vCenter Server Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vCenter Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 310 395
Rank change year-on-year +45 +85 -47
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 131 138 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.59% 0.39%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.67% 3.92% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 89 74
10th Percentile £319 £410 £286
25th Percentile £428 £456 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £547
90th Percentile £612 £685 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £450
% change year-on-year +0.96% +15.56% +6.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 26 4
10th Percentile £60.75 £26.63 £28.80
25th Percentile £61.88 £29.30 £41.95
Median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £52.00
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -18.27% -
75th Percentile £74.63 £49.52 £55.44
90th Percentile £76.65 £69.82 £56.68
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +58.82% -26.09% +27.07%

All Systems Management Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,310 3,517 4,218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.28% 14.99% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,689 2,567 2,950
10th Percentile £213 £286 £237
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.90% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £595
90th Percentile £653 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 136 113
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.91
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £44.88 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.72% +124.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £41.50
90th Percentile £70.60 £75.25 £51.69
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £57.50 £22.75
% change year-on-year -55.19% +152.75% -42.77%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
South East +43 41 £605 +21.00% 11
South West +17 37 £525 -4.55% 8
North of England +15 20 £355 -20.00% 3
Midlands +39 17 £400 -20.40% 5
Scotland +40 16 £623 +18.10% 1
West Midlands +25 16 £400 -20.40% 3
North West -9 8 £575 +27.78%
Yorkshire - 8 £340 - 2
North East +15 4 £563 +81.45% 1
vCenter Server
UK

vCenter Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (10.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.82%) Confluence
3 3 (2.29%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.76%) nginx
4 1 (0.76%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (5.34%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 32 (24.43%) Azure
2 14 (10.69%) OCI
3 10 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.58%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.82%) AWS
6 4 (3.05%) IaaS
7 3 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.29%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.76%) GCP
8 1 (0.76%) GitHub
8 1 (0.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 61 (46.56%) DNS
2 57 (43.51%) DHCP
3 47 (35.88%) Firewall
4 37 (28.24%) SAN
5 35 (26.72%) VSAN
6 12 (9.16%) Remote Desktop
7 10 (7.63%) LAN
7 10 (7.63%) WAN
8 7 (5.34%) TCP/IP
8 7 (5.34%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (4.58%) FTP
9 6 (4.58%) SMTP
9 6 (4.58%) VPN
10 5 (3.82%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (3.05%) NAS
12 3 (2.29%) SNA
13 2 (1.53%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (1.53%) Skype
14 1 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
14 1 (0.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.58%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (4.58%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.82%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (3.05%) MySQL
3 4 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.76%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (7.63%) JIRA
2 3 (2.29%) Git
3 2 (1.53%) Artifactory
General
1 56 (42.75%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.74%) Public Sector
3 7 (5.34%) Banking
4 6 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (4.58%) Finance
5 5 (3.82%) Legal
6 4 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.53%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.53%) Electronics
7 2 (1.53%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.53%) Marketing
7 2 (1.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (45.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (16.79%) Network Engineer
3 20 (15.27%) VMware Engineer
4 16 (12.21%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (9.92%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.11%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (5.34%) Senior
7 7 (5.34%) VMware Expert
8 6 (4.58%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Data Centre Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) SAN Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) SAN Storage Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Server Engineer
8 6 (4.58%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Administrator
9 5 (3.82%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (3.82%) Server Administrator
9 5 (3.82%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.58%) LDAP
2 5 (3.82%) Flash
3 3 (2.29%) YAML
4 2 (1.53%) 802.1X
5 1 (0.76%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (0.76%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 49 (37.40%) Data Centre
2 21 (16.03%) Clustering
2 21 (16.03%) PKI
3 14 (10.69%) Private Cloud
4 8 (6.11%) Replication
5 4 (3.05%) Fat Client
5 4 (3.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 4 (3.05%) Thin Client
5 4 (3.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
6 2 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.53%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.76%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 71 (54.20%) Windows
2 63 (48.09%) Windows Server
3 38 (29.01%) Linux
4 24 (18.32%) Windows 10
4 24 (18.32%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (14.50%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (12.98%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (10.69%) Windows XP
8 11 (8.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (6.11%) Ubuntu
10 7 (5.34%) Unix
10 7 (5.34%) Windows 7
10 7 (5.34%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (3.05%) CentOS
11 4 (3.05%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (49.62%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 43 (32.82%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (18.32%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (16.79%) Project Management
5 21 (16.03%) ITIL
6 20 (15.27%) Virtual Infrastructure
7 18 (13.74%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (13.74%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (12.98%) Server Management
9 16 (12.21%) Storage Management
10 15 (11.45%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (10.69%) Break/Fix
11 14 (10.69%) Converged Infrastructure
11 14 (10.69%) Migration
11 14 (10.69%) Performance Monitoring
11 14 (10.69%) Proactive Monitoring
12 13 (9.92%) High Availability
12 13 (9.92%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (9.92%) Resource Management
12 13 (9.92%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 33 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.11%) Java
3 7 (5.34%) C#
4 5 (3.82%) Python
5 4 (3.05%) Bash
5 4 (3.05%) SQL
6 1 (0.76%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.76%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 80 (61.07%) Security Cleared
2 52 (39.69%) SC Cleared
3 47 (35.88%) DV Cleared
4 29 (22.14%) Degree
5 23 (17.56%) CCNA
5 23 (17.56%) Cisco Certification
6 18 (13.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 14 (10.69%) CCNP
8 7 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.82%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.05%) A+ Certification
10 4 (3.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (3.05%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (3.05%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (1.53%) MCSE
11 2 (1.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.34%) NIST
2 4 (3.05%) QA
3 2 (1.53%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 91 (69.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (67.18%) VMware ESXi
3 56 (42.75%) Active Directory
4 47 (35.88%) VMware NSX
5 36 (27.48%) Hyper-V
6 35 (26.72%) vSphere
7 11 (8.40%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (6.87%) vCloud
9 8 (6.11%) KVM
10 7 (5.34%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (4.58%) BitLocker
11 6 (4.58%) Firmware
11 6 (4.58%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (4.58%) Terminal Services
12 5 (3.82%) VMware Server
13 3 (2.29%) Docker
14 2 (1.53%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (21.37%) SCCM
2 25 (19.08%) WSUS
3 15 (11.45%) vRealize
4 14 (10.69%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (10.69%) NetBackup
4 14 (10.69%) SCOM
5 13 (9.92%) vMotion
6 12 (9.16%) Kubernetes
7 9 (6.87%) Ansible
8 6 (4.58%) VxRail
9 5 (3.82%) Nessus
10 4 (3.05%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (3.05%) Microsoft Clustering
10 4 (3.05%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (3.05%) Terraform
10 4 (3.05%) ZABBIX
11 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.53%) Rancher
13 1 (0.76%) Failover Clustering
13 1 (0.76%) Puppet
Vendors
1 130 (99.24%) VMware
2 58 (44.27%) Microsoft
3 34 (25.95%) Cisco
3 34 (25.95%) Veeam
4 23 (17.56%) Dell
5 22 (16.79%) Palo Alto
6 18 (13.74%) HP
6 18 (13.74%) Oracle
6 18 (13.74%) Symantec
7 16 (12.21%) EMC
8 15 (11.45%) Juniper
9 14 (10.69%) 3PAR
9 14 (10.69%) Extreme Networks
10 8 (6.11%) Citrix
11 7 (5.34%) Atlassian
12 6 (4.58%) CheckPoint
12 6 (4.58%) Infoblox
13 4 (3.05%) Red Hat
14 3 (2.29%) SolarWinds
15 2 (1.53%) Splunk