Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Skill Sets
Period
to 19 April 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 6 months to 19 April 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
West Midlands > Birmingham
6 months to
19 Apr 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 71 58 70
Rank change year-on-year -13 +12 -9
Contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 34 28 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 2.22% 2.28% 1.38%
As % of the System Software category 16.83% 22.95% 11.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 23 7
Birmingham median daily rate £438 £325 £380
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +34.62% -14.47% -5.00%
10th Percentile £326 £217 £247
90th Percentile £575 £474 £475
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £300 £378
% change year-on-year +41.67% -20.53% +21.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Birmingham median hourly rate - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.50 £31.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -41.27% +75.00% -30.77%

VMware Infrastructure is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for system software skills.

All System Software Skills
Birmingham
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 202 122 163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 13.21% 9.94% 11.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 84 77
Birmingham median daily rate £423 £319 £325
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +32.55% -1.92% +8.33%
10th Percentile £145 £108 £150
90th Percentile £584 £489 £450
West Midlands median daily rate £395 £350 £339
% change year-on-year +12.86% +3.32% +4.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 8 27
Birmingham median hourly rate £12.42 £15.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -21.14% -1.56% +23.08%
10th Percentile £8.39 £9.70 £11.15
90th Percentile £42.50 £27.56 £43.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £13.75 £15.00 £14.25
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +1.79%

VMware Infrastructure
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing VMware Infrastructure as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 April 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham

VMware Infrastructure
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate trend for VMware Infrastructure in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 19 April 2018, IT contractor jobs citing VMware Infrastructure also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region with a requirement for VMware Infrastructure.

1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 20 (58.82%) Amazon AWS
2 20 (58.82%) Apache Camel
3 19 (55.88%) Jenkins
3 19 (55.88%) vSphere
3 19 (55.88%) Git (software)
3 19 (55.88%) Continuous Integration
3 19 (55.88%) Agile Software Development
3 19 (55.88%) Java
4 18 (52.94%) J2EE
4 18 (52.94%) Web Services
4 18 (52.94%) SOAP
4 18 (52.94%) Maven
4 18 (52.94%) Scrum
4 18 (52.94%) Amazon EC2
5 17 (50.00%) RESTful
5 17 (50.00%) DbUnit
5 17 (50.00%) BDD
5 17 (50.00%) Kanban
5 17 (50.00%) jMock
5 17 (50.00%) SonarQube
5 17 (50.00%) Mockito
5 17 (50.00%) PowerMock
5 17 (50.00%) TDD
5 17 (50.00%) JUnit
5 17 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 15 (44.12%) E-Commerce
7 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
8 11 (32.35%) Spring
9 8 (23.53%) Open Source

