The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 24 32 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESX 5 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.762% 2.381% -
As % of the System Software category 29.41% 13.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £325 £294
% change year-on-year
+13.84% +10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £27.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +8.00%
All System Software
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
17 59 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 9.392% 17.56% 7.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 27 9
Average daily rate £300 £350 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.21% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £258 £250 £123
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £505 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 12 3
Average hourly rate £18.25 £13.33 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+36.90% +2.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware ESX
North East

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware ESX across the Tyne and Wear region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Tyne and Wear VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VMware ESX across the Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear VMware ESX Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gateshead +10 3 - -
Newcastle upon Tyne +7 2 - -
VMware ESX
North East

VMware ESX
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 7 (100.00%) SAN
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) HP
2 5 (71.43%) vSphere
2 5 (71.43%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (71.43%) Fibre Channel
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (28.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Replication
4 1 (14.29%) EMC

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) SAN
2 5 (71.43%) Fibre Channel
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco Nexus
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Engineer
1 3 (42.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Storage Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Storage Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (28.57%) Administrator
2 2 (28.57%) VMware Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) vSphere
2 5 (71.43%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (28.57%) EMC RecoverPoint
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Cisco
2 5 (71.43%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) EMC