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 Yorkshire 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 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.

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 42 50 41
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware 50 44 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 3.940% 2.719% 2.944%
As % of the Vendors category 9.107% 6.103% 8.148%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 20 10
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £153 £258 £184
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £378 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
Average hourly rate £19.50 £30.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £23.00 £24.00 £22.43
% change year-on-year
-4.16% +6.99%
All Vendors
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
549 721 405
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 43.26% 44.56% 36.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 358 157
Average daily rate £300 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £170 £192
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 35 44
Average hourly rate £15.25 £14.50 £16.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.17% -13.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £8.76 £10.30 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.50 £32.50 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
VMware
Yorkshire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire VMware Hourly Rate Trend

VMware
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

West Yorkshire VMware Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds -3 37 £280 -17.64%
Bradford +8 9 £250 +156.41%
Halifax +14 2 £138 -
Wetherby - 1 - -
VMware
Yorkshire

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 64 (73.56%) Windows
2 50 (57.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (34.48%) Active Directory
4 28 (32.18%) Microsoft
5 25 (28.74%) Firewall
5 25 (28.74%) Windows Server 2008
6 24 (27.59%) Windows Server 2003
6 24 (27.59%) Linux
7 22 (25.29%) SQL Server
8 21 (24.14%) Citrix
9 20 (22.99%) UNIX
10 19 (21.84%) Oracle
10 19 (21.84%) SAN
11 16 (18.39%) HP
11 16 (18.39%) ITIL
12 15 (17.24%) SQL
12 15 (17.24%) Red Hat
13 14 (16.09%) Web Services
13 14 (16.09%) Cisco
13 14 (16.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 13 (14.94%) vSphere
15 11 (12.64%) PHP
16 10 (11.49%) SharePoint
16 10 (11.49%) Apache
16 10 (11.49%) MS Exchange
16 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (10.34%) Project Management
17 9 (10.34%) MySQL
17 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
18 8 (9.195%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 14 (16.09%) Web Services
2 7 (8.046%) .NET
3 6 (6.897%) X-Windows
4 5 (5.747%) XML
5 3 (3.448%) Gherkin
5 3 (3.448%) LAMP
5 3 (3.448%) ASP
5 3 (3.448%) HTML
6 2 (2.299%) SOAP
6 2 (2.299%) Java EE
6 2 (2.299%) RESTful
6 2 (2.299%) REST
6 2 (2.299%) JMS
7 1 (1.149%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 10 (11.49%) Apache
1 10 (11.49%) SharePoint
1 10 (11.49%) MS Exchange
2 8 (9.195%) Tomcat
3 7 (8.046%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (6.897%) IIS
5 5 (5.747%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (5.747%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (3.448%) Lotus Notes
6 3 (3.448%) Lotus Domino
7 2 (2.299%) ESB
7 2 (2.299%) ActiveMQ
8 1 (1.149%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (1.149%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 8 (9.195%) MS Office
2 3 (3.448%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.448%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.149%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.448%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 25 (28.74%) Firewall
2 19 (21.84%) SAN
3 8 (9.195%) TCP/IP
4 7 (8.046%) DNS
4 7 (8.046%) NAS
5 5 (5.747%) LAN
5 5 (5.747%) WAN
6 4 (4.598%) VoIP
6 4 (4.598%) iSCSI
6 4 (4.598%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (3.448%) HTTP
7 3 (3.448%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (3.448%) VLAN
7 3 (3.448%) DHCP
7 3 (3.448%) Wireless
8 2 (2.299%) SSL
8 2 (2.299%) VPN
8 2 (2.299%) MPLS
9 1 (1.149%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (1.149%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (25.29%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.34%) MySQL
3 6 (6.897%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.448%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.299%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.299%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (1.149%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.149%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.149%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.149%) Data Mining
6 1 (1.149%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.448%) Visual Studio
1 3 (3.448%) MSI
1 3 (3.448%) Selenium
1 3 (3.448%) TeamCity
1 3 (3.448%) WebDriver
1 3 (3.448%) Cucumber
1 3 (3.448%) SpecFlow
General
1 6 (6.897%) Finance
2 4 (4.598%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.448%) Retail
4 2 (2.299%) Back Office
5 1 (1.149%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 15 (17.24%) Architect
2 14 (16.09%) Analyst
3 9 (10.34%) Consultant
4 8 (9.195%) Support Engineer
5 7 (8.046%) Support Analyst
5 7 (8.046%) 2nd Line Support
6 6 (6.897%) Infrastructure Architect
6 6 (6.897%) 3rd Line Support
7 5 (5.747%) Project Manager
8 4 (4.598%) Tester
8 4 (4.598%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (4.598%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
