The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere 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 vSphere over the 3 months to 19 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 216 231 242
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +11
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 111 92 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.924% 0.699% 0.595%
As % of the System Software category 10.71% 8.149% 9.447%
Number of salaries quoted 109 87 87
Average salary £47,500 £52,500 £49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.52% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,100 £35,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,000 £62,900
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1036 1129 995
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 8.628% 8.572% 6.302%
Number of salaries quoted 896 1029 889
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
London

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 220 (96.07%) VMware
2 176 (76.86%) Windows
3 157 (68.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 122 (53.28%) Windows Server 2008
5 115 (50.22%) Active Directory
6 94 (41.05%) Citrix
7 84 (36.68%) MS Exchange
8 83 (36.24%) Windows Server 2003
9 79 (34.50%) Microsoft
10 72 (31.44%) Cisco
11 71 (31.00%) XenApp
12 67 (29.26%) DNS
12 67 (29.26%) Linux
13 66 (28.82%) SAN
14 64 (27.95%) Finance
15 55 (24.02%) Exchange Server 2010
16 54 (23.58%) Microsoft Certification
17 52 (22.71%) MCSE
18 51 (22.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 46 (20.09%) VMware ESX
19 46 (20.09%) TCP/IP
20 45 (19.65%) DHCP
21 44 (19.21%) SQL Server
22 42 (18.34%) MS Excel
23 39 (17.03%) ITIL
24 36 (15.72%) SQL
24 36 (15.72%) Hyper-V
24 36 (15.72%) Exchange Server 2007
25 32 (13.97%) Firewall
26 31 (13.54%) Disaster Recovery

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 Development
1 4 (1.747%) XML
2 3 (1.310%) .NET
2 3 (1.310%) ADSI
3 2 (0.873%) Java EE
3 2 (0.873%) Middleware
3 2 (0.873%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.437%) MCollective
4 1 (0.437%) COM
4 1 (0.437%) WSH
Application Platforms
1 84 (36.68%) MS Exchange
2 55 (24.02%) Exchange Server 2010
3 36 (15.72%) Exchange Server 2007
4 12 (5.240%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 12 (5.240%) IIS
4 12 (5.240%) Confluence
5 11 (4.803%) SharePoint
5 11 (4.803%) Exchange Server 2003
6 9 (3.930%) Apache
7 5 (2.183%) Lync
7 5 (2.183%) IBM Notes
8 4 (1.747%) Exchange Server 2013
9 3 (1.310%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.873%) ESB
10 2 (0.873%) iPlanet
10 2 (0.873%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (0.873%) GlassFish
11 1 (0.437%) Office Communications Server
11 1 (0.437%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 42 (18.34%) MS Excel
2 18 (7.860%) MS Office
3 3 (1.310%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (1.747%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (1.310%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.437%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 67 (29.26%) DNS
2 66 (28.82%) SAN
3 46 (20.09%) TCP/IP
4 45 (19.65%) DHCP
5 32 (13.97%) Firewall
6 18 (7.860%) LAN
7 17 (7.424%) NetScaler
7 17 (7.424%) WAN
8 12 (5.240%) VPN
8 12 (5.240%) OpenLDAP
9 11 (4.803%) Ethernet
10 10 (4.367%) NAS
11 8 (3.493%) iSCSI
12 7 (3.057%) MPLS
12 7 (3.057%) OSPF
12 7 (3.057%) Internet
13 6 (2.620%) VPLS
13 6 (2.620%) SNMP
14 5 (2.183%) Wireshark
14 5 (2.183%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (19.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.057%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (2.183%) MySQL
3 5 (2.183%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.747%) RDBMS
