The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Server 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 Server 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 Server
Rank 208 232 252
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +20
Contract jobs citing VMware Server 16 7 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.205% 0.069% 0.010%
As % of the System Software category 1.594% 0.855% 0.108%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
Average daily rate £400 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £18.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.40%
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 Server
England

VMware Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East VMware Server Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East VMware Server Daily Rate Trend

VMware Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East VMware Server Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East VMware Server Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Server
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Server 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
Hampshire -3 12 £423 -15.50%
Berkshire - 3 £325 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £325 -
West Sussex - 1 £283 -
VMware Server
England

VMware Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 10 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (50.00%) Citrix
4 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
5 7 (38.89%) Linux
5 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (38.89%) Change Management
6 6 (33.33%) Red Hat
6 6 (33.33%) Configuration Management
6 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (27.78%) Finance
7 5 (27.78%) SUSE
8 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
8 4 (22.22%) SQL
8 4 (22.22%) SAN
8 4 (22.22%) Unified Communications
9 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (16.67%) DNS
9 3 (16.67%) LAN
9 3 (16.67%) Oracle
9 3 (16.67%) Migration
9 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (11.11%) UNIX
10 2 (11.11%) Lotus
10 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (11.11%) French Language
10 2 (11.11%) SQL Server

VMware Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 3 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
3 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (5.556%) SharePoint
4 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) SAN
1 4 (22.22%) Unified Communications
2 3 (16.67%) DNS
2 3 (16.67%) LAN
3 2 (11.11%) ATM
3 2 (11.11%) WAN
3 2 (11.11%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 1 (5.556%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1 1 (5.556%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) French Language
3 1 (5.556%) Military
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Designer
2 3 (16.67%) Wintel Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Analyst
2 3 (16.67%) Consultant
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Designer
3 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Designer
4 1 (5.556%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Design Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Test Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 7 (38.89%) Linux
3 6 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (27.78%) SUSE
5 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (11.11%) UNIX
6 2 (11.11%) Solaris
6 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
1 7 (38.89%) Change Management
2 6 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (5.556%) Test Automation
4 1 (5.556%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Test Management
4 1 (5.556%) Test Scripting
4 1 (5.556%) ITIL
4 1 (5.556%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.556%) Penetration Testing
4 1 (5.556%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.556%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.556%) HP AIS
2 1 (5.556%) ISEB
2 1 (5.556%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (55.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (44.44%) Active Directory
3 2 (11.11%) XenApp
4 1 (5.556%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.556%) vSphere
4 1 (5.556%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (5.556%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (5.556%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 9 (50.00%) Citrix
4 6 (33.33%) Red Hat
5 3 (16.67%) Oracle
6 2 (11.11%) Lotus
7 1 (5.556%) IBM
7 1 (5.556%) NetApp
7 1 (5.556%) HP
7 1 (5.556%) EMC
Reading, Berkshire
Austin Fraser are looking for a Wintel Engineer to join our Reading based client on an initial 6 month contract. The Wintel Engineer will be responsible for providing...
Austin Fraser
Rate: £330 per day
Posted: 17 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
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The successful Engineering Consultant/Technical Solution Designer (VMWare - Microsoft Server solutions - Linux) will need to have a broad understanding of networking, change management and development tools and techniques.
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 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