The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 20 27 16
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware 15 17 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 4.615% 4.304% 8.250%
As % of the Vendors category 10.14% 9.290% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 6 23
Average daily rate £275 £303 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% -6.92%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 3
Average hourly rate £13.25 £16.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.46% +16.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.45 £13.25 £10.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.05 £19.25 £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.75 £23.50 £22.20
% change year-on-year
-3.19% +5.87%
All Vendors
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
148 183 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 45.54% 46.33% 46.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 79 106
Average daily rate £350 £313 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £405
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 11
Average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £12.10
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +44.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.70 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.70 £20.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
VMware
Wales

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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 +4 11 £263 -15.66%
Newport +2 1 £288 -
Bridgend - 1 - -
VMware
Wales

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing VMware 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.

1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
3 11 (50.00%) Citrix
4 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
4 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
6 6 (27.27%) Blackberry
7 5 (22.73%) MS Office
7 5 (22.73%) Windows XP
7 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
7 5 (22.73%) LAN
7 5 (22.73%) WAN
8 4 (18.18%) DHCP
8 4 (18.18%) DNS
8 4 (18.18%) Internet
8 4 (18.18%) SCCM
9 3 (13.64%) Fat Client
9 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (13.64%) Thin Client
9 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (13.64%) SAN
9 3 (13.64%) Cisco
9 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
9 3 (13.64%) SQL
9 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
9 3 (13.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (13.64%) Migration
10 2 (9.091%) Asset Management
10 2 (9.091%) Data Management

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (13.64%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (22.73%) MS Office
2 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (22.73%) LAN
1 5 (22.73%) WAN
2 4 (18.18%) DHCP
2 4 (18.18%) DNS
2 4 (18.18%) Internet
3 3 (13.64%) SAN
3 3 (13.64%) TCP/IP
4 2 (9.091%) Firewall
4 2 (9.091%) Wireless
5 1 (4.545%) Network Security
5 1 (4.545%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (4.545%) Cognos Impromptu
3 1 (4.545%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (31.82%) Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (13.64%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (13.64%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Desktop Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Help Desk Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) Technical Support
3 2 (9.091%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.545%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Architect
4 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Support Team Leader
4 1 (4.545%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Technical Support
4 1 (4.545%) Support Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (4.545%) Architect
4 1 (4.545%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (27.27%) Blackberry
2 3 (13.64%) Fat Client
2 3 (13.64%) Thin Client
3 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (4.545%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 18 (81.82%) Windows
2 7 (31.82%) Windows 7
3 5 (22.73%) Windows XP
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (9.091%) Solaris
5 2 (9.091%) UNIX
5 2 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Migration
2 2 (9.091%) Asset Management
2 2 (9.091%) Data Management
2 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 2 (9.091%) Software Deployment
3 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) LINC
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) MCSE
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (72.73%) Active Directory
2 10 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (9.091%) ISA Server
3 2 (9.091%) vSphere
3 2 (9.091%) Hyper-V
3 2 (9.091%) XenApp
3 2 (9.091%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (4.545%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) SCCM
2 1 (4.545%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 11 (50.00%) Citrix
2 10 (45.45%) Microsoft
3 3 (13.64%) Cisco
4 2 (9.091%) NetApp
4 2 (9.091%) Sun
4 2 (9.091%) HP
4 2 (9.091%) McAfee
5 1 (4.545%) Intel
5 1 (4.545%) Cognos
5 1 (4.545%) AppSense