PHP
7 13 (2.814%) VBScript
8 11 (2.381%) Bash shell
9 7 (1.515%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.299%) C
11 5 (1.082%) Python
12 4 (0.866%) sed
12 4 (0.866%) Korn
12 4 (0.866%) AWK
13 2 (0.433%) C++
13 2 (0.433%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.216%) Groovy
14 1 (0.216%) C#
14 1 (0.216%) VBA
14 1 (0.216%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 126 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 102 (22.08%) SC Cleared
3 42 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
4 34 (7.359%) MCSE
5 28 (6.061%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (5.628%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 25 (5.411%) DV Cleared
8 23 (4.978%) CCNA
9 16 (3.463%) MCP
10 11 (2.381%) Degree
11 10 (2.165%) ISEB
12 9 (1.948%) MCTS
12 9 (1.948%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (1.732%) MCITP
14 7 (1.515%) CCNP
15 4 (0.866%) HP AIS
15 4 (0.866%) CCSP
15 4 (0.866%) ISEB Practitioner
16 3 (0.649%) PRINCE2 Certification
16 3 (0.649%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.896%) SLA
2 5 (1.082%) QA
3 4 (0.866%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.649%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.433%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.216%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 186 (40.26%) Active Directory
2 66 (14.29%) Hyper-V
3 49 (10.61%) vSphere
4 47 (10.17%) VMware ESX
5 46 (9.957%) XenApp
6 24 (5.195%) VMware ESXi
7 23 (4.978%) XenDesktop
8 22 (4.762%) VMware Workstation
9 17 (3.680%) Terminal Services
9 17 (3.680%) ISA Server
10 16 (3.463%) Microsoft App-V
11 14 (3.030%) Forefront TMG
12 11 (2.381%) Oracle RAC
12 11 (2.381%) XenServer
13 10 (2.165%) VMware Server
14 9 (1.948%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 8 (1.732%) NFS
15 8 (1.732%) Xen
16 6 (1.299%) Citrix Presentation Server
17 5 (1.082%) Squid
Systems Management
1 59 (12.77%) SCCM
2 40 (8.658%) SCOM
3 26 (5.628%) HP SIM
4 21 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
5 20 (4.329%) Backup Exec
6 18 (3.896%) NetBackup
7 10 (2.165%) Nagios
7 10 (2.165%) WSUS
8 8 (1.732%) OpenView
9 7 (1.515%) Tivoli
9 7 (1.515%) Unicenter
10 6 (1.299%) McAfee ePO
10 6 (1.299%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 6 (1.299%) Tivoli Storage Manager
10 6 (1.299%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 6 (1.299%) Foglight
10 6 (1.299%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (1.082%) Puppet
12 4 (0.866%) MOM
12 4 (0.866%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 462 (100.00%) VMware
2 198 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 155 (33.55%) Citrix
4 114 (24.68%) HP
5 83 (17.97%) Oracle
6 73 (15.80%) Cisco
7 52 (11.26%) NetApp
8 40 (8.658%) EMC
9 35 (7.576%) Red Hat
10 24 (5.195%) Juniper
11 20 (4.329%) Dell
12 16 (3.463%) Symantec
13 14 (3.030%) IBM
13 14 (3.030%) Altiris
14 13 (2.814%) JBoss
15 11 (2.381%) Intel
15 11 (2.381%) CommVault
16 10 (2.165%) Remedy
17 9 (1.948%) SAP
17 9 (1.948%) CA
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Responsibilities Leading in the design and deployment of a Windows 7 upgrade and a VDI Environment Acting as an escalation point for the Service Desk or Infrastructure...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Thames Valley
Key Responsibilities Leading in the design and deployment of a Windows 7 upgrade and a VDI Environment Acting as an escalation point for the Service Desk or Infrastructure...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newbury, Berkshire
Providing infrastructure support for Windows 7, Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 and XenApp 6.5, VMware 5.1 & Cisco Routing... Installing and supporting Windows 2008 R2 Server. Installing and...
Resource Management
Rate: £71 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowance + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley
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...
DP Connect Ltd
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This will involve telephone, email, remote and face to face support across Windows 7. You will also be involved in supporting the general infrastructure for my client as...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £21000 - £25000 per annum + training
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
We are therefore looking for an person who has very good knowledge of the following technologies; Migration to and deployment of Windows 2012 servers Active Directory Virtualisation deployment...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, South East
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
This role for a Windows Desktop support Engineer is to join a small but busy team providing 1st / 2nd and some 3rd level support at a satellite office...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
You will be responsible for providing both on-site and remote administration of Microsoft Windows Servers, Citrix Provisioning, Citrix XenApp, XenServer, and a multitude of proprietary applications... Required...
Claremont Consulting
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Strong experience with Microsoft Server 2003. *Ideally have knowledge with Microsoft Server 2008R2 *Troubleshooting, publishing, and supporting applications in a Citrix XenApp environment... *Experience with Active Directory. *Experience...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £350 - £420 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Server Engineer / Server Supoprt: *Core infrastructure hardware including server, storage, network, security *Core logical infrastructure including server operating systems, Directory Services, file, print *Management of DFS, DNS, DHCP...
LA International
Rate: quote
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
3 Month Contract - VMware Engineer, vSphere, Virtualisation, VCP, IBM SAN Volume Controller/ SVC. - If you are VMware Engineer with the experience to solve / fix backup client problems/errors,...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £275 - £300 per Day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
The 3 rd Line Systems Engineer / Systems Administrator will work in an SC Cleared environment, so eligibility for SC Clearance is essential. The 3 rd Line Systems Engineer /...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Rate: Up to £340 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire
Essential skills include: *Excellent understanding of Windows Operating Systems *Active Directory Experience *Expertise in IBM Intel server technology *Experience with VMWare virtualizations *Experience in Clustering technologies particularly VERITAS. *...
Roc Search
Posted: 24 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
This is a fixed term contract starting in May running through to 31st December and will likely to be extended for one year thereafter: Essential Skills: (candidates must...
Polar Recruitment
Rate: Fixed Term contract until Dec 3st intially
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire
To assist with the migration strategy of the VMWare Virtualisation Infrastructure - To administer and utilise the call logging and change system, and construct and deliver reports... Skills Required - -...
Advanced Resource Managers
Rate: £1 per day + neg
Posted: 23 May 2013
Surrey
Job Description. To monitor, assess and produce innovative real-time computing product concepts, demonstrators, standards and specifications, both bespoke and 'off the-shelf'. To evolve from the software...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £20 - £60 per hour + NEG
Posted: 24 May 2013
Andover, South East
Non Functional Test AnalystAndover, HampshireContract Length: 3 months +Key Skills: NON FUNCTIONAL,TEST, ORACLE, SQL SERVER, WINDOWS, UNIX, VIRTUAL, VMWARE, SERVER, BUILD, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATAWAREHOUSE, DATAWARHOUSING, QTP, QUICK...
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd.
Posted: 29 April 2013