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The table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX Server skills across the UK with a comparison to our System Software category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVMware ESX Server
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank346457
Rank change on same period last yearUp+111
Matching contract IT job ads247220
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.345 %0.221 %
As % of the category below4.961 %3.827 %
Daily rates quoted9888
Average minimum daily rate£336£402
Average daily rate£358£415
% change on same period last year-13.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£374
% change on same period last year-12.92 %
Hourly rates quoted1714
Average minimum hourly rate£36.34£35.33
Average hourly rate£37.11£36.74
% change on same period last year+1.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.87£38.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.33£38.83
% change on same period last year-3.86 %
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
UK
Matching contract IT job ads49795749
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.955 %5.776 %
Daily rates quoted12761313
Average minimum daily rate£319£329
Average daily rate£338£347
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£318£324
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted10591293
Average minimum hourly rate£20.49£20.30
Average hourly rate£21.66£21.58
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.83£22.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.37£21.51
% change on same period last year-0.65 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VMware ESX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VMware ESX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

VMware ESX Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Trend

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

VMware ESX Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

VMware ESX Daily Rate Histogram

VMware ESX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VMware ESX Hourly Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

VMware ESX Hourly Rate Histogram

VMware ESX
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 VMware ESX within the UK over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+93231£359-13.54 %
LondonUp+64115£388-12.14 %
South EastUp+1442£339-8.71 %
City of LondonUp+1032£376-9.18 %
South WestUp+4122£287-17.93 %
East of EnglandNew entry-19£300-
YorkshireUp+2513£225-
South WalesNew entry-11£380-
WalesNew entry-11£380-
BerkshireUp+179£333-10.48 %
SurreyUp+269£311-30.83 %
NewportNew entry-8£378-
HampshireUp+298£392+7.48 %
West YorkshireNew entry-8--
North EastUp+147£381-
North WestUp+156£375-
BuckinghamshireUp+226£300-
West SussexUp+145£275-8.33 %
GloucestershireNew entry-5--
SomersetUp+55--
CrawleyUp+75£275-
NorwichNew entry-5£288-
BathNew entry-5--
AylesburyNew entry-5--
ReadingUp+25£250-35.89 %
NorfolkNew entry-5£288-
HertfordshireNew entry-5£325-
EssexNew entry-4--
CambridgeshireNew entry-4£275-
GatwickNew entry-4--

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1541 (97.48 %)VMware
2362 (65.23 %)Windows
3277 (49.91 %)VMware Infrastructure
4276 (49.73 %)Windows Server 2003
5253 (45.59 %)SAN
6235 (42.34 %)Active Directory
7191 (34.41 %)MS Exchange
8175 (31.53 %)Microsoft
9169 (30.45 %)HP
10144 (25.95 %)Exchange Server 2003
11133 (23.96 %)Citrix
12126 (22.70 %)Linux
13125 (22.52 %)Microsoft Certification
14120 (21.62 %)MCSE
15100 (18.02 %)SQL
1698 (17.66 %)Windows 2000 Server
1797 (17.48 %)EMC
1892 (16.58 %)SQL Server
1988 (15.86 %)IBM
2081 (14.59 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2177 (13.87 %)Finance
2276 (13.69 %)Red Hat Linux
2374 (13.33 %)TCP/IP
2374 (13.33 %)Red Hat
2471 (12.79 %)Clustering
2569 (12.43 %)DNS
2662 (11.17 %)IIS
2761 (10.99 %)Citrix Presentation Server
2853 (9.550 %)DHCP
2950 (9.009 %)Oracle

