The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 69 82 83
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +1
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 45 18 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.669% 1.243% 0.617%
As % of the System Software category 19.65% 11.18% 4.061%
Number of salaries quoted 36 17 7
Average salary £41,250 £47,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.15% +26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £35,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,750 £53,500 £76,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All System Software
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
229 161 197
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 13.58% 11.12% 15.19%
Number of salaries quoted 195 147 176
Average salary £42,500 £40,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.93% -4.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £59,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
vSphere
West Midlands

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Birmingham vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 87 (98.86%) VMware
2 78 (88.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 59 (67.05%) Windows
4 56 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 54 (61.36%) Citrix
6 52 (59.09%) HP
7 51 (57.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 49 (55.68%) Microsoft
9 46 (52.27%) XenApp
10 44 (50.00%) XenServer
10 44 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
11 42 (47.73%) XenDesktop
12 34 (38.64%) Hyper-V
13 33 (37.50%) SAN
13 33 (37.50%) MS Exchange
14 32 (36.36%) Cisco
15 30 (34.09%) NetApp
16 29 (32.95%) Active Directory
17 28 (31.82%) MS Excel
18 25 (28.41%) IBM
19 24 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
19 24 (27.27%) MCITP
19 24 (27.27%) CCEE
20 18 (20.45%) VMware ESX
20 18 (20.45%) SQL
21 17 (19.32%) Firewall
22 16 (18.18%) CCAA
22 16 (18.18%) CCIA
22 16 (18.18%) Fibre Channel
22 16 (18.18%) iSCSI

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.136%) COM
Application Platforms
1 33 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 14 (15.91%) IIS
3 8 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (7.955%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (7.955%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (5.682%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (4.545%) SharePoint
7 2 (2.273%) Lync
8 1 (1.136%) Apache
8 1 (1.136%) Tomcat
Applications
1 28 (31.82%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.273%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 33 (37.50%) SAN
2 17 (19.32%) Firewall
3 16 (18.18%) Fibre Channel
3 16 (18.18%) iSCSI
4 14 (15.91%) DNS
4 14 (15.91%) DHCP
5 12 (13.64%) VLAN
6 11 (12.50%) NetScaler
7 9 (10.23%) Unified Communications
8 7 (7.955%) WAN
8 7 (7.955%) Cisco Nexus
9 5 (5.682%) LAN
10 3 (3.409%) NAS
11 2 (2.273%) Internet
11 2 (2.273%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (1.136%) VoIP
12 1 (1.136%) HTTP
12 1 (1.136%) TCP/IP
12 1 (1.136%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.409%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (2.273%) MSI
2 1 (1.136%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.136%) AdminStudio
General
1 4 (4.545%) Advertising
2 2 (2.273%) Finance
3 1 (1.136%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 27 (30.68%) Consultant
2 14 (15.91%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 12 (13.64%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 12 (13.64%) Technical Consultant
4 11 (12.50%) VMware Consultant
5 8 (9.091%) Architect
5 8 (9.091%) Senior Consultant
5 8 (9.091%) Implementation Specialist
5 8 (9.091%) Citrix Consultant
6 5 (5.682%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 5 (5.682%) Administrator
7 4 (4.545%) Network Support
7 4 (4.545%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.545%) Technical Architect
7 4 (4.545%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (4.545%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (4.545%) VMware Engineer
8 3 (3.409%) Virtualisation Architect
8 3 (3.409%) Pre Sales Engineer
8 3 (3.409%) Virtualisation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.545%) Celerra
1 4 (4.545%) CLARiiON
2 3 (3.409%) EqualLogic
3 2 (2.273%) Clustering
4 1 (1.136%) SaaS
4 1 (1.136%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 59 (67.05%) Windows
2 56 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 44 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (14.77%) Linux
5 12 (13.64%) Solaris
6 4 (4.545%) Windows 2000 Server
7 3 (3.409%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.273%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.50%) ITIL
2 6 (6.818%) Business Development
2 6 (6.818%) Data Management
3 4 (4.545%) Project Management
4 3 (3.409%) Business Continuity
4 3 (3.409%) Load Balancing
4 3 (3.409%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (2.273%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (2.273%) High Availability
5 2 (2.273%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (1.136%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.136%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.136%) Change Control
6 1 (1.136%) Operations Management
6 1 (1.136%) TOGAF
6 1 (1.136%) Network Design
6 1 (1.136%) MOF
6 1 (1.136%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.136%) PRINCE
6 1 (1.136%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.45%) SQL
2 3 (3.409%) C
3 1 (1.136%) Java
3 1 (1.136%) Perl
3 1 (1.136%) PHP
Qualifications
1 51 (57.95%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 24 (27.27%) Citrix Certification
2 24 (27.27%) MCITP
2 24 (27.27%) CCEE
3 16 (18.18%) CCAA
3 16 (18.18%) CCIA
4 13 (14.77%) MCTS
5 12 (13.64%) CCEA
6 11 (12.50%) VCP5
6 11 (12.50%) NCIE
6 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (11.36%) VCAP
7 10 (11.36%) VCDX
7 10 (11.36%) NCDA
8 9 (10.23%) MCSE
9 6 (6.818%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (6.818%) CCA
10 3 (3.409%) HP ASE
10 3 (3.409%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (3.409%) CCNA
System Software
1 78 (88.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (52.27%) XenApp
3 44 (50.00%) XenServer
4 42 (47.73%) XenDesktop
5 34 (38.64%) Hyper-V
6 29 (32.95%) Active Directory
7 18 (20.45%) VMware ESX
8 12 (13.64%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 5 (5.682%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (3.409%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (3.409%) ISA Server
11 1 (1.136%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (1.136%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (12.50%) SCOM
2 7 (7.955%) SCCM
3 6 (6.818%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 6 (6.818%) NetBackup
4 5 (5.682%) Backup Exec
5 3 (3.409%) SCVMM
5 3 (3.409%) Norton AntiVirus
5 3 (3.409%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 87 (98.86%) VMware
2 54 (61.36%) Citrix
3 52 (59.09%) HP
4 49 (55.68%) Microsoft
5 32 (36.36%) Cisco
6 30 (34.09%) NetApp
7 25 (28.41%) IBM
8 12 (13.64%) 3PAR
8 12 (13.64%) DataCore
9 10 (11.36%) Symantec
9 10 (11.36%) Veeam
10 8 (9.091%) Dell
11 7 (7.955%) EMC
12 6 (6.818%) CommVault
13 4 (4.545%) Novell
13 4 (4.545%) PlateSpin
14 3 (3.409%) McAfee
14 3 (3.409%) Veritas
14 3 (3.409%) Avaya
15 2 (2.273%) Juniper