The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Workstation 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 Workstation 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 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Workstation
Rank 537 555 547
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -8
Contract jobs citing VMware Workstation 17 34 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.059% 0.064%
As % of the System Software category 0.364% 0.718% 0.875%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 19 31
Average daily rate £278 £275 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.90% -12.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £199 £175 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £389 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £213 £315
% change year-on-year
+29.41% -32.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £14.34 £25.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-43.78% +27.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £20.00
All System Software
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4664 4738 4570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 9.581% 8.159% 7.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 2250 2241 2031
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £195 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £324 £310
% change year-on-year
+0.30% +4.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 619 682 678
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £35.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.75
% change year-on-year
- +1.49%

VMware Workstation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VMware Workstation Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Workstation
Daily Rate Trend

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

VMware Workstation Daily Rate Trend

VMware Workstation
Daily Rate Histogram

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

VMware Workstation Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Workstation
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VMware Workstation Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Workstation
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Workstation 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 -2 16 £275 -5.98% 6
South East +17 8 - - 1
Berkshire +28 6 - -
South West - 4 £275 -
London +5 3 £360 +13.38% 3
Bristol - 2 £226 -
Hampshire - 2 - -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Scotland - - - - 1
Nottinghamshire - - - -
Surrey - - - - 1
East Midlands - - - - 1
West Midlands - - - -
Aberdeen - - - -
Basingstoke - - - -
Coventry - - - -
Edinburgh - - - - 1
Guildford - - - -
Nottingham - - - -
Solihull - - - -
Windsor - - - -

VMware Workstation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 51 (100.00%) VMware
2 49 (96.08%) Windows
3 43 (84.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 28 (54.90%) Active Directory
5 27 (52.94%) Security Cleared
6 23 (45.10%) SC Cleared
7 22 (43.14%) Windows Server 2008
7 22 (43.14%) Windows 7
8 21 (41.18%) Windows Server 2003
9 20 (39.22%) SCCM
10 19 (37.25%) Microsoft
11 18 (35.29%) SQL
12 16 (31.37%) SharePoint
12 16 (31.37%) Windows XP
13 14 (27.45%) Citrix
13 14 (27.45%) ITIL
13 14 (27.45%) Linux
14 13 (25.49%) MS Exchange
15 12 (23.53%) DHCP
15 12 (23.53%) DNS
16 11 (21.57%) SQL Server
16 11 (21.57%) Migration
17 10 (19.61%) VB
17 10 (19.61%) SAN
17 10 (19.61%) Exchange Server 2010
18 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
18 9 (17.65%) HP
18 9 (17.65%) Cisco
18 9 (17.65%) LAN
18 9 (17.65%) Symantec

VMware Workstation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (7.843%) .NET
2 3 (5.882%) WinForms
2 3 (5.882%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.961%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.961%) ASP
3 1 (1.961%) XML
Application Platforms
1 16 (31.37%) SharePoint
2 13 (25.49%) MS Exchange
3 10 (19.61%) Exchange Server 2010
4 9 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (7.843%) IIS
6 4 (7.843%) Tomcat
7 3 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 3 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.961%) Lync
8 1 (1.961%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 6 (11.76%) MS Office
2 5 (9.804%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.922%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.53%) DHCP
1 12 (23.53%) DNS
2 10 (19.61%) SAN
3 9 (17.65%) LAN
4 6 (11.76%) WAN
4 6 (11.76%) NAS
5 5 (9.804%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (9.804%) TCP/IP
5 5 (9.804%) VPN
6 4 (7.843%) Firewall
7 3 (5.882%) LDAP
8 2 (3.922%) Internet
8 2 (3.922%) MPLS
8 2 (3.922%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.961%) PABX
9 1 (1.961%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.961%) Wireless
9 1 (1.961%) VLAN
9 1 (1.961%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (1.961%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (21.57%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.843%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (3.922%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.961%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 6 (11.76%) InstallShield
2 4 (7.843%) LoadRunner
3 3 (5.882%) Visual Studio
3 3 (5.882%) AdminStudio
3 3 (5.882%) NUnit
4 1 (1.961%) Subversion
4 1 (1.961%) MSI
General
1 7 (13.73%) Finance
2 5 (9.804%) Banking
2 5 (9.804%) Local Government
3 3 (5.882%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.961%) Electronics
4 1 (1.961%) Law
4 1 (1.961%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (11.76%) 3rd Line Support
2 5 (9.804%) Analyst
2 5 (9.804%) Desktop Support
2 5 (9.804%) Integration Engineer
3 4 (7.843%) Support Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) C# Software Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Software Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (5.882%) Support Analyst
5 2 (3.922%) Technical Support
5 2 (3.922%) Applications Packager
5 2 (3.922%) Support Technician
5 2 (3.922%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (3.922%) Test Manager
5 2 (3.922%) Test Analyst
5 2 (3.922%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (3.922%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (3.922%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (3.922%) .NET Software Engineer
5 2 (3.922%) Server Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.804%) Clustering
2 4 (7.843%) Computer Science
2 4 (7.843%) Blackberry
3 2 (3.922%) Client/Server
3 2 (3.922%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.961%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.961%) Replication
4 1 (1.961%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.961%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 49 (96.08%) Windows
2 22 (43.14%) Windows Server 2008
2 22 (43.14%) Windows 7
3 21 (41.18%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (31.37%) Windows XP
5 14 (27.45%) Linux
6 8 (15.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (5.882%) UNIX
7 3 (5.882%) Solaris
8 2 (3.922%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.961%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (27.45%) ITIL
2 11 (21.57%) Migration
3 6 (11.76%) Validation
4 5 (9.804%) Regression Testing
4 5 (9.804%) Release Management
4 5 (9.804%) Integration Testing
4 5 (9.804%) Test Scripting
4 5 (9.804%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (5.882%) SIEM
5 3 (5.882%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 3 (5.882%) Configuration Management
5 3 (5.882%) UML
5 3 (5.882%) OOA/OOD
5 3 (5.882%) OO
6 2 (3.922%) Project Management
6 2 (3.922%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.922%) Change Control
6 2 (3.922%) Software Deployment
6 2 (3.922%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (35.29%) SQL
2 10 (19.61%) VB
3 5 (9.804%) VBScript
4 4 (7.843%) PowerShell
5 3 (5.882%) C#
6 2 (3.922%) T-SQL
7 1 (1.961%) Perl
7 1 (1.961%) C
7 1 (1.961%) VBA
7 1 (1.961%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 23 (45.10%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.843%) Degree
4 2 (3.922%) HND
5 1 (1.961%) MCSE
5 1 (1.961%) MCSA
5 1 (1.961%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.961%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.882%) Solvency II
System Software
1 43 (84.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 28 (54.90%) Active Directory
3 8 (15.69%) VMware ESX
4 6 (11.76%) vSphere
5 4 (7.843%) Terminal Services
6 3 (5.882%) Terminal Server
6 3 (5.882%) VMware Server
7 2 (3.922%) XenApp
7 2 (3.922%) ISA Server
8 1 (1.961%) Samba
8 1 (1.961%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (1.961%) Snort
8 1 (1.961%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (1.961%) NFS
8 1 (1.961%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 20 (39.22%) SCCM
2 8 (15.69%) SCOM
3 6 (11.76%) NetBackup
4 4 (7.843%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (5.882%) AppDNA
6 2 (3.922%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (3.922%) HP SIM
6 2 (3.922%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (1.961%) AppManager
7 1 (1.961%) OpenView
7 1 (1.961%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (1.961%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (1.961%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (1.961%) Backup Exec
7 1 (1.961%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (37.25%) Microsoft
3 14 (27.45%) Citrix
4 9 (17.65%) HP
4 9 (17.65%) Cisco
4 9 (17.65%) Symantec
4 9 (17.65%) Sophos
5 8 (15.69%) EMC
5 8 (15.69%) Oracle
5 8 (15.69%) NetApp
5 8 (15.69%) Red Hat
6 3 (5.882%) Sun
6 3 (5.882%) Serena
6 3 (5.882%) LANDesk
7 2 (3.922%) Kaseya
7 2 (3.922%) McAfee
7 2 (3.922%) Peregrine
7 2 (3.922%) CA
8 1 (1.961%) CommVault
8 1 (1.961%) Lotus
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