vCenter Server Contracts in England

VMware vCenter Server
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring vCenter Server skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited vCenter Server over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 460 595
Rank change year-on-year +25 +135 -53
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 115 176 192
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.37% 0.27%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.50% 2.45% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 108 127
10th Percentile £321 £396 £275
25th Percentile £463 £454 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +13.10%
75th Percentile £608 £603 £575
90th Percentile £636 £654 £643
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 2
10th Percentile £65.18 £26.98 £23.78
25th Percentile £67.31 £29.30 £29.40
Median hourly rate £72.75 £42.50 £39.43
Median % change year-on-year +71.18% +7.80% -
75th Percentile £76.31 £52.13 £48.79
90th Percentile £77.33 £85.75 £54.02
UK median hourly rate £72.75 £42.50 £39.43
% change year-on-year +71.18% +7.80% -12.74%

All Systems Management Skills
England

vCenter Server falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 4,609 7,176 11,085
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.29% 15.26% 15.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,370 5,190 8,132
10th Percentile £290 £350 £358
25th Percentile £413 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £625 £684 £675
90th Percentile £700 £767 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 166 155
10th Percentile £15.49 £17.61 £12.93
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.71 £15.25
Median hourly rate £30.75 £52.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.90% +146.16% -12.07%
75th Percentile £52.31 £75.00 £27.75
90th Percentile £71.25 £84.38 £58.25
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £22.00
% change year-on-year -43.48% +161.36% -44.30%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +27 37 £605 +25.71% 20
South West +8 35 £525 -4.55% 4
Midlands +25 16 £400 -5.88% 6
West Midlands +25 15 £400 -5.88% 6
North of England +2 14 £340 -9.03% 3
London +26 13 £613 +17.56% 14
North West -2 10 £450 +2.86% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £330 - 2
North East +8 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 7 (6.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.48%) Confluence
3 3 (2.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.74%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.87%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 24 (20.87%) Azure
2 14 (12.17%) OCI
3 11 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.48%) AWS
5 3 (2.61%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.74%) GCP
6 2 (1.74%) OpenShift
7 1 (0.87%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.87%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 46 (40.00%) DNS
2 42 (36.52%) DHCP
3 39 (33.91%) Firewall
4 38 (33.04%) SAN
5 29 (25.22%) VSAN
6 9 (7.83%) LAN
6 9 (7.83%) WAN
7 7 (6.09%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (6.09%) TCP/IP
8 6 (5.22%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (5.22%) FTP
9 4 (3.48%) NAS
10 3 (2.61%) SNA
11 2 (1.74%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (1.74%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.87%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 1 (0.87%) NetScaler
12 1 (0.87%) Skype
12 1 (0.87%) Software-Defined Networking
12 1 (0.87%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.48%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (3.48%) MySQL
2 4 (3.48%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.87%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (5.22%) JIRA
2 3 (2.61%) Git
3 2 (1.74%) Artifactory
General
1 45 (39.13%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.91%) Public Sector
3 6 (5.22%) Finance
4 5 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.35%) Legal
5 3 (2.61%) Banking
6 2 (1.74%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.74%) Electronics
6 2 (1.74%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.74%) Marketing
6 2 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (48.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (19.13%) Network Engineer
3 21 (18.26%) VMware Engineer
4 16 (13.91%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (11.30%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.96%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) Architect
7 7 (6.09%) Cisco Engineer
7 7 (6.09%) Senior
7 7 (6.09%) VMware Expert
8 6 (5.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) SAN Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) SAN Storage Engineer
8 6 (5.22%) Server Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Administrator
9 5 (4.35%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Server Administrator
9 5 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (4.35%) VMWare Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.48%) Flash
2 3 (2.61%) YAML
3 2 (1.74%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.87%) JSON
4 1 (0.87%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 43 (37.39%) Data Centre
2 15 (13.04%) PKI
3 14 (12.17%) Private Cloud
4 10 (8.70%) Clustering
5 9 (7.83%) Replication
6 4 (3.48%) Fat Client
6 4 (3.48%) Thin Client
7 2 (1.74%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 2 (1.74%) VxBlock/Vblock
8 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.87%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 58 (50.43%) Windows
2 53 (46.09%) Windows Server
3 38 (33.04%) Linux
4 21 (18.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (16.52%) Windows 10
6 18 (15.65%) Windows Server 2012
6 18 (15.65%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (12.17%) Windows XP
8 12 (10.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 9 (7.83%) Ubuntu
10 7 (6.09%) Unix
11 5 (4.35%) CentOS
12 3 (2.61%) Windows Server 2003
13 2 (1.74%) Windows 7
13 2 (1.74%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.87%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (53.91%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 38 (33.04%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (20.87%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (20.00%) ITIL
5 20 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
5 20 (17.39%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 18 (15.65%) Project Management
7 17 (14.78%) Infrastructure as Code
7 17 (14.78%) Server Management
8 16 (13.91%) Performance Monitoring
8 16 (13.91%) Storage Management
9 15 (13.04%) Performance Tuning
10 14 (12.17%) Break/Fix
10 14 (12.17%) Converged Infrastructure
10 14 (12.17%) Proactive Monitoring
11 13 (11.30%) Penetration Testing
11 13 (11.30%) Resource Management
12 12 (10.43%) Computer Science
12 12 (10.43%) Vulnerability Scanning
13 10 (8.70%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.09%) PowerShell
2 8 (6.96%) Java
3 7 (6.09%) C#
3 7 (6.09%) Python
4 4 (3.48%) Bash
5 2 (1.74%) SQL
6 1 (0.87%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.87%) C
6 1 (0.87%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 70 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 51 (44.35%) SC Cleared
3 39 (33.91%) DV Cleared
4 27 (23.48%) Degree
5 20 (17.39%) CCNA
5 20 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (12.17%) CCNP
7 13 (11.30%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 7 (6.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.48%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (3.48%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.61%) MCSE
10 3 (2.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.74%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.74%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.74%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.87%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.09%) NIST
2 2 (1.74%) QA
3 1 (0.87%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.87%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 85 (73.91%) VMware Infrastructure
2 69 (60.00%) VMware ESXi
3 44 (38.26%) VMware NSX
4 41 (35.65%) Active Directory
5 40 (34.78%) vSphere
6 22 (19.13%) Hyper-V
7 9 (7.83%) vCloud
8 7 (6.09%) Firmware
9 5 (4.35%) VMware Server
10 3 (2.61%) Docker
10 3 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (1.74%) KVM
11 2 (1.74%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.87%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.87%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.87%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 28 (24.35%) SCCM
2 22 (19.13%) WSUS
3 17 (14.78%) SCOM
4 14 (12.17%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (12.17%) NetBackup
5 13 (11.30%) Kubernetes
6 8 (6.96%) Ansible
7 6 (5.22%) Nessus
7 6 (5.22%) vRealize
8 4 (3.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (3.48%) Red Hat Satellite
8 4 (3.48%) Terraform
8 4 (3.48%) ZABBIX
9 3 (2.61%) VxRail
10 2 (1.74%) Dell DRAC
10 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Clustering
10 2 (1.74%) Nagios
10 2 (1.74%) Rancher
10 2 (1.74%) vMotion
11 1 (0.87%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 114 (99.13%) VMware
2 47 (40.87%) Microsoft
3 35 (30.43%) Cisco
4 34 (29.57%) Veeam
5 22 (19.13%) Dell
5 22 (19.13%) Palo Alto
6 18 (15.65%) Oracle
7 17 (14.78%) HP
7 17 (14.78%) Symantec
8 16 (13.91%) EMC
9 15 (13.04%) Juniper
10 14 (12.17%) 3PAR
10 14 (12.17%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (5.22%) Atlassian
11 6 (5.22%) CheckPoint
12 5 (4.35%) Red Hat
13 3 (2.61%) Citrix
13 3 (2.61%) SolarWinds
14 2 (1.74%) SAP
14 2 (1.74%) Veritas