vCenter Server Contracts with Work from Home Options

VMware vCenter Server
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 325 368 530
Rank change year-on-year +43 +162 -99
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 21 101 90
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.14% 0.39% 0.20%
As % of the Systems Management category 1.28% 2.33% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 69 47
10th Percentile £331 £419 £275
25th Percentile £382 £463 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +6.32% +9.07%
75th Percentile £610 £576 £581
90th Percentile £643 £651 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £465
% change year-on-year - +12.90% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - £62.75 £54.58
25th Percentile - £66.00 £58.06
Median hourly rate - £82.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +37.50% -
75th Percentile - £87.50 £66.25
90th Percentile - £100.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £46.00 £57.50
% change year-on-year +46.74% -20.00% +27.07%

All Systems Management Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 1,647 4,330 7,260
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.65% 16.57% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 3,207 5,404
10th Percentile £356 £400 £400
25th Percentile £450 £473 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £563 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.89% +0.45% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £700 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £516 £570 £563
% change year-on-year -9.41% +1.33% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 75 49
10th Percentile £21.96 £23.45 £15.00
25th Percentile £39.44 £55.63 £20.75
Median hourly rate £47.75 £66.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.65% +88.57% -21.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £78.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £67.13 £87.98 £79.90
UK median hourly rate £30.75 £57.50 £22.28
% change year-on-year -46.52% +158.08% -23.17%

vCenter Server
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

vCenter Server trend for jobs with a WFH option

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing vCenter Server.

vCenter Server daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing vCenter Server over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

vCenter Server daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing vCenter Server.

vCenter Server hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

vCenter Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (4.76%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) GitHub
2 3 (14.29%) IaaS
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (42.86%) VSAN
2 8 (38.10%) DNS
3 6 (28.57%) DHCP
3 6 (28.57%) Firewall
4 3 (14.29%) SNA
5 2 (9.52%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
5 2 (9.52%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
5 2 (9.52%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (4.76%) NetScaler
6 1 (4.76%) VPN
6 1 (4.76%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) JIRA
2 3 (14.29%) Git
3 1 (4.76%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Banking
2 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (9.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (19.05%) Consultant
3 3 (14.29%) Lead
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Data Centre Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Data Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Migration Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Migration Consultant
4 2 (9.52%) Network Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Server Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) VMware Architect
4 2 (9.52%) Windows Engineer
4 2 (9.52%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) YAML
2 2 (9.52%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Data Centre
2 4 (19.05%) VxBlock/Vblock
3 1 (4.76%) Clustering
3 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (28.57%) Windows Server
3 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2012
3 2 (9.52%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.76%) Linux
4 1 (4.76%) Windows 7
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Migration
2 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (23.81%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Capacity Management
4 4 (19.05%) Data Migration
4 4 (19.05%) Data Protection
4 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (19.05%) Kanban
4 4 (19.05%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (19.05%) TOGAF
5 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 3 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 3 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
5 3 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
5 3 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 2 (9.52%) Mentoring
6 2 (9.52%) Server Migrations
6 2 (9.52%) Service Migration
Programming Languages
1 6 (28.57%) Python
2 5 (23.81%) PowerShell
3 2 (9.52%) ActionScript
3 2 (9.52%) Java
3 2 (9.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.76%) CCNA
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.76%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (4.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 13 (61.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (42.86%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (38.10%) Active Directory
3 8 (38.10%) vSphere
4 5 (23.81%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (19.05%) VMware NSX
6 2 (9.52%) Hyper-V
7 1 (4.76%) KVM
7 1 (4.76%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 5 (23.81%) Ansible
1 5 (23.81%) Terraform
1 5 (23.81%) VxRail
2 4 (19.05%) vRealize
2 4 (19.05%) WSUS
3 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (14.29%) SCCM
4 1 (4.76%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (4.76%) Nessus
4 1 (4.76%) Progress Chef
4 1 (4.76%) Puppet
4 1 (4.76%) SCOM
4 1 (4.76%) SCOrch
4 1 (4.76%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 19 (90.48%) VMware
2 5 (23.81%) Dell
3 3 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (9.52%) Citrix
4 2 (9.52%) F5
4 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.76%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (4.76%) LogRhythm
5 1 (4.76%) Qualys
5 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.76%) SolarWinds
5 1 (4.76%) Varonis