The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Warwickshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Warwickshire region.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 14 15 24
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Contract jobs citing VMware 14 11 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 6.829% 4.435% 1.382%
As % of the Vendors category 13.73% 9.091% 2.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 0
Average daily rate £324 £278 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £18.00 £16.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -34.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £22.69 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+1.37% +1.14%
All Vendors
Warwickshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
102 121 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warwickshire 49.76% 48.79% 49.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 44 39
Average daily rate £330 £310 £380
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.45% -18.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £222 £260 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 16 25
Average hourly rate £12.50 £17.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £13.00 £10.77
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.40 £35.00 £25.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
VMware
West Midlands

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware across the Warwickshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Warwickshire VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VMware across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire VMware Daily Rate Trend

VMware
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Warwickshire VMware Daily Rate Histogram

VMware
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VMware across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Warwick -5 4 £388 +42.85%
VMware
West Midlands

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (36.00%) Migration
4 8 (32.00%) MS Exchange
4 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (32.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (28.00%) NetApp
5 7 (28.00%) MCSE
5 7 (28.00%) MCITP
6 6 (24.00%) Windows 2000
6 6 (24.00%) Backup Exec
6 6 (24.00%) Windows XP
6 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (24.00%) HP
6 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
7 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (20.00%) VMS
7 5 (20.00%) SQL
7 5 (20.00%) MS Office
8 4 (16.00%) VMware Server
9 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
9 3 (12.00%) Citrix
9 3 (12.00%) SAN
9 3 (12.00%) VPN
9 3 (12.00%) Blackberry
9 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (12.00%) XenApp
10 2 (8.000%) vSphere

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warwickshire region 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.

Application Platforms
1 8 (32.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.000%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (4.000%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (12.00%) SAN
1 3 (12.00%) VPN
2 2 (8.000%) TCP/IP
2 2 (8.000%) Firewall
3 1 (4.000%) LAN
3 1 (4.000%) WAN
3 1 (4.000%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (8.000%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (4.000%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Consultant
2 5 (20.00%) Server Support
2 5 (20.00%) Server Engineer
3 3 (12.00%) Server Specialist
3 3 (12.00%) Server Support Specialist
3 3 (12.00%) Support Specialist
3 3 (12.00%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Infrastructure Technician
4 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Support Engineer
4 2 (8.000%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Technical Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Desktop Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) SAN Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Desktop Support Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Support Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.000%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 16 (64.00%) Windows
2 12 (48.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (24.00%) Windows 2000
3 6 (24.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (24.00%) Windows 7
4 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (20.00%) VMS
5 1 (4.000%) UNIX
5 1 (4.000%) AIX
5 1 (4.000%) Linux
5 1 (4.000%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Migration
2 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (8.000%) Project Management
3 1 (4.000%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (4.000%) Operations Management
3 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (4.000%) TOGAF
3 1 (4.000%) Supplier Management
3 1 (4.000%) Business Continuity
3 1 (4.000%) Security Management
3 1 (4.000%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (28.00%) MCSE
2 7 (28.00%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.000%) COBIT
1 1 (4.000%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 8 (32.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (24.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (16.00%) VMware Server
4 3 (12.00%) XenApp
5 2 (8.000%) vSphere
5 2 (8.000%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (4.000%) VMware ESX
6 1 (4.000%) Forefront TMG
6 1 (4.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (24.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (36.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) NetApp
3 6 (24.00%) HP
4 3 (12.00%) Citrix
5 1 (4.000%) Cisco
5 1 (4.000%) Symantec