The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi 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 ESXi over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 93 101 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.089% -
As % of the System Software category 1.170% 1.170% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £281 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £313 £363
% change year-on-year
+8.80% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -8.92%
All System Software
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
171 171 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.47% 7.627% 8.721%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 63 61
Average daily rate £275 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £108 £225 £227
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 45 38
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.25 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.78%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.31 £11.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £23.10 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.79 £17.13
% change year-on-year
-4.67% -1.98%
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands VMware ESXi Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESXi
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands VMware ESXi Hourly Rate Trend

VMware ESXi
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Warwickshire - 2 - -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Data Guard
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 1 (33.33%) vSphere
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Server
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) MS Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Support Team Leader
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
2 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) vSphere
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft