The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 54 64 53
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -11
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 37 26 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.907% 1.607% 1.625%
As % of the System Software category 30.83% 23.01% 23.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 9 5
Average daily rate £250 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £157 £295 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £400 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £340 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £20.00 - £20.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £20.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
+15.00% -10.83%
All System Software
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
120 113 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 9.427% 6.984% 7.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 37 24
Average daily rate £275 £325 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -16.12%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £308
% change year-on-year
- +5.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 17
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 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £30.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Leeds +7 27 £275 -21.42%
Bradford +9 7 £250 -
Halifax +11 2 £138 -
Wetherby - 1 - -
VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 53 (100.00%) VMware
2 41 (77.36%) Windows
3 20 (37.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 19 (35.85%) Linux
4 19 (35.85%) SQL Server
5 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
6 17 (32.08%) Oracle
6 17 (32.08%) Windows Server 2003
7 16 (30.19%) Firewall
7 16 (30.19%) Active Directory
8 12 (22.64%) SAN
8 12 (22.64%) Red Hat
8 12 (22.64%) Citrix
9 11 (20.75%) PHP
10 10 (18.87%) MySQL
10 10 (18.87%) UNIX
10 10 (18.87%) Cisco
10 10 (18.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (16.98%) vSphere
11 9 (16.98%) HP
11 9 (16.98%) ITIL
11 9 (16.98%) Apache
11 9 (16.98%) Tomcat
12 8 (15.09%) Web Services
12 8 (15.09%) MS Office
12 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (13.21%) Windows XP
13 7 (13.21%) MS Exchange
13 7 (13.21%) SQL
13 7 (13.21%) HPUX

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 8 (15.09%) Web Services
2 7 (13.21%) X-Windows
3 6 (11.32%) .NET
4 5 (9.434%) XML
5 3 (5.660%) HTML
5 3 (5.660%) ASP
5 3 (5.660%) LAMP
5 3 (5.660%) Gherkin
6 2 (3.774%) REST
6 2 (3.774%) Java EE
6 2 (3.774%) RESTful
6 2 (3.774%) SOAP
6 2 (3.774%) JMS
7 1 (1.887%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (16.98%) Apache
1 9 (16.98%) Tomcat
2 7 (13.21%) MS Exchange
3 5 (9.434%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (7.547%) SharePoint
5 3 (5.660%) IIS
5 3 (5.660%) Lotus Notes
5 3 (5.660%) Lotus Domino
5 3 (5.660%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (3.774%) ESB
6 2 (3.774%) ActiveMQ
7 1 (1.887%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (1.887%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 8 (15.09%) MS Office
2 3 (5.660%) MS Visio
3 2 (3.774%) MS Excel
4 1 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (5.660%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 16 (30.19%) Firewall
2 12 (22.64%) SAN
3 7 (13.21%) NAS
4 5 (9.434%) TCP/IP
4 5 (9.434%) DNS
5 4 (7.547%) VoIP
6 3 (5.660%) Wireless
6 3 (5.660%) iSCSI
6 3 (5.660%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (3.774%) HTTP
7 2 (3.774%) SSL
8 1 (1.887%) VPN
8 1 (1.887%) WAN
8 1 (1.887%) DHCP
8 1 (1.887%) LAN
8 1 (1.887%) Intranet
8 1 (1.887%) WAAS
8 1 (1.887%) FCoE
8 1 (1.887%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (35.85%) SQL Server
2 10 (18.87%) MySQL
3 6 (11.32%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (5.660%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2012
5 2 (3.774%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (5.660%) Visual Studio
1 3 (5.660%) MSI
1 3 (5.660%) WebDriver
1 3 (5.660%) TeamCity
1 3 (5.660%) Selenium
1 3 (5.660%) Cucumber
1 3 (5.660%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (7.547%) Manufacturing
2 3 (5.660%) Retail
3 2 (3.774%) Back Office
4 1 (1.887%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Architect
2 10 (18.87%) Analyst
3 7 (13.21%) Infrastructure Architect
4 6 (11.32%) Support Analyst
5 5 (9.434%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (9.434%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.547%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.660%) Tester
7 3 (5.660%) Consultant
7 3 (5.660%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (5.660%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (5.660%) Agile Tester
7 3 (5.660%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 3 (5.660%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (5.660%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (5.660%) Senior Support Analyst
8 2 (3.774%) Wintel Analyst
8 2 (3.774%) VMware Specialist
