The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 20 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 171 177 149
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -28
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 43 42 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.835% 0.683% 0.788%
As % of the System Software category 6.698% 9.091% 9.302%
Number of salaries quoted 28 39 24
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,200 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £59,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
642 462 430
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 12.47% 7.510% 8.476%
Number of salaries quoted 497 375 309
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
South East

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Berkshire VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading -5 14 £45,000 -5.26%
Bracknell -19 11 £40,000 -
Maidenhead +21 7 £50,000 +17.64%
Slough -3 5 £50,000 +17.64%
Thatcham - 3 £32,500 -
Wokingham +8 1 £60,000 +71.42%
Newbury - 1 £52,500 -
VMware ESX
South East

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 82 (100.00%) VMware
2 77 (93.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (82.93%) Windows
4 55 (67.07%) Active Directory
5 50 (60.98%) Windows Server 2008
6 44 (53.66%) HP
7 43 (52.44%) SAN
8 42 (51.22%) SQL
8 42 (51.22%) SQL Server
8 42 (51.22%) vSphere
9 33 (40.24%) Windows Server 2003
10 32 (39.02%) Microsoft
11 31 (37.80%) Security Cleared
12 28 (34.15%) MS Excel
12 28 (34.15%) Finance
13 27 (32.93%) Windows 7
14 26 (31.71%) SC Cleared
15 23 (28.05%) NetApp
16 22 (26.83%) Migration
16 22 (26.83%) Tomcat
17 21 (25.61%) MS Exchange
17 21 (25.61%) VMware ESXi
18 20 (24.39%) Fujitsu
18 20 (24.39%) Retail
18 20 (24.39%) Windows XP
18 20 (24.39%) Telecoms
19 19 (23.17%) LAN
19 19 (23.17%) WAN
20 18 (21.95%) EMC
20 18 (21.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (6.098%) COM
2 1 (1.220%) CGI
2 1 (1.220%) .NET
2 1 (1.220%) J2EE
2 1 (1.220%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 22 (26.83%) Tomcat
2 21 (25.61%) MS Exchange
3 18 (21.95%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (18.29%) IIS
5 11 (13.41%) Exchange Server 2003
6 9 (10.98%) Apache
7 5 (6.098%) Drupal
7 5 (6.098%) Alfresco
8 4 (4.878%) Lync
9 3 (3.659%) WordPress
9 3 (3.659%) SharePoint
9 3 (3.659%) CMS
9 3 (3.659%) Exchange Server 2000
10 1 (1.220%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (1.220%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (34.15%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.439%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.439%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 43 (52.44%) SAN
2 19 (23.17%) LAN
2 19 (23.17%) WAN
3 12 (14.63%) Firewall
4 7 (8.537%) DHCP
4 7 (8.537%) Unified Communications
5 6 (7.317%) DNS
5 6 (7.317%) iSCSI
6 4 (4.878%) NAS
6 4 (4.878%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (4.878%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.659%) Fibre Channel
8 2 (2.439%) NetScaler
8 2 (2.439%) Cisco IPT
8 2 (2.439%) IP Telephony
8 2 (2.439%) Internet
9 1 (1.220%) NetScreen
9 1 (1.220%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (51.22%) SQL Server
2 16 (19.51%) Oracle 8/8i
3 14 (17.07%) MySQL
3 14 (17.07%) SQL Server 2005
4 12 (14.63%) SQL Server 2008
5 8 (9.756%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (1.220%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 15 (18.29%) LoadRunner
2 5 (6.098%) SilkTest
2 5 (6.098%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 28 (34.15%) Finance
2 20 (24.39%) Retail
2 20 (24.39%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.878%) Local Government
4 3 (3.659%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (21.95%) Analyst
2 15 (18.29%) Consultant
3 12 (14.63%) Test Analyst
4 11 (13.41%) Senior Analyst
4 11 (13.41%) Senior Test Analyst
5 10 (12.20%) Administrator
6 9 (10.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.756%) Systems Administrator
7 8 (9.756%) Support Engineer
7 8 (9.756%) Architect
7 8 (9.756%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 8 (9.756%) Linux Systems Administrator
7 8 (9.756%) Linux Administrator
7 8 (9.756%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
7 8 (9.756%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 7 (8.537%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (7.317%) Support Analyst
9 6 (7.317%) Virtualisation Architect
9 6 (7.317%) Customer Solutions Architect
10 5 (6.098%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 17 (20.73%) Clustering
2 8 (9.756%) EqualLogic
3 5 (6.098%) Celerra
4 3 (3.659%) CLARiiON
4 3 (3.659%) CCTV
5 2 (2.439%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.220%) Replication
6 1 (1.220%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 68 (82.93%) Windows
2 50 (60.98%) Windows Server 2008
3 33 (40.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (32.93%) Windows 7
5 20 (24.39%) Windows XP
6 17 (20.73%) Linux
7 13 (15.85%) Ubuntu
7 13 (15.85%) CentOS
8 11 (13.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (9.756%) Debian
10 3 (3.659%) Windows 2000
11 1 (1.220%) Windows NT
11 1 (1.220%) UNIX
11 1 (1.220%) AIX
11 1 (1.220%) HPUX
11 1 (1.220%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.83%) Migration
2 17 (20.73%) ITIL
2 17 (20.73%) Validation
3 16 (19.51%) Test Scripting
3 16 (19.51%) Non-Functional Testing
3 16 (19.51%) Regression Testing
4 15 (18.29%) Automated Testing
4 15 (18.29%) Test Automation
5 10 (12.20%) Service Delivery
6 7 (8.537%) Change Management
6 7 (8.537%) Disaster Recovery
6 7 (8.537%) Data Protection
7 6 (7.317%) Network Architecture
8 4 (4.878%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (4.878%) PRINCE2
9 3 (3.659%) Business Development
9 3 (3.659%) Data Management
9 3 (3.659%) Capacity Management
10 2 (2.439%) High Availability
10 2 (2.439%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 42 (51.22%) SQL
2 14 (17.07%) Perl
3 13 (15.85%) PHP
3 13 (15.85%) Python
4 8 (9.756%) Ruby
4 8 (9.756%) Java
4 8 (9.756%) Bash shell
5 6 (7.317%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.659%) C
7 1 (1.220%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (37.80%) Security Cleared
2 26 (31.71%) SC Cleared
3 18 (21.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 17 (20.73%) ISEB
5 15 (18.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (13.41%) MCSE
7 9 (10.98%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (10.98%) MCITP
8 7 (8.537%) DV Cleared
9 6 (7.317%) NCDA
9 6 (7.317%) NCIE
9 6 (7.317%) Citrix Certification
10 5 (6.098%) CCEE
10 5 (6.098%) CCIA
10 5 (6.098%) MCTS
11 4 (4.878%) VCAP
11 4 (4.878%) VCDX
11 4 (4.878%) Degree
11 4 (4.878%) MCP
12 3 (3.659%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.756%) SLA
2 1 (1.220%) QA
System Software
1 77 (93.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 55 (67.07%) Active Directory
3 42 (51.22%) vSphere
4 21 (25.61%) VMware ESXi
5 17 (20.73%) VMware Workstation
6 15 (18.29%) Hyper-V
7 12 (14.63%) XenApp
8 11 (13.41%) XenServer
8 11 (13.41%) XenDesktop
9 7 (8.537%) UAG
10 6 (7.317%) Forefront TMG
11 4 (4.878%) NFS
12 1 (1.220%) vCloud
12 1 (1.220%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 16 (19.51%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (9.756%) SCCM
3 7 (8.537%) Backup Exec
4 5 (6.098%) NetBackup
4 5 (6.098%) Plesk
5 4 (4.878%) SCVMM
6 3 (3.659%) HP SIM
6 3 (3.659%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 2 (2.439%) SCOM
7 2 (2.439%) ARCserve
7 2 (2.439%) OpenView
8 1 (1.220%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 82 (100.00%) VMware
2 44 (53.66%) HP
3 32 (39.02%) Microsoft
4 23 (28.05%) NetApp
5 20 (24.39%) Fujitsu
6 18 (21.95%) EMC
7 16 (19.51%) Citrix
7 16 (19.51%) Oracle
8 15 (18.29%) Cisco
9 14 (17.07%) Red Hat
10 13 (15.85%) Dell
11 9 (10.98%) JBoss
12 8 (9.756%) Brocade
13 6 (7.317%) Kaseya
14 5 (6.098%) Symantec
15 4 (4.878%) Northgate
15 4 (4.878%) CommVault
16 2 (2.439%) CheckPoint
16 2 (2.439%) Veeam
16 2 (2.439%) Remedy
Slough, Berkshire
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager... Microsoft Windows Server Administration/Support experience. VMWare. - Install, configure and support VMWare infrastructures including ESX Servers (VI3 / vSphere4) HP SAN EVA 8000 or IBM...
FT Select
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013