VMware Server Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VMware Server skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Server over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software 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.

VMware Server
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012		Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank545561529
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Down-32
Matching contract IT job ads321710
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.055 %0.028 %0.018 %
As % of the System Software category0.709 %0.392 %0.336 %
Number of daily rates quoted1574
Average daily rate£350£375£296
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66 %+26.58 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£193£300£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£422£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£300£296
% change year-on-year
+16.66 %+1.26 %
Number of hourly rates quoted142
Average hourly rate£18.00£24.25£19.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.77 %+25.16 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£23.50-
% change year-on-year
-23.40 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		451143352977
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.717 %7.206 %5.394 %
Number of daily rates quoted215119001147
Average daily rate£340£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85 %+7.69 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£195£200£175
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£460£475£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£308£275
% change year-on-year
+5.69 %+11.81 %
Number of hourly rates quoted623643530
Average hourly rate£17.50£18.00£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77 %-4.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.50£35.00£35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£16.50£17.50£17.50
% change year-on-year
-5.71 %-

VMware Server
Demand Trend

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

VMware Server Demand Trend

VMware Server
Daily Rate Trend

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

VMware Server Daily Rate Trend

VMware Server
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Server within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

VMware Server Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Server
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VMware Server Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Server
Top 26 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Server within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+1831£363-9.37 %
LondonUp+2810£375-6.25 %
South EastUp+127£500-
HampshireNew entry-6£500-
YorkshireNew entry-5£275-
West YorkshireNew entry-5£275-
BedfordshireNew entry-4£388-
LeedsNew entry-4£275-
East of EnglandNew entry-4£388-
BasingstokeNew entry-3£550-
DunstableNew entry-2--
City of LondonUp+191£350-6.66 %
East MidlandsDown-31--
South WestDown-201--
FarnboroughNew entry-1£350-
Tyne and WearNew entry-1£250-
North WestNew entry-1£155-
North EastNew entry-1£250-
MidlandsNew entry-1£375-
SurreyNew entry-1--
LeicestershireNew entry-1--
LancashireNew entry-1£155-
ReigateNew entry-1--
LutonNew entry-1£388-
BurnleyNew entry-1£155-
BristolNew entry-1--

VMware Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VMware Server 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 Server.

158 (100.00 %)VMware
237 (63.79 %)VMware Infrastructure
336 (62.07 %)Windows
428 (48.28 %)Microsoft
521 (36.21 %)SAN
620 (34.48 %)Active Directory
620 (34.48 %)Citrix
716 (27.59 %)VMware ESX
716 (27.59 %)Finance
813 (22.41 %)MS Exchange
813 (22.41 %)SQL Server
813 (22.41 %)Windows Server 2008
813 (22.41 %)NAS
813 (22.41 %)vSphere
911 (18.97 %)XenApp
911 (18.97 %)IIS
911 (18.97 %)Microsoft Certification
911 (18.97 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1010 (17.24 %)SQL
1010 (17.24 %)Linux
1010 (17.24 %)MCSE
1010 (17.24 %)Windows 7
119 (15.52 %)UNIX
119 (15.52 %)Cisco
119 (15.52 %)Replication
128 (13.79 %)Clustering
128 (13.79 %)HP
137 (12.07 %)Dell
137 (12.07 %)EMC
137 (12.07 %)TCP/IP

