vCenter Server Contracts in England

VMware vCenter Server
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for vCenter Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited vCenter Server over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 402 462 610
Rank change year-on-year +60 +148 -96
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 133 204 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.06% 2.58% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 141 109
10th Percentile £328 £400 £275
25th Percentile £463 £455 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% +13.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £610 £570
90th Percentile £650 £654 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £524 £460
% change year-on-year +0.29% +13.93% +8.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 27 5
10th Percentile £65.18 £26.80 £31.72
25th Percentile £67.31 £29.30 £49.25
Median hourly rate £72.75 £42.50 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.18% -20.56% -
75th Percentile £76.31 £50.83 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.33 £86.00 £74.00
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +58.82% -26.09% +27.07%

All Systems Management Skills
England

vCenter Server is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,348 7,914 11,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.76% 15.66% 16.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,145 5,780 8,321
10th Percentile £250 £350 £361
25th Percentile £409 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £625 £680 £675
90th Percentile £700 £755 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £563 £565
% change year-on-year -8.44% -0.44% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 186 161
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.02 £13.87
25th Percentile £17.73 £25.18 £15.25
Median hourly rate £26.38 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -54.12% +167.44% -10.42%
75th Percentile £50.19 £73.74 £42.20
90th Percentile £70.38 £82.50 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £57.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -47.83% +158.08% -41.37%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for vCenter Server in England

vCenter Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in England.

Daily rate trend for vCenter Server in England

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in England

vCenter Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in England.

Hourly rate trend for vCenter Server in England

vCenter Server
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing vCenter Server within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +43 41 £605 +18.05% 15
South West +26 39 £525 -4.55% 9
North of England +18 21 £370 -15.43% 3
London +51 18 £600 +20.00% 4
Midlands +20 13 £425 -15.84% 6
West Midlands +27 12 £425 -15.84% 5
North West -8 8 £575 +27.78%
Yorkshire - 8 £340 - 3
North East +21 5 £525 +75.73%
vCenter Server
UK

