The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESXi over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Sussex 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 39 57 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 5 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.333% 0.160% -
As % of the System Software category 7.813% 1.563% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
-1.92% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £20.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
+100.00% -45.94%
All System Software
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
64 64 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 17.07% 10.26% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 24 26
Average daily rate £425 £384 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.74% +9.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £315 £310
% change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 9
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.13 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.81% -31.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.23 £19.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.10 £32.83 £76.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.00 £17.00 £16.50
% change year-on-year
- +3.03%
VMware ESXi
South East

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 Sussex region.

West Sussex VMware ESXi Daily 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 Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gatwick - 1 - -
Crawley - - - -
VMware ESXi
South East

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 8 (88.89%) LAN
2 8 (88.89%) WAN
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco
3 7 (77.78%) NetApp
3 7 (77.78%) HP
3 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 7 (77.78%) XenApp
4 6 (66.67%) vSphere
4 6 (66.67%) Symantec
4 6 (66.67%) NetBackup
4 6 (66.67%) Firewall
5 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
5 5 (55.56%) LANDesk
5 5 (55.56%) SCOM
5 5 (55.56%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (55.56%) SNMP
5 5 (55.56%) ITIL
5 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
5 5 (55.56%) NetScaler
5 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
5 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
5 5 (55.56%) SolarWinds
5 5 (55.56%) Windows 7
6 4 (44.44%) Project Management
7 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 Development
1 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) SAN
1 8 (88.89%) LAN
1 8 (88.89%) WAN
2 6 (66.67%) Firewall
3 5 (55.56%) SNMP
3 5 (55.56%) NetScaler
3 5 (55.56%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (33.33%) VLAN
4 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) DNS
4 3 (33.33%) DHCP
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
6 1 (11.11%) Wireless
6 1 (11.11%) Network Security
6 1 (11.11%) SSH
6 1 (11.11%) MPLS
General
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
1 5 (55.56%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) IT Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Clustering
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) Windows XP
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) PRINCE2
2 4 (44.44%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
2 6 (66.67%) vSphere
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (22.22%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 6 (66.67%) NetBackup
2 5 (55.56%) SCOM
3 1 (11.11%) HP SIM
3 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
3 1 (11.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) Cisco
3 7 (77.78%) NetApp
3 7 (77.78%) HP
3 7 (77.78%) Citrix
4 6 (66.67%) Symantec
5 5 (55.56%) LANDesk
5 5 (55.56%) SolarWinds
6 3 (33.33%) Juniper
7 2 (22.22%) Dell
7 2 (22.22%) PlateSpin
7 2 (22.22%) Riverbed
8 1 (11.11%) Veeam
8 1 (11.11%) ProCurve
8 1 (11.11%) SAP
8 1 (11.11%) Oracle
8 1 (11.11%) Sun
8 1 (11.11%) StorageTek
8 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint