vSphere Contracts in the South East

VMware vSphere
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 170 164
Rank change year-on-year +32 -6 -13
Contract jobs citing vSphere 62 56 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 1.12% 0.96% 1.26%
As % of the System Software category 7.98% 6.53% 7.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 44 69
10th Percentile £278 £305 £274
25th Percentile £391 £378 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £460
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -7.61% +6.98%
75th Percentile £506 £458 £588
90th Percentile £588 £614 £700
England median daily rate £500 £455 £455
% change year-on-year +9.89% - +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £52.23 -
25th Percentile - £52.56 £82.50
Median hourly rate - £54.50 £85.00
Median % change year-on-year - -35.88% +150.00%
75th Percentile - £62.63 £87.50
90th Percentile - £70.50 -
England median hourly rate £70.66 £53.50 £27.38
% change year-on-year +32.07% +95.43% -40.49%

All System Software Skills
South East

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 777 857 1,276
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 14.06% 14.70% 16.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 601 902
10th Percentile £200 £205 £163
25th Percentile £331 £358 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £608 £600 £600
90th Percentile £647 £675 £675
England median daily rate £488 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 46 57
10th Percentile £17.26 £17.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £17.80 £18.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.75 £54.03 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.07% +170.15% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62.81 £69.38 £24.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £67.71
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +163.16% -

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vSphere in the South East.