4 4 (1.747%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (1.310%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (0.437%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.437%) SQL Server 2012
6 1 (0.437%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (5.240%) JIRA
2 1 (0.437%) MSI
2 1 (0.437%) AdminStudio
General
1 64 (27.95%) Finance
2 15 (6.550%) Banking
3 12 (5.240%) Telecoms
4 10 (4.367%) Back Office
5 7 (3.057%) Law
5 7 (3.057%) Marketing
6 6 (2.620%) Investment Banking
6 6 (2.620%) Advertising
7 2 (0.873%) Legal
8 1 (0.437%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 36 (15.72%) Systems Administrator
2 35 (15.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 34 (14.85%) Administrator
4 33 (14.41%) Architect
5 26 (11.35%) Consultant
6 16 (6.987%) Analyst
7 15 (6.550%) Infrastructure Architect
8 14 (6.114%) Support Engineer
9 12 (5.240%) Infrastructure Analyst
9 12 (5.240%) Technical Architect
10 10 (4.367%) Server Engineer
10 10 (4.367%) Technical Consultant
11 9 (3.930%) Systems Engineer
11 9 (3.930%) 3rd Line Support
12 8 (3.493%) Team Leader
13 7 (3.057%) VMware Specialist
14 6 (2.620%) Windows Systems Administrator
14 6 (2.620%) Linux Administrator
14 6 (2.620%) Windows Server Engineer
14 6 (2.620%) Windows Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 29 (12.66%) Clustering
2 21 (9.170%) Blackberry
3 12 (5.240%) Replication
4 9 (3.930%) Fat Client
4 9 (3.930%) Thin Client
5 6 (2.620%) CLARiiON
6 5 (2.183%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (1.310%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.310%) Celerra
7 3 (1.310%) IaaS
8 2 (0.873%) PaaS
8 2 (0.873%) Hedge funds
8 2 (0.873%) iSeries
9 1 (0.437%) Symmetrix DMX
9 1 (0.437%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.437%) CMDB
9 1 (0.437%) Wiki
9 1 (0.437%) SCADA
9 1 (0.437%) EqualLogic
9 1 (0.437%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 176 (76.86%) Windows
2 122 (53.28%) Windows Server 2008
3 83 (36.24%) Windows Server 2003
4 67 (29.26%) Linux
5 31 (13.54%) Solaris
6 24 (10.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 23 (10.04%) Windows 7
8 21 (9.170%) Debian
8 21 (9.170%) Windows Server 2012
9 20 (8.734%) UNIX
10 16 (6.987%) Windows XP
11 10 (4.367%) CentOS
12 9 (3.930%) Ubuntu
13 4 (1.747%) HPUX
13 4 (1.747%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.873%) SUSE
14 2 (0.873%) AIX
14 2 (0.873%) Windows 2000
14 2 (0.873%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.437%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (17.03%) ITIL
2 31 (13.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 14 (6.114%) Configuration Management
4 13 (5.677%) Business Continuity
4 13 (5.677%) Service Management
5 10 (4.367%) Technical Architecture
5 10 (4.367%) Migration
6 9 (3.930%) High Availability
7 7 (3.057%) Network Load Balancing
8 6 (2.620%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (2.620%) Operations Management
8 6 (2.620%) Time Management
9 5 (2.183%) Project Management
9 5 (2.183%) Service Delivery
9 5 (2.183%) Change Management
9 5 (2.183%) Data Security
9 5 (2.183%) ITSM
9 5 (2.183%) Business Development
10 4 (1.747%) Project Planning
10 4 (1.747%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 36 (15.72%) SQL
2 24 (10.48%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.493%) C
4 6 (2.620%) VBScript
4 6 (2.620%) Bash shell
5 4 (1.747%) Python
5 4 (1.747%) Perl
6 3 (1.310%) C#
6 3 (1.310%) VB.NET
7 2 (0.873%) Ruby
7 2 (0.873%) Java
7 2 (0.873%) PHP
8 1 (0.437%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (23.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 52 (22.71%) MCSE
3 51 (22.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 28 (12.23%) Citrix Certification
5 27 (11.79%) MCITP
6 26 (11.35%) Cisco Certification
7 22 (9.607%) CCA
8 16 (6.987%) VCP4
9 15 (6.550%) CCNA
10 14 (6.114%) Degree
10 14 (6.114%) MCSA
11 13 (5.677%) ITIL Certification
