VxBlock/Vblock Contracts

Dell EMC VxBlock and Vblock Systems (formerly VCE Vblock)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VxBlock/Vblock in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited VxBlock/Vblock over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 697 839
Rank change year-on-year +120 +142 -151
Contract jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock 13 2 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.030% 0.003% 0.006%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.100% 0.010% 0.017%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
10th Percentile £519 - £181
25th Percentile £621 £261 £227
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £646 £273 £306
Median % change year-on-year +137.06% -11.02% -30.99%
75th Percentile £723 £284 £389
90th Percentile £748 - £437
UK excluding London median daily rate £646 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63.75 - -
Median hourly rate £67.50 - -
75th Percentile £71.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Generic Skills
UK

VxBlock/Vblock is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,029 19,238 28,945
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.30% 33.28% 33.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,389 13,217 20,227
10th Percentile £269 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £663 £678 £663
90th Percentile £800 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 901 636 716
10th Percentile £12.25 £9.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £15.17 £10.63 £17.00
Median hourly rate £31.25 £22.49 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.98% -18.24% +3.19%
75th Percentile £61.30 £63.88 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £22.00 £21.02
% change year-on-year +29.55% +4.66% -12.42%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VxBlock/Vblock as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock.

Daily rate trend for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock.

Hourly rate trend for VxBlock/Vblock in the UK

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Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VxBlock/Vblock within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +112 8 £625 +129.36%
London +104 7 £687 -
Work from Home +123 6 £697 -
UK excluding London - 6 £646 -
Scotland - 5 £646 -
South East - 1 £425 -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 9 (69.23%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Architect
1 6 (46.15%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (30.77%) Migration Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) VMware Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Architect
3 3 (23.08%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 3 (23.08%) VMware Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Cloud Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Data Centre Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Data Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Enterprise Architecture Consultant
4 2 (15.38%) Migration Architect
4 2 (15.38%) Migration Consultant
5 1 (7.69%) Technical Trainer
5 1 (7.69%) Trainer
5 1 (7.69%) VMware Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Enterprise Architecture
1 12 (92.31%) TOGAF
2 11 (84.62%) Agile
3 10 (76.92%) Migration
4 9 (69.23%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (69.23%) Strategic Thinking
5 7 (53.85%) Performance Metrics
6 6 (46.15%) Data Migration
6 6 (46.15%) Data Protection
7 5 (38.46%) Capacity Management
7 5 (38.46%) Kanban
8 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
9 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
9 2 (15.38%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Degree
System Software
1 6 (46.15%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (46.15%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (92.31%) VxRail
2 6 (46.15%) vCenter Server
3 4 (30.77%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (92.31%) Dell
3 4 (30.77%) Cisco
4 1 (7.69%) EMC