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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVMware
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank104170
Rank change on same period last yearUp+66
Matching contract IT job ads1071940
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.508 %0.950 %
As % of the category below3.480 %2.157 %
Daily rates quoted405327
Average minimum daily rate£328£367
Average daily rate£345£384
% change on same period last year-10.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£352
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Hourly rates quoted11076
Average minimum hourly rate£26.42£24.87
Average hourly rate£27.67£26.22
% change on same period last year+5.52 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.92£27.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£26.93£25.98
% change on same period last year+3.64 %
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3077743582
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.33 %44.04 %
Daily rates quoted902612449
Average minimum daily rate£370£387
Average daily rate£395£411
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£419£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted28134000
Average minimum hourly rate£23.16£23.18
Average hourly rate£24.63£24.62
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.09£26.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within VMware, Inc.

VMware
Demand Trend

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

VMware Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

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

VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

VMware Daily Rate Histogram

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

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

VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

VMware Hourly Rate Histogram

VMware
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 10 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+57976£347-9.86 %
LondonUp+25410£345-14.94 %
South EastUp+46208£364-0.99 %
City of LondonUp+37121£344-8.26 %
South WestUp+87108£357+17.98 %
East of EnglandUp+3766£295+8.30 %
HampshireUp+2561£406+3.26 %
YorkshireUp+2650£345-26.38 %
BerkshireUp+1949£354-2.99 %
South WalesUp+2342£345-5.27 %
WalesUp+3242£345-5.27 %
West MidlandsUp+1640£392+21.64 %
ScotlandUp+3637£305+4.18 %
East MidlandsUp+1036£334-18.44 %
West YorkshireUp+3031£348+16.05 %
North WestUp+2830£280-18.42 %
WiltshireUp+2228£347-7.48 %
SurreyUp+2526£332-6.88 %
NewportUp+826£359-1.37 %
SomersetUp+2019£300-
DevonUp+3318£360+2.71 %
GloucestershireUp+1118£501+92.51 %
ManchesterUp+618£186-45.93 %
North EastUp+1718£312-9.49 %
NorfolkUp+417£248-
CambridgeshireUp+3217£350+6.06 %
ReadingUp+917£245-37.97 %
PlymouthNew entry-16£360-
BirminghamUp+3216£180-
West SussexUp+2416£300-15.78 %

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VMware 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.

11279 (58.35 %)Windows
2875 (39.92 %)VMware Infrastructure
3858 (39.14 %)Windows Server 2003
4834 (38.05 %)Active Directory
5692 (31.57 %)SAN
6681 (31.07 %)Citrix
7641 (29.24 %)Microsoft
8549 (25.05 %)MS Exchange
9529 (24.13 %)VMware ESX
10424 (19.34 %)HP
11400 (18.25 %)Microsoft Certification
12369 (16.83 %)Linux
13364 (16.61 %)MCSE
14355 (16.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
15350 (15.97 %)SQL
16271 (12.36 %)Cisco
17261 (11.91 %)SQL Server
18244 (11.13 %)Clustering
19224 (10.22 %)Finance
20220 (10.04 %)DNS
21216 (9.854 %)Solaris
21216 (9.854 %)Windows 2000 Server
22214 (9.763 %)LAN
23213 (9.717 %)UNIX
24207 (9.443 %)Migration
25190 (8.668 %)Oracle
26188 (8.577 %)IIS
27187 (8.531 %)WAN
28186 (8.485 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
29185 (8.440 %)TCP/IP

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
186 (3.923 %).NET
259 (2.692 %)J2EE
342 (1.916 %)WebSphere
430 (1.369 %)COM+
521 (0.958 %)DCOM
521 (0.958 %)XML
617 (0.776 %)WebServices
617 (0.776 %)Application Packaging
714 (0.639 %)ASP.NET
813 (0.593 %)Ruby on Rails
911 (0.502 %).NET Framework
108 (0.365 %)Middleware
117 (0.319 %)WSH
117 (0.319 %)ASP
125 (0.228 %)Struts
125 (0.228 %)XSD
125 (0.228 %)LAMP
125 (0.228 %)Symfony
134 (0.182 %)Windows SharePoint Services
134 (0.182 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1549 (25.05 %)MS Exchange
2355 (16.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
3188 (8.577 %)IIS
4122 (5.566 %)Exchange Server 2007
5112 (5.109 %)SharePoint
638 (1.734 %)Exchange Server 2000
734 (1.551 %)Apache
734 (1.551 %)Lotus Notes
827 (1.232 %)SharePoint Server 2007
926 (1.186 %)BizTalk Server
1025 (1.141 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1120 (0.912 %)GroupWise
1218 (0.821 %)WebSphere MQ
1314 (0.639 %)Lotus Domino
1413 (0.593 %)Oracle 10gAS
1511 (0.502 %)Documentum
1610 (0.456 %)Tomcat
177 (0.319 %)WebSphere Application Server
186 (0.274 %)WebLogic
195 (0.228 %)CMS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1151 (6.889 %)MS Excel
260 (2.737 %)MS Office
332 (1.460 %)MS Project
412 (0.547 %)MS Visio
51 (0.046 %)InfoPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
121 (0.958 %)SoftGrid
216 (0.730 %)Oracle EBS
33 (0.137 %)assyst
33 (0.137 %)SAP ERP
42 (0.091 %)Siebel Analytics
42 (0.091 %)GoldMine
42 (0.091 %)Summit
42 (0.091 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (0.091 %)BASE24
51 (0.046 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.046 %)Cerner Millennium
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1692 (31.57 %)SAN
2220 (10.04 %)DNS
3214 (9.763 %)LAN
4187 (8.531 %)WAN
5185 (8.440 %)TCP/IP
6176 (8.029 %)Firewall
7138 (6.296 %)DHCP
860 (2.737 %)VPN
957 (2.600 %)LDAP
1051 (2.327 %)VoIP
1150 (2.281 %)iSCSI
1238 (1.734 %)VLAN
1336 (1.642 %)SMS
1432 (1.460 %)SMTP
1525 (1.141 %)Internet
1621 (0.958 %)MPLS
1621 (0.958 %)POP3
1720 (0.912 %)Network Security
1817 (0.776 %)Extranet
1817 (0.776 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1261 (11.91 %)SQL Server
258 (2.646 %)SQL Server 2005
355 (2.509 %)Oracle 10g
454 (2.464 %)SQL Server 2000
525 (1.141 %)MySQL
622 (1.004 %)Oracle Reports
716 (0.730 %)Oracle BI EE
815 (0.684 %)Oracle 8/8i
815 (0.684 %)Datawarehouse
815 (0.684 %)Oracle Discoverer
99 (0.411 %)GIS
108 (0.365 %)NonStop SQL
116 (0.274 %)SQL Server Integration Services
116 (0.274 %)DTS
125 (0.228 %)DB2
134 (0.182 %)RDBMS
134 (0.182 %)Data Mining
143 (0.137 %)ETL
143 (0.137 %)Data Cleansing
143 (0.137 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
132 (1.460 %)MSI
230 (1.369 %)Subversion
310 (0.456 %)Bugzilla
310 (0.456 %)LoadRunner
49 (0.411 %)VSS/SourceSafe
57 (0.319 %)WinRunner
57 (0.319 %)Visual Studio
57 (0.319 %)NUnit
64 (0.182 %)PVCS
64 (0.182 %)TestDirector
73 (0.137 %)QuickTest Pro
73 (0.137 %)Selenium
73 (0.137 %)FitNesse
73 (0.137 %)InstallShield
82 (0.091 %)ClearCase
91 (0.046 %)Rational Rose
91 (0.046 %)Ant
91 (0.046 %)JUnit
91 (0.046 %)Telelogic DOORS
91 (0.046 %)XMLSpy
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1224 (10.22 %)Finance
297 (4.425 %)Banking
394 (4.288 %)Government
444 (2.007 %)Investment Banking
539 (1.779 %)Telecoms
636 (1.642 %)Back Office
636 (1.642 %)Insurance
720 (0.912 %)Construction
720 (0.912 %)Law
720 (0.912 %)Legal
819 (0.867 %)Retail
917 (0.776 %)Auditing
917 (0.776 %)Financial Institution
1014 (0.639 %)Publishing
1113 (0.593 %)Health
1211 (0.502 %)Military
1310 (0.456 %)Manufacturing
147 (0.319 %)Local Government
156 (0.274 %)Education
165 (0.228 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1333 (15.19 %)Analyst
2259 (11.82 %)Consultant
3205 (9.352 %)Administrator
4157 (7.162 %)3rd Line Support
5150 (6.843 %)Support Analyst
6134 (6.113 %)Support Engineer
7131 (5.976 %)Server Engineer
8123 (5.611 %)Systems Administrator
9119 (5.429 %)Architect
10103 (4.699 %)Server Support
1190 (4.106 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1282 (3.741 %)Project Manager
1282 (3.741 %)Systems Engineer
1366 (3.011 %)Server Analyst
1460 (2.737 %)Technical Consultant
1553 (2.418 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1644 (2.007 %)Technical Architect
1743 (1.962 %)Technical Analyst
1842 (1.916 %)Infrastructure Specialist
1941 (1.870 %)Infrastructure Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1244 (11.13 %)Clustering
243 (1.962 %)CLARiiON
337 (1.688 %)Thin Client
337 (1.688 %)Fat Client
435 (1.597 %)Blackberry
527 (1.232 %)Replication
620 (0.912 %)NHS
715 (0.684 %)Celerra
812 (0.547 %)Client/Server
910 (0.456 %)EMC Centera
109 (0.411 %)Web 2.0
109 (0.411 %)Mainframe
116 (0.274 %)Computer Science
116 (0.274 %)PKI
125 (0.228 %)Management Information System
125 (0.228 %)SecurID
134 (0.182 %)Spread Betting
134 (0.182 %)HACMP
134 (0.182 %)IBM Mainframe
143 (0.137 %)Data Extraction
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11279 (58.35 %)Windows
2858 (39.14 %)Windows Server 2003
3369 (16.83 %)Linux
4216 (9.854 %)Solaris
4216 (9.854 %)Windows 2000 Server
5213 (9.717 %)UNIX
6184 (8.394 %)Windows 2000
7154 (7.026 %)Windows XP
8145 (6.615 %)Red Hat Linux
976 (3.467 %)Windows Vista
1057 (2.600 %)Windows Server 2008
1132 (1.460 %)Windows NT
1229 (1.323 %)AIX
1323 (1.049 %)HPUX
1323 (1.049 %)NetWare
1422 (1.004 %)Mac OS X
1422 (1.004 %)SUSE
1515 (0.684 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1612 (0.547 %)Debian
172 (0.091 %)VMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1207 (9.443 %)Migration
2183 (8.349 %)Security Cleared
3153 (6.980 %)ITIL
4125 (5.703 %)SC Cleared
595 (4.334 %)Disaster Recovery
691 (4.151 %)PRINCE2
781 (3.695 %)Project Management
840 (1.825 %)Network Design
935 (1.597 %)Configuration Management
1034 (1.551 %)E-Commerce
1130 (1.369 %)Agile Software Development
1225 (1.141 %)Scrum
1225 (1.141 %)Change Management
1324 (1.095 %)User Acceptance Testing
1423 (1.049 %)Data Migration
1522 (1.004 %)DV Cleared
1522 (1.004 %)Service Management
1621 (0.958 %)Service Delivery
1621 (0.958 %)Load Balancing
