vCenter Server Contracts in the Thames Valley

VMware vCenter Server
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for vCenter Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vCenter Server 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 109 137 149
Rank change year-on-year +28 +12 -22
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 33 13 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 1.23% 0.44% 0.46%
As % of the Systems Management category 10.28% 3.59% 4.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 9 11
10th Percentile £356 £363 -
25th Percentile £570 £425 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £488 £490
Median % change year-on-year +24.10% -0.51% +45.19%
75th Percentile £608 £519 £570
90th Percentile £610 £534 -
South East median daily rate £605 £513 £445
% change year-on-year +18.05% +15.17% +2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
South East median hourly rate - £85.00 -

All Systems Management Skills
Thames Valley

vCenter Server is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 321 362 393
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 11.99% 12.33% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 245 272 281
10th Percentile £205 £301 £238
25th Percentile £300 £423 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +2.50% +9.53%
75th Percentile £608 £616 £613
90th Percentile £650 £724 £656
South East median daily rate £475 £543 £500
% change year-on-year -12.48% +8.55% +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 7
10th Percentile £21.34 £48.50 £16.20
25th Percentile £28.41 £54.69 £21.84
Median hourly rate £38.75 £66.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.29% +5.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £52.81 £75.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £66.50 £81.37 £76.25
South East median hourly rate £43.00 £61.38 £21.50
% change year-on-year -29.94% +185.47% -10.42%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for vCenter Server in the Thames Valley

vCenter Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for vCenter Server in the Thames Valley

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in the Thames Valley

vCenter Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for vCenter Server in the Thames Valley

vCenter Server
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vCenter Server within the Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +19 30 £605 +34.44% 4
Buckinghamshire +22 3 £590 +18.00% 1
vCenter Server
South East

vCenter Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Cloud Services
1 16 (48.48%) Azure
2 13 (39.39%) OCI
3 3 (9.09%) IaaS
4 2 (6.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 20 (60.61%) DHCP
1 20 (60.61%) DNS
2 17 (51.52%) SAN
3 16 (48.48%) Firewall
4 12 (36.36%) VSAN
5 4 (12.12%) NAS
6 3 (9.09%) SNA
7 1 (3.03%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Elasticsearch
1 4 (12.12%) MySQL
1 4 (12.12%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (12.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
General
1 23 (69.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (57.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 9 (27.27%) Storage Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) VMware Expert
4 5 (15.15%) VMware Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support
6 3 (9.09%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 3 (9.09%) PowerShell Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 3 (9.09%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) Server Engineer
6 3 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Cloud Engineer
7 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support
7 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 1 (3.03%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
8 1 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.09%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (39.39%) Data Centre
2 4 (12.12%) Fat Client
2 4 (12.12%) PKI
2 4 (12.12%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 20 (60.61%) Windows
1 20 (60.61%) Windows Server
2 17 (51.52%) Linux
2 17 (51.52%) Windows Server 2019
3 13 (39.39%) Windows 10
3 13 (39.39%) Windows Server 2012
3 13 (39.39%) Windows Server 2016
3 13 (39.39%) Windows XP
4 4 (12.12%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 14 (42.42%) Disaster Recovery
3 13 (39.39%) Break/Fix
3 13 (39.39%) Converged Infrastructure
3 13 (39.39%) ITIL
3 13 (39.39%) Performance Monitoring
3 13 (39.39%) Performance Tuning
3 13 (39.39%) Proactive Monitoring
3 13 (39.39%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (39.39%) Project Management
3 13 (39.39%) Server Management
3 13 (39.39%) Storage Management
4 10 (30.30%) CI/CD
4 10 (30.30%) Infrastructure as Code
5 7 (21.21%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (21.21%) DevOps
5 7 (21.21%) Performance Optimisation
5 7 (21.21%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (21.21%) Time Management
5 7 (21.21%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 20 (60.61%) PowerShell
2 3 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 19 (57.58%) SC Cleared
1 19 (57.58%) Security Cleared
2 13 (39.39%) CCNA
2 13 (39.39%) CCNP
2 13 (39.39%) Cisco Certification
2 13 (39.39%) Degree
2 13 (39.39%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 28 (84.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (63.64%) Active Directory
2 21 (63.64%) VMware ESXi
3 13 (39.39%) Hyper-V
4 12 (36.36%) VMware NSX
5 9 (27.27%) vCloud
6 3 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (3.03%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (60.61%) WSUS
2 13 (39.39%) EMC NetWorker
2 13 (39.39%) NetBackup
2 13 (39.39%) SCCM
2 13 (39.39%) SCOM
3 9 (27.27%) Kubernetes
4 7 (21.21%) Ansible
5 4 (12.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (12.12%) Nessus
5 4 (12.12%) Red Hat Satellite
5 4 (12.12%) ZABBIX
6 3 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (9.09%) Terraform
6 3 (9.09%) vRealize
7 2 (6.06%) Rancher
Vendors
1 33 (100.00%) VMware
2 17 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 17 (51.52%) Oracle
2 17 (51.52%) Veeam
3 13 (39.39%) 3PAR
3 13 (39.39%) Cisco
3 13 (39.39%) Dell
3 13 (39.39%) EMC
3 13 (39.39%) Extreme Networks
3 13 (39.39%) HP
3 13 (39.39%) Juniper
3 13 (39.39%) Palo Alto
3 13 (39.39%) Symantec
4 4 (12.12%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.03%) Citrix