The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 54 46 49
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 12 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.961% 0.840% 1.061%
As % of the System Software category 11.01% 10.71% 11.76%
Number of salaries quoted 10 3 4
Average salary £38,750 £47,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.42% -20.83%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All System Software
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
109 28 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 17.81% 7.843% 9.019%
Number of salaries quoted 103 22 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 £22,700 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
vSphere
West Midlands

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Coventry vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 23 (100.00%) VMware
2 21 (91.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (86.96%) Windows
4 16 (69.57%) MS Exchange
4 16 (69.57%) Citrix
5 15 (65.22%) SAN
6 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2008
7 13 (56.52%) SQL Server
8 12 (52.17%) MCITP
8 12 (52.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 11 (47.83%) MS Excel
9 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
9 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
10 10 (43.48%) Symantec
10 10 (43.48%) VMware ESX
10 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
10 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (43.48%) MCSE
10 10 (43.48%) Hyper-V
10 10 (43.48%) XenApp
10 10 (43.48%) XenDesktop
11 9 (39.13%) Cisco
11 9 (39.13%) Norton AntiVirus
11 9 (39.13%) ARCserve
12 8 (34.78%) NetApp
12 8 (34.78%) HP
12 8 (34.78%) XenServer
13 7 (30.43%) CCEE
13 7 (30.43%) CCAA
13 7 (30.43%) Citrix Certification

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 Platforms
1 16 (69.57%) MS Exchange
2 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (13.04%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (13.04%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (4.348%) Lync
4 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 11 (47.83%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (65.22%) SAN
2 6 (26.09%) Firewall
3 4 (17.39%) iSCSI
3 4 (17.39%) Fibre Channel
4 3 (13.04%) NAS
5 2 (8.696%) LAN
5 2 (8.696%) WAN
5 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
5 2 (8.696%) VPN
5 2 (8.696%) DNS
5 2 (8.696%) Network Security
5 2 (8.696%) VLAN
6 1 (4.348%) Unified Communications
6 1 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (56.52%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 15 (65.22%) Consultant
2 10 (43.48%) Technical Consultant
3 5 (21.74%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Wintel Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) VMware Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Sales Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Citrix Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (8.696%) Virtualisation Specialist
6 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) VMware Specialist
6 1 (4.348%) VMware Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support Technician
6 1 (4.348%) Implementation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 20 (86.96%) Windows
2 14 (60.87%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (47.83%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (26.09%) Linux
5 4 (17.39%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (8.696%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.04%) ITIL
2 2 (8.696%) Incident Management
2 2 (8.696%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (4.348%) Business Development
3 1 (4.348%) Data Management
3 1 (4.348%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
1 3 (13.04%) VBScript
2 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) MCITP
1 12 (52.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (43.48%) MCSE
3 7 (30.43%) CCEE
3 7 (30.43%) CCAA
3 7 (30.43%) Citrix Certification
4 6 (26.09%) MCSA
5 5 (21.74%) MCTS
6 4 (17.39%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (13.04%) CCIA
7 3 (13.04%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (13.04%) CCNA
8 2 (8.696%) CCA
8 2 (8.696%) VCDX
8 2 (8.696%) VCAP
8 2 (8.696%) NCIE
9 1 (4.348%) NCDA
9 1 (4.348%) HP AIS
9 1 (4.348%) HP ASE
System Software
1 21 (91.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (43.48%) VMware ESX
2 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
2 10 (43.48%) Hyper-V
2 10 (43.48%) XenApp
2 10 (43.48%) XenDesktop
3 8 (34.78%) XenServer
4 2 (8.696%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (4.348%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (4.348%) UAG
5 1 (4.348%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (39.13%) Norton AntiVirus
1 9 (39.13%) ARCserve
2 7 (30.43%) Backup Exec
3 6 (26.09%) Tivoli
3 6 (26.09%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 6 (26.09%) WSUS
4 3 (13.04%) Zenoss
4 3 (13.04%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (4.348%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (69.57%) Citrix
3 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
4 10 (43.48%) Symantec
5 9 (39.13%) Cisco
6 8 (34.78%) NetApp
6 8 (34.78%) HP
7 6 (26.09%) McAfee
8 4 (17.39%) Dell
9 3 (13.04%) EMC
9 3 (13.04%) Sophos
9 3 (13.04%) Veritas
9 3 (13.04%) Lotus
10 1 (4.348%) CommVault
10 1 (4.348%) CheckPoint
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