vCenter Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (7.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (5.26%) Confluence
3 4 (3.01%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.50%) OpenStack
4 2 (1.50%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.75%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (6.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 27 (20.30%) Azure
2 13 (9.77%) OCI
3 11 (8.27%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.01%) AWS
5 3 (2.26%) IaaS
5 3 (2.26%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.50%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.50%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.50%) GitHub
6 2 (1.50%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.75%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.75%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 52 (39.10%) DNS
2 47 (35.34%) DHCP
3 42 (31.58%) Firewall
4 41 (30.83%) VSAN
5 37 (27.82%) SAN
6 8 (6.02%) Remote Desktop
6 8 (6.02%) SNA
7 7 (5.26%) LAN
7 7 (5.26%) TCP/IP
7 7 (5.26%) WAN
7 7 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (4.51%) FTP
9 5 (3.76%) NAS
10 3 (2.26%) Skype
10 3 (2.26%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (2.26%) VPN
11 2 (1.50%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (1.50%) Unified Communications
12 1 (0.75%) Fibre Channel
12 1 (0.75%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.01%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.01%) MySQL
2 4 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 9 (6.77%) JIRA
2 8 (6.02%) Git
3 2 (1.50%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
General
1 52 (39.10%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.04%) Public Sector
3 8 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (6.02%) Banking
4 7 (5.26%) Finance
5 5 (3.76%) Legal
6 2 (1.50%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.50%) Electronics
6 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.50%) Marketing
6 2 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 63 (47.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (17.29%) VMware Engineer
3 22 (16.54%) Network Engineer
4 15 (11.28%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (9.77%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.77%) Senior
7 8 (6.02%) Data Centre Engineer
7 8 (6.02%) Lead
7 8 (6.02%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 7 (5.26%) VMware Expert
9 6 (4.51%) Architect
9 6 (4.51%) SAN Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) SAN Storage Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Server Engineer
10 5 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (3.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.02%) YAML
2 6 (4.51%) Flash
3 2 (1.50%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.75%) .NET
4 1 (0.75%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.75%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.75%) JSON
4 1 (0.75%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (37.59%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.28%) Clustering
2 15 (11.28%) Private Cloud
3 12 (9.02%) PKI
4 8 (6.02%) Replication
5 6 (4.51%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (3.01%) Fat Client
6 4 (3.01%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (3.01%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.50%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 1 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.75%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 65 (48.87%) Windows
2 56 (42.11%) Windows Server
3 36 (27.07%) Linux
4 26 (19.55%) Windows 10
5 21 (15.79%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
7 16 (12.03%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (9.77%) Windows XP
9 9 (6.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (6.02%) Windows 7
11 7 (5.26%) Unix
12 5 (3.76%) Ubuntu
13 4 (3.01%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
15 2 (1.50%) CentOS
16 1 (0.75%) Data ONTAP
16 1 (0.75%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (52.63%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (17.29%) ITIL
4 22 (16.54%) Infrastructure as Code
5 21 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
6 20 (15.04%) Project Management
7 18 (13.53%) CI/CD
7 18 (13.53%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (12.03%) Server Management
8 16 (12.03%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 15 (11.28%) Storage Management
10 14 (10.53%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (10.53%) Data Protection
10 14 (10.53%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (10.53%) Performance Tuning
11 13 (9.77%) Computer Science
11 13 (9.77%) Migration
11 13 (9.77%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (9.77%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (9.77%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (23.31%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.27%) Python
3 8 (6.02%) Java
4 7 (5.26%) C#
5 5 (3.76%) SQL
6 1 (0.75%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.75%) Bash
6 1 (0.75%) C
6 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 81 (60.90%) Security Cleared
2 58 (43.61%) SC Cleared
3 43 (32.33%) DV Cleared
4 28 (21.05%) Degree
5 23 (17.29%) CCNA
5 23 (17.29%) Cisco Certification
6 21 (15.79%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 13 (9.77%) CCNP
8 7 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (4.51%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.01%) A+ Certification
10 4 (3.01%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (3.01%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.50%) MCSE
12 2 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.26%) NIST
2 4 (3.01%) QA
3 1 (0.75%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 99 (74.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 86 (64.66%) VMware ESXi
3 50 (37.59%) VMware NSX
4 49 (36.84%) Active Directory
5 37 (27.82%) vSphere
6 24 (18.05%) Hyper-V
7 13 (9.77%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (6.77%) vCloud
9 7 (5.26%) Firmware
9 7 (5.26%) KVM
9 7 (5.26%) VMware Workstation
10 6 (4.51%) Docker
11 2 (1.50%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.75%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.75%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.75%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.75%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 28 (21.05%) SCCM
2 25 (18.80%) WSUS
3 17 (12.78%) Ansible
4 16 (12.03%) vRealize
5 15 (11.28%) Kubernetes
6 14 (10.53%) SCOM
7 13 (9.77%) EMC NetWorker
7 13 (9.77%) NetBackup
8 12 (9.02%) Terraform
9 5 (3.76%) Nessus
9 5 (3.76%) VxRail
10 4 (3.01%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (3.01%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (3.01%) ZABBIX
11 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Clustering
11 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
11 3 (2.26%) vMotion
12 2 (1.50%) Progress Chef
12 2 (1.50%) Puppet
12 2 (1.50%) Rancher
Vendors
1 132 (99.25%) VMware
2 50 (37.59%) Microsoft
3 38 (28.57%) Cisco
4 34 (25.56%) Veeam
5 24 (18.05%) Dell
6 21 (15.79%) Palo Alto
7 17 (12.78%) Oracle
8 16 (12.03%) HP
8 16 (12.03%) Symantec
9 15 (11.28%) EMC
10 14 (10.53%) Juniper
11 13 (9.77%) 3PAR
11 13 (9.77%) Extreme Networks
12 9 (6.77%) Atlassian
13 6 (4.51%) CheckPoint
14 5 (3.76%) Red Hat
14 5 (3.76%) SolarWinds
15 3 (2.26%) Citrix
15 3 (2.26%) IBM
15 3 (2.26%) Splunk