1720 (0.912 %)TDD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1350 (15.97 %)SQL
293 (4.243 %)Perl
366 (3.011 %)VBScript
459 (2.692 %)Shell Script
547 (2.144 %)VB
640 (1.825 %)C
730 (1.369 %)Java
827 (1.232 %)C#
913 (0.593 %)Ruby
1011 (0.502 %)PHP
117 (0.319 %)Transact-SQL
117 (0.319 %)C++
126 (0.274 %)PowerShell
135 (0.228 %)Python
144 (0.182 %)PowerHouse
153 (0.137 %)VB.NET
162 (0.091 %)VBA
162 (0.091 %)Korn
171 (0.046 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1400 (18.25 %)Microsoft Certification
2364 (16.61 %)MCSE
3186 (8.485 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4111 (5.064 %)Cisco Certification
595 (4.334 %)CCNA
670 (3.193 %)Citrix Certification
742 (1.916 %)CCA
742 (1.916 %)Degree
839 (1.779 %)MCSA
839 (1.779 %)CCNP
938 (1.734 %)CCEA
1033 (1.505 %)MCP
1132 (1.460 %)RHCE
1216 (0.730 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1314 (0.639 %)MCTS
1412 (0.547 %)CCIE
1510 (0.456 %)CCSA
169 (0.411 %)CCSE
169 (0.411 %)Novell Certification
178 (0.365 %)MCITP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (0.867 %)SLA
218 (0.821 %)QA
36 (0.274 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
45 (0.228 %)JSP 440
52 (0.091 %)GxP
61 (0.046 %)ISO17799
61 (0.046 %)ISO27001
61 (0.046 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.046 %)HL7
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1875 (39.92 %)VMware Infrastructure
2834 (38.05 %)Active Directory
3529 (24.13 %)VMware ESX
4148 (6.752 %)Citrix Presentation Server
5132 (6.022 %)NetBackup
676 (3.467 %)Backup Exec
765 (2.965 %)VMware Server
848 (2.190 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
944 (2.007 %)Xen
1038 (1.734 %)Terminal Server
1137 (1.688 %)Terminal Services
1137 (1.688 %)NFS
1236 (1.642 %)ISA Server
1236 (1.642 %)VMware Workstation
1330 (1.369 %)Oracle RAC
1424 (1.095 %)MetaFrame
1521 (0.958 %)VMware GSX
1614 (0.639 %)MailMarshal
177 (0.319 %)PowerConvert
177 (0.319 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
174 (3.376 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
255 (2.509 %)MOM
337 (1.688 %)Tivoli
432 (1.460 %)Norton AntiVirus
530 (1.369 %)Legato
627 (1.232 %)WSUS
723 (1.049 %)SCCM
820 (0.912 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
913 (0.593 %)OVPI
1012 (0.547 %)SCOM
1111 (0.502 %)EMC NetWorker
1111 (0.502 %)ARCserve
1210 (0.456 %)ZENworks
1210 (0.456 %)MAILsweeper
139 (0.411 %)HP Data Protector
139 (0.411 %)OpenView
147 (0.319 %)OpenView Configuration Management
156 (0.274 %)CA SiteMinder
165 (0.228 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
174 (0.182 %)AutoSys
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1681 (31.07 %)Citrix
2641 (29.24 %)Microsoft
3424 (19.34 %)HP
4271 (12.36 %)Cisco
5190 (8.668 %)Oracle
6176 (8.029 %)EMC
7172 (7.847 %)IBM
8147 (6.706 %)VERITAS
9145 (6.615 %)Red Hat
1098 (4.471 %)Dell
1193 (4.243 %)Sun
1276 (3.467 %)Altiris
1375 (3.422 %)NetApp
1471 (3.239 %)Symantec
1570 (3.193 %)Intel
1659 (2.692 %)Novell
1747 (2.144 %)PlateSpin
1844 (2.007 %)CheckPoint
1940 (1.825 %)Lotus
2032 (1.460 %)Compaq