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

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 464 612
Rank change year-on-year +47 +148 -86
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 120 192 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.40% 0.23%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.74% 2.57% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 127 106
10th Percentile £319 £400 £275
25th Percentile £435 £450 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £458
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% +12.02% +8.93%
75th Percentile £608 £615 £565
90th Percentile £644 £654 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £450
% change year-on-year +0.96% +15.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 3
10th Percentile £65.18 £26.98 £25.88
25th Percentile £67.31 £29.30 £34.64
Median hourly rate £72.75 £42.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +71.18% -15.84% -
75th Percentile £76.31 £50.17 £54.63
90th Percentile £77.33 £85.75 £56.35
UK median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £50.50
% change year-on-year +58.82% -15.84% +11.60%

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 4,372 7,479 11,204
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.02% 15.52% 15.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,202 5,432 8,204
10th Percentile £258 £350 £356
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £521 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.35% - +12.20%
75th Percentile £625 £682 £675
90th Percentile £700 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £514 £561 £565
% change year-on-year -8.38% -0.71% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 176 155
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.25 £13.30
25th Percentile £17.72 £23.13 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.77 £52.32 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -50.75% +143.33% -11.89%
75th Percentile £48.75 £70.56 £41.51
90th Percentile £71.25 £82.75 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £25.77 £55.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -53.15% +144.44% -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 16 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 16 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 +25 37 £605 +21.00% 11
South West +11 37 £525 -4.55% 7
Midlands +33 17 £400 -13.51% 5
West Midlands +31 16 £400 -13.51% 3
London +54 14 £600 +20.00% 4
North of England +6 14 £340 -22.29% 4
North West -4 9 £575 +29.58%
Yorkshire - 4 £338 - 4
North East +10 1 £600 +93.55%
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 (7.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.17%) Confluence
3 3 (2.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.67%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.83%) nginx
5 1 (0.83%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (5.83%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.67%) Azure
2 14 (11.67%) OCI
3 11 (9.17%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.33%) AWS
5 2 (1.67%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.67%) IaaS
5 2 (1.67%) Nutanix
5 2 (1.67%) OpenShift
6 1 (0.83%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (0.83%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.83%) GCP
6 1 (0.83%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 50 (41.67%) DNS
2 46 (38.33%) DHCP
3 41 (34.17%) Firewall
4 39 (32.50%) SAN
5 30 (25.00%) VSAN
6 10 (8.33%) LAN
6 10 (8.33%) WAN
7 8 (6.67%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (5.83%) TCP/IP
9 6 (5.00%) FTP
10 5 (4.17%) Fibre Channel
11 4 (3.33%) NAS
12 3 (2.50%) SNA
12 3 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.67%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (1.67%) Skype
13 2 (1.67%) Software-Defined Networking
13 2 (1.67%) VPN
14 1 (0.83%) NetScaler
14 1 (0.83%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.33%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.33%) MySQL
2 4 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 7 (5.83%) JIRA
2 3 (2.50%) Git
3 2 (1.67%) Artifactory
General
1 48 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.17%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (5.00%) Finance
4 5 (4.17%) Legal
5 4 (3.33%) Banking
6 2 (1.67%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.67%) Electronics
6 2 (1.67%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.67%) Marketing
6 2 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.67%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (18.33%) Network Engineer
3 20 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
4 16 (13.33%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (10.83%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.67%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 8 (6.67%) Senior
7 7 (5.83%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (5.83%) VMware Expert
