The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the Belfast region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 32 18 27
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +9
Permanent jobs citing VMware 11 23 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 4.527% 10.95% 5.236%
As % of the Vendors category 9.565% 21.30% 8.403%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 4
Average salary £46,250 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.30% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,600 £28,100 £29,750
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £40,000 £36,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +1.29%
All Vendors
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
115 108 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 47.33% 51.43% 62.30%
Number of salaries quoted 67 50 43
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,700 £17,000 £28,700
10% offered a salary of more than £54,000 £50,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
County Antrim

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

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

Belfast VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Belfast VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing VMware 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.

1 16 (94.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (76.47%) Windows
3 11 (64.71%) SQL
3 11 (64.71%) Citrix
4 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
5 9 (52.94%) SAN
5 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (52.94%) vSphere
6 8 (47.06%) Computer Science
6 8 (47.06%) Degree
6 8 (47.06%) SharePoint
7 7 (41.18%) MS Office
8 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
8 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (29.41%) Thin Client
9 5 (29.41%) HP
9 5 (29.41%) EMC
9 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
9 5 (29.41%) Fat Client
9 5 (29.41%) XenDesktop
10 4 (23.53%) XenServer
10 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
10 4 (23.53%) Network Security
10 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
10 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
10 4 (23.53%) Office 365
10 4 (23.53%) EqualLogic
10 4 (23.53%) 3PAR
10 4 (23.53%) Lync
10 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2012

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 8 (47.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (23.53%) Lync
3 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
4 2 (11.76%) Apache
4 2 (11.76%) Tomcat
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Office
2 5 (29.41%) MS Excel
3 4 (23.53%) Office 365
4 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
4 2 (11.76%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) SAN
2 4 (23.53%) Network Security
2 4 (23.53%) LAN
2 4 (23.53%) WAN
3 1 (5.882%) LDAP
3 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MSI
1 1 (5.882%) InstallShield
1 1 (5.882%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Analyst
2 4 (23.53%) Technical Design Authority
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Desktop Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 1 (5.882%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Team Leader
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.882%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Computer Science
2 5 (29.41%) Thin Client
2 5 (29.41%) Fat Client
3 4 (23.53%) EqualLogic
4 2 (11.76%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (11.76%) Windows NT
5 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
5 2 (11.76%) Solaris
5 2 (11.76%) Linux
5 2 (11.76%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Validation
1 4 (23.53%) Enterprise Architecture
1 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 2 (11.76%) Asset Management
3 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
3 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
3 2 (11.76%) Change Management
4 1 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.882%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (64.71%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Perl
3 1 (5.882%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (47.06%) Degree
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared
2 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (11.76%) MCP
3 2 (11.76%) MCSE
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 16 (94.12%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (52.94%) vSphere
3 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
4 5 (29.41%) XenDesktop
5 4 (23.53%) XenServer
5 4 (23.53%) Hyper-V
6 3 (17.65%) Terminal Services
7 1 (5.882%) XenApp
7 1 (5.882%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Norton AntiVirus
1 2 (11.76%) Backup Exec
1 2 (11.76%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (11.76%) YUM
Vendors
1 11 (64.71%) Citrix
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 5 (29.41%) HP
3 5 (29.41%) EMC
4 4 (23.53%) 3PAR
4 4 (23.53%) Oracle
5 2 (11.76%) JBoss
5 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
5 2 (11.76%) Symantec
5 2 (11.76%) McAfee
6 1 (5.882%) AppSense
6 1 (5.882%) Wyse
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco