VMware vSphere
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 564 697
Rank change year-on-year +27 +133 -211
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 388 444 619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.45% 0.38%
As % of the System Software category 3.23% 2.89% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 330 312 485
10th Percentile £30,450 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,227 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £71,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

All System Software Skills
UK

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 11,994 15,343 30,068
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.88% 15.58% 18.35%
Number of salaries quoted 9,423 10,001 15,538
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vSphere.

Salary trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +73 373 £52,500 +16.67% 80
UK excluding London -2 300 £50,000 +25.00% 70
Work from Home +65 124 £52,500 - 24
London +92 88 £65,000 +8.33% 18
South West +36 77 £52,500 +68.00% 11
South East -4 68 £48,500 +38.57% 26
Midlands -1 56 £50,000 +53.85% 13
East of England +7 44 £32,000 -36.00% 5
North of England -4 40 £43,000 -4.44% 14
West Midlands +9 33 £52,500 +61.54% 11
East Midlands +1 23 £50,000 - 2
Yorkshire +58 17 £42,500 +6.25% 4
North West -25 14 £52,500 - 10
Scotland -62 12 £47,000 -6.00% 1
North East -1 9 £27,500 -
Northern Ireland +26 2 £34,628 +6.55%
Wales +5 1 £50,000 +122.22%

vSphere
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:

Application Platforms
1 68 (17.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (16.24%) SharePoint
3 29 (7.47%) IIS
4 9 (2.32%) WordPress
5 8 (2.06%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.80%) Skype for Business
7 6 (1.55%) Confluence
8 4 (1.03%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (1.03%) SAS
9 2 (0.52%) nginx
10 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 17 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.77%) SPSS
4 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Eikon
2 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 176 (45.36%) Azure
2 168 (43.30%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (11.34%) Entra ID
4 35 (9.02%) AWS
5 34 (8.76%) OneDrive
6 21 (5.41%) IaaS
7 20 (5.15%) PaaS
8 13 (3.35%) SaaS
9 12 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.32%) GCP
11 3 (0.77%) Dropbox
11 3 (0.77%) Mimecast
11 3 (0.77%) Nutanix
11 3 (0.77%) Rubrik
12 2 (0.52%) Cloudflare
12 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.52%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.52%) Slack
12 2 (0.52%) WhatsApp
12 2 (0.52%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 115 (29.64%) Firewall
2 93 (23.97%) SAN
3 81 (20.88%) DNS
4 77 (19.85%) LAN
5 72 (18.56%) VPN
6 71 (18.30%) WAN
7 57 (14.69%) DHCP
8 55 (14.18%) VSAN
9 39 (10.05%) Internet
10 34 (8.76%) NAS
11 32 (8.25%) VLAN
11 32 (8.25%) Wireless
12 28 (7.22%) Network Security
13 22 (5.67%) TCP/IP
14 20 (5.15%) VoIP
15 17 (4.38%) iSCSI
15 17 (4.38%) Wi-Fi
16 16 (4.12%) Fibre Channel
17 15 (3.87%) WLAN
18 10 (2.58%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.46%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.06%) DB2
3 5 (1.29%) MySQL
3 5 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.77%) Big Data
5 3 (0.77%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.77%) Ingres
5 3 (0.77%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.52%) Power BI
6 2 (0.52%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.52%) Redis
6 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.52%) Tableau
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.32%) JIRA
2 5 (1.29%) Git
3 4 (1.03%) GitLab
4 2 (0.52%) Jenkins
General
1 75 (19.33%) Social Skills
2 56 (14.43%) Finance
3 41 (10.57%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.12%) Military
5 14 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.35%) Aerospace
6 13 (3.35%) Public Sector
7 12 (3.09%) Documentation Skills
8 10 (2.58%) Billing
9 8 (2.06%) Advertising
9 8 (2.06%) Banking
10 7 (1.80%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.29%) Electronics
12 4 (1.03%) Legal
12 4 (1.03%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.03%) Police
13 3 (0.77%) Law
13 3 (0.77%) Local Government
14 2 (0.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 106 (27.32%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 53 (13.66%) Senior
3 47 (12.11%) Support Engineer
4 36 (9.28%) Consultant
5 33 (8.51%) Administrator
6 30 (7.73%) Architect
7 29 (7.47%) IT Engineer
7 29 (7.47%) Lead
8 26 (6.70%) Analyst
8 26 (6.70%) Cybersecurity Consultant
8 26 (6.70%) Security Consultant
9 24 (6.19%) Systems Administrator
9 24 (6.19%) VMware Engineer
10 23 (5.93%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (5.93%) Systems Engineer
11 21 (5.41%) 2nd Line Support
11 21 (5.41%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
12 20 (5.15%) IT Support
13 18 (4.64%) VMWare Administrator
14 15 (3.87%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (6.70%) Elastic Stack
2 11 (2.84%) JSON
3 9 (2.32%) ARM Templates
3 9 (2.32%) LAMP
3 9 (2.32%) YAML
4 8 (2.06%) WebSphere MQ
5 7 (1.80%) .NET
6 4 (1.03%) EDI
6 4 (1.03%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.03%) REST
6 4 (1.03%) SOAP
6 4 (1.03%) XMPP
7 2 (0.52%) XML
7 2 (0.52%) X-Windows
8 1 (0.26%) LDAP
8 1 (0.26%) OAuth
8 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 84 (21.65%) Data Centre
2 41 (10.57%) PKI
3 39 (10.05%) Replication
4 26 (6.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 26 (6.70%) Public Cloud
5 21 (5.41%) Management Information System
6 17 (4.38%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (4.12%) Clustering
8 15 (3.87%) Cyber Defence
8 15 (3.87%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (3.61%) Private Cloud
10 10 (2.58%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.80%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.55%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.29%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.03%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (1.03%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (1.03%) Smartcard
14 4 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 252 (64.95%) Windows
2 203 (52.32%) Windows Server
3 135 (34.79%) Linux
4 61 (15.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 52 (13.40%) Windows 10
6 49 (12.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (12.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 43 (11.08%) Ubuntu
9 23 (5.93%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (5.41%) CentOS
11 13 (3.35%) SUSE
11 13 (3.35%) Windows 7
12 11 (2.84%) Debian
12 11 (2.84%) VMS
13 8 (2.06%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.55%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (1.03%) Unix
16 2 (0.52%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2008
17 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (30.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 91 (23.45%) ITIL
3 61 (15.72%) Agile
4 51 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (11.34%) Incident Management
6 42 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (9.79%) Customer Service
8 34 (8.76%) SIEM
8 34 (8.76%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 32 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (8.25%) Service Delivery
10 30 (7.73%) Vulnerability Management
11 29 (7.47%) Analytics
11 29 (7.47%) Data Analytics
12 26 (6.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 25 (6.44%) Infrastructure as Code
13 25 (6.44%) Load Balancing
13 25 (6.44%) Project Delivery
14 23 (5.93%) Information Security
15 22 (5.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 126 (32.47%) PowerShell
2 42 (10.82%) SQL
3 27 (6.96%) Python
4 25 (6.44%) Bash
5 12 (3.09%) ActionScript
5 12 (3.09%) VB
6 7 (1.80%) C#
6 7 (1.80%) VB.NET
7 5 (1.29%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.77%) AWK
8 3 (0.77%) sed
9 2 (0.52%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.26%) Java
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 92 (23.71%) Security Cleared
2 61 (15.72%) Degree
3 52 (13.40%) DV Cleared
4 50 (12.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (8.25%) SC Cleared
6 25 (6.44%) MCSA
7 24 (6.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 22 (5.67%) MCSE
9 18 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (4.12%) CCNA
11 11 (2.84%) HND
12 9 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (2.06%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (1.80%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.80%) DBS Check
14 7 (1.80%) MCP
15 6 (1.55%) CCA
16 5 (1.29%) CCDA
16 5 (1.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (1.29%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.96%) NIST
2 23 (5.93%) SLA
3 5 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.77%) GDPR
5 2 (0.52%) NCSC
5 2 (0.52%) QA
6 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 248 (63.92%) VMware Infrastructure
2 209 (53.87%) Active Directory
3 78 (20.10%) VMware ESXi
4 42 (10.82%) Hyper-V
5 28 (7.22%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (5.15%) VMware NSX
7 19 (4.90%) XenApp
8 13 (3.35%) Virtual Desktop
9 12 (3.09%) OpenSSH
10 11 (2.84%) vCloud
11 9 (2.32%) Virtual Servers
12 8 (2.06%) Firmware
13 7 (1.80%) Docker
14 6 (1.55%) Terminal Services
15 4 (1.03%) VMware Server
16 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 3 (0.77%) NFS
17 2 (0.52%) pfSense
17 2 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
17 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 79 (20.36%) vCenter Server
2 42 (10.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (10.57%) SCCM
4 22 (5.67%) Kubernetes
5 20 (5.15%) Terraform
6 19 (4.90%) Ansible
6 19 (4.90%) Puppet
7 16 (4.12%) WSUS
8 15 (3.87%) McAfee ePO
8 15 (3.87%) VxRail
9 13 (3.35%) PowerCLI
10 12 (3.09%) FortiGate
10 12 (3.09%) IBM BigFix
11 9 (2.32%) NetCrunch
12 8 (2.06%) Nagios
12 8 (2.06%) SCVMM
13 7 (1.80%) SCOM
13 7 (1.80%) vRealize
14 6 (1.55%) SmoothWall
15 5 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 342 (88.14%) VMware
2 212 (54.64%) Microsoft
3 71 (18.30%) Veeam
4 59 (15.21%) Cisco
5 49 (12.63%) HP
6 48 (12.37%) Citrix
7 47 (12.11%) Dell
8 34 (8.76%) SolarWinds
9 29 (7.47%) NetApp
9 29 (7.47%) Red Hat
10 27 (6.96%) IBM
11 26 (6.70%) Tanium
11 26 (6.70%) Tripwire
12 21 (5.41%) Commvault
13 19 (4.90%) Palo Alto
14 16 (4.12%) McAfee
15 15 (3.87%) Juniper
16 14 (3.61%) Zerto
17 11 (2.84%) Aruba
17 11 (2.84%) Splunk