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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 62 42 47
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +5
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 8 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.268% 0.559% 0.765%
As % of the System Software category 7.018% 7.692% 8.824%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 3
Average salary £41,250 £48,750 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% -18.75%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
114 26 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 18.07% 7.263% 8.673%
Number of salaries quoted 105 21 29
Average salary £37,500 £47,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.05% -26.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £23,600 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
West Midlands

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Coventry VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
2 10 (90.91%) SAN
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (90.91%) vSphere
3 8 (72.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 8 (72.73%) MS Exchange
3 8 (72.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 7 (63.64%) MS Excel
4 7 (63.64%) Citrix
5 6 (54.55%) XenApp
5 6 (54.55%) XenServer
5 6 (54.55%) XenDesktop
6 5 (45.45%) CCEE
6 5 (45.45%) CCAA
6 5 (45.45%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (45.45%) HP
6 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
7 4 (36.36%) Firewall
7 4 (36.36%) MCITP
7 4 (36.36%) Windows 2000 Server
7 4 (36.36%) iSCSI
7 4 (36.36%) Dell
7 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
7 4 (36.36%) Symantec
7 4 (36.36%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 8 (72.73%) MS Exchange
2 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (9.091%) IIS
3 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 7 (63.64%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (90.91%) SAN
2 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 4 (36.36%) iSCSI
2 4 (36.36%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (27.27%) NAS
3 3 (27.27%) DNS
4 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 2 (18.18%) LAN
4 2 (18.18%) WAN
5 1 (9.091%) Unified Communications
5 1 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (9.091%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Consultant
1 5 (45.45%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Sales Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Pre Sales Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (9.091%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support Technician
4 1 (9.091%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Server Support
4 1 (9.091%) Support Technician
4 1 (9.091%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Specialist
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Windows
1 11 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (90.91%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (36.36%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (18.18%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) Incident Management
2 1 (9.091%) Business Development
2 1 (9.091%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (72.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (45.45%) CCEE
2 5 (45.45%) CCAA
2 5 (45.45%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (36.36%) MCITP
4 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (27.27%) MCSE
4 3 (27.27%) MCTS
4 3 (27.27%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (9.091%) NCDA
5 1 (9.091%) NCIE
5 1 (9.091%) CCIA
5 1 (9.091%) CCA
System Software
1 10 (90.91%) Active Directory
1 10 (90.91%) vSphere
2 8 (72.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (54.55%) XenApp
3 6 (54.55%) XenServer
3 6 (54.55%) XenDesktop
4 3 (27.27%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (27.27%) ARCserve
2 1 (9.091%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (9.091%) NetBackup
2 1 (9.091%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) Citrix
4 5 (45.45%) HP
5 4 (36.36%) Dell
5 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) Symantec
6 3 (27.27%) McAfee
6 3 (27.27%) NetApp
6 3 (27.27%) Veritas
7 2 (18.18%) EMC
8 1 (9.091%) CommVault