The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 22 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 69 108 101
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -7
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 316 201 205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 3.810% 2.268% 2.184%
As % of the System Software category 36.41% 27.13% 30.19%
Number of salaries quoted 277 186 181
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £63,950 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
868 741 679
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 10.47% 8.360% 7.234%
Number of salaries quoted 774 646 567
Average salary £37,500 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.63% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,250 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +53 113 £31,500 -37.00%
Bedfordshire +26 67 £37,500 -22.27%
Cambridgeshire +15 62 £39,500 -1.25%
Essex +45 59 £35,000 -10.25%
Suffolk -25 19 £35,000 +7.69%
Norfolk +3 4 £34,000 +3.03%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1 637 (100.00%) VMware
2 421 (66.09%) Windows
3 330 (51.81%) Microsoft
4 280 (43.96%) Citrix
5 259 (40.66%) Active Directory
6 205 (32.18%) SAN
7 199 (31.24%) Cisco
8 191 (29.98%) DNS
9 189 (29.67%) Windows Server 2008
10 184 (28.89%) MS Exchange
11 164 (25.75%) vSphere
12 155 (24.33%) VMware ESX
12 155 (24.33%) Firewall
13 152 (23.86%) MS Excel
14 130 (20.41%) HP
15 125 (19.62%) Linux
16 124 (19.47%) Windows Server 2003
16 124 (19.47%) XenApp
17 117 (18.37%) ITIL
18 112 (17.58%) DHCP
19 111 (17.43%) Finance
19 111 (17.43%) Windows 7
19 111 (17.43%) Exchange Server 2010
20 110 (17.27%) Microsoft Certification
21 109 (17.11%) TCP/IP
22 102 (16.01%) SQL Server
23 94 (14.76%) Hyper-V
24 88 (13.81%) IIS
25 84 (13.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
26 81 (12.72%) XenDesktop

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 13 (2.041%) WebSphere
2 10 (1.570%) .NET
3 8 (1.256%) Web Services
3 8 (1.256%) Application Packaging
4 5 (0.785%) JSON
5 4 (0.628%) Hibernate
5 4 (0.628%) J2EE
5 4 (0.628%) Swing
5 4 (0.628%) RESTful
5 4 (0.628%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (0.628%) Spring
6 3 (0.471%) COM
6 3 (0.471%) XML
6 3 (0.471%) Middleware
7 2 (0.314%) Apache Flex
8 1 (0.157%) NHibernate
8 1 (0.157%) Windows SharePoint Services
8 1 (0.157%) WCF
8 1 (0.157%) LINQ
8 1 (0.157%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 184 (28.89%) MS Exchange
2 111 (17.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 88 (13.81%) IIS
4 75 (11.77%) Exchange Server 2007
5 52 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2003
6 43 (6.750%) SharePoint
7 37 (5.808%) Lync
8 32 (5.024%) Apache
9 18 (2.826%) Office Communications Server
10 16 (2.512%) Tomcat
11 13 (2.041%) WebSphere Application Server
12 12 (1.884%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 11 (1.727%) SharePoint Server
14 10 (1.570%) WebSphere MQ
15 5 (0.785%) BizTalk Server
15 5 (0.785%) SharePoint 2010
16 4 (0.628%) RabbitMQ
17 3 (0.471%) Exchange Server 2000
17 3 (0.471%) Amazon AWS
17 3 (0.471%) SAS
Applications
1 152 (23.86%) MS Excel
2 51 (8.006%) MS Office
3 7 (1.099%) Office 365
4 2 (0.314%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.157%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.157%) MS Project
5 1 (0.157%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 4 (0.628%) Sage 200
1 4 (0.628%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.157%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.157%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 205 (32.18%) SAN
2 191 (29.98%) DNS
3 155 (24.33%) Firewall
4 112 (17.58%) DHCP
5 109 (17.11%) TCP/IP
6 76 (11.93%) NAS
7 73 (11.46%) LAN
8 69 (10.83%) iSCSI
9 63 (9.890%) VPN
10 55 (8.634%) WAN
11 40 (6.279%) Fibre Channel
12 36 (5.651%) Internet
13 35 (5.495%) VoIP
14 33 (5.181%) Network Security
15 26 (4.082%) Cisco ASA
16 19 (2.983%) VLAN
17 17 (2.669%) LDAP
18 15 (2.355%) Unified Communications
19 14 (2.198%) SSL
20 11 (1.727%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 102 (16.01%) SQL Server
2 42 (6.593%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (5.181%) SQL Server 2005
4 24 (3.768%) MySQL
5 21 (3.297%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.942%) Oracle 8/8i
7 4 (0.628%) Oracle Exadata
8 3 (0.471%) Oracle Reports
9 2 (0.314%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (0.157%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.157%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.157%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.157%) OLAP
10 1 (0.157%) RDBMS
10 1 (0.157%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 11 (1.727%) Subversion
2 5 (0.785%) Git (software)
3 4 (0.628%) Maven
4 3 (0.471%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.314%) MSI
5 2 (0.314%) InstallShield
6 1 (0.157%) NUnit
6 1 (0.157%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.157%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (0.157%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.157%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.157%) MSBuild
General
1 111 (17.43%) Finance
2 15 (2.355%) Banking
3 12 (1.884%) Retail
4 11 (1.727%) Legal
5 6 (0.942%) Telecoms
6 4 (0.628%) Law
6 4 (0.628%) Back Office
6 4 (0.628%) Advertising
7 3 (0.471%) French Language
7 3 (0.471%) Spanish Language
7 3 (0.471%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.314%) Publishing
8 2 (0.314%) Marketing
8 2 (0.314%) Local Government
9 1 (0.157%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 85 (13.34%) Architect
2 70 (10.99%) Consultant
2 70 (10.99%) Support Engineer
3 69 (10.83%) Analyst
4 56 (8.791%) Administrator
5 55 (8.634%) Support Analyst
5 55 (8.634%) Systems Engineer
6 53 (8.320%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 37 (5.808%) 3rd Line Support
8 36 (5.651%) Technical Architect
9 30 (4.710%) Systems Administrator
10 28 (4.396%) Wintel Engineer
11 26 (4.082%) Solutions Architect
12 25 (3.925%) 2nd Line Support
13 24 (3.768%) Technical Consultant
14 22 (3.454%) IT Support
15 21 (3.297%) VMware Specialist
15 21 (3.297%) Citrix Support
15 21 (3.297%) Server Engineer
15 21 (3.297%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 32 (5.024%) SaaS
2 30 (4.710%) Blackberry
3 26 (4.082%) Replication
4 24 (3.768%) Enterprise Storage
5 22 (3.454%) IaaS
5 22 (3.454%) PaaS
6 20 (3.140%) Management Information System
7 15 (2.355%) Clustering
8 11 (1.727%) Celerra
8 11 (1.727%) Open Source
9 10 (1.570%) Computer Science
10 9 (1.413%) CLARiiON
11 7 (1.099%) Fat Client
11 7 (1.099%) Video Conferencing
11 7 (1.099%) Thin Client
12 6 (0.942%) iPhone
13 4 (0.628%) iPad
13 4 (0.628%) EqualLogic
13 4 (0.628%) Symmetrix
13 4 (0.628%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 421 (66.09%) Windows
2 189 (29.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 125 (19.62%) Linux
4 124 (19.47%) Windows Server 2003
5 111 (17.43%) Windows 7
6 55 (8.634%) UNIX
7 42 (6.593%) Windows XP
8 38 (5.965%) Windows Vista
9 26 (4.082%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 19 (2.983%) Solaris
11 17 (2.669%) Debian
12 11 (1.727%) VMS
13 10 (1.570%) AIX
14 9 (1.413%) Windows 8
15 7 (1.099%) Windows 2000
16 6 (0.942%) HPUX
17 5 (0.785%) Windows 2000 Server
18 4 (0.628%) CentOS
18 4 (0.628%) Android
19 3 (0.471%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (18.37%) ITIL
2 47 (7.378%) Migration
3 45 (7.064%) Capacity Planning
4 39 (6.122%) Project Management
5 38 (5.965%) Disaster Recovery
6 32 (5.024%) Change Management
7 31 (4.867%) Service Management
7 31 (4.867%) TOGAF
7 31 (4.867%) Load Balancing
8 29 (4.553%) PRINCE2
9 26 (4.082%) Change Control
10 25 (3.925%) Document Management
11 24 (3.768%) E-Commerce
12 19 (2.983%) Business Continuity
13 15 (2.355%) Automated Testing
13 15 (2.355%) Network Load Balancing
13 15 (2.355%) CRM
14 14 (2.198%) Configuration Management
14 14 (2.198%) Agile Software Development
15 13 (2.041%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 68 (10.68%) SQL
2 38 (5.965%) Perl
3 21 (3.297%) PowerShell
4 17 (2.669%) Bash shell
5 15 (2.355%) Python
5 15 (2.355%) VBScript
6 14 (2.198%) VB
6 14 (2.198%) C
7 11 (1.727%) Shell Script
8 7 (1.099%) C#
8 7 (1.099%) Java
9 6 (0.942%) JavaScript
9 6 (0.942%) PHP
9 6 (0.942%) Korn
9 6 (0.942%) Ruby
10 4 (0.628%) Lisp
10 4 (0.628%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.314%) C++
12 1 (0.157%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 110 (17.27%) Microsoft Certification
2 84 (13.19%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 81 (12.72%) MCSE
4 71 (11.15%) MCITP
5 51 (8.006%) Cisco Certification
6 49 (7.692%) Citrix Certification
7 47 (7.378%) MCP
8 40 (6.279%) MCTS
9 34 (5.338%) Degree
10 24 (3.768%) CCA
11 23 (3.611%) CCEE
11 23 (3.611%) CCNA
12 22 (3.454%) MCSA
13 21 (3.297%) CCNP
14 19 (2.983%) NCDA
15 18 (2.826%) CCIA
16 14 (2.198%) CCAA
16 14 (2.198%) CCEA
17 11 (1.727%) NCIE
17 11 (1.727%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (5.495%) SLA
2 31 (4.867%) PCI DSS
3 13 (2.041%) QA
4 7 (1.099%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.785%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.471%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 259 (40.66%) Active Directory
2 164 (25.75%) vSphere
3 155 (24.33%) VMware ESX
4 124 (19.47%) XenApp
5 94 (14.76%) Hyper-V
6 81 (12.72%) XenDesktop
7 71 (11.15%) XenServer
8 60 (9.419%) VMware ESXi
9 42 (6.593%) VMware Server
10 38 (5.965%) Xen
11 34 (5.338%) Microsoft App-V
12 21 (3.297%) NFS
13 14 (2.198%) VMFS
14 12 (1.884%) Terminal Services
15 8 (1.256%) Microsoft Virtual Server
16 7 (1.099%) Postfix
16 7 (1.099%) Sendmail
16 7 (1.099%) ISA Server
16 7 (1.099%) Oracle RMAN
17 6 (0.942%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 34 (5.338%) Backup Exec
2 28 (4.396%) WSUS
3 22 (3.454%) SCCM
4 15 (2.355%) SCOM
5 14 (2.198%) NetBackup
6 10 (1.570%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 10 (1.570%) Puppet
6 10 (1.570%) EMC NetWorker
7 9 (1.413%) Tivoli
7 9 (1.413%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 8 (1.256%) HP SIM
8 8 (1.256%) Nagios
9 6 (0.942%) OSSEC
9 6 (0.942%) SCVMM
10 4 (0.628%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.471%) OpenView
11 3 (0.471%) ZENworks
11 3 (0.471%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.314%) McAfee ePO
12 2 (0.314%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 637 (100.00%) VMware
2 330 (51.81%) Microsoft
3 280 (43.96%) Citrix
4 199 (31.24%) Cisco
5 130 (20.41%) HP
6 81 (12.72%) NetApp
7 65 (10.20%) EMC
8 64 (10.05%) Oracle
9 50 (7.849%) Red Hat
10 39 (6.122%) Dell
11 37 (5.808%) Symantec
12 36 (5.651%) IBM
13 33 (5.181%) Brocade
14 29 (4.553%) Juniper
15 28 (4.396%) LANDesk
16 25 (3.925%) CheckPoint
16 25 (3.925%) SolarWinds
17 24 (3.768%) CommVault
18 18 (2.826%) JBoss
18 18 (2.826%) Apple
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
For this role it is essential that you have either a MCSE or MCITP qualification (or an equivalent proven skill set), good Windows Server and Exchange skills as...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
This is a varied and demanding role where your experience and technical skills will mean you are involved in: Supporting our infrastructure estate, which consists of Microsoft and...
BGL Group
Salary: £35k - £40k with discretionary company bonus scheme
Posted: 7 May 2013
Loughton, Essex
As part of your role you will be responsible for administering the Windows Servers - previous experience supporting Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 and experience with Windows 2012 would...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire
Infrastructure Consultant will have good solid skills in their agreed technical area(s) of specialism.(AD, Exchange, windows 7) plus a solid understanding of Infrastructure technologies including some...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £45000 to £60000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
In-depth knowledge and practical experience of Microsoft Windows 2003+ and Microsoft Exchange 2010 administration for a medium size commercial organisation. Good knowledge of virtualisation technologies preferable VMware...
montreal
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Yearly Bonus and On call duty Bonus
Posted: 8 May 2013
Essex
Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies. At least two formal IT industry accreditation (Microsoft, CompTIA, Citrix, VMWare etc). Familiarisation of Citrix...
Capital IT Resourcing LTD
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA), Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator (CCEA), VMWare Certified Professional (VCP) - Linux understanding / capability - A second European language - Degree level...
EURO CONSULTING LTD
Posted: 20 May 2013
Luton
You will have the proven ability to design and implement highly available databases using virtual servers and central storage appliances; the University uses VMware vSphere and NetApp filers.
University of Bedfordshire
Salary: c £34,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Working closely with the Software Test Architect you’re work will target a next generation networking product, developing test cases, unit and systems test as well as educating...
ENTERPRISE RECRUITMENT LTD
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You will be involved in the Infrastructure Management Function of the business, ensuring that IT service availability is maintained across both the Cambridge office and associated offices... Keywords -...
Computer People
Salary: £1.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Essex
Appsense... - Migration from Presentation server to XenApp. - Citrix Performance tuning... - Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies... AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP,...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
Appsense... Migration from Presentation server to XenApp. Citrix Performance tuning... Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies... Windows 2000 Clustering Technologies and...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Luton, South East
TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching Desirable: Windows Server (up to 2008) including Microsoft Cluster Services, Microsoft IIS web...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
Essential: At least 5 years commercial Linux data centre experience Linux server (inc. Apache, mySQL) LAMP TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
The Ideal skill set will include DNS Services, Microsoft Exchange 2007 /2010 and SharePoint services 2007 / 2010. You will have ideally had experience in installing, usage and/or...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Job Description: Analysts will be working alongside existing technical, consulting and business development staff to support all aspects of the business as it continues to grow in the...
MJH Personnel Associates
Salary: Excellent + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Watford, London
Technically you must have excellent SQL Server (2005, 2008, R2) skills, strong knowledge of Virtual environments with VMware, Hyper-V etc, strong Sql and PL/Sql and good...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: To Max £43k + excellent bonus & bens package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Understanding of virtualisation technologies (VMware). Understanding of database technologies (mainly Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server)... Understanding of backup technologies (EMC NetWorker)... Project management experience. Project management certification (Prince2, PMP)...
WorldPay
Salary: Competitive + Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013