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The first table below looks at the demand for VMS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMS over the 3 months to 18 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 of the Operating Systems category.

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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMS
Rank 498 507 504
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing VMS 56 82 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.115% 0.141% 0.133%
As % of the Operating Systems category 0.523% 0.690% 0.635%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 33 50
Average daily rate £350 £438 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +75.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £322 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £450 £225
% change year-on-year
-22.22% +100.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £21.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +71.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £37.50 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.50 £30.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £21.88
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +71.42%
All Operating Systems
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category		 10706 11884 13075
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 21.99% 20.46% 21.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 5806 5834 6471
Average daily rate £355 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.42% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £190 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 983 1220 1252
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +2.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.40 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.20
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +8.02%

VMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VMS Jobs Demand Trend

VMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

VMS Daily Rate Trend

VMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMS within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

VMS Daily Rate Histogram

VMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VMS Hourly Rate Trend

VMS
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMS within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

VMS Hourly Rate Histogram

VMS
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 VMS within the UK over the 3 months to 18 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
England -12 52 £350 -18.84% 13
London +27 29 £425 - 9
South East +8 9 £350 +11.11% 2
City of London +9 6 £220 -49.71%
Berkshire - 4 £350 -
Yorkshire - 4 £275 -
East of England +13 2 - - 2
North West +11 2 £350 +100.00%
West Midlands -8 2 £255 -49.00%
West Yorkshire - 2 £275 -
Hertfordshire - 2 - - 1
Manchester +14 1 £300 +71.42%
Cleckheaton - 1 £275 -
Croydon - - - -
Dover - - - -
Erith - - - - 1
Guildford - - - -
Hastings - - - -
Haywards Heath - - - -
Kings Langley - - - -
Knutsford - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Maidenhead - - - -
Altrincham - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
Bracknell - - - -
Bromley - - - -
Chichester - - - -
Kent - - - - 1
Oxfordshire - - - -

VMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VMS 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 VMS.

1 47 (45.19%) Linux
2 36 (34.62%) Windows
3 33 (31.73%) Solaris
4 27 (25.96%) Finance
5 25 (24.04%) Red Hat
5 25 (24.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 24 (23.08%) SAN
6 24 (23.08%) UNIX
7 21 (20.19%) HP
8 19 (18.27%) VMware
8 19 (18.27%) EMC
8 19 (18.27%) Cisco
8 19 (18.27%) SRDF
9 18 (17.31%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
10 17 (16.35%) AIX
10 17 (16.35%) RHCE
11 16 (15.38%) ITIL
11 16 (15.38%) OpenVMS
12 15 (14.42%) DHCP
12 15 (14.42%) Veritas
13 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
13 14 (13.46%) HPUX
13 14 (13.46%) Apache
13 14 (13.46%) Python
14 13 (12.50%) Perl
14 13 (12.50%) SLA
14 13 (12.50%) Bash shell
14 13 (12.50%) Puppet
15 12 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing

VMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VMS 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 VMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (9.615%) WebSphere
2 3 (2.885%) LAMP
3 2 (1.923%) Middleware
3 2 (1.923%) Software Packaging
3 2 (1.923%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.923%) Gearman
4 1 (0.962%) .NET
4 1 (0.962%) COM
4 1 (0.962%) CSS
4 1 (0.962%) POSIX
Application Platforms
1 14 (13.46%) Apache
2 12 (11.54%) MS Exchange
3 9 (8.654%) Tomcat
4 6 (5.769%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (4.808%) SharePoint
6 3 (2.885%) IBM Notes
7 2 (1.923%) nginx
7 2 (1.923%) lighttpd
7 2 (1.923%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.962%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.962%) IIS
8 1 (0.962%) Site Server
8 1 (0.962%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (5.769%) MS Office
2 1 (0.962%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.962%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.962%) SAP MM
1 1 (0.962%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (23.08%) SAN
2 15 (14.42%) DHCP
3 12 (11.54%) TCP/IP
3 12 (11.54%) VPN
3 12 (11.54%) DNS
4 11 (10.58%) NAS
5 10 (9.615%) Connectrix
5 10 (9.615%) Firewall
6 9 (8.654%) Ethernet
6 9 (8.654%) Gigabit Ethernet
7 8 (7.692%) VLAN
8 5 (4.808%) Internet
8 5 (4.808%) DECnet
9 4 (3.846%) NetScreen
9 4 (3.846%) VoIP
9 4 (3.846%) WAN
10 3 (2.885%) Megaco
10 3 (2.885%) Q.931
10 3 (2.885%) H.323
10 3 (2.885%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (8.654%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.846%) MySQL
3 3 (2.885%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.923%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.923%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.923%) DTS
5 1 (0.962%) QlikView
5 1 (0.962%) DB2
5 1 (0.962%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.885%) LoadRunner
1 3 (2.885%) Git (software)
1 3 (2.885%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.923%) Phing
2 2 (1.923%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 2 (1.923%) PHPUnit
2 2 (1.923%) Capistrano
2 2 (1.923%) Subversion
3 1 (0.962%) WebLOAD
3 1 (0.962%) NUnit
3 1 (0.962%) Hudson
3 1 (0.962%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 27 (25.96%) Finance
2 9 (8.654%) Financial Institution
3 6 (5.769%) Banking
4 5 (4.808%) Automotive
4 5 (4.808%) Military
5 3 (2.885%) Investment Banking
5 3 (2.885%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.923%) Advertising
6 2 (1.923%) Billing
7 1 (0.962%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.962%) Back Office
7 1 (0.962%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.962%) French Language
Job Titles
1 20 (19.23%) Administrator
2 13 (12.50%) Linux Engineer
3 11 (10.58%) Developer
3 11 (10.58%) Analyst
4 10 (9.615%) Storage Administrator
5 9 (8.654%) Senior Linux Engineer
6 8 (7.692%) Consultant
7 7 (6.731%) Support Engineer
8 6 (5.769%) Network Engineer
9 5 (4.808%) Server Support
9 5 (4.808%) Systems Administrator
9 5 (4.808%) Server Specialist
10 4 (3.846%) Voice Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) UNIX Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Server Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Installations Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Programmer
10 4 (3.846%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.615%) CLARiiON
1 10 (9.615%) Symmetrix
1 10 (9.615%) EMC Centera
1 10 (9.615%) Symmetrix DMX
2 9 (8.654%) Clustering
3 5 (4.808%) Replication
4 3 (2.885%) Blackberry
4 3 (2.885%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.885%) Computer Science
4 3 (2.885%) VAX
4 3 (2.885%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.923%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.923%) Freedom of Information Act
5 2 (1.923%) NHS
5 2 (1.923%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.962%) SecurID
6 1 (0.962%) Statistics
6 1 (0.962%) FMCG
6 1 (0.962%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 47 (45.19%) Linux
2 36 (34.62%) Windows
3 33 (31.73%) Solaris
4 25 (24.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 24 (23.08%) UNIX
6 18 (17.31%) Windows Server 2008
7 17 (16.35%) AIX
8 16 (15.38%) OpenVMS
9 14 (13.46%) HPUX
10 5 (4.808%) Windows 2000
10 5 (4.808%) Windows XP
10 5 (4.808%) Windows 7
11 4 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (1.923%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (1.923%) Debian
13 1 (0.962%) Fedora
13 1 (0.962%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.962%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (0.962%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.38%) ITIL
2 12 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (9.615%) Validation
4 9 (8.654%) Capacity Planning
5 8 (7.692%) Migration
6 5 (4.808%) Change Management
6 5 (4.808%) Release Management
6 5 (4.808%) Incident Management
7 4 (3.846%) Project Management
7 4 (3.846%) Service Delivery
7 4 (3.846%) Workflow
7 4 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (3.846%) Network Management
8 3 (2.885%) High Availability
8 3 (2.885%) Time Management
8 3 (2.885%) Data Migration
8 3 (2.885%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (2.885%) ITSM
8 3 (2.885%) Identity Management
8 3 (2.885%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.46%) Python
2 13 (12.50%) Perl
2 13 (12.50%) Bash shell
3 12 (11.54%) Shell Script
4 11 (10.58%) SQL
5 10 (9.615%) C
5 10 (9.615%) DCL
6 6 (5.769%) C++
7 5 (4.808%) Pascal
7 5 (4.808%) PowerHouse
8 4 (3.846%) PHP
9 3 (2.885%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.923%) Ruby
10 2 (1.923%) Java
11 1 (0.962%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 17 (16.35%) RHCE
2 8 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (7.692%) Degree
2 8 (7.692%) Security Cleared
3 7 (6.731%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.808%) OCP
4 5 (4.808%) Oracle Certification
4 5 (4.808%) MCITP
4 5 (4.808%) MCSE
5 2 (1.923%) CCNA
5 2 (1.923%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.923%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.923%) HND
5 2 (1.923%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.962%) CCNP
6 1 (0.962%) CCVP
6 1 (0.962%) RHCT
6 1 (0.962%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.962%) VCP4
6 1 (0.962%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (12.50%) SLA
2 1 (0.962%) QA
System Software
1 19 (18.27%) SRDF
2 14 (13.46%) Active Directory
3 11 (10.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (8.654%) Samba
4 9 (8.654%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 9 (8.654%) Oracle RAC
5 8 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (5.769%) VMware ESX
7 5 (4.808%) Hyper-V
8 4 (3.846%) vSphere
8 4 (3.846%) XenServer
9 3 (2.885%) XenApp
9 3 (2.885%) VMware Server
9 3 (2.885%) Snort
10 2 (1.923%) MetaFrame
10 2 (1.923%) Terminal Services
10 2 (1.923%) Postfix
10 2 (1.923%) Sendmail
10 2 (1.923%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 13 (12.50%) Puppet
2 10 (9.615%) EMC TimeFinder
3 9 (8.654%) EMC NetWorker
3 9 (8.654%) Cobbler
4 7 (6.731%) Red Hat Satellite
5 6 (5.769%) Backup Exec
6 5 (4.808%) SCCM
7 4 (3.846%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (3.846%) Norton AntiVirus
8 3 (2.885%) Netcool
8 3 (2.885%) SCOM
8 3 (2.885%) Nessus
9 2 (1.923%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.923%) Nagios
9 2 (1.923%) Tivoli
9 2 (1.923%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 2 (1.923%) MOM
9 2 (1.923%) Cisco UCCX
10 1 (0.962%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.962%) Control-M
Vendors
1 25 (24.04%) Red Hat
2 21 (20.19%) HP
3 19 (18.27%) EMC
3 19 (18.27%) Cisco
3 19 (18.27%) VMware
4 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
5 15 (14.42%) Veritas
6 12 (11.54%) Oracle
7 9 (8.654%) Citrix
8 8 (7.692%) Sun
9 7 (6.731%) IBM
10 5 (4.808%) Juniper
10 5 (4.808%) Symantec
11 4 (3.846%) SAP
12 3 (2.885%) BMC
12 3 (2.885%) Lotus
12 3 (2.885%) Nortel
12 3 (2.885%) Sourcefire
12 3 (2.885%) Kaspersky
13 2 (1.923%) Huawei
Storage Administrator
London
You will have strong experience with the following: EMC Symmetrix/DMX / VMAX. EMC Clariion. EMC Centera. McData (Connectrix) Switches, CISCO SAN switches... EMC Timefinder. EMC SRDF... HP-UX...
Scope AT Ltd
Rate: negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013
Senior Database/Systems Administrator
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Essential Skills The right candidate should have proven expertise and hands-on experience of using Oracle RDBMS technology and working knowledge / understanding of administering VMware VMs configured in...
The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Rate: £29750 - £37525 per annum + plus excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
On Board Software Engin
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
SYS UML) - Software process oriented... Cygwin, UML, HOOD) - Embedded C, Java, pearl, bash (or scripting languages) - Proficient in the use of debuggers (gdb,….) - Desirable: - Previous experience developing satellite...
s-com
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
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