The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 17 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 33 28 33
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +5
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 12 11 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 4.878% 5.314% 1.676%
As % of the System Software category 66.67% 61.11% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 0
Average salary £41,250 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 18 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 7.317% 8.696% 6.704%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 4
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware Infrastructure
County Antrim

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Belfast VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Belfast VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 VMware Infrastructure.

1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (81.25%) Windows
3 11 (68.75%) SQL
4 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
4 10 (62.50%) Citrix
5 9 (56.25%) SAN
5 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (56.25%) vSphere
6 8 (50.00%) SharePoint
6 8 (50.00%) Degree
6 8 (50.00%) Computer Science
7 7 (43.75%) MS Office
8 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
8 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (31.25%) EMC
9 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
10 4 (25.00%) Oracle
10 4 (25.00%) HP
10 4 (25.00%) LAN
10 4 (25.00%) WAN
10 4 (25.00%) Thin Client
10 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (25.00%) Validation
10 4 (25.00%) Fat Client
10 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
10 4 (25.00%) XenServer
10 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop
10 4 (25.00%) EqualLogic
10 4 (25.00%) 3PAR
10 4 (25.00%) Lync

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 VMware Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (25.00%) Lync
3 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
4 2 (12.50%) Apache
4 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
5 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (43.75%) MS Office
2 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
3 4 (25.00%) Office 365
4 2 (12.50%) MS Project
4 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) SAN
2 4 (25.00%) Network Security
2 4 (25.00%) LAN
2 4 (25.00%) WAN
3 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
3 1 (6.250%) LDAP
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MSI
1 1 (6.250%) InstallShield
1 1 (6.250%) AdminStudio
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Technical Design Authority
2 2 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.250%) Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.250%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (25.00%) Fat Client
2 4 (25.00%) EqualLogic
2 4 (25.00%) Thin Client
3 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 9 (56.25%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (12.50%) Solaris
5 2 (12.50%) Linux
5 2 (12.50%) Windows NT
5 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (25.00%) Validation
1 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 2 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 2 (12.50%) Software Deployment
4 1 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Perl
3 1 (6.250%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) MCP
3 2 (12.50%) MCSE
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (6.250%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) QA
System Software
1 9 (56.25%) vSphere
2 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 4 (25.00%) XenServer
3 4 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (18.75%) Terminal Services
5 1 (6.250%) VMware ESX
5 1 (6.250%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (12.50%) Backup Exec
1 2 (12.50%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (12.50%) YUM
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 10 (62.50%) Citrix
3 5 (31.25%) EMC
4 4 (25.00%) 3PAR
4 4 (25.00%) HP
4 4 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (12.50%) JBoss
5 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
5 2 (12.50%) Symantec
5 2 (12.50%) McAfee
6 1 (6.250%) Cisco