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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromsgrove 35.71% - -
As % of the System Software category 83.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All System Software
Bromsgrove
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
6 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bromsgrove 42.86% 10.81% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 0
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
vSphere
Worcestershire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bromsgrove 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 Bromsgrove region.

Bromsgrove vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromsgrove 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%) MS Exchange
1 8 (100.00%) SAN
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
1 8 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 6 (75.00%) Citrix
3 6 (75.00%) XenApp
3 6 (75.00%) XenServer
3 6 (75.00%) XenDesktop
4 5 (62.50%) CCEE
4 5 (62.50%) CCAA
4 5 (62.50%) Citrix Certification
4 5 (62.50%) HP
4 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
5 4 (50.00%) Dell
5 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (50.00%) Symantec
5 4 (50.00%) Firewall
5 4 (50.00%) iSCSI
5 4 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
5 4 (50.00%) MCITP
5 4 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (37.50%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bromsgrove 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 8 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) SAN
2 4 (50.00%) Firewall
2 4 (50.00%) iSCSI
2 4 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (37.50%) NAS
4 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
4 1 (12.50%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (62.50%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Sales Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Pre Sales Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Data Management
1 1 (12.50%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (62.50%) CCEE
2 5 (62.50%) CCAA
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (50.00%) MCITP
4 3 (37.50%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (37.50%) MCTS
4 3 (37.50%) MCSE
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (12.50%) NCDA
5 1 (12.50%) NCIE
5 1 (12.50%) CCIA
5 1 (12.50%) CCA
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 8 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (87.50%) Active Directory
3 6 (75.00%) XenApp
3 6 (75.00%) XenServer
3 6 (75.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (37.50%) ARCserve
2 1 (12.50%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
2 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
2 6 (75.00%) Citrix
3 5 (62.50%) HP
4 4 (50.00%) Dell
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (50.00%) Symantec
5 3 (37.50%) McAfee
5 3 (37.50%) Veritas
6 1 (12.50%) CommVault
6 1 (12.50%) NetApp