The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 34 25 20
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -5
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 5 15 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 1.634% 3.876% 6.700%
As % of the System Software category 10.64% 35.71% 49.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 21
Average daily rate £213 £298 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% -8.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Average hourly rate £13.25 £16.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.46% +16.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £20.75 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+30.12% -7.48%
All System Software
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
47 42 55
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 15.36% 10.85% 13.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 20 39
Average daily rate £288 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 7
Average hourly rate £14.25 £14.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.78% +40.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £9.28
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £20.00 £16.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

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 Wales region.

South Wales VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff -2 2 £213 -30.89%
Vale of Glamorgan - 1 - -
Bridgend - 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure
Wales

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (80.00%) Windows
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
5 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
5 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
5 3 (30.00%) MS Office
5 3 (30.00%) Citrix
5 3 (30.00%) Internet
5 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
5 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (20.00%) Fat Client
6 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
6 2 (20.00%) Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (20.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) ISA Server
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) McAfee
6 2 (20.00%) HP
6 2 (20.00%) Sun
6 2 (20.00%) SAN
6 2 (20.00%) NetApp
6 2 (20.00%) Thin Client
6 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (20.00%) SQL Server

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Office
2 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (30.00%) Internet
2 2 (20.00%) Firewall
2 2 (20.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 2 (20.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
3 1 (10.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (10.00%) Cognos Impromptu
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 2 (20.00%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Support
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (20.00%) Fat Client
2 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (20.00%) Thin Client
3 1 (10.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) UNIX
3 2 (20.00%) Solaris
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) LINC
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) MCSE
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) ISA Server
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
2 2 (20.00%) XenApp
3 1 (10.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) ARCserve
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Citrix
4 2 (20.00%) NetApp
4 2 (20.00%) McAfee
4 2 (20.00%) Sun
4 2 (20.00%) HP
5 1 (10.00%) Intel
5 1 (10.00%) Cognos
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) AppSense