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 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 456 619
Rank change year-on-year +43 +163 -102
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 135 201 171
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.36% 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Systems Management category 3.07% 2.59% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 138 109
10th Percentile £320 £396 £275
25th Percentile £440 £450 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +13.89% +5.88%
75th Percentile £608 £608 £550
90th Percentile £650 £660 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £450
% change year-on-year +0.96% +15.56% +5.88%
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 4,400 7,770 11,395
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 11.87% 15.56% 16.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,186 5,675 8,330
10th Percentile £250 £350 £360
25th Percentile £410 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +12.75%
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 116 183 160
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.73 £13.99
25th Percentile £17.72 £24.13 £15.69
Median hourly rate £25.77 £57.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -55.19% +167.44% -10.42%
75th Percentile £49.06 £73.11 £42.59
90th Percentile £70.63 £82.50 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £27.25 £57.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -52.61% +155.56% -43.75%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 +38 41 £605 +18.05% 12
South West +25 37 £525 -4.55% 8
North of England +13 21 £370 -15.43% 2
London +62 18 £600 +20.00% 5
Midlands +34 17 £400 -20.79% 5
West Midlands +22 16 £400 -20.79% 3
North West +2 8 £575 +27.78%
Yorkshire - 8 £340 - 2
North East +19 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 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.70%) Confluence
3 3 (2.22%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.48%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.74%) nginx
5 1 (0.74%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (5.19%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (20.74%) Azure
2 14 (10.37%) OCI
3 11 (8.15%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.96%) AWS
5 3 (2.22%) IaaS
5 3 (2.22%) Nutanix
6 2 (1.48%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 2 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.48%) GitHub
6 2 (1.48%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.74%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.74%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 55 (40.74%) DNS
2 51 (37.78%) DHCP
3 43 (31.85%) Firewall
4 41 (30.37%) SAN
5 38 (28.15%) VSAN
6 12 (8.89%) Remote Desktop
7 10 (7.41%) LAN
7 10 (7.41%) WAN
8 8 (5.93%) SNA
9 7 (5.19%) TCP/IP
9 7 (5.19%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (4.44%) FTP
11 5 (3.70%) Fibre Channel
11 5 (3.70%) NAS
12 3 (2.22%) VPN
13 2 (1.48%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (1.48%) Skype
13 2 (1.48%) Software-Defined Networking
14 1 (0.74%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
14 1 (0.74%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.96%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (2.96%) MySQL
2 4 (2.96%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Git
2 7 (5.19%) JIRA
3 2 (1.48%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (39.26%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.07%) Public Sector
3 8 (5.93%) Banking
4 7 (5.19%) Finance
5 6 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (3.70%) Legal
7 2 (1.48%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.48%) Electronics
7 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.48%) Marketing
7 2 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.48%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.48%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 61 (45.19%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (17.04%) VMware Engineer
3 22 (16.30%) Network Engineer
4 16 (11.85%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (9.63%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 9 (6.67%) Senior
7 8 (5.93%) Data Centre Engineer
7 8 (5.93%) Lead
7 8 (5.93%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) Cisco Engineer
8 7 (5.19%) VMware Expert
9 6 (4.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Architect
9 6 (4.44%) SAN Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) SAN Storage Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Server Engineer
9 6 (4.44%) Virtualisation Engineer
10 5 (3.70%) Principal Engineer
