The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 23 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 48 - 50
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 4 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 1.187% - 0.397%
As % of the System Software category 20.00% - 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £26,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
20 5 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 5.935% 3.205% 5.159%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 13
Average salary £39,000 £32,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% +22.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £29,000 £15,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,550 £30,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
Cheshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
2 3 (75.00%) MCTS
2 3 (75.00%) MCITP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCSA
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) SAS
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Tru64
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) AIX
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (25.00%) PowerHA
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Administrator
2 3 (75.00%) Systems Administrator
2 3 (75.00%) SAS Administrator
3 1 (25.00%) UNIX Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Linux
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) UNIX
2 1 (25.00%) Tru64
2 1 (25.00%) AIX
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) Capacity Management
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) MCTS
1 3 (75.00%) MCITP
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCSA
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) PowerHA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat