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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 21 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 7 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromley 5.263% 7.000% -
As % of the System Software category 19.44% 22.58% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 0
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Bromley
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
36 31 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromley 27.07% 31.00% 23.48%
Number of salaries quoted 35 29 27
Average salary £49,000 £25,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+96.00% -32.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £22,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £76,200 £42,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
London

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bromley 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 Bromley region.

Bromley vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Bromley region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bromley vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromley 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%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (75.00%) SAN
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (62.50%) Migration
4 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
4 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 4 (50.00%) VLAN
6 3 (37.50%) Firewall
6 3 (37.50%) HP
6 3 (37.50%) SQL
6 3 (37.50%) CheckPoint
7 2 (25.00%) Project Management
7 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (25.00%) Citrix
7 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
7 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
7 2 (25.00%) DHCP
7 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
7 2 (25.00%) VPN
7 2 (25.00%) DNS
7 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (25.00%) MCTS
7 2 (25.00%) MCITP

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromley 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 1 (12.50%) Application Packaging
1 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) MS Exchange
1 5 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (75.00%) SAN
2 4 (50.00%) VLAN
3 3 (37.50%) Firewall
4 2 (25.00%) DHCP
4 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (25.00%) VPN
4 2 (25.00%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (25.00%) iSCSI
5 1 (12.50%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (12.50%) MPLS
5 1 (12.50%) OSPF
5 1 (12.50%) BGP
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) AdminStudio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
2 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Network Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Celerra
1 1 (12.50%) CLARiiON
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Network Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (25.00%) MCTS
1 2 (25.00%) MCITP
2 1 (12.50%) VCP5
2 1 (12.50%) VCP4
2 1 (12.50%) CCDE
2 1 (12.50%) MCSE
2 1 (12.50%) MCSA
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNP
2 1 (12.50%) CCDA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (12.50%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
1 1 (12.50%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (37.50%) HP
3 3 (37.50%) CheckPoint
4 2 (25.00%) Citrix
4 2 (25.00%) WatchGuard
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) EMC
5 1 (12.50%) Juniper
5 1 (12.50%) Sophos