10 5 (3.70%) Server Administrator
10 5 (3.70%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.93%) YAML
2 5 (3.70%) Flash
3 2 (1.48%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.74%) JSON
4 1 (0.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (37.78%) Data Centre
2 15 (11.11%) PKI
2 15 (11.11%) Private Cloud
3 14 (10.37%) Clustering
4 8 (5.93%) Replication
5 6 (4.44%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.96%) Fat Client
6 4 (2.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (2.96%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.48%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.48%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.74%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.74%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 68 (50.37%) Windows
2 59 (43.70%) Windows Server
3 39 (28.89%) Linux
4 25 (18.52%) Windows 10
5 21 (15.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 19 (14.07%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (12.59%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (10.37%) Windows XP
9 11 (8.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (5.93%) Ubuntu
11 7 (5.19%) Unix
11 7 (5.19%) Windows 7
12 4 (2.96%) CentOS
12 4 (2.96%) Windows Server 2008
13 3 (2.22%) Windows Server 2003
14 1 (0.74%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (50.37%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 41 (30.37%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (17.78%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (17.04%) ITIL
5 22 (16.30%) Infrastructure as Code
6 21 (15.56%) Project Management
7 20 (14.81%) Virtual Infrastructure
8 19 (14.07%) Disaster Recovery
9 18 (13.33%) CI/CD
10 17 (12.59%) Server Management
11 16 (11.85%) Storage Management
12 15 (11.11%) Performance Monitoring
12 15 (11.11%) Performance Tuning
13 14 (10.37%) Break/Fix
13 14 (10.37%) Converged Infrastructure
13 14 (10.37%) Data Protection
13 14 (10.37%) Proactive Monitoring
14 13 (9.63%) Migration
14 13 (9.63%) Penetration Testing
14 13 (9.63%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 11 (8.15%) Python
3 8 (5.93%) Java
4 7 (5.19%) C#
5 4 (2.96%) Bash
5 4 (2.96%) SQL
6 1 (0.74%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.74%) C
6 1 (0.74%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 79 (58.52%) Security Cleared
2 57 (42.22%) SC Cleared
3 43 (31.85%) DV Cleared
4 27 (20.00%) Degree
5 23 (17.04%) CCNA
5 23 (17.04%) Cisco Certification
6 20 (14.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 14 (10.37%) CCNP
8 7 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (3.70%) Master's Degree
10 4 (2.96%) A+ Certification
10 4 (2.96%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (2.96%) Network+ Certification
11 3 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (1.48%) MCSE
12 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.19%) NIST
2 4 (2.96%) QA
3 1 (0.74%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 101 (74.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 88 (65.19%) VMware ESXi
3 52 (38.52%) Active Directory
3 52 (38.52%) VMware NSX
4 41 (30.37%) vSphere
5 25 (18.52%) Hyper-V
6 13 (9.63%) Virtual Machines
7 9 (6.67%) vCloud
8 7 (5.19%) Firmware
8 7 (5.19%) KVM
8 7 (5.19%) VMware Workstation
9 6 (4.44%) Docker
10 5 (3.70%) VMware Server
11 2 (1.48%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.74%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.74%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.74%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (21.48%) SCCM
2 25 (18.52%) WSUS
3 16 (11.85%) Ansible
4 15 (11.11%) Kubernetes
4 15 (11.11%) SCOM
4 15 (11.11%) vRealize
5 14 (10.37%) EMC NetWorker
5 14 (10.37%) NetBackup
6 12 (8.89%) Terraform
7 5 (3.70%) Nessus
7 5 (3.70%) VxRail
8 4 (2.96%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (2.96%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (2.96%) ZABBIX
9 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Clustering
9 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (2.22%) vMotion
10 2 (1.48%) Rancher
11 1 (0.74%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.74%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 134 (99.26%) VMware
2 53 (39.26%) Microsoft
3 38 (28.15%) Cisco
4 34 (25.19%) Veeam
5 25 (18.52%) Dell
6 22 (16.30%) Palo Alto
7 18 (13.33%) Oracle
8 17 (12.59%) HP
8 17 (12.59%) Symantec
9 16 (11.85%) EMC
10 15 (11.11%) Juniper
11 14 (10.37%) 3PAR
11 14 (10.37%) Extreme Networks
12 7 (5.19%) Atlassian
13 6 (4.44%) CheckPoint
14 4 (2.96%) Red Hat
14 4 (2.96%) SolarWinds
15 3 (2.22%) Citrix
15 3 (2.22%) IBM
16 2 (1.48%) SAP