The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 35 14 19
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +5
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 2 25 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 1.667% 18.25% 5.172%
As % of the System Software category 28.57% 71.43% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2 25 3
Average salary £33,000 £37,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.00% +36.36%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
7 35 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 5.833% 25.55% 8.621%
Number of salaries quoted 6 35 5
Average salary £33,000 £36,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.58% +30.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £30,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware Infrastructure
Manchester

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Bolton VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (66.67%) Hyper-V
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
5 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (44.44%) MCSE
6 3 (33.33%) A+ Certification
6 3 (33.33%) DNS
6 3 (33.33%) DHCP
6 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL
6 3 (33.33%) MCP
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (22.22%) Google Apps
7 2 (22.22%) Office 365
7 2 (22.22%) XenApp
7 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
7 2 (22.22%) WSUS
7 2 (22.22%) vSphere
7 2 (22.22%) Firewall
7 2 (22.22%) Google
7 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
7 2 (22.22%) SQL

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SAS
2 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Google Apps
2 2 (22.22%) Office 365
2 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 3 (33.33%) DNS
2 3 (33.33%) DHCP
3 2 (22.22%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) iSCSI
4 1 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (11.11%) NetScaler
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
1 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (33.33%) Support Technician
1 3 (33.33%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Network Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Sales Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Account Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
3 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX
4 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development
2 1 (11.11%) Time Management
2 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (44.44%) MCSE
2 3 (33.33%) MCP
2 3 (33.33%) A+ Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) CCSP
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (11.11%) MCITP
4 1 (11.11%) VCDX
4 1 (11.11%) NCDA
4 1 (11.11%) NCIE
4 1 (11.11%) VCAP
4 1 (11.11%) VTSP
4 1 (11.11%) CCEE
4 1 (11.11%) CCAA
4 1 (11.11%) CCIA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 6 (66.67%) Hyper-V
2 2 (22.22%) XenApp
2 2 (22.22%) vSphere
3 1 (11.11%) NFS
3 1 (11.11%) XenServer
3 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Backup Exec
1 2 (22.22%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) Google
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) NetApp
4 1 (11.11%) Apple
4 1 (11.11%) Sun
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