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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 81 60 68
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +8
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 4 26 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 0.510% 3.399% 0.609%
As % of the System Software category 7.143% 57.78% 4.167%
Number of salaries quoted 4 26 3
Average salary £27,250 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £35,000 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £29,250 £37,750 £38,700
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
56 45 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 7.143% 5.882% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 56 45 72
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +44.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £35,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £37,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
East Sussex

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (95.00%) SQL Server
2 19 (95.00%) LAN
2 19 (95.00%) WAN
3 18 (90.00%) TCP/IP
3 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 18 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 18 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (90.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 16 (80.00%) Firewall
4 16 (80.00%) IIS
5 15 (75.00%) Cisco
5 15 (75.00%) SAN
5 15 (75.00%) NetScreen
5 15 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
6 14 (70.00%) MCITP
6 14 (70.00%) EMC NetWorker
6 14 (70.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 14 (70.00%) MCTS
6 14 (70.00%) Windows 7
6 14 (70.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 14 (70.00%) CCNA
6 14 (70.00%) EMC
6 14 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (70.00%) SharePoint
7 11 (55.00%) COM+
8 5 (25.00%) DNS
8 5 (25.00%) VMware ESX

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 11 (55.00%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 16 (80.00%) IIS
2 14 (70.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 14 (70.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 19 (95.00%) LAN
1 19 (95.00%) WAN
2 18 (90.00%) TCP/IP
3 16 (80.00%) Firewall
4 15 (75.00%) SAN
4 15 (75.00%) NetScreen
5 5 (25.00%) DNS
6 4 (20.00%) VPN
6 4 (20.00%) DHCP
6 4 (20.00%) Network Security
7 1 (5.000%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (95.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (75.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 15 (75.00%) Systems Administrator
1 15 (75.00%) Administrator
2 4 (20.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
3 2 (10.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Support
4 1 (5.000%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Systems Administrator
4 1 (5.000%) Storage Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (90.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (70.00%) Windows 7
4 4 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (5.000%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Change Management
2 3 (15.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (5.000%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) MCITP
1 14 (70.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 14 (70.00%) MCTS
1 14 (70.00%) CCNA
1 14 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (25.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (5.000%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (70.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (90.00%) Microsoft
3 15 (75.00%) Cisco
4 14 (70.00%) EMC
5 1 (5.000%) Red Hat