The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 113 100 107
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +7
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 11 33 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.593% 1.548% 0.518%
As % of the System Software category 7.237% 16.58% 5.556%
Number of salaries quoted 3 28 6
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
152 199 162
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 8.190% 9.334% 9.326%
Number of salaries quoted 104 183 133
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £24,150
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £47,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
VMware ESX
North West

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire VMware ESX Salary Trend

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chester -7 7 - - 1
Nantwich +9 2 £37,500 -
Warrington -2 1 £38,000 +8.57%
VMware ESX
North West

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (94.12%) Windows
3 13 (76.47%) Linux
4 12 (70.59%) ITIL
4 12 (70.59%) SQL Server
5 9 (52.94%) SQL
5 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (41.18%) SAN
7 7 (41.18%) SAS
7 7 (41.18%) MCITP
7 7 (41.18%) MCTS
8 6 (35.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (35.29%) E-Commerce
8 6 (35.29%) HP
8 6 (35.29%) MCSA
8 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (35.29%) Wireless
8 6 (35.29%) NetApp
8 6 (35.29%) Red Hat
9 5 (29.41%) Citrix
9 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
9 5 (29.41%) WAN
9 5 (29.41%) LAN
9 5 (29.41%) XenApp
9 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
9 5 (29.41%) XenDesktop
9 5 (29.41%) Capacity Management
10 4 (23.53%) HP APS

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (5.882%) .NET
1 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (41.18%) SAS
2 5 (29.41%) MS Exchange
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (17.65%) IIS
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (5.882%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (41.18%) SAN
2 6 (35.29%) Wireless
3 5 (29.41%) LAN
3 5 (29.41%) WAN
4 4 (23.53%) PBX
4 4 (23.53%) WLAN
4 4 (23.53%) DNS
5 3 (17.65%) DHCP
6 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
6 2 (11.76%) Internet
6 2 (11.76%) Firewall
6 2 (11.76%) DMVPN
7 1 (5.882%) NetScaler
7 1 (5.882%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (70.59%) SQL Server
2 5 (29.41%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Administrator
2 7 (41.18%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Support Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Support Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Technical Support
3 4 (23.53%) SAS Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) UNIX Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Technical Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Windows Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Celerra
2 1 (5.882%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.882%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (5.882%) EqualLogic
2 1 (5.882%) CLARiiON
2 1 (5.882%) Symmetrix
2 1 (5.882%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (94.12%) Windows
2 13 (76.47%) Linux
3 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (47.06%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (35.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (23.53%) Windows XP
7 2 (11.76%) UNIX
7 2 (11.76%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (5.882%) Tru64
8 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000
8 1 (5.882%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) E-Commerce
3 5 (29.41%) Capacity Management
4 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (11.76%) High Availability
6 1 (5.882%) Change Control
6 1 (5.882%) Migration
6 1 (5.882%) Business Continuity
6 1 (5.882%) Service Management
6 1 (5.882%) Change Management
6 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.882%) Korn
2 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.882%) Bash shell
2 1 (5.882%) C#
2 1 (5.882%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) MCTS
1 7 (41.18%) MCITP
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (35.29%) MCSA
3 4 (23.53%) HP APS
4 2 (11.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (5.882%) VCDX
5 1 (5.882%) VCP4
5 1 (5.882%) VCAP
5 1 (5.882%) CCEE
5 1 (5.882%) CCAA
5 1 (5.882%) CCIA
5 1 (5.882%) VCP5
5 1 (5.882%) CCNA
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (5.882%) CCEA
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.882%) EMC Certification
5 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (29.41%) XenDesktop
2 5 (29.41%) XenApp
3 2 (11.76%) vSphere
3 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
3 2 (11.76%) VMware Server
4 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
4 1 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (5.882%) PowerHA
4 1 (5.882%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (35.29%) HP
2 6 (35.29%) NetApp
2 6 (35.29%) Red Hat
3 5 (29.41%) Citrix
4 4 (23.53%) Mitel
4 4 (23.53%) ProCurve
5 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
6 2 (11.76%) Dell
6 2 (11.76%) EMC
6 2 (11.76%) Cisco
7 1 (5.882%) IBM
7 1 (5.882%) CheckPoint
7 1 (5.882%) AppSense
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