8 6 (5.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (5.00%) Architect
8 6 (5.00%) SAN Engineer
8 6 (5.00%) SAN Storage Engineer
8 6 (5.00%) Server Engineer
8 6 (5.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (4.17%) Data Centre Engineer
9 5 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.17%) Server Administrator
9 5 (4.17%) VMWare Administrator
9 5 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.17%) Flash
2 3 (2.50%) YAML
3 2 (1.67%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.83%) JSON
4 1 (0.83%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 45 (37.50%) Data Centre
2 15 (12.50%) PKI
2 15 (12.50%) Private Cloud
3 12 (10.00%) Clustering
4 8 (6.67%) Replication
5 4 (3.33%) Fat Client
5 4 (3.33%) Thin Client
6 3 (2.50%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.67%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.67%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.83%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 62 (51.67%) Windows
2 57 (47.50%) Windows Server
3 38 (31.67%) Linux
4 21 (17.50%) Windows 10
4 21 (17.50%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (15.83%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (14.17%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (11.67%) Windows XP
8 11 (9.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (6.67%) Ubuntu
10 7 (5.83%) Unix
11 4 (3.33%) CentOS
11 4 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (2.50%) Windows 7
12 3 (2.50%) Windows Server 2003
13 1 (0.83%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (55.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 37 (30.83%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (18.33%) ITIL
5 20 (16.67%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 19 (15.83%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (15.00%) Project Management
8 17 (14.17%) Infrastructure as Code
8 17 (14.17%) Server Management
9 16 (13.33%) Storage Management
10 15 (12.50%) Performance Monitoring
10 15 (12.50%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (11.67%) Break/Fix
11 14 (11.67%) Converged Infrastructure
11 14 (11.67%) Proactive Monitoring
12 13 (10.83%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (10.83%) Resource Management
13 12 (10.00%) CI/CD
13 12 (10.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 11 (9.17%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.33%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.67%) Java
3 7 (5.83%) C#
4 6 (5.00%) Python
5 4 (3.33%) Bash
5 4 (3.33%) SQL
6 1 (0.83%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.83%) C
6 1 (0.83%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 70 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 51 (42.50%) SC Cleared
3 39 (32.50%) DV Cleared
4 26 (21.67%) Degree
5 22 (18.33%) CCNA
5 22 (18.33%) Cisco Certification
6 15 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 14 (11.67%) CCNP
8 6 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (4.17%) Master's Degree
10 4 (3.33%) Chartered Engineer
11 3 (2.50%) A+ Certification
11 3 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (2.50%) Network+ Certification
12 2 (1.67%) MCSE
12 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.83%) NIST
2 3 (2.50%) QA
3 1 (0.83%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 91 (75.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 75 (62.50%) VMware ESXi
3 46 (38.33%) Active Directory
4 45 (37.50%) VMware NSX
5 39 (32.50%) vSphere
6 23 (19.17%) Hyper-V
7 9 (7.50%) vCloud
8 7 (5.83%) Firmware
8 7 (5.83%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (4.17%) Docker
9 5 (4.17%) VMware Server
10 3 (2.50%) KVM
10 3 (2.50%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
12 1 (0.83%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.83%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.83%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 29 (24.17%) SCCM
2 24 (20.00%) WSUS
3 16 (13.33%) SCOM
4 14 (11.67%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (11.67%) Kubernetes
4 14 (11.67%) NetBackup
5 10 (8.33%) Ansible
6 6 (5.00%) Terraform
6 6 (5.00%) vRealize
7 5 (4.17%) Nessus
8 4 (3.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (3.33%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (3.33%) VxRail
8 4 (3.33%) ZABBIX
9 3 (2.50%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
10 2 (1.67%) Rancher
10 2 (1.67%) vMotion
11 1 (0.83%) Nagios
11 1 (0.83%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 119 (99.17%) VMware
2 49 (40.83%) Microsoft
3 37 (30.83%) Cisco
4 34 (28.33%) Veeam
5 24 (20.00%) Dell
6 22 (18.33%) Palo Alto
7 18 (15.00%) Oracle
8 17 (14.17%) HP
8 17 (14.17%) Symantec
9 16 (13.33%) EMC
10 15 (12.50%) Juniper
11 14 (11.67%) 3PAR
11 14 (11.67%) Extreme Networks
12 7 (5.83%) Atlassian
13 6 (5.00%) CheckPoint
14 4 (3.33%) Red Hat
15 3 (2.50%) Citrix
15 3 (2.50%) SolarWinds
16 2 (1.67%) IBM
16 2 (1.67%) SAP