The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 82 96 117
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +21
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 62 58 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.356% 2.020% 1.207%
As % of the System Software category 25.62% 34.52% 27.27%
Number of salaries quoted 43 55 31
Average salary £39,500 £41,250 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.24% +3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,661 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £53,750 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
242 168 132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 9.195% 5.852% 4.427%
Number of salaries quoted 192 151 123
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £30,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £70,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge +9 50 £39,500 -1.25%
Peterborough +2 6 £35,000 -22.22%
VMware Infrastructure
East of England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 113 (100.00%) VMware
2 57 (50.44%) Windows
3 48 (42.48%) Linux
4 44 (38.94%) Cisco
5 43 (38.05%) SAN
6 40 (35.40%) Citrix
7 37 (32.74%) vSphere
8 35 (30.97%) HP
8 35 (30.97%) Microsoft
9 33 (29.20%) ITIL
10 30 (26.55%) Apache
11 29 (25.66%) VMware ESX
11 29 (25.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 28 (24.78%) Oracle
12 28 (24.78%) DNS
13 27 (23.89%) MS Excel
14 26 (23.01%) Hyper-V
15 24 (21.24%) XenApp
15 24 (21.24%) XenDesktop
16 23 (20.35%) Firewall
17 22 (19.47%) NetApp
18 21 (18.58%) Red Hat
18 21 (18.58%) Active Directory
18 21 (18.58%) MCITP
19 20 (17.70%) TCP/IP
19 20 (17.70%) EMC
20 19 (16.81%) SQL
21 18 (15.93%) Perl
21 18 (15.93%) IBM
21 18 (15.93%) Load Balancing

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (5.310%) Web Services
2 4 (3.540%) J2EE
2 4 (3.540%) Swing
2 4 (3.540%) Hibernate
2 4 (3.540%) Spring
2 4 (3.540%) RESTful
2 4 (3.540%) JSON
2 4 (3.540%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (2.655%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.770%) Middleware
4 2 (1.770%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.885%) .NET
5 1 (0.885%) COM
5 1 (0.885%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 30 (26.55%) Apache
2 16 (14.16%) Tomcat
3 8 (7.080%) IIS
4 6 (5.310%) Lync
4 6 (5.310%) MS Exchange
4 6 (5.310%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.540%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (2.655%) Exchange Server 2000
6 3 (2.655%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (1.770%) Office Communications Server
7 2 (1.770%) Amazon AWS
8 1 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (0.885%) Lotus Notes
8 1 (0.885%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 27 (23.89%) MS Excel
2 8 (7.080%) MS Office
3 1 (0.885%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (3.540%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 43 (38.05%) SAN
2 28 (24.78%) DNS
3 23 (20.35%) Firewall
4 20 (17.70%) TCP/IP
5 12 (10.62%) DHCP
6 11 (9.735%) Unified Communications
7 9 (7.965%) NetScaler
8 8 (7.080%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (6.195%) VLAN
9 7 (6.195%) Internet
10 6 (5.310%) Cisco Nexus
10 6 (5.310%) VoIP
10 6 (5.310%) SSL
10 6 (5.310%) Wireless
11 4 (3.540%) WAN
12 2 (1.770%) MPLS
12 2 (1.770%) VPN
12 2 (1.770%) LAN
12 2 (1.770%) NAS
12 2 (1.770%) Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (12.39%) SQL Server
2 11 (9.735%) MySQL
3 4 (3.540%) Oracle Exadata
3 4 (3.540%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (2.655%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.885%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (0.885%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (4.425%) Subversion
2 4 (3.540%) Maven
2 4 (3.540%) Git (software)
3 2 (1.770%) MSI
3 2 (1.770%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.885%) Bugzilla
4 1 (0.885%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (7.965%) Finance
2 3 (2.655%) French Language
2 3 (2.655%) Spanish Language
2 3 (2.655%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.770%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (1.770%) Marketing
4 1 (0.885%) Local Government
4 1 (0.885%) Banking
4 1 (0.885%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 29 (25.66%) Consultant
2 18 (15.93%) Administrator
3 14 (12.39%) Systems Administrator
4 10 (8.850%) Analyst
4 10 (8.850%) Technical Consultant
4 10 (8.850%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 10 (8.850%) Linux Administrator
4 10 (8.850%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 8 (7.080%) Architect
6 7 (6.195%) Linux Support
6 7 (6.195%) Technical Architect
6 7 (6.195%) Support Engineer
6 7 (6.195%) Support Analyst
7 6 (5.310%) VMware Consultant
7 6 (5.310%) Senior Consultant
7 6 (5.310%) Support Consultant
7 6 (5.310%) Desktop Engineer
7 6 (5.310%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 4 (3.540%) Developer
8 4 (3.540%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.735%) Open Source
2 9 (7.965%) Replication
3 5 (4.425%) Computer Science
3 5 (4.425%) Video Conferencing
4 4 (3.540%) Blackberry
4 4 (3.540%) Informatics
4 4 (3.540%) CCTV
5 3 (2.655%) Celerra
5 3 (2.655%) HACMP
5 3 (2.655%) Enterprise Storage
5 3 (2.655%) EqualLogic
6 2 (1.770%) CLARiiON
6 2 (1.770%) Clustering
6 2 (1.770%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.885%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 57 (50.44%) Windows
2 48 (42.48%) Linux
3 18 (15.93%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (15.04%) UNIX
5 16 (14.16%) Windows 7
6 10 (8.850%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (7.080%) Debian
8 6 (5.310%) AIX
8 6 (5.310%) HPUX
9 5 (4.425%) Windows XP
9 5 (4.425%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (2.655%) SUSE
10 3 (2.655%) OS/400
10 3 (2.655%) Solaris
11 1 (0.885%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.885%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.20%) ITIL
2 18 (15.93%) Load Balancing
3 9 (7.965%) E-Commerce
3 9 (7.965%) PRINCE2
4 8 (7.080%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (7.080%) Project Management
4 8 (7.080%) Business Development
5 6 (5.310%) Network Design
6 5 (4.425%) Agile Software Development
6 5 (4.425%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (4.425%) Business Continuity
6 5 (4.425%) Change Control
6 5 (4.425%) High Availability
7 4 (3.540%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (3.540%) Configuration Management
7 4 (3.540%) CRM
7 4 (3.540%) ERP
7 4 (3.540%) Information Security
7 4 (3.540%) E-business
7 4 (3.540%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (16.81%) SQL
2 18 (15.93%) Perl
3 12 (10.62%) Python
4 8 (7.080%) Shell Script
5 6 (5.310%) Java
6 5 (4.425%) C#
7 4 (3.540%) Lisp
7 4 (3.540%) Ruby
8 2 (1.770%) VB
8 2 (1.770%) C
9 1 (0.885%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 29 (25.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 21 (18.58%) MCITP
3 16 (14.16%) Citrix Certification
3 16 (14.16%) CCEE
4 15 (13.27%) Degree
4 15 (13.27%) Cisco Certification
5 11 (9.735%) MCTS
5 11 (9.735%) CCEA
5 11 (9.735%) CCIA
6 10 (8.850%) CCNP
7 8 (7.080%) CCAA
7 8 (7.080%) NCIE
8 7 (6.195%) NCDA
9 6 (5.310%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (5.310%) RHCE
10 5 (4.425%) HP ASE
10 5 (4.425%) MCSA
11 4 (3.540%) VCAP
11 4 (3.540%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (3.540%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.540%) SLA
2 3 (2.655%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.655%) PCI DSS
2 3 (2.655%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.885%) QA
System Software
1 37 (32.74%) vSphere
2 29 (25.66%) VMware ESX
3 26 (23.01%) Hyper-V
4 24 (21.24%) XenApp
4 24 (21.24%) XenDesktop
5 21 (18.58%) Active Directory
6 17 (15.04%) XenServer
7 7 (6.195%) Oracle RMAN
8 6 (5.310%) Postfix
8 6 (5.310%) Sendmail
9 4 (3.540%) Microsoft App-V
10 3 (2.655%) PowerHA
11 1 (0.885%) EMC RecoverPoint
11 1 (0.885%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.885%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 12 (10.62%) SCCM
2 10 (8.850%) EMC NetWorker
2 10 (8.850%) SCOM
3 8 (7.080%) Nagios
4 7 (6.195%) Tivoli
4 7 (6.195%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 7 (6.195%) Puppet
5 6 (5.310%) OSSEC
5 6 (5.310%) Backup Exec
6 5 (4.425%) SCVMM
7 4 (3.540%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 3 (2.655%) NetBackup
8 3 (2.655%) OpenView
8 3 (2.655%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 2 (1.770%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.885%) MOM
Vendors
1 113 (100.00%) VMware
2 44 (38.94%) Cisco
3 40 (35.40%) Citrix
4 35 (30.97%) HP
4 35 (30.97%) Microsoft
5 28 (24.78%) Oracle
6 22 (19.47%) NetApp
7 21 (18.58%) Red Hat
8 20 (17.70%) EMC
9 18 (15.93%) IBM
10 13 (11.50%) CheckPoint
11 9 (7.965%) Dell
12 8 (7.080%) Brocade
13 7 (6.195%) Veeam
13 7 (6.195%) F5
14 6 (5.310%) SolarWinds
14 6 (5.310%) TippingPoint
15 5 (4.425%) JBoss
15 5 (4.425%) Apple
16 4 (3.540%) Symantec
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
This is a varied and demanding role where your experience and technical skills will mean you are involved in: Supporting our infrastructure estate, which consists of Microsoft and...
BGL Group
Salary: £35k - £40k with discretionary company bonus scheme
Posted: 7 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: Analysts will be working alongside existing technical, consulting and business development staff to support all aspects of the business as it continues to grow in the...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Understanding of virtualisation technologies (VMware). Understanding of database technologies (mainly Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server)... Understanding of backup technologies (EMC NetWorker)... Project management experience. Project management certification (Prince2, PMP)...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013