The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 111 104 98
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -6
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 11 9 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.629% 0.515% 0.733%
As % of the System Software category 12.36% 10.00% 11.93%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 13
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -23.52%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All System Software
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
89 90 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 5.086% 5.149% 6.144%
Number of salaries quoted 74 76 87
Average salary £38,000 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.92% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £25,550 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
vSphere
South West

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Bristol vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 19 (100.00%) VMware
2 18 (94.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (89.47%) Active Directory
4 16 (84.21%) Cisco
5 15 (78.95%) CCNA
5 15 (78.95%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (78.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (78.95%) Firewall
6 14 (73.68%) Degree
6 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (73.68%) MCSA
7 13 (68.42%) SAN
8 12 (63.16%) MS Exchange
9 11 (57.89%) MCSE
9 11 (57.89%) CCNP
9 11 (57.89%) Blackberry
10 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
10 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
10 3 (15.79%) DHCP
10 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
10 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
10 3 (15.79%) VPN
10 3 (15.79%) DNS
10 3 (15.79%) Citrix
11 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
11 2 (10.53%) FTP
11 2 (10.53%) LAN

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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 Platforms
1 12 (63.16%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (5.263%) Lync
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) Firewall
2 13 (68.42%) SAN
3 3 (15.79%) DHCP
3 3 (15.79%) TCP/IP
3 3 (15.79%) VPN
3 3 (15.79%) DNS
4 2 (10.53%) Ethernet
4 2 (10.53%) FTP
4 2 (10.53%) LAN
4 2 (10.53%) SMTP
4 2 (10.53%) Wireless
5 1 (5.263%) IPsec
5 1 (5.263%) Internet
5 1 (5.263%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (5.263%) Network Security
5 1 (5.263%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) Support Engineer
2 10 (52.63%) 3rd Line Support
3 9 (47.37%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (21.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.263%) Security Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Project Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) IT Security Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) Administrator
6 1 (5.263%) Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.263%) Network Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (57.89%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.263%) Clustering
2 1 (5.263%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (94.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
4 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.53%) Windows Vista
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 8
5 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.263%) Risk Management
1 1 (5.263%) Migration
1 1 (5.263%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (5.263%) Information Security
1 1 (5.263%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (5.263%) Information Assurance
1 1 (5.263%) SIEM
1 1 (5.263%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.263%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (78.95%) CCNA
1 15 (78.95%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (73.68%) Degree
2 14 (73.68%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (73.68%) MCSA
3 11 (57.89%) MCSE
3 11 (57.89%) CCNP
4 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (89.47%) Active Directory
2 15 (78.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (10.53%) Terminal Services
3 2 (10.53%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (10.53%) VMware ESX
3 2 (10.53%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (5.263%) VMware Server
4 1 (5.263%) Forefront TMG
4 1 (5.263%) XenApp
4 1 (5.263%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (84.21%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.79%) Citrix
4 2 (10.53%) Oracle
5 1 (5.263%) McAfee
5 1 (5.263%) Tripwire
5 1 (5.263%) HP
5 1 (5.263%) Dell