VMware ESX Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 17 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 of the System Software category for the West Midlands 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.

Location
 3 months to
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 88 93 87
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Contract jobs citing VMware ESX 7 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.424% 0.448% 0.369%
As % of the System Software category 4.023% 5.952% 4.046%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 4
Average daily rate £356 £310 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.82% +33.44%
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £325 £290
% change year-on-year
+12.30% +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £24.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +10.09%
All System Software
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category		 174 168 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.54% 7.530% 9.129%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 64 60
Average daily rate £270 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £108 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £406 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 42 44
Average hourly rate £14.25 £14.50 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.72% +11.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.10 £23.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware ESX across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

West Midlands VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands VMware ESX Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands VMware ESX Daily Rate Histogram

VMware ESX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands VMware ESX Hourly Rate Trend

VMware ESX
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham +7 3 £450 +49.75%
Worcestershire - 3 £263 -
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (55.56%) Windows
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
4 4 (44.44%) Citrix
4 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
5 3 (33.33%) QA
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (33.33%) Change Management
5 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
5 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
5 3 (33.33%) MS Office
5 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
5 3 (33.33%) ISO 9001
5 3 (33.33%) C
5 3 (33.33%) C#
5 3 (33.33%) C++
5 3 (33.33%) .NET
5 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
5 3 (33.33%) TickIT
5 3 (33.33%) Automotive
5 3 (33.33%) Validation
6 2 (22.22%) Migration
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
6 2 (22.22%) Degree
6 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (22.22%) XenApp

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Office
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MSI
General
1 3 (33.33%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Tester
1 3 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Support
3 1 (11.11%) Server Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Server Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Wintel Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Server Support
3 1 (11.11%) Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
3 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Change Management
1 3 (33.33%) Validation
1 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) C#
1 3 (33.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) CCEE
2 1 (11.11%) CCIA
2 1 (11.11%) CCSP
2 1 (11.11%) CCA
2 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (11.11%) CCEA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 3 (33.33%) TickIT
1 3 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (22.22%) XenApp
2 2 (22.22%) XenServer
3 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
3 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) SCOM
2 1 (11.11%) MOM
2 1 (11.11%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
2 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
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