vCenter Server Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vCenter Server
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 277 313 392
Rank change year-on-year +36 +79 -40
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 119 138 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.60% 0.39%
As % of the Systems Management category 5.12% 3.98% 2.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 88 76
10th Percentile £317 £409 £286
25th Percentile £429 £456 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £528 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.47% +17.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £608 £588 £550
90th Percentile £610 £675 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £520 £450
% change year-on-year +0.96% +15.56% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 27 3
10th Percentile £60.75 £26.80 £25.88
25th Percentile £61.88 £29.30 £34.64
Median hourly rate £67.50 £42.50 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +58.82% -15.84% -
75th Percentile £74.63 £49.52 £54.63
90th Percentile £76.65 £66.28 £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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for systems management skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,325 3,468 4,222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.46% 15.07% 13.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,718 2,529 2,955
10th Percentile £213 £286 £248
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £619 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £514 £561 £565
% change year-on-year -8.38% -0.71% +13.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 129 114
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.50 £12.65
25th Percentile £17.00 £20.00 £14.44
Median hourly rate £28.75 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -32.35% +112.50% -11.62%
75th Percentile £48.75 £65.00 £27.75
90th Percentile £70.93 £75.10 £51.25
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing vCenter Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing vCenter Server in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for vCenter Server in the UK excluding London

vCenter Server
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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% 12
South West +11 37 £525 -4.55% 8
Midlands +33 17 £400 -13.51% 5
West Midlands +31 16 £400 -13.51% 3
Scotland +32 14 £646 +22.46% 1
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 the UK excluding London 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 13 (10.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (4.20%) Confluence
3 3 (2.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.84%) nginx
4 1 (0.84%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 30 (25.21%) Azure
2 14 (11.76%) OCI
3 10 (8.40%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (4.20%) Entra ID
5 4 (3.36%) AWS
6 3 (2.52%) IaaS
6 3 (2.52%) OpenShift
7 2 (1.68%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.84%) GCP
8 1 (0.84%) GitHub
8 1 (0.84%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 54 (45.38%) DNS
2 50 (42.02%) DHCP
3 45 (37.82%) Firewall
4 37 (31.09%) SAN
5 31 (26.05%) VSAN
6 10 (8.40%) LAN
6 10 (8.40%) WAN
7 8 (6.72%) Remote Desktop
8 7 (5.88%) TCP/IP
9 6 (5.04%) FTP
10 5 (4.20%) Fibre Channel
10 5 (4.20%) SMTP
10 5 (4.20%) VPN
11 4 (3.36%) NAS
12 3 (2.52%) Wi-Fi
13 2 (1.68%) Cisco ISE
13 2 (1.68%) Skype
14 1 (0.84%) NetScaler
14 1 (0.84%) Software-Defined Networking
14 1 (0.84%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.04%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.20%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (4.20%) Elasticsearch
3 4 (3.36%) MySQL
3 4 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.84%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (8.40%) JIRA
2 2 (1.68%) Artifactory
General
1 50 (42.02%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.04%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.20%) Finance
4 5 (4.20%) Legal
5 4 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.52%) Banking
7 2 (1.68%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.68%) Electronics
7 2 (1.68%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.68%) Marketing
7 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 59 (49.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (18.49%) Network Engineer
3 18 (15.13%) VMware Engineer
4 16 (13.45%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (10.92%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.72%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (5.88%) VMware Expert
8 6 (5.04%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) SAN Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) SAN Storage Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Senior
8 6 (5.04%) Server Engineer
8 6 (5.04%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Administrator
9 5 (4.20%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.20%) Server Administrator
9 5 (4.20%) VMWare Administrator
9 5 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
10 4 (3.36%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.20%) Flash
1 5 (4.20%) LDAP
2 2 (1.68%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (0.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 45 (37.82%) Data Centre
2 19 (15.97%) PKI
3 17 (14.29%) Clustering
4 14 (11.76%) Private Cloud
5 8 (6.72%) Replication
6 4 (3.36%) Fat Client
6 4 (3.36%) Thin Client
6 4 (3.36%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 3 (2.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (1.68%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.84%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 64 (53.78%) Windows
2 60 (50.42%) Windows Server
3 38 (31.93%) Linux
4 23 (19.33%) Windows Server 2019
5 20 (16.81%) Windows 10
6 19 (15.97%) Windows Server 2012
7 17 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 14 (11.76%) Windows XP
9 11 (9.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 8 (6.72%) Ubuntu
11 7 (5.88%) Unix
12 5 (4.20%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (3.36%) CentOS
13 4 (3.36%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (2.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (52.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (32.77%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (20.17%) Cybersecurity
4 21 (17.65%) ITIL
5 20 (16.81%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 18 (15.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 18 (15.13%) Project Management
7 17 (14.29%) Server Management
8 16 (13.45%) Storage Management
9 15 (12.61%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (12.61%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (11.76%) Break/Fix
10 14 (11.76%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (11.76%) Performance Monitoring
10 14 (11.76%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (10.92%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (10.92%) Resource Management
11 13 (10.92%) Time Management
12 12 (10.08%) High Availability
12 12 (10.08%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 28 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.72%) Java
3 7 (5.88%) C#
4 4 (3.36%) Bash
4 4 (3.36%) SQL
5 2 (1.68%) Python
6 1 (0.84%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 72 (60.50%) Security Cleared
2 48 (40.34%) SC Cleared
3 42 (35.29%) DV Cleared
4 27 (22.69%) Degree
5 22 (18.49%) CCNA
5 22 (18.49%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (11.76%) CCNP
6 14 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (4.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.20%) Master's Degree
8 4 (3.36%) Chartered Engineer
9 3 (2.52%) A+ Certification
9 3 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
10 2 (1.68%) MCSE
10 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.84%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.88%) NIST
2 3 (2.52%) QA
3 1 (0.84%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 84 (70.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 77 (64.71%) VMware ESXi
3 49 (41.18%) Active Directory
4 44 (36.97%) VMware NSX
5 34 (28.57%) vSphere
6 32 (26.89%) Hyper-V
7 9 (7.56%) vCloud
8 6 (5.04%) Firmware
8 6 (5.04%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (4.20%) BitLocker
9 5 (4.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (4.20%) Terminal Services
9 5 (4.20%) VMware Server
10 4 (3.36%) KVM
11 3 (2.52%) Docker
11 3 (2.52%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (23.53%) SCCM
2 24 (20.17%) WSUS
3 15 (12.61%) SCOM
4 14 (11.76%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (11.76%) NetBackup
5 12 (10.08%) Kubernetes
6 11 (9.24%) vMotion
7 9 (7.56%) vRealize
8 6 (5.04%) Ansible
8 6 (5.04%) VxRail
9 5 (4.20%) Nessus
10 4 (3.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 4 (3.36%) Red Hat Satellite
10 4 (3.36%) ZABBIX
11 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Clustering
12 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
12 2 (1.68%) Nagios
12 2 (1.68%) Rancher
13 1 (0.84%) Norton AntiVirus
13 1 (0.84%) SolarWinds Orion
Vendors
1 118 (99.16%) VMware
2 52 (43.70%) Microsoft
3 34 (28.57%) Cisco
3 34 (28.57%) Veeam
4 24 (20.17%) Dell
5 22 (18.49%) Palo Alto
6 18 (15.13%) Oracle
7 17 (14.29%) HP
7 17 (14.29%) Symantec
8 16 (13.45%) EMC
9 15 (12.61%) Juniper
10 14 (11.76%) 3PAR
10 14 (11.76%) Extreme Networks
11 7 (5.88%) Atlassian
12 6 (5.04%) CheckPoint
12 6 (5.04%) Citrix
13 5 (4.20%) Infoblox
14 4 (3.36%) Red Hat
15 3 (2.52%) SolarWinds
16 2 (1.68%) SAP