VMware Infrastructure
Co-occurring IT Skills in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (23.53%) Apache
2 7 (20.59%) Tomcat
3 4 (11.76%) JBoss
3 4 (11.76%) WebSphere
4 3 (8.82%) Apache ServiceMix
4 3 (8.82%) Apache Synapse
4 3 (8.82%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 3 (8.82%) TIBCO ActiveMatrix
4 3 (8.82%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (5.88%) IIS
5 2 (5.88%) MS Exchange
5 2 (5.88%) nginx
6 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (2.94%) GlassFish
6 1 (2.94%) Jetty
6 1 (2.94%) Mongrel
6 1 (2.94%) Moodle
6 1 (2.94%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (2.94%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.82%) BusinessWorks
Cloud Services
1 20 (58.82%) Amazon AWS
2 18 (52.94%) Amazon EC2
3 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Azure
4 2 (5.88%) Office 365
5 1 (2.94%) G Suite
5 1 (2.94%) Google App Engine
5 1 (2.94%) Google Cloud Platform
5 1 (2.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) DNS
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
2 3 (8.82%) DHCP
3 2 (5.88%) SAN
3 2 (5.88%) SSL
3 2 (5.88%) WAN
4 1 (2.94%) 802.11
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (2.94%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (2.94%) DMZ
4 1 (2.94%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
4 1 (2.94%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 1 (2.94%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (2.94%) Internet
4 1 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (2.94%) IPsec
4 1 (2.94%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.94%) Skype
4 1 (2.94%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (8.82%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (8.82%) JasperReports
2 3 (8.82%) MySQL
3 2 (5.88%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.94%) Couchbase
4 1 (2.94%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database 10g
4 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database 11g
4 1 (2.94%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 19 (55.88%) Git (software)
1 19 (55.88%) Jenkins
2 18 (52.94%) Maven
3 17 (50.00%) DbUnit
3 17 (50.00%) jMock
3 17 (50.00%) JUnit
3 17 (50.00%) Mockito
3 17 (50.00%) SonarQube
4 2 (5.88%) Subversion
5 1 (2.94%) Bugzilla
5 1 (2.94%) JIRA
5 1 (2.94%) MSBuild
5 1 (2.94%) MSI
5 1 (2.94%) Travis CI
General
1 4 (11.76%) Retail
2 2 (5.88%) Finance
3 1 (2.94%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 17 (50.00%) Developer
1 17 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 4 (11.76%) Architect
2 4 (11.76%) Cloud Architect
2 4 (11.76%) Full Stack Developer
2 4 (11.76%) J2EE Developer
2 4 (11.76%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 3 (8.82%) Agile Developer
3 3 (8.82%) Agile Java Developer
3 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Security Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Enterprise Technical Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (8.82%) Open Source Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Security Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Security Technical Architect
3 3 (8.82%) SOA Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Technical Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Senior Developer
4 2 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (58.82%) Apache Camel
2 18 (52.94%) J2EE
2 18 (52.94%) SOAP
2 18 (52.94%) Web Services
3 17 (50.00%) PowerMock
3 17 (50.00%) RESTful
4 11 (32.35%) Spring
5 7 (20.59%) Spring Boot
6 6 (17.65%) XML
7 4 (11.76%) Servlets
8 3 (8.82%) ActiveMQ
8 3 (8.82%) CORBA
8 3 (8.82%) Hibernate
8 3 (8.82%) Java EE
8 3 (8.82%) JMS
8 3 (8.82%) Kafka
8 3 (8.82%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (8.82%) REST
8 3 (8.82%) Struts
8 3 (8.82%) Velocity
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Data Centre
1 4 (11.76%) NHS
2 3 (8.82%) TM Forum
3 2 (5.88%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) BYOD
4 1 (2.94%) Clustering
4 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.94%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.94%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.94%) PKI
4 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.94%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 7 (20.59%) Windows
2 6 (17.65%) Linux
3 5 (14.71%) Windows Server
4 2 (5.88%) Debian
4 2 (5.88%) Ubuntu
4 2 (5.88%) Windows 8
4 2 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.94%) AIX
5 1 (2.94%) CentOS
5 1 (2.94%) HPUX
5 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.94%) Unix
5 1 (2.94%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.94%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Vista
5 1 (2.94%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (55.88%) Agile Software Development
1 19 (55.88%) Continuous Integration
2 18 (52.94%) Scrum
3 17 (50.00%) BDD
3 17 (50.00%) Kanban
3 17 (50.00%) TDD
3 17 (50.00%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 15 (44.12%) E-Commerce
5 8 (23.53%) Open Source
6 3 (8.82%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (8.82%) Concurrent Programming
6 3 (8.82%) DevOps
6 3 (8.82%) ITIL
6 3 (8.82%) Loose Coupling
6 3 (8.82%) Multithreading
6 3 (8.82%) MVC
6 3 (8.82%) SOA
6 3 (8.82%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (5.88%) Configuration Management
7 2 (5.88%) OO
Programming Languages
1 19 (55.88%) Java
2 4 (11.76%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.82%) PHP
3 3 (8.82%) Shell Script
3 3 (8.82%) SQL
4 2 (5.88%) Bash Shell
4 2 (5.88%) Python
5 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.94%) Korn
5 1 (2.94%) Perl
5 1 (2.94%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.94%) Ruby
5 1 (2.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 13 (38.24%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.88%) CCNA
3 2 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (5.88%) Degree
3 2 (5.88%) MCSE
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Six Sigma Black Belt
4 1 (2.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) PMO
2 2 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (55.88%) vSphere
2 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
3 2 (5.88%) Hyper-V
3 2 (5.88%) Xen
4 1 (2.94%) NFS
4 1 (2.94%) Samba
4 1 (2.94%) Squid
4 1 (2.94%) Varnish
4 1 (2.94%) vCloud
4 1 (2.94%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.94%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.94%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Opscode Chef
1 2 (5.88%) Puppet
1 2 (5.88%) SCCM
2 1 (2.94%) AirWatch
2 1 (2.94%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.94%) HAProxy
2 1 (2.94%) Kibana
2 1 (2.94%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (2.94%) Nagios
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (2.94%) PowerCLI
2 1 (2.94%) Salt
2 1 (2.94%) WMI
2 1 (2.94%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (20.59%) Cisco
3 5 (14.71%) Dell
3 5 (14.71%) Oracle
4 4 (11.76%) EMC
4 4 (11.76%) F5
4 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 4 (11.76%) NetApp
4 4 (11.76%) Splunk
5 3 (8.82%) HP
5 3 (8.82%) IBM
5 3 (8.82%) Red Hat
5 3 (8.82%) TIBCO
6 2 (5.88%) Google
6 2 (5.88%) McAfee
6 2 (5.88%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.94%) Citrix
7 1 (2.94%) Intel
7 1 (2.94%) Twitter
7 1 (2.94%) WSO2