The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 318 319 324
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 3 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.026% 0.031% 0.045%
As % of the System Software category 0.290% 0.367% 0.774%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 6
Average salary £45,000 £42,125 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.82% -23.40%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1036 1091 904
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 8.881% 8.351% 5.860%
Number of salaries quoted 902 995 821
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £68,100 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft Virtual Server
London

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

City of London Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the City of London region.

City of London Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 15 (88.24%) SAN
2 14 (82.35%) VMware
2 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 14 (82.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (76.47%) Hyper-V
4 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
4 12 (70.59%) Windows
4 12 (70.59%) MS Exchange
5 11 (64.71%) MS Excel
5 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (58.82%) MCITP
6 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
6 10 (58.82%) TCP/IP
6 10 (58.82%) DNS
7 9 (52.94%) DHCP
7 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
7 9 (52.94%) MS Office
7 9 (52.94%) Migration
7 9 (52.94%) Project Management
7 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2008
7 9 (52.94%) SCOM
7 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 8 (47.06%) SharePoint 2010
8 8 (47.06%) Office 365
8 8 (47.06%) Forefront TMG
8 8 (47.06%) UAG
8 8 (47.06%) Team Foundation Server
8 8 (47.06%) SCCM
8 8 (47.06%) Business Development

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (29.41%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 12 (70.59%) MS Exchange
2 10 (58.82%) SharePoint
3 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (47.06%) SharePoint 2010
5 5 (29.41%) Windows Azure
6 2 (11.76%) IIS
7 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (5.882%) Lync
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) MS Excel
2 9 (52.94%) MS Office
3 8 (47.06%) Office 365
4 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) SAN
2 10 (58.82%) TCP/IP
2 10 (58.82%) DNS
3 9 (52.94%) DHCP
4 8 (47.06%) Kerberos
5 5 (29.41%) WAN
5 5 (29.41%) LAN
5 5 (29.41%) Firewall
6 1 (5.882%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (5.882%) Asterisk PBX
6 1 (5.882%) Unified Communications
6 1 (5.882%) PBX
6 1 (5.882%) VoIP
6 1 (5.882%) LDAP
6 1 (5.882%) SSL
6 1 (5.882%) SMTP
6 1 (5.882%) VPN
6 1 (5.882%) MPLS
6 1 (5.882%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) SQL Server
1 9 (52.94%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (47.06%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (29.41%) Law
2 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Infrastructure Architect
1 8 (47.06%) Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
2 6 (35.29%) Senior Architect
3 5 (29.41%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 5 (29.41%) Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Consultant
4 4 (23.53%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Data Centre Analyst
5 3 (17.65%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (17.65%) Senior Consultant
6 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
6 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Delivery Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Infrastructure Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) Server Support Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Systems Support Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Server Engineer
7 1 (5.882%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) iPhone
1 1 (5.882%) iPad
1 1 (5.882%) Open Source
1 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 12 (70.59%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (52.94%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
5 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (5.882%) Windows Vista
6 1 (5.882%) Android
6 1 (5.882%) Windows 8
6 1 (5.882%) Windows Phone
6 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Migration
1 9 (52.94%) Project Management
2 8 (47.06%) Business Development
3 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (29.41%) Configuration Management
4 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Document Management
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.882%) Load Balancing
5 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
5 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
5 1 (5.882%) Change Management
5 1 (5.882%) Service Management
5 1 (5.882%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) MCITP
2 8 (47.06%) MCTS
3 4 (23.53%) MCP
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.882%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
System Software
1 14 (82.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (76.47%) Hyper-V
3 12 (70.59%) Active Directory
4 8 (47.06%) Forefront TMG
4 8 (47.06%) UAG
5 1 (5.882%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (52.94%) SCOM
2 8 (47.06%) SCCM
3 5 (29.41%) NetBackup
4 1 (5.882%) HP SIM
4 1 (5.882%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (82.35%) VMware
1 14 (82.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) Cisco
2 6 (35.29%) HP
3 5 (29.41%) EMC
4 1 (5.882%) UC4
4 1 (5.882%) Lumension
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix
4 1 (5.882%) Symantec
4 1 (5.882%) Websense