VMware 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 knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 27 32 50
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +18
Contract jobs citing VMware 89 85 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 5.391% 3.810% 2.322%
As % of the Vendors category 10.51% 7.770% 5.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 21
Average daily rate £270 £307 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.82% +13.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £132 £254 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £493 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 1
Average hourly rate £23.25 £18.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.39% -8.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +6.99%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category		 847 1094 819
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 51.30% 49.04% 43.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 357 451 328
Average daily rate £325 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £494
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 98 92
Average hourly rate £19.50 £17.50 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.42% +20.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.95 £10.97
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
England

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 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 0 24 £355 +1.42%
Warwickshire 0 13 £260 -6.30%
Coventry +3 12 £325 -26.55%
Herefordshire - 7 £250 -
Staffordshire +8 6 £135 -58.46%
Worcestershire -8 5 £215 -
Shropshire +8 2 £300 -
Wolverhampton 0 2 £125 -
Walsall +3 1 £350 -
Solihull +1 1 £295 -
Wednesbury - 1 £175 -
Willenhall - 1 £175 -
Halesowen - 1 £175 -
VMware
England

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 122 (72.19%) Windows
2 78 (46.15%) Active Directory
3 74 (43.79%) Windows Server 2008
4 66 (39.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 65 (38.46%) Microsoft
6 57 (33.73%) Windows Server 2003
7 53 (31.36%) MS Exchange
8 48 (28.40%) Citrix
9 37 (21.89%) SAN
10 30 (17.75%) NetApp
11 29 (17.16%) Windows 7
12 28 (16.57%) Exchange Server 2010
12 28 (16.57%) DNS
12 28 (16.57%) Cisco
13 24 (14.20%) DHCP
13 24 (14.20%) TCP/IP
13 24 (14.20%) LAN
13 24 (14.20%) Microsoft Certification
13 24 (14.20%) HP
14 22 (13.02%) Linux
14 22 (13.02%) Firewall
15 21 (12.43%) WAN
16 20 (11.83%) SQL Server
16 20 (11.83%) Migration
17 18 (10.65%) SharePoint
18 17 (10.06%) MS Excel
18 17 (10.06%) Windows XP
18 17 (10.06%) ITIL
18 17 (10.06%) UNIX
19 16 (9.467%) EMC

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 Development
1 6 (3.550%) .NET
2 3 (1.775%) .NET Framework
2 3 (1.775%) COM
3 2 (1.183%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.592%) jQuery
4 1 (0.592%) RESTful
4 1 (0.592%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.592%) CSS
4 1 (0.592%) JDBC
4 1 (0.592%) SOAP
4 1 (0.592%) Web Services
4 1 (0.592%) XML
4 1 (0.592%) XHTML
4 1 (0.592%) JMS
4 1 (0.592%) Java RMI
4 1 (0.592%) Middleware
4 1 (0.592%) JMX
4 1 (0.592%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 53 (31.36%) MS Exchange
2 28 (16.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (10.65%) SharePoint
4 11 (6.509%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (6.509%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (4.142%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (2.367%) Lync
6 4 (2.367%) IIS
7 2 (1.183%) Lotus Notes
7 2 (1.183%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.592%) CMS
8 1 (0.592%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.592%) WebSphere Process Server
8 1 (0.592%) ESB
8 1 (0.592%) Apache
8 1 (0.592%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.592%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.592%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 17 (10.06%) MS Excel
2 12 (7.101%) MS Office
3 2 (1.183%) S-PLUS
4 1 (0.592%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.592%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.592%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.592%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 37 (21.89%) SAN
2 28 (16.57%) DNS
3 24 (14.20%) TCP/IP
3 24 (14.20%) LAN
3 24 (14.20%) DHCP
4 22 (13.02%) Firewall
5 21 (12.43%) WAN
6 10 (5.917%) xDSL
7 9 (5.325%) NAS
8 6 (3.550%) MPLS
8 6 (3.550%) VPN
9 5 (2.959%) HTTP
9 5 (2.959%) VLAN
10 4 (2.367%) Network Security
11 3 (1.775%) Wireless
11 3 (1.775%) Internet
12 2 (1.183%) FTP
12 2 (1.183%) iSCSI
12 2 (1.183%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (1.183%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (11.83%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (6.509%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (2.959%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.183%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.592%) DB2
6 1 (0.592%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.775%) MSI
2 1 (0.592%) ClearCase
2 1 (0.592%) ClearQuest
General
1 9 (5.325%) Finance
2 6 (3.550%) Banking
2 6 (3.550%) Investment Banking
2 6 (3.550%) Corporate Banking
3 4 (2.367%) Retail
3 4 (2.367%) Automotive
4 3 (1.775%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.592%) Back Office
5 1 (0.592%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.592%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (18.34%) 3rd Line Support
2 20 (11.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 17 (10.06%) Consultant
4 16 (9.467%) Analyst
5 15 (8.876%) Administrator
6 13 (7.692%) Support Engineer
7 11 (6.509%) 2nd Line Support
7 11 (6.509%) Systems Analyst
7 11 (6.509%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 10 (5.917%) Architect
8 10 (5.917%) Systems Support
9 9 (5.325%) Project Manager
10 8 (4.734%) Server Support
10 8 (4.734%) Server Engineer
11 6 (3.550%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (2.959%) DBA
12 5 (2.959%) SQL DBA
12 5 (2.959%) Wintel Engineer
12 5 (2.959%) Teradata DBA
13 4 (2.367%) Citrix Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.325%) Clustering
2 6 (3.550%) Blackberry
3 5 (2.959%) Replication
4 3 (1.775%) Symmetrix DMX
4 3 (1.775%) EqualLogic
5 2 (1.183%) Computer Science
6 1 (0.592%) iPhone
6 1 (0.592%) iSeries
6 1 (0.592%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.592%) NHS
6 1 (0.592%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 122 (72.19%) Windows
2 74 (43.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 57 (33.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 29 (17.16%) Windows 7
5 22 (13.02%) Linux
6 17 (10.06%) Windows XP
6 17 (10.06%) UNIX
7 13 (7.692%) Windows 2000
8 8 (4.734%) AIX
9 6 (3.550%) Solaris
9 6 (3.550%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (3.550%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (2.959%) VMS
11 4 (2.367%) SUSE
12 3 (1.775%) Windows Vista
13 2 (1.183%) HPUX
14 1 (0.592%) zOS
14 1 (0.592%) Windows NT
14 1 (0.592%) Debian
14 1 (0.592%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (11.83%) Migration
2 17 (10.06%) ITIL
3 6 (3.550%) Service Delivery
3 6 (3.550%) Business Continuity
3 6 (3.550%) Fund Management
3 6 (3.550%) Wealth Management
3 6 (3.550%) Business Transformation
4 5 (2.959%) Resource Management
4 5 (2.959%) Validation
4 5 (2.959%) ETL
4 5 (2.959%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (2.367%) Configuration Management
5 4 (2.367%) Change Management
5 4 (2.367%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (1.775%) Problem Management
6 3 (1.775%) TOGAF
6 3 (1.775%) Software Testing
6 3 (1.775%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (1.775%) Project Management
6 3 (1.775%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 16 (9.467%) SQL
2 6 (3.550%) C
3 5 (2.959%) T-SQL
3 5 (2.959%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.367%) C#
5 3 (1.775%) C++
5 3 (1.775%) VB
5 3 (1.775%) Korn
6 2 (1.183%) Java
7 1 (0.592%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.592%) PHP
7 1 (0.592%) Jython
7 1 (0.592%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 24 (14.20%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (8.284%) MCSE
3 11 (6.509%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (4.734%) CCNA
5 7 (4.142%) MCITP
6 5 (2.959%) CCA
6 5 (2.959%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (2.959%) CCNP
7 4 (2.367%) MCP
7 4 (2.367%) Degree
7 4 (2.367%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.775%) Security Cleared
9 1 (0.592%) VCP4
9 1 (0.592%) CCEE
9 1 (0.592%) CCIA
9 1 (0.592%) Microsoft Certified Master
9 1 (0.592%) Microsoft Certified Architect
9 1 (0.592%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.592%) CCIE
9 1 (0.592%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.367%) SLA
2 3 (1.775%) TickIT
2 3 (1.775%) QA
2 3 (1.775%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.592%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (0.592%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.592%) COBIT
System Software
