The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 104 80 97
Rank change year-on-year
-24 +17
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 16 44 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.894% 2.283% 1.147%
As % of the System Software category 11.19% 27.67% 11.88%
Number of salaries quoted 7 40 19
Average salary £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £28,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £60,000 £42,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,250 £40,750
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +3.68%
All System Software
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
143 159 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 7.993% 8.251% 9.656%
Number of salaries quoted 100 146 123
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 £23,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
vSphere
North West

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Macclesfield +3 10 £45,000 -10.00%
Warrington +1 3 £48,750 -15.21%
Chester -13 2 £20,000 -38.46%
vSphere
North West

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 23 (88.46%) VMware
2 22 (84.62%) Windows Server 2003
2 22 (84.62%) Windows
2 22 (84.62%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
4 20 (76.92%) Active Directory
4 20 (76.92%) HP
5 17 (65.38%) MS Exchange
6 15 (57.69%) SAN
7 14 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
8 13 (50.00%) MCITP
8 13 (50.00%) NetApp
8 13 (50.00%) MS Excel
9 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
9 12 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
10 11 (42.31%) MCSE
10 11 (42.31%) ITIL
10 11 (42.31%) SQL Server
11 10 (38.46%) IIS
11 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
11 10 (38.46%) Cisco
11 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
11 10 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2003
11 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
12 9 (34.62%) SharePoint Server
12 9 (34.62%) SCCM
12 9 (34.62%) SolarWinds
12 9 (34.62%) ISA Server
13 8 (30.77%) Citrix
13 8 (30.77%) ITIL Certification

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 (65.38%) MS Exchange
2 12 (46.15%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (38.46%) IIS
3 10 (38.46%) SharePoint
3 10 (38.46%) Exchange Server 2003
4 9 (34.62%) SharePoint Server
5 3 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (3.846%) Lync
Applications
1 13 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (11.54%) AutoCAD
2 3 (11.54%) MS Project
3 2 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 15 (57.69%) SAN
2 8 (30.77%) VoIP
3 6 (23.08%) TCP/IP
3 6 (23.08%) DNS
4 4 (15.38%) NetScaler
4 4 (15.38%) VPN
4 4 (15.38%) Firewall
5 3 (11.54%) WAN
5 3 (11.54%) LAN
6 1 (3.846%) ADSL
6 1 (3.846%) DHCP
6 1 (3.846%) VLAN
6 1 (3.846%) iSCSI
6 1 (3.846%) Unified Communications
6 1 (3.846%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (42.31%) SQL Server
2 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2005
2 10 (38.46%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
1 2 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Senior Server Engineer
1 10 (38.46%) Server Engineer
2 5 (19.23%) Support Engineer
3 4 (15.38%) Support Technician
3 4 (15.38%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (11.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (11.54%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Senior Support Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) IT Support
5 2 (7.692%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (7.692%) Citrix Consultant
5 2 (7.692%) Technical Support
6 1 (3.846%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (3.846%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.846%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Thin Client
1 4 (15.38%) Fat Client
2 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (7.692%) EqualLogic
3 2 (7.692%) Celerra
4 1 (3.846%) Symmetrix DMX
4 1 (3.846%) CLARiiON
4 1 (3.846%) Symmetrix
4 1 (3.846%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 22 (84.62%) Windows
1 22 (84.62%) Windows Server 2003
1 22 (84.62%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (26.92%) Windows Server 2012
3 6 (23.08%) Windows 7
4 5 (19.23%) Windows XP
5 4 (15.38%) Windows 2000
6 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (42.31%) ITIL
2 8 (30.77%) Capacity Management
3 7 (26.92%) Change Control
3 7 (26.92%) Performance Management
4 1 (3.846%) Database Tuning
4 1 (3.846%) Project Management
4 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.846%) Migration
4 1 (3.846%) Business Continuity
4 1 (3.846%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.846%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (50.00%) MCITP
2 12 (46.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (42.31%) MCSE
4 8 (30.77%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (26.92%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (26.92%) MCP
6 4 (15.38%) MCTS
6 4 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
6 4 (15.38%) CCEA
6 4 (15.38%) Degree
6 4 (15.38%) CCEE
6 4 (15.38%) CCIA
7 3 (11.54%) CCAA
8 1 (3.846%) VCP5
8 1 (3.846%) VCDX
8 1 (3.846%) VCP4
8 1 (3.846%) VCAP
8 1 (3.846%) CCA
8 1 (3.846%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 20 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 14 (53.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (34.62%) ISA Server
4 5 (19.23%) XenApp
5 4 (15.38%) XenServer
5 4 (15.38%) XenDesktop
6 3 (11.54%) Terminal Server
7 2 (7.692%) VMware ESX
7 2 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (3.846%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (3.846%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (34.62%) SCCM
2 7 (26.92%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (3.846%) SCOM
3 1 (3.846%) NetBackup
3 1 (3.846%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 23 (88.46%) VMware
2 21 (80.77%) Microsoft
3 20 (76.92%) HP
4 13 (50.00%) NetApp
5 10 (38.46%) Cisco
6 9 (34.62%) SolarWinds
7 8 (30.77%) FrontRange
7 8 (30.77%) Citrix
8 5 (19.23%) Dell
9 4 (15.38%) IBM
10 3 (11.54%) Veeam
11 2 (7.692%) EMC
12 1 (3.846%) 3PAR
12 1 (3.846%) Brocade
12 1 (3.846%) AppSense
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