The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Docklands, 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 Docklands, London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 26 39 68
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +29
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 14 5 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 7.071% 1.786% 0.158%
As % of the System Software category 29.79% 15.15% 2.500%
Number of salaries quoted 14 3 1
Average salary £65,000 £83,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.15% +67.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Docklands, London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
47 33 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Docklands, London 23.74% 11.79% 6.309%
Number of salaries quoted 44 28 20
Average salary £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £83,500
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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Docklands, 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Docklands, London vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, 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 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) MySQL
2 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 15 (93.75%) Load Balancing
2 15 (93.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 13 (81.25%) Hyper-V
3 13 (81.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (81.25%) SAN
3 13 (81.25%) VMware
3 13 (81.25%) Oracle
3 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
4 12 (75.00%) SLA
4 12 (75.00%) NFS
4 12 (75.00%) Debian
4 12 (75.00%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (75.00%) Replication
4 12 (75.00%) Data Management
4 12 (75.00%) MPLS
4 12 (75.00%) VLAN
4 12 (75.00%) iSCSI
4 12 (75.00%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (56.25%) XenServer
5 9 (56.25%) Product Management
5 9 (56.25%) Mercator
5 9 (56.25%) Veritas
5 9 (56.25%) Disaster Recovery
5 9 (56.25%) NetBackup
6 4 (25.00%) Firewall

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Docklands, 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 Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
1 1 (6.250%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 13 (81.25%) SAN
2 12 (75.00%) MPLS
2 12 (75.00%) VLAN
2 12 (75.00%) iSCSI
2 12 (75.00%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (25.00%) Firewall
4 3 (18.75%) NetScaler
4 3 (18.75%) NetScreen
5 1 (6.250%) LAN
5 1 (6.250%) WAN
5 1 (6.250%) DHCP
5 1 (6.250%) VPN
5 1 (6.250%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (93.75%) MySQL
3 12 (75.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (6.250%) Back Office
1 1 (6.250%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Solutions Consultant
1 9 (56.25%) Consultant
2 7 (43.75%) Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Developer Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Solutions Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Developer
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
3 4 (25.00%) Cloud Architect
4 3 (18.75%) Data Centre Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Integration Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Service Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Integration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (75.00%) Replication
2 3 (18.75%) Firmware
3 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 16 (100.00%) Linux
1 16 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2003
2 15 (93.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 12 (75.00%) Debian
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (6.250%) UNIX
5 1 (6.250%) Solaris
5 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.250%) Windows 8
5 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (93.75%) Load Balancing
2 12 (75.00%) Data Management
3 9 (56.25%) Product Management
3 9 (56.25%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (18.75%) Network Design
5 1 (6.250%) ITIL
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.250%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (6.250%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (18.75%) Bash shell
2 3 (18.75%) Perl
2 3 (18.75%) VBScript
2 3 (18.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) JNCIS
2 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (6.250%) RHCE
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.250%) CCNA
3 1 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (6.250%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (75.00%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Hyper-V
1 13 (81.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (75.00%) NFS
3 9 (56.25%) XenServer
4 3 (18.75%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (56.25%) NetBackup
2 1 (6.250%) WSUS
2 1 (6.250%) SCCM
2 1 (6.250%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (81.25%) VMware
1 13 (81.25%) Oracle
1 13 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 9 (56.25%) Mercator
2 9 (56.25%) Veritas
3 4 (25.00%) HP
4 3 (18.75%) Foundry
4 3 (18.75%) Dell
4 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 3 (18.75%) Juniper
4 3 (18.75%) Cisco
4 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
5 1 (6.250%) Remedy
5 1 (6.250%) F5