vCenter Server Contracts

VMware vCenter Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 441 470 645
Rank change year-on-year +29 +175 -110
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 157 258 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.43% 0.23%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.09% 2.68% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 186 132
10th Percentile £356 £400 £276
25th Percentile £475 £456 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £524 £460
Median % change year-on-year +0.29% +13.93% +8.76%
75th Percentile £608 £586 £571
90th Percentile £650 £654 £656
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £450
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 27 7
10th Percentile £60.75 £26.80 £37.56
25th Percentile £61.88 £29.30 £50.75
Median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -26.09% +27.07%
75th Percentile £74.63 £50.83 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.65 £86.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £52.00
% change year-on-year +58.82% -18.27% -

All Systems Management Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 5,089 9,618 14,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 11.75% 16.08% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,637 6,947 10,288
10th Percentile £256 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £563 £565
Median % change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £675
90th Percentile £700 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 211 185
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.54 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.75 £24.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.28
Median % change year-on-year -47.83% +158.08% -41.37%
75th Percentile £53.75 £72.50 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.75 £82.50 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £46.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -16.30% +130.00% -10.11%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing vCenter Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Top 13 Contract Locations

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 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
England +60 133 £530 +3.41% 41
UK excluding London +52 131 £525 - 34
South East +43 41 £605 +18.05% 15
South West +26 39 £525 -4.55% 9
Work from Home +60 21 £500 -0.99% 14
North of England +18 21 £370 -15.43% 3
London +51 18 £600 +20.00% 4
Scotland +33 17 £623 +18.10%
Midlands +20 13 £425 -15.84% 6
West Midlands +27 12 £425 -15.84% 5
North West -8 8 £575 +27.78%
Yorkshire - 8 £340 - 3
North East +21 5 £525 +75.73%

