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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 88 79 85
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +6
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 5 15 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.429% 1.134% 0.872%
As % of the System Software category 9.434% 18.07% 17.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 14
Average salary £36,250 £55,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-34.09% +10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
53 83 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 4.545% 6.274% 5.047%
Number of salaries quoted 33 49 53
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% -31.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £23,700 £31,200
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
Scotland

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 11 (84.62%) Windows
3 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
3 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (69.23%) Citrix
5 8 (61.54%) XenApp
6 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
7 5 (38.46%) ITIL
7 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (38.46%) SCOM
8 4 (30.77%) Lotus
8 4 (30.77%) IBM Notes
8 4 (30.77%) MS Office
8 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
8 4 (30.77%) CommVault
9 3 (23.08%) Symantec
9 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
9 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (23.08%) SLA
9 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
9 3 (23.08%) Time Management
9 3 (23.08%) MS PowerPoint
9 3 (23.08%) Degree
9 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (23.08%) Postini
9 3 (23.08%) SCCM
9 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
9 3 (23.08%) Back Office

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 Development
1 2 (15.38%) XML
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) IBM Notes
1 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
2 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
4 1 (7.692%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
2 4 (30.77%) MS Office
3 3 (23.08%) MS Visio
3 3 (23.08%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (23.08%) Back Office
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
2 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Analyst
1 4 (30.77%) Support Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Support Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Support
3 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Lead Systems Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Services Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Server Specialist
4 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.692%) IT Support Analyst
4 1 (7.692%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) CLARiiON
2 1 (7.692%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) Windows
2 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (76.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Time Management
2 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL V2
3 1 (7.692%) Service Management
3 1 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) PowerShell
1 2 (15.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) CCNA
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (76.92%) Active Directory
2 8 (61.54%) XenApp
3 5 (38.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (15.38%) XenDesktop
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (7.692%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) SCOM
2 3 (23.08%) SCCM
3 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 10 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 9 (69.23%) Citrix
4 4 (30.77%) Lotus
4 4 (30.77%) CommVault
5 3 (23.08%) Symantec
5 3 (23.08%) Postini
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco
6 2 (15.38%) EMC
6 2 (15.38%) NetApp
7 1 (7.692%) Fujitsu
7 1 (7.692%) Altiris
7 1 (7.692%) AppSense
7 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Windows Server 2008R2 / Windows Server 2003... Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008 App Sense Performance, Application and Environment Manager, EMC CLARiiON / NetApp,...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Citrix Technologies (including Xen Desktop 5.6, Xen Aapp v5/6, EdgSight, Zone Data Collector, Web...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 18 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Edinburgh. £45k - £55k + Competitive Benefits Package Our prestigious client have an urgent requirement for an experienced Technical Infrastructure Services Manager to join their business on a permanent basis...
Sanderson
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013