The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring vSphere skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited vSphere over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
49
65
66
Rank change year-on-year
+16
+1
+28
Contract jobs citing vSphere
1
2
9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham
vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring system software skills in Birmingham.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for system software skills
63
51
111
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham
12.07%
6.60%
12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted
49
39
64
10th Percentile
£125
£187
£151
25th Percentile
£190
£200
£313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£476
£350
£425
Median % change year-on-year
+36.00%
-17.65%
-5.56%
75th Percentile
£689
£456
£600
90th Percentile
£700
£618
£713
West Midlands median daily rate
£476
£400
£475
% change year-on-year
+19.00%
-15.79%
+15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
2
3
10th Percentile
-
£14.49
£15.44
25th Percentile
-
£15.40
£15.74
Median hourly rate
-
£17.27
£16.48
Median % change year-on-year
-
+4.79%
+9.87%
75th Percentile
-
£18.79
£17.74
90th Percentile
-
£19.48
£18.35
West Midlands median hourly rate
£18.13
£17.80
£17.72
% change year-on-year
+1.85%
+0.47%
+5.78%
vSphere Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham
Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.
vSphere Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vSphere in Birmingham.
vSphere Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vSphere in Birmingham.
vSphere Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing vSphere also mentioned the following skills and capabilities 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 vSphere.
vSphere Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