1 78 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 66 (39.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (8.876%) XenApp
4 13 (7.692%) vSphere
5 11 (6.509%) Terminal Services
5 11 (6.509%) VMware Server
6 9 (5.325%) Hyper-V
6 9 (5.325%) VMware ESX
7 6 (3.550%) XenServer
8 4 (2.367%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (1.775%) Veritas Volume Manager
9 3 (1.775%) Veritas Cluster Server
9 3 (1.775%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (1.183%) SRDF
10 2 (1.183%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (1.183%) DFS Replication
10 2 (1.183%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.592%) Forefront TMG
11 1 (0.592%) Xen
11 1 (0.592%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 9 (5.325%) Backup Exec
1 9 (5.325%) SCCM
2 5 (2.959%) SCOM
2 5 (2.959%) WSUS
3 4 (2.367%) Norton AntiVirus
3 4 (2.367%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (1.183%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.592%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.592%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.592%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.592%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.592%) ZENworks
5 1 (0.592%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.592%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.592%) MOM
5 1 (0.592%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 65 (38.46%) Microsoft
2 48 (28.40%) Citrix
3 30 (17.75%) NetApp
4 28 (16.57%) Cisco
5 24 (14.20%) HP
6 16 (9.467%) EMC
7 8 (4.734%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.959%) Symantec
8 5 (2.959%) IBM
8 5 (2.959%) Oracle
9 4 (2.367%) Veritas
10 3 (1.775%) Sybase
10 3 (1.775%) Dell
10 3 (1.775%) Sun
10 3 (1.775%) AppSense
10 3 (1.775%) Juniper
10 3 (1.775%) Veeam
11 2 (1.183%) WatchGuard
11 2 (1.183%) SonicWALL
11 2 (1.183%) Lotus
Citrix Engineer
Market Drayton, West Midlands
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Posted: 15 May 2013
2nd/3rd Line Support
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Rate: £160.00 - £200.00 per day
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2nd/3rd Line Support
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
3rd Line Support, Cisco,VMWare, Infrastructure, Birmingham - West Midlands... * Install, configure and maintain windows server * VM Ware * General networking - including Cisco switches, routers Essential Skills * VMWare * Active Directory. *...
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Rate: £160.00 - £200.00 per day
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Technical Engineer
Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Key skills include: Active Directory configuration VMware Windows 2000/2003/2008 system admin SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 Citrix Ideally you will have worked in a technical support...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £220 per day
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Infrastructure Engineer
Telford, Shropshire
Roc searches exclusive client based in the heart of Shropshire require a skilled Infrastructure engineer to join their team on a 9 Month contract. You will be will...
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Infrastructure Engineer (Vmware/Cisco/SAN)
West Midlands
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Rate: £200 - £300 per day
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Technical Support
Birmingham, West Midlands
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Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
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Network Engineer
Coventry, West Midlands
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
VMware Technical Consultant
Solihull, Birmingham, West Midlands
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Rate: GBP295 per day
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VMware Engineer - 3+ months
West Midlands
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Storage Consultants - Ad-hoc/interim - Midlands
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
We are looking for experienced self-employed storage consultants (SAN, NAS, EMC, NetApp, HP, 3PAR etc.) for future assignments in 2013 with our clients in the IT channel.
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2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer ( AD, Exchange, Windows Server )
Hereford, West Midlands
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