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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 105 104 110
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 18 19 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.992% 0.945% 0.653%
As % of the System Software category 11.69% 17.27% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 11 16 14
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% +3.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £35,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
154 110 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 8.485% 5.473% 3.686%
Number of salaries quoted 116 101 78
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £70,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
Cambridgeshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridge vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 40 (100.00%) VMware
2 38 (95.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (52.50%) Windows
3 21 (52.50%) Citrix
4 20 (50.00%) HP
4 20 (50.00%) Cisco
4 20 (50.00%) SAN
5 19 (47.50%) Linux
6 18 (45.00%) Red Hat
7 17 (42.50%) Apache
8 16 (40.00%) VMware ESX
8 16 (40.00%) XenApp
8 16 (40.00%) XenDesktop
8 16 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 16 (40.00%) Load Balancing
9 15 (37.50%) XenServer
9 15 (37.50%) ITIL
10 13 (32.50%) Firewall
10 13 (32.50%) NetApp
11 12 (30.00%) EMC
11 12 (30.00%) Oracle
11 12 (30.00%) Perl
11 12 (30.00%) MCITP
12 11 (27.50%) Citrix Certification
12 11 (27.50%) CCEE
12 11 (27.50%) CCIA
13 10 (25.00%) DNS
14 9 (22.50%) SQL
14 9 (22.50%) CCEA
15 8 (20.00%) Python

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 17 (42.50%) Apache
2 7 (17.50%) Tomcat
3 6 (15.00%) MS Exchange
4 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (2.500%) IIS
6 1 (2.500%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 20 (50.00%) SAN
2 13 (32.50%) Firewall
3 10 (25.00%) DNS
4 8 (20.00%) NetScaler
5 7 (17.50%) Unified Communications
5 7 (17.50%) VLAN
6 6 (15.00%) SSL
7 4 (10.00%) DHCP
8 3 (7.500%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (5.000%) LAN
9 2 (5.000%) WAN
10 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.00%) MySQL
2 3 (7.500%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (2.500%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) Administrator
1 13 (32.50%) Consultant
1 13 (32.50%) Systems Administrator
2 10 (25.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
2 10 (25.00%) Linux Administrator
3 8 (20.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 7 (17.50%) Linux Support
4 7 (17.50%) Analyst
4 7 (17.50%) Support Analyst
5 6 (15.00%) VMware Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) Citrix Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
6 4 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (2.500%) Architect
7 1 (2.500%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.500%) Systems Support
7 1 (2.500%) VMware Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Citrix Engineer
7 1 (2.500%) Business Development Executive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Replication
2 6 (15.00%) Open Source
3 3 (7.500%) EqualLogic
3 3 (7.500%) Celerra
4 2 (5.000%) CLARiiON
4 2 (5.000%) Clustering
5 1 (2.500%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 21 (52.50%) Windows
2 19 (47.50%) Linux
3 8 (20.00%) UNIX
3 8 (20.00%) Debian
3 8 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (17.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (10.00%) HPUX
7 1 (2.500%) Ubuntu
7 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) Load Balancing
2 15 (37.50%) ITIL
3 7 (17.50%) E-Commerce
4 6 (15.00%) Network Design
5 4 (10.00%) Business Development
5 4 (10.00%) Data Management
5 4 (10.00%) Data Protection
5 4 (10.00%) ERP
5 4 (10.00%) E-business
6 2 (5.000%) High Availability
7 1 (2.500%) PRINCE
7 1 (2.500%) MOF
7 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.500%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.500%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (2.500%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.00%) Perl
2 9 (22.50%) SQL
3 8 (20.00%) Python
4 6 (15.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.500%) C
5 1 (2.500%) VBScript
5 1 (2.500%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.500%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 16 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 12 (30.00%) MCITP
3 11 (27.50%) Citrix Certification
3 11 (27.50%) CCEE
3 11 (27.50%) CCIA
4 9 (22.50%) CCEA
5 7 (17.50%) CCAA
6 6 (15.00%) RHCE
6 6 (15.00%) MCTS
6 6 (15.00%) NCIE
7 5 (12.50%) NCDA
8 4 (10.00%) VCDX
9 3 (7.500%) VCAP
10 2 (5.000%) HP ASE
10 2 (5.000%) HP MASE
10 2 (5.000%) CCA
11 1 (2.500%) HP AIS
11 1 (2.500%) Degree
System Software
1 38 (95.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 16 (40.00%) XenApp
2 16 (40.00%) XenDesktop
3 15 (37.50%) XenServer
4 6 (15.00%) Postfix
4 6 (15.00%) Sendmail
5 4 (10.00%) Oracle RMAN
5 4 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 4 (10.00%) Active Directory
6 2 (5.000%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (5.000%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (2.500%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.500%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Nagios
1 6 (15.00%) OSSEC
2 5 (12.50%) EMC NetWorker
3 4 (10.00%) SCCM
3 4 (10.00%) SCOM
3 4 (10.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (7.500%) NetBackup
4 3 (7.500%) Backup Exec
4 3 (7.500%) SCVMM
4 3 (7.500%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (52.50%) Citrix
3 20 (50.00%) HP
3 20 (50.00%) Cisco
4 18 (45.00%) Red Hat
5 13 (32.50%) NetApp
6 12 (30.00%) EMC
6 12 (30.00%) Oracle
7 7 (17.50%) Veeam
7 7 (17.50%) F5
7 7 (17.50%) IBM
7 7 (17.50%) CheckPoint
8 6 (15.00%) SolarWinds
8 6 (15.00%) TippingPoint
9 4 (10.00%) SAP
9 4 (10.00%) CommVault
9 4 (10.00%) Symantec
10 3 (7.500%) Microsoft
10 3 (7.500%) Dell
11 1 (2.500%) 3PAR
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will be involved in the Infrastructure Management Function of the business, ensuring that IT service availability is maintained across both the Cambridge office and associated offices... Keywords -...
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Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013