The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 20 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 120 118 113
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -5
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 9 12 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.446% 0.621% 1.156%
As % of the System Software category 4.225% 5.195% 11.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 21
Average salary £50,000 £41,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.48% +13.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £40,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £47,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
213 231 203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 10.56% 11.96% 9.778%
Number of salaries quoted 186 195 165
Average salary £40,000 £37,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% -2.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
South East

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -15 6 £50,000 +5.26%
VMware ESX
South East

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 32 (100.00%) VMware
2 27 (84.38%) Windows
3 25 (78.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 24 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (65.63%) MS Exchange
5 21 (65.63%) Active Directory
6 20 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 20 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
7 18 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2003
8 17 (53.13%) Exchange Server 2007
9 16 (50.00%) DNS
9 16 (50.00%) DHCP
9 16 (50.00%) Hyper-V
10 15 (46.88%) SMS
11 14 (43.75%) ITIL
11 14 (43.75%) Citrix
11 14 (43.75%) Project Management
12 13 (40.63%) Clustering
12 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
12 13 (40.63%) vSphere
12 13 (40.63%) XenApp
13 12 (37.50%) SCCM
13 12 (37.50%) SCOM
13 12 (37.50%) MOM
14 11 (34.38%) SLA
14 11 (34.38%) Citrix Presentation Server
15 9 (28.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
15 9 (28.13%) SQL Server
16 8 (25.00%) MS Excel

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (12.50%) HTML
1 4 (12.50%) Web Services
2 3 (9.375%) WebSphere
3 1 (3.125%) COM
Application Platforms
1 21 (65.63%) MS Exchange
2 20 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (56.25%) Exchange Server 2003
4 17 (53.13%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (9.375%) Tomcat
5 3 (9.375%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (3.125%) Apache
6 1 (3.125%) Lync
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.125%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (50.00%) DHCP
1 16 (50.00%) DNS
2 15 (46.88%) SMS
3 8 (25.00%) SAN
4 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (6.250%) LAN
5 2 (6.250%) VLAN
6 1 (3.125%) iSCSI
6 1 (3.125%) NAS
6 1 (3.125%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.125%) IPv4
6 1 (3.125%) WAN
6 1 (3.125%) 802.11
6 1 (3.125%) Firewall
6 1 (3.125%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) SQL Server
2 7 (21.88%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.125%) MySQL
General
1 3 (9.375%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (34.38%) Consultant
2 8 (25.00%) Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) Senior Consultant
4 6 (18.75%) Server Analyst
5 5 (15.63%) Support Analyst
6 4 (12.50%) Server Support
6 4 (12.50%) Genesys Consultant
6 4 (12.50%) Senior Genesys Consultant
7 3 (9.375%) Server Support Analyst
7 3 (9.375%) Wintel Analyst
7 3 (9.375%) Wintel Server Analyst
7 3 (9.375%) Technical Consultant
7 3 (9.375%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (6.250%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 2 (6.250%) Technical Engineer
8 2 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (6.250%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 2 (6.250%) Exchange Consultant
8 2 (6.250%) Service Analyst
8 2 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (40.63%) Clustering
2 3 (9.375%) HACMP
3 2 (6.250%) Celerra
3 2 (6.250%) EqualLogic
4 1 (3.125%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 27 (84.38%) Windows
2 25 (78.13%) Windows Server 2008
3 20 (62.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (21.88%) Linux
5 5 (15.63%) UNIX
5 5 (15.63%) Solaris
6 4 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (9.375%) OS/400
7 3 (9.375%) AIX
7 3 (9.375%) HPUX
7 3 (9.375%) SUSE
8 1 (3.125%) Ubuntu
8 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000
8 1 (3.125%) Windows 7
8 1 (3.125%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (43.75%) ITIL
1 14 (43.75%) Project Management
2 13 (40.63%) Service Delivery
3 7 (21.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (12.50%) WFM
5 3 (9.375%) Business Continuity
5 3 (9.375%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (9.375%) High Availability
6 2 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (6.250%) Time Management
6 2 (6.250%) Quality Management
6 2 (6.250%) CRM
7 1 (3.125%) Migration
7 1 (3.125%) Change Management
7 1 (3.125%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) C#
1 4 (12.50%) Java
1 4 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (9.375%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (15.63%) MCITP
4 3 (9.375%) MCP
4 3 (9.375%) MCSE
4 3 (9.375%) MCTS
5 2 (6.250%) VCAP
5 2 (6.250%) CCEE
5 2 (6.250%) CCAA
5 2 (6.250%) CCIA
5 2 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.250%) CCNP
5 2 (6.250%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (6.250%) HP AIS
6 1 (3.125%) HP ASE
6 1 (3.125%) HP MASE
6 1 (3.125%) VCDX
6 1 (3.125%) VCP4
6 1 (3.125%) NCDA
6 1 (3.125%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (34.38%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (65.63%) Active Directory
3 16 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 13 (40.63%) XenApp
4 13 (40.63%) vSphere
5 11 (34.38%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 3 (9.375%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (9.375%) PowerHA
7 2 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (6.250%) XenServer
7 2 (6.250%) XenDesktop
8 1 (3.125%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 12 (37.50%) MOM
1 12 (37.50%) SCCM
1 12 (37.50%) SCOM
2 4 (12.50%) Backup Exec
3 3 (9.375%) Tivoli
3 3 (9.375%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (6.250%) Nagios
4 2 (6.250%) OpenView
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (43.75%) Citrix
3 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
4 7 (21.88%) HP
5 4 (12.50%) Oracle
5 4 (12.50%) Business Objects
5 4 (12.50%) Genesys
5 4 (12.50%) Red Hat
6 3 (9.375%) NetApp
6 3 (9.375%) Brocade
6 3 (9.375%) JBoss
6 3 (9.375%) Cisco
6 3 (9.375%) IBM
6 3 (9.375%) Dell
6 3 (9.375%) EMC
7 2 (6.250%) Verint
8 1 (3.125%) Symantec
8 1 (3.125%) Adobe
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2... Symantec Backup Exec. ADSL. TCP/IP... Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft OCS 2007 / Lync 2010. Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtualisation products.
NS Consultants
Salary: From £16,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013