Daily rate trend for vSphere in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vSphere in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex +19 20 £475 +11.76% 2
Hampshire +1 19 £438 -7.89% 9
Surrey +10 9 £375 +20.97% 1
Thames Valley -1 9 £431 -5.23% 2
Berkshire -4 5 £350 -38.86%
Buckinghamshire +16 4 £466 +2.33% 1
Middlesex - 3 £275 -
East Sussex - 2 £475 - 1
vSphere
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.23%) IBM Domino
3 1 (1.61%) IIS
3 1 (1.61%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 7 (11.29%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 13 (20.97%) Azure
2 10 (16.13%) AWS
3 9 (14.52%) GitHub
4 7 (11.29%) IaaS
5 5 (8.06%) Entra ID
6 4 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (6.45%) Nutanix
7 2 (3.23%) GCP
8 1 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (32.26%) SAN
2 13 (20.97%) DNS
2 13 (20.97%) NAS
3 10 (16.13%) DHCP
3 10 (16.13%) VLAN
3 10 (16.13%) VSAN
4 9 (14.52%) iSCSI
5 8 (12.90%) Firewall
5 8 (12.90%) TCP/IP
6 5 (8.06%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (6.45%) SSL
7 4 (6.45%) VoIP
7 4 (6.45%) VPN
8 2 (3.23%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (3.23%) Software-Defined Networking
9 1 (1.61%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.61%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (22.58%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (14.52%) MongoDB
3 5 (8.06%) MySQL
3 5 (8.06%) RDBMS
3 5 (8.06%) Relational Database
3 5 (8.06%) SQL Server
4 2 (3.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 15 (24.19%) GitLab
2 7 (11.29%) Git
3 2 (3.23%) Subversion
4 1 (1.61%) Oracle APEX
General
1 19 (30.65%) Social Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (11.29%) Documentation Skills
3 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.84%) Front Office
5 2 (3.23%) Legal
5 2 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.61%) Finance
6 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 22 (35.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 12 (19.35%) Senior
3 11 (17.74%) Linux Engineer
3 11 (17.74%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) Architect
4 7 (11.29%) Platform Engineer
4 7 (11.29%) VMware Engineer
5 6 (9.68%) Database Specialist
5 6 (9.68%) Platform Specialist
6 5 (8.06%) Virtualisation Architect
6 5 (8.06%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Data Centre Engineer
7 4 (6.45%) Senior VMware Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Infrastructure Specialist
8 3 (4.84%) Senior Storage Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Storage Engineer
8 3 (4.84%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Security Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Support Engineer
9 2 (3.23%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) .NET
2 2 (3.23%) Middleware
2 2 (3.23%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (25.81%) Linux Command Line
2 9 (14.52%) Clustering
3 8 (12.90%) Data Centre
3 8 (12.90%) Replication
4 5 (8.06%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (4.84%) Smart Meter
7 2 (3.23%) Public Cloud
7 2 (3.23%) Tandem
8 1 (1.61%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 35 (56.45%) Linux
2 19 (30.65%) Windows
3 15 (24.19%) Unix
4 10 (16.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (12.90%) Windows Server
6 7 (11.29%) VMS
7 4 (6.45%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (4.84%) Ubuntu
9 2 (3.23%) Solaris
9 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (3.23%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (1.61%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.61%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (38.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 15 (24.19%) Agile
3 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (22.58%) Project Delivery
4 13 (20.97%) Migration
5 11 (17.74%) Platform Engineering
6 10 (16.13%) High Availability
6 10 (16.13%) Storage Management
7 9 (14.52%) Computer Science
7 9 (14.52%) Disaster Recovery
7 9 (14.52%) ITIL
7 9 (14.52%) Performance Tuning
7 9 (14.52%) Scrum
7 9 (14.52%) Task Automation
8 8 (12.90%) Capacity Management
8 8 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (12.90%) Data Migration
8 8 (12.90%) Database Security
8 8 (12.90%) RBAC
8 8 (12.90%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 18 (29.03%) Bash
2 16 (25.81%) Python
3 9 (14.52%) PowerShell
4 5 (8.06%) SQL
5 4 (6.45%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.84%) VB.NET
7 2 (3.23%) C++
7 2 (3.23%) Perl
Qualifications
1 29 (46.77%) Security Cleared
2 23 (37.10%) SC Cleared
3 18 (29.03%) Degree
4 11 (17.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (11.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (9.68%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (9.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (9.68%) VCAP
7 4 (6.45%) CCNA
7 4 (6.45%) MCSE
8 3 (4.84%) Azure Certification
8 3 (4.84%) DV Cleared
8 3 (4.84%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.23%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) SLA
2 3 (4.84%) ISO 9001
2 3 (4.84%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 37 (59.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (30.65%) Active Directory
3 14 (22.58%) VMware NSX
4 9 (14.52%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (9.68%) Hyper-V
6 5 (8.06%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (6.45%) Firmware
8 3 (4.84%) Docker
9 2 (3.23%) Ceph
9 2 (3.23%) KVM
9 2 (3.23%) Veritas Cluster Server
10 1 (1.61%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 20 (32.26%) Ansible
2 12 (19.35%) vRealize
3 11 (17.74%) Terraform
4 8 (12.90%) Kubernetes
5 7 (11.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 7 (11.29%) Packer
5 7 (11.29%) WSUS
6 6 (9.68%) vCenter Server
7 3 (4.84%) SCCM
8 2 (3.23%) Nessus
8 2 (3.23%) Pacemaker
8 2 (3.23%) Podman
8 2 (3.23%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (3.23%) SELinux
8 2 (3.23%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 2 (3.23%) VxRail
9 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (1.61%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (1.61%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 57 (91.94%) VMware
2 19 (30.65%) Microsoft
3 15 (24.19%) Oracle
3 15 (24.19%) Red Hat
4 12 (19.35%) SolarWinds
5 7 (11.29%) Veritas
6 5 (8.06%) Arqiva
7 3 (4.84%) Qualys
8 2 (3.23%) Cisco
8 2 (3.23%) Dell
8 2 (3.23%) Sun
8 2 (3.23%) Symantec
9 1 (1.61%) Apple
9 1 (1.61%) Avaya
9 1 (1.61%) Citrix
9 1 (1.61%) EMC
9 1 (1.61%) Juniper
9 1 (1.61%) NETGEAR