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

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 70 81 62
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -19
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 49 33 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.882% 1.912% 3.113%
As % of the System Software category 47.57% 27.97% 45.31%
Number of salaries quoted 36 22 58
Average salary £36,500 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £31,100 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
103 118 128
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 6.059% 6.837% 6.871%
Number of salaries quoted 90 100 109
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £37,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% -7.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £26,450
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
VMware Infrastructure
South West

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bristol VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 92 (100.00%) VMware
2 78 (84.78%) Windows
3 61 (66.30%) Windows Server 2008
4 59 (64.13%) Windows Server 2003
5 51 (55.43%) SQL Server
5 51 (55.43%) Active Directory
6 44 (47.83%) Microsoft
7 43 (46.74%) DNS
8 41 (44.57%) MS Exchange
9 39 (42.39%) LAN
10 37 (40.22%) VPN
11 36 (39.13%) Firewall
12 34 (36.96%) Microsoft Certification
12 34 (36.96%) SAN
12 34 (36.96%) TCP/IP
12 34 (36.96%) MCSE
13 29 (31.52%) Exchange Server 2010
14 27 (29.35%) Windows 7
15 26 (28.26%) MCSA
15 26 (28.26%) MS Excel
15 26 (28.26%) WAN
16 25 (27.17%) vSphere
17 24 (26.09%) Cisco
17 24 (26.09%) IIS
18 23 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
18 23 (25.00%) Degree
19 22 (23.91%) DHCP
20 21 (22.83%) SQL
20 21 (22.83%) Windows XP
20 21 (22.83%) MCITP

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 12 (13.04%) J2EE
1 12 (13.04%) JMS
1 12 (13.04%) WebSphere MQ
1 12 (13.04%) Spring
1 12 (13.04%) WebSphere
1 12 (13.04%) GWT
2 6 (6.522%) WSH
3 3 (3.261%) .NET
4 2 (2.174%) HTML
4 2 (2.174%) CSS
4 2 (2.174%) SOAP
4 2 (2.174%) Web Services
4 2 (2.174%) OSGi
4 2 (2.174%) Ajax
5 1 (1.087%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 41 (44.57%) MS Exchange
2 29 (31.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (26.09%) IIS
4 20 (21.74%) SharePoint
5 17 (18.48%) SharePoint 2010
6 12 (13.04%) WebLogic
7 11 (11.96%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (8.696%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 4 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2007
10 2 (2.174%) Lync
10 2 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2000
10 2 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 26 (28.26%) MS Excel
2 6 (6.522%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 43 (46.74%) DNS
2 39 (42.39%) LAN
3 37 (40.22%) VPN
4 36 (39.13%) Firewall
5 34 (36.96%) TCP/IP
5 34 (36.96%) SAN
6 26 (28.26%) WAN
7 22 (23.91%) DHCP
8 19 (20.65%) Ethernet
9 15 (16.30%) iSCSI
10 14 (15.22%) FTP
11 13 (14.13%) SMTP
12 10 (10.87%) Internet
12 10 (10.87%) Wireless
13 8 (8.696%) IPsec
14 7 (7.609%) MPLS
14 7 (7.609%) OSPF
14 7 (7.609%) Network Security
15 6 (6.522%) BGP-4
15 6 (6.522%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (55.43%) SQL Server
2 17 (18.48%) SQL Server 2008
3 13 (14.13%) RDBMS
4 4 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 12 (13.04%) Eclipse
1 12 (13.04%) Eclipse RCP
2 3 (3.261%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (16.30%) Marketing
2 8 (8.696%) Telecoms
3 5 (5.435%) Finance
4 2 (2.174%) Advertising
4 2 (2.174%) Banking
5 1 (1.087%) Retail
5 1 (1.087%) Law
5 1 (1.087%) Legal
Job Titles
1 42 (45.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 23 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 18 (19.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 15 (16.30%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 13 (14.13%) Support Engineer
6 12 (13.04%) Software Engineer
6 12 (13.04%) Java Software Engineer
7 10 (10.87%) Administrator
7 10 (10.87%) 3rd Line Support
8 9 (9.783%) Analyst
9 8 (8.696%) Systems Administrator
9 8 (8.696%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
10 6 (6.522%) Cisco Engineer
10 6 (6.522%) Test Engineer
10 6 (6.522%) Systems Test Engineer
11 4 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 3 (3.261%) IT Support
12 3 (3.261%) VB.NET Developer
12 3 (3.261%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 3 (3.261%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 19 (20.65%) Blackberry
2 16 (17.39%) Management Information System
3 12 (13.04%) Clustering
4 10 (10.87%) Computer Science
4 10 (10.87%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.261%) Fat Client
5 3 (3.261%) Client/Server
5 3 (3.261%) Thin Client
5 3 (3.261%) Digital Media
6 2 (2.174%) N-Tier
7 1 (1.087%) RMADS
7 1 (1.087%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 78 (84.78%) Windows
2 61 (66.30%) Windows Server 2008
3 59 (64.13%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (29.35%) Windows 7
5 21 (22.83%) Windows XP
6 14 (15.22%) Windows Vista
7 7 (7.609%) Linux
8 6 (6.522%) UNIX
9 3 (3.261%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (2.174%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (2.174%) Windows 2000
11 1 (1.087%) zOS
11 1 (1.087%) VME
11 1 (1.087%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (1.087%) CentOS
11 1 (1.087%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (17.39%) Information Security
1 16 (17.39%) Problem Management
2 15 (16.30%) ISMS
2 15 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (16.30%) Information Security Management
2 15 (16.30%) Security Management
3 12 (13.04%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (13.04%) Unit Testing
4 10 (10.87%) Event-Driven Architecture
5 6 (6.522%) Load Balancing
6 4 (4.348%) ITIL
6 4 (4.348%) Service Management
6 4 (4.348%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.174%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.174%) ITSM
7 2 (2.174%) Migration
7 2 (2.174%) Document Management
7 2 (2.174%) Software Deployment
8 1 (1.087%) Matrix Management
8 1 (1.087%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 21 (22.83%) SQL
2 12 (13.04%) Java
3 8 (8.696%) PowerShell
4 6 (6.522%) Python
4 6 (6.522%) Perl
5 3 (3.261%) VB.NET
6 2 (2.174%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.087%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (36.96%) MCSE
1 34 (36.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (28.26%) MCSA
3 23 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 23 (25.00%) Degree
4 21 (22.83%) MCITP
5 17 (18.48%) CCNA
6 16 (17.39%) MCTS
7 14 (15.22%) CCNP
8 13 (14.13%) Security Cleared
9 10 (10.87%) SC Cleared
10 8 (8.696%) DV Cleared
11 3 (3.261%) MCT
12 2 (2.174%) CCIE
12 2 (2.174%) CCDP
12 2 (2.174%) Citrix Certification
13 1 (1.087%) MCP
13 1 (1.087%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 1 (1.087%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (16.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (4.348%) SLA
3 2 (2.174%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 51 (55.43%) Active Directory
2 25 (27.17%) vSphere
3 17 (18.48%) VMware ESX
4 13 (14.13%) Terminal Services
5 9 (9.783%) Hyper-V
6 8 (8.696%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (8.696%) Microsoft App-V
6 8 (8.696%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 6 (6.522%) Xen
8 4 (4.348%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (2.174%) UAG
9 2 (2.174%) XenApp
9 2 (2.174%) VMware Server
10 1 (1.087%) VMware Workstation
10 1 (1.087%) Terminal Server
10 1 (1.087%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 4 (4.348%) SCOM
2 3 (3.261%) WSUS
2 3 (3.261%) SCCM
2 3 (3.261%) MOM
3 1 (1.087%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.087%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (1.087%) OpenView
3 1 (1.087%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.087%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 92 (100.00%) VMware
2 44 (47.83%) Microsoft
3 24 (26.09%) Cisco
4 20 (21.74%) Oracle
5 18 (19.57%) Citrix
6 15 (16.30%) NetSuite
7 12 (13.04%) Google
7 12 (13.04%) JBoss
7 12 (13.04%) BEA
8 10 (10.87%) HP
9 6 (6.522%) Juniper
9 6 (6.522%) Dell
10 5 (5.435%) Nortel
10 5 (5.435%) Alcatel-Lucent
10 5 (5.435%) IBM
10 5 (5.435%) Huawei
10 5 (5.435%) ZTE
10 5 (5.435%) Nokia Siemens Networks
10 5 (5.435%) Siemens
11 3 (3.261%) Red Hat
Bristol, Avon
Our client is looking for an infrastructure specialist with an in-depth knowledge of a windows environment and a passion for troubleshooting. Desirable experience/qualities: - Windows Server 2003,...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Infrastructure / Networking Lead, CCNP, Linux, Windows, VMWare, £40-50k (dependent on experience), based in Frenchay, North Bristol... - CCNP or equivalent technical knowledge... - Broad experience with as many from:...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £40-50,000 + Bens
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Computer Futures are seeking x3 Senior Infrastructure Engineer's to work for a market leading enterprise level client based in Bristol and Bath area's.You will be...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 6 June 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Delivers a highly efficient, effective and available platform infrastructure to the business according to agreed business requirements and service levels within specialist area of expertise * Active Directory, Servers...
Brightside Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key skills for this position include: Microsoft Windows 2003 / 2008 Server, IP Networking, Active Directory and Virtualisation. Experience of Databases (SQL Server / Oracle), and SAN's would be...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
CPS Group UK
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Aust, Bristol, South West
Brightside Group
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 May 2013