The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESXi over the 3 months to 21 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 Yorkshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 85 88 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Contract jobs citing VMware ESXi 7 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.545% 0.436% -
As % of the System Software category 5.932% 6.481% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Average daily rate £250 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.61% -10.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 - £21.96
All System Software
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
118 108 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.190% 6.733% 6.941%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 36 24
Average daily rate £280 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.84% -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 25 18
Average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -35.71%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.58 £10.30 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £28.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware ESXi
Yorkshire

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire VMware ESXi Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESXi
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware ESXi across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Yorkshire VMware ESXi Daily Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Bradford - 3 £250 -
Leeds -11 2 £265 -
Halifax - 2 £138 -
VMware ESXi
Yorkshire

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) SAN
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) CCNA
3 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
3 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (42.86%) Lotus Domino
3 3 (42.86%) MCSE
3 3 (42.86%) MCSA
3 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) VoIP
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) Lotus
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Firewall
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 3 (42.86%) LANDesk
3 3 (42.86%) Replication
4 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
4 2 (28.57%) Backup Exec

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 3 (42.86%) Lotus Notes
1 3 (42.86%) Lotus Domino
1 3 (42.86%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) SAN
2 3 (42.86%) VoIP
2 3 (42.86%) Firewall
2 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 2 (28.57%) iSCSI
3 2 (28.57%) NAS
3 2 (28.57%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (28.57%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Support Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Senior Support Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Time Management
2 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (42.86%) CCNA
2 3 (42.86%) MCSE
2 3 (42.86%) MCSA
2 3 (42.86%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) VCP4
3 2 (28.57%) VCP5
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Xen
3 2 (28.57%) vCloud
3 2 (28.57%) VMware ESX
3 2 (28.57%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) NetBackup
1 2 (28.57%) Backup Exec
1 2 (28.57%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Cisco
3 3 (42.86%) Lotus
3 3 (42.86%) LANDesk
4 2 (28.57%) NetApp
4 2 (28.57%) EMC