The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 24 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 87 90 50
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -40
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 3 5 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.329% 0.519% 4.284%
As % of the System Software category 4.286% 9.091% 31.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 29
Average salary £27,000 £38,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.94% +16.92%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
70 55 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 7.667% 5.711% 13.74%
Number of salaries quoted 70 53 93
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +44.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £38,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
South East

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

East Sussex VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Brighton 0 3 £27,000 -12.90%
VMware ESX
South East

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 12 (100.00%) Windows
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) vSphere
2 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 11 (91.67%) IIS
2 11 (91.67%) LAN
2 11 (91.67%) WAN
3 10 (83.33%) MS Excel
4 8 (66.67%) Cisco
4 8 (66.67%) SAN
4 8 (66.67%) NetScreen
4 8 (66.67%) Finance
4 8 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (58.33%) EMC
6 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (50.00%) CCNA
6 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
6 6 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 6 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 6 (50.00%) MCTS
6 6 (50.00%) MCITP
6 6 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
7 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
7 4 (33.33%) DNS
7 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (25.00%) VPN
8 3 (25.00%) DHCP

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) COM+
Application Platforms
1 11 (91.67%) IIS
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 10 (83.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) LAN
1 11 (91.67%) WAN
2 8 (66.67%) SAN
2 8 (66.67%) NetScreen
3 4 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (33.33%) DNS
4 3 (25.00%) VPN
4 3 (25.00%) DHCP
4 3 (25.00%) Network Security
5 1 (8.333%) DMZ
5 1 (8.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (91.67%) SQL Server
2 8 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (16.67%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (25.00%) Administrator
1 3 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (8.333%) Systems Support
2 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (8.333%) Senior Systems Administrator
2 1 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (8.333%) Storage Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 12 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (8.333%) UNIX
4 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Change Management
1 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (50.00%) CCNA
1 6 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (50.00%) MCTS
1 6 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.333%) MCSE
2 1 (8.333%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (91.67%) vSphere
2 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco
3 7 (58.33%) EMC
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft