The first table below looks at the demand for the VMware Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Engineer
Rank 116 98 85
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a VMware Engineer 2 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.118% 0.135% 0.446%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.124% 0.141% 0.467%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 6
Average salary £40,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.11% -5.26%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
VMware Engineer
West Midlands

VMware Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham VMware Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham VMware Engineer Salary Trend

VMware Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited VMware Engineer in their job title 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 with VMware Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) XenServer
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 5 (100.00%) vSphere
2 4 (80.00%) CCEE
2 4 (80.00%) CCAA
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) VMware ESX
3 3 (60.00%) NetApp
3 3 (60.00%) MCITP
3 3 (60.00%) CCIA
3 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) VCAP
4 2 (40.00%) NCDA
4 2 (40.00%) NCIE
4 2 (40.00%) MCTS
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (40.00%) SAN
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
4 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (20.00%) SQL

VMware Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited VMware Engineer in their job title 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 with VMware Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (60.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (20.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Business Development
1 1 (20.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (20.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (80.00%) CCEE
2 4 (80.00%) CCAA
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (60.00%) MCITP
3 3 (60.00%) CCIA
4 2 (40.00%) VCAP
4 2 (40.00%) NCDA
4 2 (40.00%) NCIE
4 2 (40.00%) MCTS
5 1 (20.00%) MCSE
5 1 (20.00%) CCIE
5 1 (20.00%) CCNP
5 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (20.00%) HP AIS
5 1 (20.00%) HP ASE
5 1 (20.00%) VCDX
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) XenApp
1 5 (100.00%) XenServer
1 5 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 5 (100.00%) vSphere
2 3 (60.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (20.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Citrix
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Cisco
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) NetApp
4 2 (40.00%) Dell
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) EMC
5 1 (20.00%) CommVault
5 1 (20.00%) Symantec
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013