The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware ESX 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 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 ESX Server
Rank 106 98 79
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -19
Contract jobs citing VMware ESX 5 18 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.262% 0.788% 1.009%
As % of the System Software category 2.577% 9.137% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 7
Average daily rate £244 £310 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.29% -17.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £159 £228 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £400 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £325 £290
% change year-on-year
+13.84% +12.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £16.50 - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £30.00 £27.25
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +10.09%
All System Software
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
194 197 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 10.17% 8.625% 8.576%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 71 53
Average daily rate £350 £310 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -11.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £135 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £405 £395
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £305
% change year-on-year
- +6.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 46 34
Average hourly rate £14.88 £14.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.29 £10.06 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £16.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire VMware ESX Daily Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Yorkshire VMware ESX Daily Rate Histogram

VMware ESX
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire VMware ESX Hourly Rate Trend

VMware ESX
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the 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
West Yorkshire -5 5 £244 -30.28%
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (66.67%) Windows
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (44.44%) SAN
6 3 (33.33%) Cisco
6 3 (33.33%) Linux
6 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
6 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
6 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
7 2 (22.22%) Apple
7 2 (22.22%) Terminal Server
7 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
7 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
7 2 (22.22%) WSUS
7 2 (22.22%) Time Management
7 2 (22.22%) iSCSI
7 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds Orion
7 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Storage
7 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (22.22%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
7 2 (22.22%) NAS
7 2 (22.22%) Xen
7 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
7 2 (22.22%) WAN

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) iSCSI
2 2 (22.22%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (22.22%) NAS
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
3 1 (11.11%) VPN
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Server Administrator
1 2 (22.22%) Linux Support
1 2 (22.22%) Designer
1 2 (22.22%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Network Designer
1 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 1 (11.11%) Network Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (11.11%) Grid Computing
2 1 (11.11%) Beowulf
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Linux
4 2 (22.22%) UNIX
5 1 (11.11%) Solaris
5 1 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Time Management
1 2 (22.22%) Service Management
1 2 (22.22%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) CCNA
1 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) Terminal Server
3 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (22.22%) Hyper-V
3 2 (22.22%) Xen
3 2 (22.22%) NFS
4 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
1 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
1 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds Orion
1 2 (22.22%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) SolarWinds
4 2 (22.22%) Apple
4 2 (22.22%) CA
4 2 (22.22%) NetApp
4 2 (22.22%) EMC
4 2 (22.22%) Citrix
4 2 (22.22%) McAfee
5 1 (11.11%) Nokia
5 1 (11.11%) Red Hat
5 1 (11.11%) Sun
5 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 1 (11.11%) HP
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