VMware Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VMware Server 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 Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (3.448 %)Application Packaging
21 (1.724 %)ADSI
21 (1.724 %).NET
21 (1.724 %)XML
21 (1.724 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (22.41 %)MS Exchange
211 (18.97 %)IIS
36 (10.34 %)Exchange Server 2010
36 (10.34 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (3.448 %)SharePoint
51 (1.724 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.724 %)Moodle
51 (1.724 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (5.172 %)MS Excel
13 (5.172 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (5.172 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
121 (36.21 %)SAN
213 (22.41 %)NAS
37 (12.07 %)TCP/IP
45 (8.621 %)WAN
54 (6.897 %)LAN
63 (5.172 %)VLAN
63 (5.172 %)Nortel Meridian
63 (5.172 %)Unified Communications
72 (3.448 %)NetScaler
72 (3.448 %)Cisco Nexus
72 (3.448 %)DNS
72 (3.448 %)DHCP
81 (1.724 %)VoIP
81 (1.724 %)DMZ
81 (1.724 %)Internet
81 (1.724 %)VPN
81 (1.724 %)Firewall
81 (1.724 %)Fibre Channel
81 (1.724 %)Network Security
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (22.41 %)SQL Server
25 (8.621 %)MySQL
34 (6.897 %)SQL Server 2008
43 (5.172 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.724 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.724 %)MSI
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (27.59 %)Finance
24 (6.897 %)Banking
31 (1.724 %)Retail
31 (1.724 %)Investment Banking
31 (1.724 %)Publishing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (17.24 %)Server Engineer
28 (13.79 %)Architect
28 (13.79 %)Consultant
35 (8.621 %)VMware Consultant
44 (6.897 %)VMware Engineer
44 (6.897 %)Administrator
44 (6.897 %)Server Support
44 (6.897 %)3rd Line Support
44 (6.897 %)Technical Architect
53 (5.172 %)Technical Specialist
53 (5.172 %)Infrastructure Architect
62 (3.448 %)VMware Specialist
62 (3.448 %)Support Engineer
62 (3.448 %)Senior Consultant
62 (3.448 %)Analyst
62 (3.448 %)Technical Support
62 (3.448 %)Systems Administrator
62 (3.448 %)Network Administrator
62 (3.448 %)Technical Engineer
71 (1.724 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
19 (15.52 %)Replication
28 (13.79 %)Clustering
35 (8.621 %)IVR
42 (3.448 %)Blackberry
42 (3.448 %)Mathematics
51 (1.724 %)Client/Server
51 (1.724 %)Thin Client
51 (1.724 %)CLARiiON
51 (1.724 %)EqualLogic
51 (1.724 %)Fat Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
136 (62.07 %)Windows
213 (22.41 %)Windows Server 2008
310 (17.24 %)Linux
310 (17.24 %)Windows 7
49 (15.52 %)UNIX
57 (12.07 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (8.621 %)Solaris
74 (6.897 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
83 (5.172 %)Windows XP
91 (1.724 %)Windows 2000
91 (1.724 %)Mac OS X
91 (1.724 %)Windows 2000 Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (12.07 %)Disaster Recovery
26 (10.34 %)Change Management
26 (10.34 %)Configuration Management
35 (8.621 %)ITIL
35 (8.621 %)TOGAF
35 (8.621 %)Stakeholder Management
43 (5.172 %)Project Management
43 (5.172 %)Service Management
43 (5.172 %)Problem Management
52 (3.448 %)Release Management
52 (3.448 %)Migration
52 (3.448 %)Service Delivery
52 (3.448 %)E-business
52 (3.448 %)Load Balancing
52 (3.448 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.724 %)CRM
61 (1.724 %)Asset Management
61 (1.724 %)Business Continuity
61 (1.724 %)Knowledge Management
61 (1.724 %)ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (17.24 %)SQL
25 (8.621 %)Perl
33 (5.172 %)C
33 (5.172 %)PowerShell
42 (3.448 %)VB
51 (1.724 %)VBA
51 (1.724 %)C#
51 (1.724 %)VBScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
111 (18.97 %)Microsoft Certification
111 (18.97 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
210 (17.24 %)MCSE
36 (10.34 %)SC Cleared
36 (10.34 %)Security Cleared
42 (3.448 %)Degree
42 (3.448 %)Citrix Certification
42 (3.448 %)HND
51 (1.724 %)ITIL Certification
51 (1.724 %)CCA
51 (1.724 %)MCTS
51 (1.724 %)VCP4
51 (1.724 %)CCEE
51 (1.724 %)VCP5
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.448 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
12 (3.448 %)SLA
21 (1.724 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
137 (63.79 %)VMware Infrastructure
220 (34.48 %)Active Directory
316 (27.59 %)VMware ESX
413 (22.41 %)vSphere
511 (18.97 %)XenApp
67 (12.07 %)XenDesktop
74 (6.897 %)XenServer
74 (6.897 %)VMware ESXi
83 (5.172 %)NFS
83 (5.172 %)Hyper-V
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
17 (12.07 %)vCenter
23 (5.172 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
23 (5.172 %)SCCM
32 (3.448 %)SCOM
41 (1.724 %)Legato
41 (1.724 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (1.724 %)NetBackup
41 (1.724 %)WSUS
41 (1.724 %)McAfee ePO
41 (1.724 %)EMC NetWorker
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
158 (100.00 %)VMware
228 (48.28 %)Microsoft
320 (34.48 %)Citrix
49 (15.52 %)Cisco
58 (13.79 %)HP
67 (12.07 %)Dell
67 (12.07 %)EMC
76 (10.34 %)Oracle
85 (8.621 %)Nortel
94 (6.897 %)Red Hat
103 (5.172 %)NetApp
112 (3.448 %)Wyse
112 (3.448 %)AppSense
112 (3.448 %)IBM
112 (3.448 %)Symantec
112 (3.448 %)Avaya
121 (1.724 %)CA
121 (1.724 %)McAfee
121 (1.724 %)Veritas
121 (1.724 %)Brocade
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