9 3 (3.448%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 3 (3.448%) Test Consultant
9 3 (3.448%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 3 (3.448%) Virtualisation Specialist
9 3 (3.448%) Agile Tester
9 3 (3.448%) Server Engineer
9 3 (3.448%) Senior Support Analyst
9 3 (3.448%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.897%) Clustering
2 3 (3.448%) Replication
2 3 (3.448%) CMDB
3 2 (2.299%) Blackberry
3 2 (2.299%) Computer Science
3 2 (2.299%) Celerra
3 2 (2.299%) EqualLogic
3 2 (2.299%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.149%) iPad
4 1 (1.149%) iPhone
4 1 (1.149%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.149%) Fat Client
4 1 (1.149%) CLARiiON
4 1 (1.149%) Grid Computing
4 1 (1.149%) E-Learning
4 1 (1.149%) Beowulf
4 1 (1.149%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.149%) NHS
4 1 (1.149%) Firmware
4 1 (1.149%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 64 (73.56%) Windows
2 25 (28.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (27.59%) Linux
3 24 (27.59%) Windows Server 2003
4 20 (22.99%) UNIX
5 14 (16.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (9.195%) HPUX
7 7 (8.046%) Windows XP
8 6 (6.897%) Windows 7
9 3 (3.448%) Windows Vista
10 1 (1.149%) CentOS
10 1 (1.149%) Apple iOS
10 1 (1.149%) Windows 8
10 1 (1.149%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.149%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.149%) Debian
10 1 (1.149%) Solaris
10 1 (1.149%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (18.39%) ITIL
2 9 (10.34%) Project Management
3 7 (8.046%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (6.897%) E-Commerce
4 6 (6.897%) Integration Testing
5 5 (5.747%) Time Management
5 5 (5.747%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (4.598%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (3.448%) Automated Testing
7 3 (3.448%) Software Testing
7 3 (3.448%) Problem Management
7 3 (3.448%) Continuous Integration
7 3 (3.448%) Manual Testing
7 3 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (3.448%) Scrum
7 3 (3.448%) Migration
7 3 (3.448%) ERP
7 3 (3.448%) PRINCE2
7 3 (3.448%) Service Management
7 3 (3.448%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.24%) SQL
2 11 (12.64%) PHP
3 9 (10.34%) PowerShell
4 4 (4.598%) VB
5 3 (3.448%) VBScript
5 3 (3.448%) C#
6 2 (2.299%) Java
6 2 (2.299%) Perl
7 1 (1.149%) C
7 1 (1.149%) AWK
Qualifications
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (9.195%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 7 (8.046%) MCSE
4 6 (6.897%) CCNA
4 6 (6.897%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (5.747%) MCSA
5 5 (5.747%) Security Cleared
6 4 (4.598%) MCP
7 3 (3.448%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (3.448%) Degree
7 3 (3.448%) SC Cleared
8 2 (2.299%) BC Cleared
8 2 (2.299%) VCP4
8 2 (2.299%) VCP5
8 2 (2.299%) MCITP
8 2 (2.299%) CCNP
9 1 (1.149%) CCA
9 1 (1.149%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.149%) PMP
9 1 (1.149%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.299%) QA
2 1 (1.149%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.149%) SLA
2 1 (1.149%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 50 (57.47%) VMware Infrastructure
2 30 (34.48%) Active Directory
3 13 (14.94%) vSphere
4 7 (8.046%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (5.747%) XenApp
5 5 (5.747%) VMware ESX
6 4 (4.598%) XenDesktop
7 3 (3.448%) XenServer
7 3 (3.448%) Xen
8 2 (2.299%) Hyper-V
8 2 (2.299%) NFS
8 2 (2.299%) VMware Server
8 2 (2.299%) vCloud
9 1 (1.149%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 6 (6.897%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (3.448%) NetBackup
3 2 (2.299%) Backup Exec
3 2 (2.299%) OpenView
3 2 (2.299%) ARCserve
3 2 (2.299%) CA Wily
4 1 (1.149%) PureDisk
4 1 (1.149%) FortiGate
4 1 (1.149%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (32.18%) Microsoft
2 21 (24.14%) Citrix
3 19 (21.84%) Oracle
4 16 (18.39%) HP
5 15 (17.24%) Red Hat
6 14 (16.09%) Cisco
7 7 (8.046%) EMC
8 5 (5.747%) NetApp
9 4 (4.598%) SAP
10 3 (3.448%) IBM
10 3 (3.448%) Dell
10 3 (3.448%) Apple
10 3 (3.448%) Sage
10 3 (3.448%) CheckPoint
10 3 (3.448%) Remedy
10 3 (3.448%) Brocade
10 3 (3.448%) LANDesk
10 3 (3.448%) Lotus
10 3 (3.448%) SolarWinds
11 2 (2.299%) 3PAR
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
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
3 rd Line Infrastructure Engineer, Citrix, Novell, VMWare... You must have most of the following skills: Windows Server (Group Policy, DNS, DHCP), Citrix, Cisco, Backup Software, VMWare, Firewalls,...
Latcom Ltd
Rate: From £200 to £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
The implementation of vCloud Director will be one of the first duties.Candidates wishing to apply must be able to demonstrate experience in, or provide evidence of,the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £230.00 - £270.00 per day
Posted: 23 April 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, West Yorkshire
An ideal candidate would have a number of these skills and Microsoft / Cisco certification would be advantageous although not essential: Windows Server 2000 \ 2003 \ 2008 (Group Policy \ DNS \...
Search Consultancy
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
Leeds, Yorkshire
Main Duties/ Responsibilities Applicants will be expected to demonstrate that they possess the following; * a deep understanding and experience of IT DBA-related third-line issue and problem...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 2 May 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