vSphere Contracts in the South West

VMware vSphere
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 136 141
Rank change year-on-year +29 +5 -13
Contract jobs citing vSphere 44 33 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.39% 0.93% 0.89%
As % of the System Software category 12.68% 5.91% 5.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 18 25
10th Percentile - £450 £329
25th Percentile £463 £456 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £500 £440
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% +13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £600
90th Percentile £625 £591 £641
England median daily rate £500 £455 £455
% change year-on-year +9.89% - +4.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.66 - -
England median hourly rate £70.66 £55.50 £27.38
% change year-on-year +27.32% +102.74% -39.50%

All System Software Skills
South West

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 West with a requirement for system software skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 347 558 630
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 10.94% 15.73% 17.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 420 448
10th Percentile £160 £200 £185
25th Percentile £325 £363 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £590 £623 £575
90th Percentile £700 £725 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 40 20
10th Percentile - £13.25 £15.79
25th Percentile £40.00 £17.22 £43.02
Median hourly rate £68.75 £60.00 £50.64
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% +18.50% +27.13%
75th Percentile £86.25 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £90.00 £78.95 £61.74
England median hourly rate £21.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -58.00% +150.00% +5.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for vSphere in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the South West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vSphere in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for vSphere in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Wiltshire +35 32 £475 -17.39% 3
Gloucestershire -8 7 £600 +20.00% 1
Bristol +15 3 £583 +16.50% 1
Dorset 0 2 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (9.09%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.82%) Azure
2 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.27%) AWS
3 1 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 23 (52.27%) Firewall
2 11 (25.00%) VSAN
3 4 (9.09%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.55%) Internet
4 2 (4.55%) SAN
5 1 (2.27%) DHCP
5 1 (2.27%) DNS
Development Applications
1 6 (13.64%) JIRA
2 4 (9.09%) Bitbucket
General
1 6 (13.64%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 2 (4.55%) Military
Job Titles
1 18 (40.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (36.36%) Network Engineer
3 15 (34.09%) VMware Engineer
4 13 (29.55%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 10 (22.73%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (13.64%) Senior
7 4 (9.09%) Integration Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Integration Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Test and Integration Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Senior Test Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Test and Integration Engineer
7 4 (9.09%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Automation Test Lead
8 2 (4.55%) Lead
8 2 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
8 2 (4.55%) Test Leader
9 1 (2.27%) Test Automation Manager
9 1 (2.27%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 32 (72.73%) Data Centre
2 16 (36.36%) Private Cloud
3 13 (29.55%) PKI
4 3 (6.82%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (43.18%) Linux
2 9 (20.45%) Windows
3 3 (6.82%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.55%) Unix
4 2 (4.55%) VMS
4 2 (4.55%) Windows 2000
4 2 (4.55%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.27%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (52.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 18 (40.91%) Virtual Infrastructure
3 16 (36.36%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (36.36%) Resource Management
4 14 (31.82%) Penetration Testing
5 13 (29.55%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (27.27%) Converged Infrastructure
6 12 (27.27%) Vulnerability Scanning
7 7 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
8 4 (9.09%) Requirements Analysis
9 3 (6.82%) Containerisation
9 3 (6.82%) ITIL
9 3 (6.82%) Project Management
9 3 (6.82%) Service Management
10 2 (4.55%) Agile
10 2 (4.55%) Configuration Management
10 2 (4.55%) Disaster Recovery
10 2 (4.55%) Requirements Engineering
10 2 (4.55%) Test Automation
10 2 (4.55%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.91%) Bash
2 6 (13.64%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.09%) C
3 4 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (4.55%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 21 (47.73%) DV Cleared
3 20 (45.45%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.55%) MCSE
4 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 26 (59.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (43.18%) VMware ESXi
3 15 (34.09%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.27%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (40.91%) vCenter Server
2 9 (20.45%) Ansible
3 6 (13.64%) Terraform
4 2 (4.55%) Kubernetes
4 2 (4.55%) VxRail
5 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 40 (90.91%) VMware
2 4 (9.09%) Atlassian
3 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.55%) Fortinet
4 2 (4.55%) HP
4 2 (4.55%) Juniper
5 1 (2.27%) Veritas