The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 117 97 -
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.059% 0.202% -
As % of the System Software category 0.450% 1.734% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
222 173 207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 13.06% 11.67% 15.40%
Number of salaries quoted 190 160 185
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft Virtual Server
West Midlands

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 13 (100.00%) DHCP
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (100.00%) SAN
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (92.31%) iSCSI
2 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (92.31%) vSphere
2 12 (92.31%) DataCore
2 12 (92.31%) Fibre Channel
2 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 12 (92.31%) IBM
2 12 (92.31%) VLAN
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (92.31%) HP
2 12 (92.31%) Solaris
2 12 (92.31%) Linux
2 12 (92.31%) IIS
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) MCP
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.692%) MCSE
3 1 (7.692%) LDAP
3 1 (7.692%) MS Excel

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 12 (92.31%) IIS
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.692%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) DHCP
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
1 13 (100.00%) SAN
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
2 12 (92.31%) iSCSI
2 12 (92.31%) Fibre Channel
2 12 (92.31%) VLAN
3 1 (7.692%) LDAP
3 1 (7.692%) SSL
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) PBX
3 1 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) SMTP
3 1 (7.692%) MPLS
3 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.692%) Asterisk PBX
Job Titles
1 1 (7.692%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) iPad
1 1 (7.692%) iPhone
1 1 (7.692%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (92.31%) Solaris
2 12 (92.31%) Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone
3 1 (7.692%) Android
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) ITIL
1 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
1 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
1 1 (7.692%) Load Balancing
1 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCP
1 1 (7.692%) MCSE
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.692%) MCITP
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (92.31%) vSphere
3 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (92.31%) DataCore
2 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 12 (92.31%) IBM
2 12 (92.31%) HP
Birmingham, West Midlands
Core skills & experience; - Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2008 - Windows Server 2003, 2008 - SAN/Cluster Administration - Virtual Server Administration - SharePoint Administration 2010 - Symantec Backup Exec - Hardware installation and configuration - Active...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Core skills & experience; - Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2008 - Windows Server 2003, 2008 - SAN/Cluster Administration - Virtual Server Administration - SharePoint Administration 2010 - Symantec Backup Exec - Hardware installation and configuration - Active...
IT Ventures
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013