The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Surrey 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 38 54 31
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -23
Contract jobs citing VMware 39 48 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 3.424% 2.916% 4.693%
As % of the Vendors category 6.854% 5.963% 9.493%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 20 32
Average daily rate £309 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.82% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £128 £262 £262
10% offered a daily rate of more than £337 £516 £399
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -48.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.35 £13.30 £32.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £21.40 £34.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +6.99%
All Vendors
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
569 805 927
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 49.96% 48.91% 49.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 437 435
Average daily rate £340 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £145 £160 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 42 48
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +14.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £10.50 £11.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.75 £30.90 £39.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
South East

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Surrey VMware Daily Rate Histogram

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Surrey VMware Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Surrey 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
Guildford -8 6 £300 -
Reigate +11 4 £275 -43.58%
Redhill +5 2 - -
Weybridge - 2 - -
Horley - 2 - -
Leatherhead - 2 £313 -
Dorking - 2 - -
Staines -1 1 - -
Walton-on-Thames - 1 - -
Epsom - 1 £313 -
Godalming - 1 £125 -
VMware
South East

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 61 (67.03%) Windows
2 42 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (37.36%) Active Directory
4 30 (32.97%) Windows Server 2008
5 29 (31.87%) Citrix
6 28 (30.77%) Microsoft
7 25 (27.47%) MS Office
8 24 (26.37%) MS Exchange
9 22 (24.18%) SAN
10 19 (20.88%) SQL
11 18 (19.78%) Linux
11 18 (19.78%) Hyper-V
12 17 (18.68%) TCP/IP
13 16 (17.58%) DNS
13 16 (17.58%) DHCP
13 16 (17.58%) vSphere
13 16 (17.58%) Exchange Server 2010
14 14 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
14 14 (15.38%) ITIL
14 14 (15.38%) SharePoint
15 13 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
15 13 (14.29%) MS Excel
15 13 (14.29%) SCOM
16 12 (13.19%) XenApp
16 12 (13.19%) NetApp
16 12 (13.19%) Red Hat
17 11 (12.09%) Windows XP
17 11 (12.09%) Cisco
17 11 (12.09%) CommVault
17 11 (12.09%) SCCM

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 Development
1 5 (5.495%) XML
2 4 (4.396%) DOM
2 4 (4.396%) JDBC
3 1 (1.099%) .NET
3 1 (1.099%) RSS
3 1 (1.099%) Middleware
3 1 (1.099%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 24 (26.37%) MS Exchange
2 16 (17.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (15.38%) SharePoint
4 11 (12.09%) Exchange Server 2007
5 8 (8.791%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 7 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (5.495%) Apache
7 5 (5.495%) Tomcat
8 4 (4.396%) Liferay
9 1 (1.099%) Oracle Service Bus
9 1 (1.099%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (1.099%) Lync
9 1 (1.099%) WebLogic
9 1 (1.099%) IIS
9 1 (1.099%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (1.099%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (27.47%) MS Office
2 13 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.099%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.099%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.099%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 22 (24.18%) SAN
2 17 (18.68%) TCP/IP
3 16 (17.58%) DNS
3 16 (17.58%) DHCP
4 7 (7.692%) WAN
4 7 (7.692%) VPN
4 7 (7.692%) Firewall
5 5 (5.495%) LAN
6 4 (4.396%) LDAP
6 4 (4.396%) SMTP
6 4 (4.396%) HTTP
6 4 (4.396%) SNMP
6 4 (4.396%) SSL
6 4 (4.396%) TELNET
6 4 (4.396%) iSCSI
6 4 (4.396%) NAS
6 4 (4.396%) tcpdump
7 2 (2.198%) IPsec
7 2 (2.198%) VLAN
7 2 (2.198%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.396%) MySQL
2 4 (4.396%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.099%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (4.396%) Git (software)
1 4 (4.396%) Hudson
1 4 (4.396%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (5.495%) Banking
2 3 (3.297%) Finance
3 2 (2.198%) Automotive
4 1 (1.099%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (15.38%) Analyst
2 13 (14.29%) Support Engineer
3 12 (13.19%) 3rd Line Support
4 10 (10.99%) Administrator
5 7 (7.692%) Support Analyst
5 7 (7.692%) Consultant
5 7 (7.692%) Server Engineer
5 7 (7.692%) IT Support
6 6 (6.593%) Wintel Engineer
6 6 (6.593%) Technical Support
7 5 (5.495%) Technical Support Engineer
7 5 (5.495%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.495%) Technical Engineer
7 5 (5.495%) Linux Administrator
8 4 (4.396%) Software Integration Engineer
8 4 (4.396%) Storage Administrator
8 4 (4.396%) Integration Engineer
8 4 (4.396%) Help Desk Engineer
8 4 (4.396%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
8 4 (4.396%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.890%) Clustering
2 5 (5.495%) Blackberry
3 4 (4.396%) Cryptography
3 4 (4.396%) Fat Client
3 4 (4.396%) Thin Client
4 2 (2.198%) Celerra
4 2 (2.198%) Open Source
4 2 (2.198%) Replication
4 2 (2.198%) CLARiiON
5 1 (1.099%) EMC Centera
5 1 (1.099%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 61 (67.03%) Windows
2 30 (32.97%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (19.78%) Linux
4 13 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (12.09%) Windows XP
5 11 (12.09%) Windows 7
6 8 (8.791%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (6.593%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (6.593%) UNIX
8 2 (2.198%) AIX
9 1 (1.099%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (15.38%) ITIL
2 6 (6.593%) Service Delivery
2 6 (6.593%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (5.495%) Migration
3 5 (5.495%) Load Balancing
4 4 (4.396%) Memory Management
4 4 (4.396%) PRINCE2
4 4 (4.396%) E-Commerce
5 3 (3.297%) Configuration Management
6 2 (2.198%) Project Management
6 2 (2.198%) Performance Management
6 2 (2.198%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (2.198%) Project Planning
7 1 (1.099%) Service Management
7 1 (1.099%) Release Management
7 1 (1.099%) Change Control
7 1 (1.099%) Build Automation
7 1 (1.099%) Database Security
7 1 (1.099%) ERP
7 1 (1.099%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.88%) SQL
2 5 (5.495%) Shell Script
2 5 (5.495%) PowerShell
3 4 (4.396%) Bash shell
3 4 (4.396%) sed
3 4 (4.396%) AWK
3 4 (4.396%) VBScript
3 4 (4.396%) C#
3 4 (4.396%) Java
3 4 (4.396%) Perl
4 2 (2.198%) VB
5 1 (1.099%) C
Qualifications
1 8 (8.791%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (6.593%) MCSE
3 6 (6.593%) Security Cleared
4 4 (4.396%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.198%) MCITP
5 2 (2.198%) Degree
5 2 (2.198%) MCP
5 2 (2.198%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.198%) CCNA
6 1 (1.099%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (1.099%) MCSA
6 1 (1.099%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.099%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.099%) IBM Certification
6 1 (1.099%) CCEE
6 1 (1.099%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.297%) SLA
2 2 (2.198%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.198%) QA
System Software
1 42 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
2 34 (37.36%) Active Directory
3 18 (19.78%) Hyper-V
4 16 (17.58%) vSphere
5 14 (15.38%) VMware ESXi
6 12 (13.19%) XenApp
7 10 (10.99%) Forefront TMG
8 9 (9.890%) ISA Server
9 5 (5.495%) XenServer
9 5 (5.495%) XenDesktop
10 4 (4.396%) Postfix
10 4 (4.396%) Nmap
10 4 (4.396%) Squid
10 4 (4.396%) NFS
11 3 (3.297%) VMware ESX
12 2 (2.198%) UAG
13 1 (1.099%) Microsoft App-V
13 1 (1.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (1.099%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 1 (1.099%) IAG
Systems Management
1 13 (14.29%) SCOM
2 11 (12.09%) SCCM
3 5 (5.495%) Puppet
4 4 (4.396%) Nagios
4 4 (4.396%) WMI
4 4 (4.396%) WSUS
5 3 (3.297%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (2.198%) NetBackup
6 2 (2.198%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.099%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (1.099%) Tivoli
7 1 (1.099%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.099%) MOM
7 1 (1.099%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.099%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 29 (31.87%) Citrix
2 28 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 12 (13.19%) NetApp
3 12 (13.19%) Red Hat
4 11 (12.09%) CommVault
4 11 (12.09%) Cisco
5 9 (9.890%) Oracle
5 9 (9.890%) HP
6 8 (8.791%) EMC
7 7 (7.692%) IBM
8 5 (5.495%) SAP
8 5 (5.495%) Symantec
8 5 (5.495%) Wyse
9 4 (4.396%) AppSense
9 4 (4.396%) JBoss
10 3 (3.297%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.297%) McAfee
11 2 (2.198%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.198%) Twitter
11 2 (2.198%) Juniper
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