Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Contract VMware Specialist Skill Set
Period
to 25 April 2018

The median contractor rate for a VMware Specialist was £394 per day in advertised job vacancies during the 6 months to 25 April 2018.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to 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 Specialist
UK
6 months to
25 Apr 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 855 772 794
Rank change year-on-year -83 +22 +28
Contract jobs requiring a VMware Specialist 29 50 96
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 0.029% 0.055% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.058% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 37 49
UK median daily rate £394 £425 £400
Median daily rate % change year-on-year -7.35% +6.25% -
10th Percentile £332 £354 £325
90th Percentile £463 £515 £500
UK excluding London median daily rate £394 £450 £400
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.50% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
UK median hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 95,901 86,525 101,559
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 94.89% 95.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 63,021 56,233 65,530
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £420
Median daily rate % change year-on-year +5.88% +1.19% +5.00%
10th Percentile £263 £260 £250
90th Percentile £638 £613 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £410 £400 £385
% change year-on-year +2.50% +3.90% +2.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,957 2,968 3,322
UK median hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year -2.63% -2.56% +14.71%
10th Percentile £10.78 £10.75 £10.50
90th Percentile £48.57 £48.75 £48.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -2.78% -5.26% +15.15%

VMware Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured VMware Specialist in the job title as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate trend for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing VMware Specialist over the 6 months to 25 April 2018.

Contractor daily rate histogram for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate trend for VMware Specialist in the UK

VMware Specialist
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2018. 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
Job
Vacancies
UK excluding London -31 23 £394 -12.50%
England -55 18 £423 -3.31%
Scotland -20 7 £385 +13.24%
South East -31 6 £425 -5.56%
South West - 4 £375 -
North of England -20 3 £450 +5.88%
London -53 3 £385 -6.67%
Yorkshire -20 2 - -
Midlands -2 1 £365 -14.12%
North West -12 1 £450 +12.50%
West Midlands -13 1 £365 -14.12%
East of England - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £370 -

VMware Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 April 2018, VMware Specialist contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring VMware Specialist in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) VMware
2 20 (68.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (34.48%) vCenter Server
4 8 (27.59%) Windows
5 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
5 7 (24.14%) vRealize
5 7 (24.14%) vSphere
6 6 (20.69%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (20.69%) Migration
7 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
7 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
7 5 (17.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
8 4 (13.79%) ITIL
8 4 (13.79%) EMC
8 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
8 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
8 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (10.34%) HP
9 3 (10.34%) Workflow
9 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
9 3 (10.34%) SQL
9 3 (10.34%) Linux
9 3 (10.34%) vCloud
9 3 (10.34%) Opscode Chef
9 3 (10.34%) Puppet
9 3 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
10 2 (6.90%) PowerShell

VMware Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills 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 2 (6.90%) IIS
1 2 (6.90%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.45%) IBM Domino
2 1 (3.45%) OpenStack
2 1 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.45%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) Amazon AWS
1 1 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.90%) Firewall
2 1 (3.45%) Internet
2 1 (3.45%) iSCSI
2 1 (3.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (6.90%) Finance
2 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) LDAP
1 1 (3.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Private Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) EMC VNX
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) VxBlock/Vblock
Operating Systems
1 8 (27.59%) Windows
2 5 (17.24%) Windows Server
3 4 (13.79%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (10.34%) Linux
4 3 (10.34%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.45%) CentOS
5 1 (3.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.45%) Solaris
5 1 (3.45%) SUSE
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 10
5 1 (3.45%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.45%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (20.69%) Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (13.79%) ITIL
3 3 (10.34%) Workflow
4 2 (6.90%) Server Building
4 2 (6.90%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.45%) API Integration
5 1 (3.45%) Capacity Management
5 1 (3.45%) Change Management
5 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (3.45%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.45%) DevOps
5 1 (3.45%) Network Management
5 1 (3.45%) Patch Management
5 1 (3.45%) Process Improvement
5 1 (3.45%) Project Management
5 1 (3.45%) Security Hardening
5 1 (3.45%) SFIA
5 1 (3.45%) Vulnerability Management
5 1 (3.45%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 2 (6.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.45%) Bash Shell
3 1 (3.45%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) SC Cleared
1 4 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.45%) CCA
2 1 (3.45%) CCNP
2 1 (3.45%) CCSE
2 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.45%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (3.45%) JNCIS
2 1 (3.45%) MCITP
2 1 (3.45%) MCSE
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 20 (68.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (24.14%) vSphere
3 5 (17.24%) Active Directory
4 3 (10.34%) Hyper-V
4 3 (10.34%) vCloud
4 3 (10.34%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (6.90%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (6.90%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (6.90%) VMware NSX
5 2 (6.90%) VMware Server
6 1 (3.45%) Docker
6 1 (3.45%) Firmware
6 1 (3.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (3.45%) XenApp
6 1 (3.45%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 10 (34.48%) vCenter Server
2 7 (24.14%) vRealize
3 5 (17.24%) vRealize Orchestrator
4 3 (10.34%) Opscode Chef
4 3 (10.34%) Puppet
5 2 (6.90%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (3.45%) AirWatch
6 1 (3.45%) Ansible
6 1 (3.45%) CFEngine
6 1 (3.45%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (3.45%) NetBackup
6 1 (3.45%) Netcool
6 1 (3.45%) PowerCLI
6 1 (3.45%) SCCM
6 1 (3.45%) SCOM
6 1 (3.45%) SCOrch
6 1 (3.45%) SCVMM
6 1 (3.45%) Unicenter
6 1 (3.45%) vMotion
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (13.79%) EMC
3 3 (10.34%) HP
3 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.90%) 3PAR
4 2 (6.90%) Cisco
4 2 (6.90%) Citrix
4 2 (6.90%) Dell
4 2 (6.90%) Veeam
5 1 (3.45%) CA
5 1 (3.45%) CheckPoint
5 1 (3.45%) IBM
5 1 (3.45%) Infoblox
5 1 (3.45%) Juniper
5 1 (3.45%) Lotus
5 1 (3.45%) NetApp
5 1 (3.45%) Nimsoft
5 1 (3.45%) Sun
5 1 (3.45%) SunGard
5 1 (3.45%) Zerto