The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited vSphere 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 Wiltshire 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 vSphere
Rank 43 - 49
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing vSphere 5 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 1.121% - 0.181%
As % of the System Software category 10.42% - 4.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
Average daily rate £450 - £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £350 £313
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.25 £43.37 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-27.94% +116.85%
All System Software
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
48 47 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 10.76% 7.437% 4.356%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 20 15
Average daily rate £440 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £178 £124
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 9 4
Average hourly rate £13.50 £17.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.85% +25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
vSphere
South West

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing vSphere across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire vSphere Daily Rate Trend

vSphere
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wiltshire vSphere Daily Rate Histogram

vSphere
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing vSphere across the Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire vSphere Hourly Rate Trend

vSphere
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the Wiltshire 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
Swindon - 5 £450 -
vSphere
South West

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (66.67%) XenApp
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) Citrix
4 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) HP
5 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 2 (33.33%) EMC
5 2 (33.33%) DHCP
5 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
5 2 (33.33%) DNS
5 2 (33.33%) SQL
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
5 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
6 1 (16.67%) Marketing
6 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
6 1 (16.67%) SCCM

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
1 5 (83.33%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Office
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
2 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 2 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Server Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Data Migration Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Architect
2 1 (16.67%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix Server Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
1 1 (16.67%) Clustering
1 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) VBScript
2 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) MCP
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) XenApp
2 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (16.67%) NFS
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (16.67%) XenServer
3 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
3 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) ZENworks
1 1 (16.67%) NetBackup
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
1 1 (16.67%) HP Data Protector
1 1 (16.67%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) EMC
5 1 (16.67%) ProCurve
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) Dell
5 1 (16.67%) NetApp
5 1 (16.67%) Novell
5 1 (16.67%) Sophos
5 1 (16.67%) Wyse
Swindon, South West
XenDesktop Infrastructure / Server Engineer / vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Swindon, £450 per dayA XenDesktop Infrastructure Engineer /vSphere / Citrix Xenapp Engineer is required on an initial 6-Month contract by a...
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Rate: GBP450 per day
Posted: 3 May 2013
Swindon, Wiltshire
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 13 May 2013