vCenter Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (9.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.46%) Confluence
3 4 (2.55%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.27%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.27%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.64%) IIS
5 1 (0.64%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 33 (21.02%) Azure
2 13 (8.28%) OCI
3 11 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.46%) AWS
5 6 (3.82%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.55%) Cloud Computing
6 4 (2.55%) IaaS
7 3 (1.91%) GitHub
7 3 (1.91%) Nutanix
7 3 (1.91%) OpenShift
8 2 (1.27%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.64%) GCP
9 1 (0.64%) PaaS
9 1 (0.64%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 62 (39.49%) DNS
2 56 (35.67%) DHCP
3 51 (32.48%) VSAN
4 48 (30.57%) Firewall
5 37 (23.57%) SAN
6 10 (6.37%) Remote Desktop
7 8 (5.10%) SNA
7 8 (5.10%) VPN
8 7 (4.46%) LAN
8 7 (4.46%) TCP/IP
8 7 (4.46%) WAN
8 7 (4.46%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (3.82%) FTP
9 6 (3.82%) SMTP
10 5 (3.18%) NAS
11 3 (1.91%) Skype
11 3 (1.91%) Software-Defined Networking
12 2 (1.27%) Cisco ISE
12 2 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
12 2 (1.27%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.10%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.82%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (3.18%) Elasticsearch
4 4 (2.55%) MySQL
4 4 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.64%) Big Data
5 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (8.92%) JIRA
2 8 (5.10%) Git
3 2 (1.27%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.64%) Jenkins
General
1 63 (40.13%) Social Skills
2 22 (14.01%) Public Sector
3 10 (6.37%) Banking
4 8 (5.10%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.46%) Finance
6 5 (3.18%) Legal
7 4 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.27%) Aerospace
8 2 (1.27%) Electronics
8 2 (1.27%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.27%) Marketing
8 2 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 65 (41.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 27 (17.20%) VMware Engineer
3 23 (14.65%) Network Engineer
4 15 (9.55%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (8.28%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 10 (6.37%) Senior
7 9 (5.73%) Architect
8 8 (5.10%) Data Centre Engineer
8 8 (5.10%) Lead
8 8 (5.10%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Cisco Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (4.46%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 7 (4.46%) VMware Expert
10 6 (3.82%) Consultant
10 6 (3.82%) SAN Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) SAN Storage Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) Server Engineer
10 6 (3.82%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.10%) YAML
2 6 (3.82%) Flash
2 6 (3.82%) LDAP
3 2 (1.27%) 802.1X
3 2 (1.27%) JSON
4 1 (0.64%) .NET
4 1 (0.64%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 56 (35.67%) Data Centre
2 24 (15.29%) Clustering
3 20 (12.74%) PKI
4 15 (9.55%) Private Cloud
5 8 (5.10%) Replication
6 6 (3.82%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (3.82%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 4 (2.55%) Fat Client
7 4 (2.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 4 (2.55%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.64%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 75 (47.77%) Windows
2 65 (41.40%) Windows Server
3 38 (24.20%) Linux
4 27 (17.20%) Windows 10
5 25 (15.92%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (12.74%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (10.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (8.28%) Windows XP
9 9 (5.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (5.10%) Windows 7
10 8 (5.10%) Windows Server 2003
11 7 (4.46%) Unix
12 6 (3.82%) Ubuntu
13 4 (2.55%) Windows Server 2008
14 2 (1.27%) CentOS
15 1 (0.64%) Data ONTAP
15 1 (0.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (47.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 44 (28.03%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (14.65%) Infrastructure as Code
3 23 (14.65%) ITIL
4 22 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (14.01%) Project Management
5 19 (12.10%) Migration
6 18 (11.46%) CI/CD
6 18 (11.46%) Data Protection
6 18 (11.46%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (10.83%) Server Management
7 17 (10.83%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 16 (10.19%) High Availability
9 15 (9.55%) Storage Management
10 14 (8.92%) Computer Science
10 14 (8.92%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (8.92%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (8.92%) Performance Tuning
11 13 (8.28%) Resource Management
11 13 (8.28%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (24.84%) PowerShell
2 12 (7.64%) Python
3 9 (5.73%) Java
4 7 (4.46%) C#
5 5 (3.18%) SQL
6 2 (1.27%) ActionScript
6 2 (1.27%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.64%) Bash
7 1 (0.64%) C
Qualifications
1 95 (60.51%) Security Cleared
2 64 (40.76%) SC Cleared
3 56 (35.67%) DV Cleared
4 31 (19.75%) Degree
5 23 (14.65%) CCNA
5 23 (14.65%) Cisco Certification
6 22 (14.01%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 13 (8.28%) CCNP
8 8 (5.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (3.82%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.55%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (2.55%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (2.55%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (1.91%) MCSE
11 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.46%) NIST
2 4 (2.55%) QA
3 2 (1.27%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 108 (68.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 101 (64.33%) VMware ESXi
3 59 (37.58%) Active Directory
4 56 (35.67%) VMware NSX
5 45 (28.66%) vSphere
6 37 (23.57%) Hyper-V
7 14 (8.92%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (5.73%) vCloud
9 8 (5.10%) KVM
10 7 (4.46%) Docker
10 7 (4.46%) Firmware
10 7 (4.46%) VMware Workstation
11 6 (3.82%) BitLocker
11 6 (3.82%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (3.82%) Terminal Services
12 2 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
13 1 (0.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.64%) Virtual Servers
13 1 (0.64%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 29 (18.47%) SCCM
2 26 (16.56%) WSUS
3 22 (14.01%) vRealize
4 19 (12.10%) Ansible
5 16 (10.19%) Kubernetes
6 15 (9.55%) SCOM
7 13 (8.28%) EMC NetWorker
7 13 (8.28%) NetBackup
7 13 (8.28%) Terraform
7 13 (8.28%) vMotion
8 9 (5.73%) VxRail
9 6 (3.82%) Microsoft Clustering
10 5 (3.18%) Nessus
11 4 (2.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (2.55%) Red Hat Satellite
11 4 (2.55%) ZABBIX
12 3 (1.91%) McAfee ePO
12 3 (1.91%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (1.91%) Puppet
13 2 (1.27%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 155 (98.73%) VMware
2 58 (36.94%) Microsoft
3 42 (26.75%) Cisco
4 34 (21.66%) Veeam
5 29 (18.47%) Dell
6 21 (13.38%) Palo Alto
7 18 (11.46%) HP
7 18 (11.46%) Symantec
8 17 (10.83%) Oracle
9 15 (9.55%) EMC
10 14 (8.92%) Juniper
11 13 (8.28%) 3PAR
11 13 (8.28%) Extreme Networks
12 10 (6.37%) Citrix
13 9 (5.73%) Atlassian
14 6 (3.82%) CheckPoint
14 6 (3.82%) Infoblox
15 5 (3.18%) Red Hat
15 5 (3.18%) SolarWinds
16 4 (2.55%) McAfee