The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 33 27 11
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -16
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 8 34 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.073% 5.371% 11.24%
As % of the System Software category 14.29% 50.00% 55.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 16
Average daily rate £425 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £376 £380 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £478 £501 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £20.75 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+30.12% -7.48%
All System Software
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
56 68 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 14.51% 10.74% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 29 30
Average daily rate £425 £388 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £585 £488 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 8
Average hourly rate £16.50 £12.31 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.01% -38.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £10.86 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.10 £13.76 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Sussex VMware Infrastructure Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex VMware Infrastructure Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the West Sussex 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
Crawley +6 6 £425 +6.25%
Horsham +4 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure
South East

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 22 (78.57%) Windows
3 13 (46.43%) Citrix
3 13 (46.43%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (35.71%) DHCP
4 10 (35.71%) DNS
5 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
5 9 (32.14%) HP
5 9 (32.14%) SAN
6 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 8 (28.57%) NetApp
6 8 (28.57%) Juniper
7 7 (25.00%) VMware ESX
7 7 (25.00%) Clustering
7 7 (25.00%) Finance
7 7 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 7 (25.00%) VPN
7 7 (25.00%) LAN
7 7 (25.00%) WAN
7 7 (25.00%) ITIL
7 7 (25.00%) XenApp
7 7 (25.00%) vSphere
8 6 (21.43%) Migration
8 6 (21.43%) Firewall
9 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
9 5 (17.86%) WSUS
9 5 (17.86%) Backup Exec
9 5 (17.86%) Dell
9 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
9 5 (17.86%) Blackberry

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (14.29%) WebSphere
2 3 (10.71%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) IIS
2 2 (7.143%) Apache
2 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.143%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (3.571%) ESB
3 1 (3.571%) Lync
3 1 (3.571%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (3.571%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.571%) MQSeries
3 1 (3.571%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Project
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
1 1 (3.571%) MS Visio
1 1 (3.571%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (3.571%) AWD
1 1 (3.571%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (35.71%) DHCP
1 10 (35.71%) DNS
2 9 (32.14%) SAN
3 7 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 7 (25.00%) VPN
3 7 (25.00%) LAN
3 7 (25.00%) WAN
4 6 (21.43%) Firewall
5 4 (14.29%) VLAN
6 2 (7.143%) Wireless
6 2 (7.143%) Internet
6 2 (7.143%) MPLS
7 1 (3.571%) SSH
7 1 (3.571%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.571%) DB2
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) WinRunner
1 1 (3.571%) TestDirector
General
1 7 (25.00%) Finance
2 5 (17.86%) Telecoms
3 4 (14.29%) Back Office
4 3 (10.71%) Online Betting
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Analyst
1 6 (21.43%) Consultant
2 5 (17.86%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (14.29%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
4 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (10.71%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (7.143%) Team Leader
5 2 (7.143%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Server Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 2 (7.143%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (7.143%) Wintel Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Technical Architect
6 1 (3.571%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.00%) Clustering
2 5 (17.86%) Blackberry
3 3 (10.71%) iSeries
4 2 (7.143%) Mainframe
5 1 (3.571%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.571%) N-Tier
5 1 (3.571%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 22 (78.57%) Windows
2 13 (46.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.71%) UNIX
5 2 (7.143%) Windows Vista
5 2 (7.143%) Linux
5 2 (7.143%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.571%) OS/400
6 1 (3.571%) zOS
6 1 (3.571%) Solaris
6 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) ITIL
2 6 (21.43%) Migration
3 4 (14.29%) Scrum
3 4 (14.29%) Project Management
3 4 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
5 2 (7.143%) Service Management
5 2 (7.143%) Change Management
5 2 (7.143%) Project Planning
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (7.143%) Load Balancing
5 2 (7.143%) Problem Management
5 2 (7.143%) Multithreading
5 2 (7.143%) Configuration Management
5 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.571%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.571%) High Availability
6 1 (3.571%) Budget Control
6 1 (3.571%) Software Architecture
6 1 (3.571%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (14.29%) MCSE
2 3 (10.71%) CCNP
3 2 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (3.571%) MCITP
4 1 (3.571%) VCP5
4 1 (3.571%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (25.00%) VMware ESX
2 7 (25.00%) XenApp
2 7 (25.00%) vSphere
3 4 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (10.71%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (7.143%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.571%) Hyper-V
6 1 (3.571%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) Backup Exec
1 5 (17.86%) WSUS
1 5 (17.86%) HP SIM
2 4 (14.29%) SCCM
3 1 (3.571%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (46.43%) Citrix
3 9 (32.14%) Microsoft
3 9 (32.14%) HP
4 8 (28.57%) Juniper
4 8 (28.57%) NetApp
5 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
5 5 (17.86%) Dell
5 5 (17.86%) ProCurve
6 3 (10.71%) Altiris
6 3 (10.71%) F5
6 3 (10.71%) EMC
6 3 (10.71%) SAP
6 3 (10.71%) Cisco
6 3 (10.71%) IBM
7 2 (7.143%) Oracle
7 2 (7.143%) Riverbed
7 2 (7.143%) PlateSpin
8 1 (3.571%) Veeam
8 1 (3.571%) Business Objects
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