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (4.505 %).NET
125 (4.505 %)WebSphere
218 (3.243 %)J2EE
311 (1.982 %)COM+
48 (1.441 %).NET Framework
57 (1.261 %)WSH
63 (0.541 %)WebServices
63 (0.541 %)ASP
72 (0.360 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.360 %)Struts
72 (0.360 %)HTML
72 (0.360 %)Middleware
72 (0.360 %)Application Packaging
72 (0.360 %).NET Remoting
72 (0.360 %)WCF
81 (0.180 %)Software Packaging
81 (0.180 %)CGI
81 (0.180 %)XML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1191 (34.41 %)MS Exchange
2144 (25.95 %)Exchange Server 2003
362 (11.17 %)IIS
446 (8.288 %)Exchange Server 2007
532 (5.766 %)SharePoint
614 (2.523 %)Exchange Server 2000
79 (1.622 %)SharePoint Server 2007
88 (1.441 %)WebSphere Application Server
97 (1.261 %)WebSphere MQ
106 (1.081 %)Lotus Notes
114 (0.721 %)Apache
123 (0.541 %)BizTalk Server
123 (0.541 %)Lotus Domino
123 (0.541 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
123 (0.541 %)Oracle Application Server
123 (0.541 %)Oracle 10gAS
132 (0.360 %)GroupWise
141 (0.180 %)SharePoint Portal Server
141 (0.180 %)WebLogic
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (8.108 %)MS Excel
29 (1.622 %)MS Office
31 (0.180 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.081 %)SoftGrid
24 (0.721 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.360 %)assyst
32 (0.360 %)GoldMine
41 (0.180 %)Oracle Applications
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1253 (45.59 %)SAN
274 (13.33 %)TCP/IP
369 (12.43 %)DNS
453 (9.550 %)DHCP
548 (8.649 %)Firewall
633 (5.946 %)WAN
731 (5.586 %)LAN
825 (4.505 %)VLAN
922 (3.964 %)VPN
1015 (2.703 %)LDAP
1114 (2.523 %)MPLS
1212 (2.162 %)SSL
1212 (2.162 %)iSCSI
1212 (2.162 %)SMS
1311 (1.982 %)VoIP
1311 (1.982 %)Internet
1410 (1.802 %)SNMP
1410 (1.802 %)SMTP
1410 (1.802 %)DMZ
158 (1.441 %)BIG-IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (16.58 %)SQL Server
230 (5.405 %)Oracle 10g
230 (5.405 %)SQL Server 2000
321 (3.784 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (0.541 %)Oracle BI EE
51 (0.180 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.180 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (1.802 %)MSI
28 (1.441 %)LoadRunner
36 (1.081 %)Visual Studio
44 (0.721 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (0.360 %)PVCS
52 (0.360 %)WinRunner
52 (0.360 %)TestDirector
52 (0.360 %)QuickTest Pro
52 (0.360 %)Subversion
61 (0.180 %)Oracle APEX
61 (0.180 %)Telelogic DOORS
61 (0.180 %)Rational Rose
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
177 (13.87 %)Finance
237 (6.667 %)Banking
324 (4.324 %)Government
415 (2.703 %)Investment Banking
513 (2.342 %)Insurance
513 (2.342 %)Financial Institution
610 (1.802 %)Back Office
610 (1.802 %)Telecoms
79 (1.622 %)Construction
88 (1.441 %)Law
96 (1.081 %)Legal
104 (0.721 %)Retail
112 (0.360 %)Local Government
121 (0.180 %)Pharmaceutical
121 (0.180 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.180 %)Games
121 (0.180 %)Military
121 (0.180 %)Education
121 (0.180 %)Electric
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
192 (16.58 %)Consultant
288 (15.86 %)Analyst
373 (13.15 %)Administrator
452 (9.369 %)Systems Administrator
549 (8.829 %)Support Analyst
642 (7.568 %)3rd Line Support
734 (6.126 %)Infrastructure Engineer
831 (5.586 %)Architect
925 (4.505 %)Support Engineer
1022 (3.964 %)Server Analyst
1121 (3.784 %)Infrastructure Consultant
1121 (3.784 %)Server Support
1121 (3.784 %)Server Engineer
1220 (3.604 %)Systems Engineer
1317 (3.063 %)Technical Consultant
1416 (2.883 %)Wintel Engineer
1515 (2.703 %)Network Support
1614 (2.523 %)Citrix Engineer
1614 (2.523 %)Senior Systems Administrator
1713 (2.342 %)Windows Administrator
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
171 (12.79 %)Clustering
232 (5.766 %)CLARiiON
312 (2.162 %)Celerra
48 (1.441 %)Fat Client
48 (1.441 %)EMC Centera
48 (1.441 %)Thin Client
56 (1.081 %)Client/Server
56 (1.081 %)Blackberry
64 (0.721 %)Replication
73 (0.541 %)N-Tier
73 (0.541 %)Smartcard
81 (0.180 %)Firmware
81 (0.180 %)Management Information System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1362 (65.23 %)Windows
2276 (49.73 %)Windows Server 2003
3126 (22.70 %)Linux
498 (17.66 %)Windows 2000 Server
576 (13.69 %)Red Hat Linux
649 (8.829 %)Windows 2000
747 (8.468 %)Solaris
839 (7.027 %)Windows XP
927 (4.865 %)UNIX
927 (4.865 %)Windows Vista
927 (4.865 %)Windows Server 2008
108 (1.441 %)Windows NT
117 (1.261 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
125 (0.901 %)Debian
134 (0.721 %)AIX
143 (0.541 %)NetWare
152 (0.360 %)HPUX
161 (0.180 %)VMS
161 (0.180 %)Ubuntu
161 (0.180 %)SUSE
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
148 (8.649 %)ITIL
243 (7.748 %)Migration
340 (7.207 %)Security Cleared
434 (6.126 %)Disaster Recovery
531 (5.586 %)SC Cleared
623 (4.144 %)Project Management
718 (3.243 %)PRINCE2
812 (2.162 %)Change Management
910 (1.802 %)Load Balancing
109 (1.622 %)Service Delivery
118 (1.441 %)Load Testing
127 (1.261 %)RUP
127 (1.261 %)Configuration Management
136 (1.081 %)SOA
136 (1.081 %)Network Load Balancing
136 (1.081 %)Stress Testing
144 (0.721 %)Data Protection
144 (0.721 %)BC Cleared
144 (0.721 %)Asset Management
144 (0.721 %)Network Design
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1100 (18.02 %)SQL
241 (7.387 %)VBScript
337 (6.667 %)Shell Script
427 (4.865 %)Perl
526 (4.685 %)VB
618 (3.243 %)Java
714 (2.523 %)C
86 (1.081 %)C#
92 (0.360 %)C++
92 (0.360 %)VB.NET
92 (0.360 %)PowerShell
101 (0.180 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1125 (22.52 %)Microsoft Certification
2120 (21.62 %)MCSE
381 (14.59 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
426 (4.685 %)RHCE
522 (3.964 %)Degree
619 (3.423 %)Citrix Certification
711 (1.982 %)CCEA
711 (1.982 %)Cisco Certification
89 (1.622 %)MCSA
89 (1.622 %)CCNA
89 (1.622 %)PRINCE2 Certification
97 (1.261 %)MCP
97 (1.261 %)MCTS
97 (1.261 %)MCITP
106 (1.081 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
114 (0.721 %)CCA
123 (0.541 %)SCSA
132 (0.360 %)CCNP
141 (0.180 %)CNE
141 (0.180 %)Novell Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (0.541 %)SLA
13 (0.541 %)QA
21 (0.180 %)GxP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1277 (49.91 %)VMware Infrastructure
2235 (42.34 %)Active Directory
361 (10.99 %)Citrix Presentation Server
443 (7.748 %)NetBackup
525 (4.505 %)Terminal Server
623 (4.144 %)ISA Server
623 (4.144 %)VMware GSX
717 (3.063 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
814 (2.523 %)VMware Server
912 (2.162 %)VMware Workstation
912 (2.162 %)Terminal Services
1011 (1.982 %)NFS
1011 (1.982 %)Backup Exec
1110 (1.802 %)MetaFrame
125 (0.901 %)Oracle RAC
125 (0.901 %)PowerConvert
134 (0.721 %)MailMarshal
141 (0.180 %)Novell eDirectory
141 (0.180 %)Squid
141 (0.180 %)Xen
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
128 (5.045 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
223 (4.144 %)Tivoli
319 (3.423 %)Norton AntiVirus
319 (3.423 %)MOM
417 (3.063 %)Legato
516 (2.883 %)WSUS
610 (1.802 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
76 (1.081 %)CA SiteMinder
85 (0.901 %)ARCserve
94 (0.721 %)ZENworks
94 (0.721 %)AutoSys
94 (0.721 %)Tivoli Remote Control
103 (0.541 %)RepliStor
103 (0.541 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
103 (0.541 %)SCOM
112 (0.360 %)MIMEsweeper
112 (0.360 %)Unicenter
121 (0.180 %)OpenView
121 (0.180 %)OpenView Configuration Management
121 (0.180 %)MAILsweeper
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1541 (97.48 %)VMware
2175 (31.53 %)Microsoft
3169 (30.45 %)HP
4133 (23.96 %)Citrix
597 (17.48 %)EMC
688 (15.86 %)IBM
774 (13.33 %)Red Hat
850 (9.009 %)Oracle
946 (8.288 %)Dell
1037 (6.667 %)VERITAS
1132 (5.766 %)Symantec
1223 (4.144 %)Sun
1223 (4.144 %)PlateSpin
1321 (3.784 %)Altiris
1321 (3.784 %)Cisco
1420 (3.604 %)Intel
1519 (3.423 %)NetApp
1614 (2.523 %)Compaq
1710 (1.802 %)Remedy
188 (1.441 %)Lotus