The first table below looks at the demand for VCDX in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VCDX over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
Rank 534 - 597
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VCDX 7 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.015% - 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.080% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
Average daily rate £425 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £300
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8728 9969 9842
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.14% 17.18% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4650 5163 4803
Average daily rate £375 £375 £375
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 522 685
Average hourly rate £22.13 £20.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.92% -8.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.28 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%

VCDX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VCDX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

VCDX Jobs Demand Trend

VCDX
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VCDX within the UK.

VCDX Daily Rate Trend

VCDX
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VCDX within the UK.

VCDX Hourly Rate Trend

VCDX
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCDX within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London - 7 £425 - 1
England - 7 £425 - 3
East Yorkshire - - - -
East of England - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Birmingham - - - - 1
Blackburn - - - -
Bolton - - - -
Bradford - - - -
Bury - - - -
Cambridge - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Derby - - - -
Dewsbury - - - -
Doncaster - - - -
Hull - - - -
Leeds - - - -
Leicester - - - -
Liverpool - - - -
Manchester - - - - 1
Milton Keynes - - - -
Newbury - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Oldham - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Preston - - - -
Reading - - - -
Sale - - - -
Salford - - - -
Sheffield - - - -

VCDX
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VCDX 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 VCDX.

1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) NetApp
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (75.00%) vSphere
3 6 (75.00%) Migration
3 6 (75.00%) Hedge funds
3 6 (75.00%) Financial Institution
3 6 (75.00%) SAN
4 1 (12.50%) IIS
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
4 1 (12.50%) Clustering
4 1 (12.50%) Altiris
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (12.50%) CCIA

VCDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VCDX 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 VCDX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) SAN
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1 (12.50%) Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Architect
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Hedge funds
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (12.50%) CCIA
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (75.00%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) NetApp
2 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Altiris
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