The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Dunstable region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Dunstable region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 4 11 6
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing VMware 35 4 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 30.70% 11.76% 8.000%
As % of the Vendors category 40.70% 18.18% 18.18%
Number of salaries quoted 33 4 1
Average salary £50,000 £57,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.66% +52.66%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +3.89%
All Vendors
Dunstable
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
86 22 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dunstable 75.44% 64.71% 44.00%
Number of salaries quoted 76 20 8
Average salary £50,000 £53,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.54% +42.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £42,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £51,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
Bedfordshire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dunstable VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

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

Dunstable VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Dunstable region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dunstable VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable region citing VMware 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.

1 51 (92.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 46 (83.64%) Citrix
3 45 (81.82%) Microsoft
4 43 (78.18%) XenApp
5 37 (67.27%) XenDesktop
6 32 (58.18%) Windows
7 31 (56.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 29 (52.73%) Windows 7
8 29 (52.73%) Hyper-V
9 27 (49.09%) Active Directory
9 27 (49.09%) HP
10 23 (41.82%) SQL Server
10 23 (41.82%) MS Exchange
10 23 (41.82%) SQL Server 2005
10 23 (41.82%) SQL Server 2008
11 22 (40.00%) Finance
11 22 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (38.18%) Cisco
12 21 (38.18%) XenServer
13 20 (36.36%) SAN
13 20 (36.36%) MCSE
14 19 (34.55%) NAS
14 19 (34.55%) Exchange Server 2007
14 19 (34.55%) VMware Server
15 18 (32.73%) DNS
16 17 (30.91%) LANDesk
16 17 (30.91%) WSUS
17 16 (29.09%) Windows Server 2003
17 16 (29.09%) DHCP
18 15 (27.27%) MCSA

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dunstable region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 23 (41.82%) MS Exchange
2 19 (34.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 14 (25.45%) Exchange Server 2010
4 13 (23.64%) Office Communications Server
4 13 (23.64%) Lync
5 4 (7.273%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.818%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (25.45%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.273%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (36.36%) SAN
2 19 (34.55%) NAS
3 18 (32.73%) DNS
4 16 (29.09%) DHCP
5 15 (27.27%) Firewall
6 14 (25.45%) Network Security
7 13 (23.64%) iSCSI
8 4 (7.273%) TCP/IP
9 2 (3.636%) LDAP
9 2 (3.636%) LAN
9 2 (3.636%) SSH
10 1 (1.818%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (41.82%) SQL Server
1 23 (41.82%) SQL Server 2005
1 23 (41.82%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 22 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (3.636%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Wintel Engineer
2 14 (25.45%) Consultant
3 8 (14.55%) Technical Consultant
4 7 (12.73%) Architect
5 5 (9.091%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 5 (9.091%) Support Engineer
6 4 (7.273%) UNIX Engineer
6 4 (7.273%) Analyst
6 4 (7.273%) Technical Architect
6 4 (7.273%) Support Analyst
7 3 (5.455%) Wintel Support
7 3 (5.455%) Wintel Support Engineer
7 3 (5.455%) Server Engineer
7 3 (5.455%) Wintel Server Engineer
8 2 (3.636%) Desktop Analyst
8 2 (3.636%) Build Engineer
8 2 (3.636%) UNIX Support
8 2 (3.636%) Senior UNIX Engineer
8 2 (3.636%) Design Engineer
8 2 (3.636%) Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 32 (58.18%) Windows
2 31 (56.36%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (52.73%) Windows 7
4 16 (29.09%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (7.273%) Solaris
5 4 (7.273%) UNIX
6 2 (3.636%) Windows XP
7 1 (1.818%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (23.64%) Network Load Balancing
2 8 (14.55%) Change Management
3 6 (10.91%) ITIL
4 3 (5.455%) Configuration Management
4 3 (5.455%) TOGAF
5 2 (3.636%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 22 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 20 (36.36%) MCSE
3 15 (27.27%) MCSA
3 15 (27.27%) MCITP
4 11 (20.00%) MCP
4 11 (20.00%) MCTS
5 10 (18.18%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (16.36%) CCA
6 9 (16.36%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (9.091%) SC Cleared
7 5 (9.091%) Security Cleared
8 2 (3.636%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.82%) PCI DSS
2 3 (5.455%) QA
System Software
1 51 (92.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (78.18%) XenApp
3 37 (67.27%) XenDesktop
4 29 (52.73%) Hyper-V
5 27 (49.09%) Active Directory
6 21 (38.18%) XenServer
7 19 (34.55%) VMware Server
8 13 (23.64%) NFS
8 13 (23.64%) Microsoft App-V
9 3 (5.455%) VMware ESX
9 3 (5.455%) vSphere
10 2 (3.636%) Xen
11 1 (1.818%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (30.91%) WSUS
Vendors
1 46 (83.64%) Citrix
2 45 (81.82%) Microsoft
3 27 (49.09%) HP
4 21 (38.18%) Cisco
5 17 (30.91%) LANDesk
6 15 (27.27%) Mercator
7 13 (23.64%) EMC
7 13 (23.64%) CommVault
8 4 (7.273%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.818%) VocaLink