8 2 (3.774%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (3.774%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.434%) Clustering
2 3 (5.660%) Replication
3 2 (3.774%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.774%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.887%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.887%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.887%) Grid Computing
4 1 (1.887%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.887%) Beowulf
4 1 (1.887%) iPad
4 1 (1.887%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.887%) iPhone
4 1 (1.887%) CMDB
4 1 (1.887%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 41 (77.36%) Windows
2 20 (37.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (35.85%) Linux
4 17 (32.08%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (18.87%) UNIX
5 10 (18.87%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (13.21%) Windows XP
6 7 (13.21%) HPUX
7 4 (7.547%) Windows 7
8 3 (5.660%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.887%) Solaris
9 1 (1.887%) Mac OS X
9 1 (1.887%) Apple iOS
9 1 (1.887%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (16.98%) ITIL
2 7 (13.21%) Project Management
3 6 (11.32%) E-Commerce
4 5 (9.434%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (9.434%) Time Management
5 4 (7.547%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (5.660%) ERP
6 3 (5.660%) Service Management
6 3 (5.660%) Scrum
6 3 (5.660%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (5.660%) Manual Testing
6 3 (5.660%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (5.660%) Automated Testing
6 3 (5.660%) Software Testing
6 3 (5.660%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (5.660%) Agile Testing
7 2 (3.774%) Analytics
7 2 (3.774%) Performance Testing
7 2 (3.774%) Matrix Management
7 2 (3.774%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) PHP
2 7 (13.21%) SQL
3 5 (9.434%) PowerShell
4 4 (7.547%) VB
5 3 (5.660%) VBScript
5 3 (5.660%) C#
6 2 (3.774%) Java
7 1 (1.887%) Perl
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (13.21%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 5 (9.434%) MCSE
4 4 (7.547%) MCSA
4 4 (7.547%) CCNA
4 4 (7.547%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (5.660%) MCP
5 3 (5.660%) Degree
6 2 (3.774%) VCP5
6 2 (3.774%) MCITP
6 2 (3.774%) VCP4
6 2 (3.774%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.887%) CCNP
7 1 (1.887%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.887%) PMP
7 1 (1.887%) CCA
7 1 (1.887%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.887%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.887%) BC Cleared
7 1 (1.887%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.774%) QA
2 1 (1.887%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (30.19%) Active Directory
2 9 (16.98%) vSphere
3 7 (13.21%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (11.32%) XenApp
5 3 (5.660%) VMware ESX
5 3 (5.660%) XenDesktop
5 3 (5.660%) Xen
6 2 (3.774%) vCloud
6 2 (3.774%) VMware Server
6 2 (3.774%) Hyper-V
6 2 (3.774%) XenServer
6 2 (3.774%) NFS
7 1 (1.887%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (5.660%) NetBackup
2 2 (3.774%) CA Wily
2 2 (3.774%) Backup Exec
2 2 (3.774%) ARCserve
2 2 (3.774%) OpenView
3 1 (1.887%) SCCM
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (33.96%) Microsoft
3 17 (32.08%) Oracle
4 12 (22.64%) Red Hat
4 12 (22.64%) Citrix
5 10 (18.87%) Cisco
6 9 (16.98%) HP
7 5 (9.434%) EMC
8 3 (5.660%) NetApp
8 3 (5.660%) Lotus
8 3 (5.660%) Sage
8 3 (5.660%) LANDesk
9 2 (3.774%) SolarWinds
9 2 (3.774%) Apple
9 2 (3.774%) Symantec
9 2 (3.774%) IBM
10 1 (1.887%) Sun
10 1 (1.887%) Intel
10 1 (1.887%) Remedy
10 1 (1.887%) CheckPoint
West Yorkshire
You will Have experience of working in a ITIL environment supporting IT systems - Windows 7, Office 2010, Active Directory. Day to day duties involve: Manage and deliver the...
Computer Futures
Rate: £11 - £12 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Yorkshire
You will be providing support for over 700 users, as such you must have previous 2nd line and 3rd line experience, with evidence of project work, migrations, rollouts...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You must have good skills within the online business related infrastructure architect along with Red Hat, PHP, TC Server/Tomcat, Load Balancers/VIP's, Oracle/MySQL/MSSQl, knowledge...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
You will have experience of Web Services, LAMP stack, load balancing, firewalls, virtualization, messaging and collaboration, data protection and retention, etc.) *You will have experience of short and...
Posted: 23 April 2013
West Yorkshire
Proven expertise in required operating systems: VMware and Linux... REDHAT - essential. Web services experience. Understanding of database technologies and applications, such as Informix, Oracle, PostgreSQL & MySQL are highly...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £500 - 550 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013