vCenter Server Contracts in the UK excluding London

VMware vCenter Server
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 290 313 379
Rank change year-on-year +23 +66 -21
Contract jobs citing vCenter Server 112 117 125
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.52% 0.41%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.64% 3.52% 2.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 68 79
10th Percentile £316 £400 £259
25th Percentile £463 £459 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.66% +19.85% +12.50%
75th Percentile £608 £583 £544
90th Percentile - £675 £640
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% +13.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 26 2
10th Percentile £65.18 £26.63 £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 £49.52 £48.79
90th Percentile £77.33 £83.75 £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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 2,414 3,321 4,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 11.32% 14.63% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,779 2,384 2,997
10th Percentile £213 £279 £250
25th Percentile £390 £425 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £620 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £515 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -6.36% -2.65% +10.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 115 115
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.24 £12.52
25th Percentile £17.72 £20.74 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% -13.83%
75th Percentile £52.25 £63.75 £27.75
90th Percentile £74.44 £78.00 £51.18
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 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 12 June 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
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 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
Scotland +44 10 £646 +21.89%
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 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 10 (8.93%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (3.57%) Confluence
3 3 (2.68%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.89%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 6 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.00%) Azure
2 14 (12.50%) OCI
3 10 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (3.57%) AWS
4 4 (3.57%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.68%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.79%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.89%) GCP
7 1 (0.89%) GitHub
7 1 (0.89%) IaaS
7 1 (0.89%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (43.75%) DNS
2 45 (40.18%) DHCP
3 42 (37.50%) Firewall
4 38 (33.93%) SAN
5 28 (25.00%) VSAN
6 9 (8.04%) LAN
6 9 (8.04%) WAN
7 7 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
7 7 (6.25%) TCP/IP
8 6 (5.36%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (5.36%) FTP
9 4 (3.57%) NAS
9 4 (3.57%) SMTP
9 4 (3.57%) VPN
10 2 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
11 1 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
11 1 (0.89%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 1 (0.89%) NetScaler
11 1 (0.89%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.46%) Elasticsearch
1 5 (4.46%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.57%) MySQL
2 4 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.89%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (8.04%) JIRA
2 2 (1.79%) Artifactory
General
1 46 (41.07%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (4.46%) Legal
4 4 (3.57%) Finance
4 4 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (1.79%) Aerospace
5 2 (1.79%) Banking
5 2 (1.79%) Electronics
5 2 (1.79%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.79%) Marketing
5 2 (1.79%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 55 (49.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (19.64%) Network Engineer
3 19 (16.96%) VMware Engineer
4 16 (14.29%) Storage Engineer
5 13 (11.61%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.14%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
7 7 (6.25%) VMware Expert
8 6 (5.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 6 (5.36%) Cisco Engineer
8 6 (5.36%) SAN Engineer
8 6 (5.36%) SAN Storage Engineer
8 6 (5.36%) Server Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) Administrator
9 5 (4.46%) Principal Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) Senior
9 5 (4.46%) Server Administrator
9 5 (4.46%) Systems Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) Virtualisation Engineer
9 5 (4.46%) VMWare Administrator
9 5 (4.46%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.57%) Flash
1 4 (3.57%) LDAP
2 2 (1.79%) 802.1X
3 1 (0.89%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 45 (40.18%) Data Centre
2 18 (16.07%) PKI
3 14 (12.50%) Clustering
4 13 (11.61%) Private Cloud
5 9 (8.04%) Replication
6 4 (3.57%) Fat Client
6 4 (3.57%) Thin Client
6 4 (3.57%) VxBlock/Vblock
7 2 (1.79%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.89%) Enterprise Storage
8 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 59 (52.68%) Windows
2 55 (49.11%) Windows Server
3 39 (34.82%) Linux
4 22 (19.64%) Windows Server 2019
5 18 (16.07%) Windows 10
5 18 (16.07%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (16.07%) Windows Server 2016
6 14 (12.50%) Windows XP
7 12 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (8.04%) Ubuntu
9 7 (6.25%) Unix
10 5 (4.46%) CentOS
11 4 (3.57%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (1.79%) Windows 7
12 2 (1.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (52.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 39 (34.82%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
4 22 (19.64%) ITIL
5 20 (17.86%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 19 (16.96%) Disaster Recovery
7 18 (16.07%) Project Management
8 17 (15.18%) Server Management
9 16 (14.29%) Storage Management
10 15 (13.39%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (13.39%) Performance Monitoring
10 15 (13.39%) Performance Tuning
11 14 (12.50%) Break/Fix
11 14 (12.50%) Converged Infrastructure
11 14 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
12 13 (11.61%) Penetration Testing
12 13 (11.61%) Resource Management
13 12 (10.71%) Time Management
13 12 (10.71%) Vulnerability Scanning
14 10 (8.93%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.89%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.14%) Java
3 7 (6.25%) C#
4 4 (3.57%) Bash
5 3 (2.68%) Python
6 2 (1.79%) SQL
7 1 (0.89%) ActionScript
7 1 (0.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 68 (60.71%) Security Cleared
2 47 (41.96%) SC Cleared
3 38 (33.93%) DV Cleared
4 27 (24.11%) Degree
5 20 (17.86%) CCNA
5 20 (17.86%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (12.50%) CCNP
7 12 (10.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 5 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (3.57%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (3.57%) Master's Degree
10 3 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (2.68%) MCSE
10 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (1.79%) A+ Certification
11 2 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
11 2 (1.79%) Network+ Certification
12 1 (0.89%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.25%) NIST
2 2 (1.79%) QA
3 1 (0.89%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.89%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 81 (72.32%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (63.39%) VMware ESXi
3 43 (38.39%) Active Directory
4 40 (35.71%) VMware NSX
5 36 (32.14%) vSphere
6 27 (24.11%) Hyper-V
7 9 (8.04%) vCloud
8 6 (5.36%) Firmware
9 5 (4.46%) VMware Server
10 4 (3.57%) BitLocker
10 4 (3.57%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (3.57%) Terminal Services
11 3 (2.68%) Docker
11 3 (2.68%) KVM
11 3 (2.68%) Virtual Machines
12 2 (1.79%) VMware Workstation
13 1 (0.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 27 (24.11%) SCCM
2 22 (19.64%) WSUS
3 16 (14.29%) SCOM
4 14 (12.50%) EMC NetWorker
4 14 (12.50%) NetBackup
5 13 (11.61%) Kubernetes
6 7 (6.25%) vMotion
7 6 (5.36%) Ansible
7 6 (5.36%) Nessus
7 6 (5.36%) vRealize
8 5 (4.46%) VxRail
9 4 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 4 (3.57%) Red Hat Satellite
9 4 (3.57%) ZABBIX
10 3 (2.68%) Nagios
11 2 (1.79%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (1.79%) Microsoft Clustering
11 2 (1.79%) Rancher
12 1 (0.89%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.89%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 111 (99.11%) VMware
2 49 (43.75%) Microsoft
3 34 (30.36%) Cisco
3 34 (30.36%) Veeam
4 24 (21.43%) Dell
5 22 (19.64%) Palo Alto
6 18 (16.07%) Oracle
7 17 (15.18%) HP
7 17 (15.18%) Symantec
8 16 (14.29%) EMC
9 15 (13.39%) Juniper
10 14 (12.50%) 3PAR
10 14 (12.50%) Extreme Networks
11 6 (5.36%) Atlassian
11 6 (5.36%) CheckPoint
12 5 (4.46%) Citrix
12 5 (4.46%) Red Hat
13 4 (3.57%) Infoblox
14 3 (2.68%) SolarWinds
15 2 (1.79%) Veritas