The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bradford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Bradford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 1.227% - -
As % of the System Software category 14.81% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £53,750 - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
27 20 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 8.282% 5.291% 8.377%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 22
Average salary £36,500 £34,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.35% +47.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,100 £21,800 £22,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
West Yorkshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 8 (100.00%) HP
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (87.50%) XenApp
2 7 (87.50%) XenServer
2 7 (87.50%) XenDesktop
2 7 (87.50%) CCEE
2 7 (87.50%) CCIA
2 7 (87.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (87.50%) Dell
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix Certification
2 7 (87.50%) CCEA
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
3 6 (75.00%) CCNP
3 6 (75.00%) CCDA
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (75.00%) CCA
3 6 (75.00%) EMC
3 6 (75.00%) VMware ESX
3 6 (75.00%) Juniper
3 6 (75.00%) NetApp
3 6 (75.00%) SaaS
3 6 (75.00%) DataCore
3 6 (75.00%) FalconStor
3 6 (75.00%) VCAP
3 6 (75.00%) PlateSpin
3 6 (75.00%) VCDX
3 6 (75.00%) Blue Coat
4 2 (25.00%) MCITP

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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.

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) SNMP
1 1 (12.50%) SAN
1 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Solutions Architect
1 6 (75.00%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Virtualisation Architect
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Server Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Server Support
4 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Server Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Support Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) Service Management
1 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) Citrix Certification
1 7 (87.50%) CCEA
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 7 (87.50%) CCEE
1 7 (87.50%) CCIA
2 6 (75.00%) VCDX
2 6 (75.00%) VCAP
2 6 (75.00%) CCNP
2 6 (75.00%) CCDA
2 6 (75.00%) CCA
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) MCITP
4 1 (12.50%) MCP
4 1 (12.50%) CCAA
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) MCTS
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (87.50%) XenApp
2 7 (87.50%) XenServer
2 7 (87.50%) XenDesktop
3 6 (75.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) HP
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) Dell
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco
2 7 (87.50%) Citrix
3 6 (75.00%) Juniper
3 6 (75.00%) NetApp
3 6 (75.00%) DataCore
3 6 (75.00%) FalconStor
3 6 (75.00%) EMC
3 6 (75.00%) Blue Coat
3 6 (75.00%) PlateSpin
4 1 (12.50%) Veeam
4 1 (12.50%) IBM