The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 40 47 43
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 26 5 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 4.187% 1.393% 2.015%
As % of the System Software category 23.21% 18.52% 23.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24 3 3
Average salary £35,000 £47,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.31% -20.83%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
112 27 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 18.04% 7.521% 8.564%
Number of salaries quoted 106 22 29
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% -26.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £22,700 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware Infrastructure
West Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Coventry region.

Coventry VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Coventry VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 57 (100.00%) VMware
2 41 (71.93%) Windows
3 35 (61.40%) Citrix
4 24 (42.11%) vSphere
5 23 (40.35%) Active Directory
5 23 (40.35%) Microsoft
6 21 (36.84%) SQL Server
7 20 (35.09%) Linux
8 19 (33.33%) MS Exchange
8 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 19 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 18 (31.58%) MS Excel
10 15 (26.32%) Hyper-V
10 15 (26.32%) XenApp
11 14 (24.56%) MCSE
11 14 (24.56%) SAN
11 14 (24.56%) MCITP
12 13 (22.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 13 (22.81%) NetApp
12 13 (22.81%) Cisco
13 12 (21.05%) XenDesktop
14 11 (19.30%) PowerShell
14 11 (19.30%) Windows Server 2003
14 11 (19.30%) Symantec
15 10 (17.54%) HP
15 10 (17.54%) XenServer
16 9 (15.79%) ARCserve
16 9 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
17 8 (14.04%) VMware ESX
17 8 (14.04%) Citrix Certification

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (12.28%) WebSphere
2 5 (8.772%) .NET
3 1 (1.754%) COM
Application Platforms
1 19 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 6 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (7.018%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.263%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (5.263%) Lotus Domino
5 2 (3.509%) Lync
6 1 (1.754%) IIS
6 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 18 (31.58%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.754%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.754%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 14 (24.56%) SAN
2 7 (12.28%) Firewall
3 6 (10.53%) LAN
3 6 (10.53%) WAN
4 5 (8.772%) NAS
5 4 (7.018%) iSCSI
5 4 (7.018%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (5.263%) Network Security
6 3 (5.263%) DMZ
7 2 (3.509%) VLAN
7 2 (3.509%) DHCP
7 2 (3.509%) VPN
7 2 (3.509%) DNS
7 2 (3.509%) VoIP
7 2 (3.509%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.754%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.754%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.754%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (1.754%) Wireshark
8 1 (1.754%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (36.84%) SQL Server
2 7 (12.28%) DB2
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.754%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (3.509%) Telecoms
2 1 (1.754%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (36.84%) Analyst
2 14 (24.56%) Consultant
3 10 (17.54%) Support Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 8 (14.04%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 7 (12.28%) Capacity Analyst
6 7 (12.28%) Capacity Planning Analyst
6 7 (12.28%) Administrator
7 5 (8.772%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (7.018%) Server Administrator
8 4 (7.018%) Designer
8 4 (7.018%) VMware Engineer
9 3 (5.263%) Wintel Consultant
9 3 (5.263%) VMware Consultant
9 3 (5.263%) Virtualisation Consultant
9 3 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
9 3 (5.263%) Citrix Engineer
9 3 (5.263%) Infrastructure Consultant
9 3 (5.263%) Technical Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.772%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 41 (71.93%) Windows
2 20 (35.09%) Linux
3 19 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (19.30%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (10.53%) Solaris
6 5 (8.772%) Windows 7
