The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 33 38 37
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 16 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 6.375% 0.495% 0.610%
As % of the System Software category 57.14% 9.091% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 1
Average salary £48,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
28 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 11.16% 5.446% 2.439%
Number of salaries quoted 28 8 2
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £20,750 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
Bedfordshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing vSphere across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Bedford vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing vSphere across the Bedford region.

Bedford vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedford vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing vSphere also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited vSphere.

1 22 (100.00%) Windows
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (86.36%) SAN
3 17 (77.27%) Fibre Channel
4 13 (59.09%) VMware ESX
5 12 (54.55%) Supplier Management
5 12 (54.55%) iSCSI
5 12 (54.55%) Linux
5 12 (54.55%) IIS
5 12 (54.55%) MySQL
5 12 (54.55%) Apache
5 12 (54.55%) TCP/IP
5 12 (54.55%) SaaS
6 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
7 7 (31.82%) Cisco
7 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
8 6 (27.27%) Oracle
8 6 (27.27%) CommVault
8 6 (27.27%) FalconStor
9 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (22.73%) Replication
9 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (22.73%) HP
9 5 (22.73%) SQL
10 4 (18.18%) MCSE
10 4 (18.18%) MS Exchange
10 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
10 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2007
11 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing vSphere also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 12 (54.55%) IIS
1 12 (54.55%) Apache
2 4 (18.18%) MS Exchange
3 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (4.545%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (86.36%) SAN
2 17 (77.27%) Fibre Channel
3 12 (54.55%) iSCSI
3 12 (54.55%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.545%) Firewall
4 1 (4.545%) VLAN
4 1 (4.545%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.545%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (4.545%) Network Security
4 1 (4.545%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (54.55%) MySQL
2 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Linux Engineer
1 12 (54.55%) Systems Engineer
2 8 (36.36%) 3rd Line Support
3 6 (27.27%) Support Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Data Centre Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 5 (22.73%) Systems Administrator
4 5 (22.73%) Administrator
4 5 (22.73%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 5 (22.73%) Linux Administrator
5 3 (13.64%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Server Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Wintel Support
5 3 (13.64%) Server Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Server Support
5 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Wintel Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Wintel Server Analyst
5 3 (13.64%) Wintel Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (54.55%) SaaS
2 5 (22.73%) Replication
3 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 22 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (54.55%) Linux
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.545%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Supplier Management
2 5 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.545%) Migration
3 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.545%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (18.18%) MCSE
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (9.091%) MCP
5 1 (4.545%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (4.545%) Degree
5 1 (4.545%) MCTS
5 1 (4.545%) A+ Certification
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (4.545%) CCNA
System Software
1 13 (59.09%) VMware ESX
2 9 (40.91%) Active Directory
3 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.545%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (31.82%) Cisco
2 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
3 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 6 (27.27%) CommVault
3 6 (27.27%) FalconStor
4 5 (22.73%) HP
5 3 (13.64%) Symantec
5 3 (13.64%) Dell
5 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
6 1 (4.545%) Citrix
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The right Red Hat Specialist / Linux Systems Engineer will have solid datacenter experience, working with Linux server (including Apache & MySQL), SAN (including FC & iSCSI switching) and TCP/IP...
Gregory James
Salary: £50000 to £55000 per annum - excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013