12 12 (5.240%) CCNP
13 10 (4.367%) CCEA
14 9 (3.930%) NCDA
14 9 (3.930%) NCIE
15 7 (3.057%) CCIA
15 7 (3.057%) MCTS
16 6 (2.620%) RHCE
16 6 (2.620%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.04%) PCI DSS
2 5 (2.183%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 4 (1.747%) SLA
4 2 (0.873%) COBIT
5 1 (0.437%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 157 (68.56%) VMware Infrastructure
2 115 (50.22%) Active Directory
3 71 (31.00%) XenApp
4 46 (20.09%) VMware ESX
5 36 (15.72%) Hyper-V
6 31 (13.54%) XenDesktop
7 24 (10.48%) XenServer
8 12 (5.240%) vCloud
9 11 (4.803%) VMware ESXi
9 11 (4.803%) Microsoft App-V
10 10 (4.367%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 9 (3.930%) VMware Server
12 3 (1.310%) NFS
13 2 (0.873%) Terminal Services
13 2 (0.873%) ISA Server
13 2 (0.873%) MetaFrame
13 2 (0.873%) PowerConvert
14 1 (0.437%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 1 (0.437%) Samba
Systems Management
1 18 (7.860%) SCCM
2 14 (6.114%) Backup Exec
2 14 (6.114%) Puppet
3 9 (3.930%) SCOM
3 9 (3.930%) Tivoli
3 9 (3.930%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 8 (3.493%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 7 (3.057%) NetBackup
6 6 (2.620%) WMI
7 4 (1.747%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (1.747%) WSUS
8 2 (0.873%) Red Hat Satellite
8 2 (0.873%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 1 (0.437%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.437%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.437%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.437%) Sysprep
9 1 (0.437%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.437%) AppDNA
9 1 (0.437%) OpenView
Vendors
1 220 (96.07%) VMware
2 94 (41.05%) Citrix
3 79 (34.50%) Microsoft
4 72 (31.44%) Cisco
5 31 (13.54%) Red Hat
6 29 (12.66%) EMC
7 28 (12.23%) HP
8 26 (11.35%) NetApp
9 21 (9.170%) Oracle
10 14 (6.114%) Symantec
11 12 (5.240%) Atlassian
12 11 (4.803%) IBM
12 11 (4.803%) AppSense
13 10 (4.367%) Juniper
13 10 (4.367%) 3PAR
13 10 (4.367%) Veeam
14 8 (3.493%) Remedy
15 6 (2.620%) F5
16 5 (2.183%) Dell
16 5 (2.183%) Lotus
City of London
VMware vSphere. SAN experience. Microsoft Windows Server. Comprehensive Active Directory and Group experience. Desirable: MS-Exchange 2003, 2007 and 2010. Citrix Xenapp. Linux. Symantec Enterprise Vault. My client...
Satigo
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Essential Networking (routing, switching, firewalls etc Windows Server 2003/2008 Active Directory/ Group Policy VMWare/ Vsphere SAN Desirable Exchange 2003/2007/2010 Citrix Xenapp Basic/ Medium Linux knowledge (...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 30 May 2013
City of London
Skills: Exchange 2010 (soon to be upgraded to 2013) Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Vsphere EnterpriseVault Blackberry Good McAfee EMM Great opportunity to join a global organisation where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
Exchange 2007 and Exchange 2010 will be the predominant technology that you will be working with. They offer excellent training and you can gain experience and potentially certification...
ITHR
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
City, London
Infrastructure Engineer: Microsoft Windows 2003 / 2008 Server, IP Networking, Active Directory and Virtualisation. Experience of Databases (SQL Server / Oracle), and SAN's would be beneficial, as would experience...
Connectus
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Package and bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
ComputAppoint
Salary: £42000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Truphone
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 1 June 2013
City of London
Hudson IT London
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013