7 4 (7.018%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (3.509%) Windows XP
9 1 (1.754%) OpenVMS
9 1 (1.754%) UNIX
9 1 (1.754%) SUSE
9 1 (1.754%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (12.28%) Capacity Planning
1 7 (12.28%) Technical Architecture
2 5 (8.772%) ITIL
2 5 (8.772%) Network Design
2 5 (8.772%) Migration
3 4 (7.018%) Service Delivery
4 3 (5.263%) Project Management
4 3 (5.263%) Business Analysis
4 3 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (3.509%) Business Continuity
5 2 (3.509%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (1.754%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (1.754%) Integration Testing
6 1 (1.754%) Resource Management
6 1 (1.754%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (1.754%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.754%) Data Management
6 1 (1.754%) Business Development
6 1 (1.754%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (1.754%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (19.30%) PowerShell
2 5 (8.772%) Java
2 5 (8.772%) VBScript
3 4 (7.018%) SQL
4 2 (3.509%) VB
Qualifications
1 19 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 14 (24.56%) MCSE
2 14 (24.56%) MCITP
3 13 (22.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 8 (14.04%) Citrix Certification
4 8 (14.04%) CCEE
4 8 (14.04%) CCAA
5 7 (12.28%) MCP
6 6 (10.53%) MCTS
6 6 (10.53%) MCSA
7 4 (7.018%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (7.018%) CCIA
8 3 (5.263%) VCAP
8 3 (5.263%) NCIE
8 3 (5.263%) VCDX
8 3 (5.263%) CCNA
8 3 (5.263%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (3.509%) CCA
9 2 (3.509%) NCDA
10 1 (1.754%) HP AIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.018%) QA
System Software
1 24 (42.11%) vSphere
2 23 (40.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (26.32%) Hyper-V
3 15 (26.32%) XenApp
4 12 (21.05%) XenDesktop
5 10 (17.54%) XenServer
6 8 (14.04%) VMware ESX
7 3 (5.263%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (3.509%) Forefront TMG
8 2 (3.509%) UAG
9 1 (1.754%) IAG
9 1 (1.754%) ISA Server
9 1 (1.754%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (15.79%) ARCserve
1 9 (15.79%) Norton AntiVirus
2 7 (12.28%) WSUS
2 7 (12.28%) Backup Exec
3 6 (10.53%) Tivoli
3 6 (10.53%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 4 (7.018%) SCCM
5 3 (5.263%) Zenoss
5 3 (5.263%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (3.509%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (1.754%) Cacti
7 1 (1.754%) MAILsweeper
7 1 (1.754%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 57 (100.00%) VMware
2 35 (61.40%) Citrix
3 23 (40.35%) Microsoft
4 13 (22.81%) NetApp
4 13 (22.81%) Cisco
5 11 (19.30%) Symantec
6 10 (17.54%) HP
7 7 (12.28%) Oracle
8 6 (10.53%) McAfee
8 6 (10.53%) IBM
9 5 (8.772%) Sun
10 4 (7.018%) Dell
11 3 (5.263%) SolarWinds
11 3 (5.263%) Veritas
11 3 (5.263%) Lotus
11 3 (5.263%) Sophos
12 2 (3.509%) EMC
12 2 (3.509%) Avaya
12 2 (3.509%) CheckPoint
13 1 (1.754%) Red Hat
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
IT Support, Managed Services, Exchange, Windows Server, Helpdesk, Field Support, Implementations, Microsoft, Windows, Virtualisation, VMware, Citrix, Remote Support, 2nd Line Support, SQL, VCP, MCITP, MCSE / MCSA, Active Directory /...
Stafford-Sharp Associates
Salary: From £25,000 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With a VMware estate of approximately of 170 virtual machines on 18 hosts, it is important to have a very good background in VMware, an awareness of XenApp,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 34,360
Posted: 21 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
This is a chance to work for a leading Microsoft Gold Partner providing support for a wide range of customers from SME organizations through to Blue-chip and...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £75,000 to £120,000 per annum plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
PSTN Gateway... HP Data protector / Arcserve... Microsoft Exchange 2003 / 2007 / 2010, Symantec Enterprise Vault. ActiveSync, Bes, MobileIron. Active Directory, GPO, DNS, DHCP, Windows 2003/ 2008 servers/ infrastructures... Win...
Trinity Expert Systems
Salary: From £28,000 to £40,000 per annum dep on exp, plus bonus & benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013