The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 23 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 771 758 815
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +57
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 65 102 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.065% 0.090% 0.046%
As % of the System Software category 0.669% 1.035% 0.599%
Number of salaries quoted 61 82 47
Average salary £37,500 £34,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.69% -5.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,100 £30,000 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £57,250 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
9718 9853 9176
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.654% 8.689% 7.688%
Number of salaries quoted 8265 8581 7591
Average salary £41,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.38% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft Virtual Server
UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the England region.

England Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Histogram

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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
Yorkshire +16 25 £32,500 -13.33%
London -3 14 £45,000 +38.46%
North West -15 8 £40,000 +10.34%
South East -4 7 £36,000 -2.70%
East of England +13 4 £32,000 +60.00%
East Midlands - 3 £29,750 -
South West +5 2 £37,500 -6.25%
West Midlands -37 1 £45,000 +12.50%
Midlands - 1 £32,500 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
UK

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 137 (93.20%) Windows
2 133 (90.48%) Microsoft
3 120 (81.63%) Active Directory
4 113 (76.87%) VMware
4 113 (76.87%) VMware Infrastructure
5 101 (68.71%) MS Exchange
6 97 (65.99%) Windows Server 2008
7 81 (55.10%) SAN
8 79 (53.74%) MS Excel
9 74 (50.34%) Windows Server 2003
10 70 (47.62%) DNS
11 59 (40.14%) HP
12 53 (36.05%) DHCP
13 52 (35.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 49 (33.33%) SharePoint
15 43 (29.25%) Firewall
16 39 (26.53%) Migration
17 38 (25.85%) ITIL
18 37 (25.17%) MCSE
19 35 (23.81%) TCP/IP
19 35 (23.81%) MCP
19 35 (23.81%) SQL
20 34 (23.13%) SQL Server
20 34 (23.13%) Cisco
20 34 (23.13%) Symantec
20 34 (23.13%) Hyper-V
21 31 (21.09%) Backup Exec
22 30 (20.41%) VMware ESXi
23 29 (19.73%) SharePoint 2010
23 29 (19.73%) Veritas

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (7.483%) .NET
2 8 (5.442%) Web Services
2 8 (5.442%) ASP.NET
3 6 (4.082%) Ajax
3 6 (4.082%) jQuery
3 6 (4.082%) XML Messaging
3 6 (4.082%) XHTML
3 6 (4.082%) XML
3 6 (4.082%) CSS
3 6 (4.082%) HTML
4 5 (3.401%) SAML
5 3 (2.041%) WebSphere
6 2 (1.361%) ASP
6 2 (1.361%) COM
Application Platforms
1 101 (68.71%) MS Exchange
2 49 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 29 (19.73%) SharePoint 2010
3 29 (19.73%) IIS
4 26 (17.69%) Exchange Server 2010
5 19 (12.93%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (6.803%) Lync
7 5 (3.401%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (3.401%) Windows Azure
8 4 (2.721%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (2.041%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (1.361%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (1.361%) WorkSite
10 2 (1.361%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.680%) Apache
Applications
1 79 (53.74%) MS Excel
2 25 (17.01%) MS Office
3 13 (8.844%) Office 365
4 4 (2.721%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.361%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.361%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.680%) Agresso
2 1 (0.680%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 81 (55.10%) SAN
2 70 (47.62%) DNS
3 53 (36.05%) DHCP
4 43 (29.25%) Firewall
5 35 (23.81%) TCP/IP
6 23 (15.65%) VPN
7 20 (13.61%) iSCSI
8 17 (11.56%) VLAN
9 16 (10.88%) Fibre Channel
10 15 (10.20%) WAN
11 14 (9.524%) LAN
11 14 (9.524%) Internet
12 12 (8.163%) SMTP
13 11 (7.483%) NAS
14 10 (6.803%) Network Security
14 10 (6.803%) VoIP
14 10 (6.803%) SSL
14 10 (6.803%) FTP
14 10 (6.803%) Kerberos
15 7 (4.762%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (23.13%) SQL Server
2 17 (11.56%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (2.041%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (2.041%) MySQL
5 2 (1.361%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.680%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 10 (6.803%) Team Foundation Server
2 6 (4.082%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.680%) MSI
General
1 20 (13.61%) Finance
2 8 (5.442%) Law
3 5 (3.401%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.401%) Banking
4 4 (2.721%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.041%) Retail
6 2 (1.361%) Legal
7 1 (0.680%) Advertising
7 1 (0.680%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 30 (20.41%) Administrator
2 29 (19.73%) Systems Administrator
3 23 (15.65%) Systems Engineer
4 20 (13.61%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 19 (12.93%) Support Engineer
6 18 (12.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 13 (8.844%) Analyst
8 10 (6.803%) 3rd Line Support
8 10 (6.803%) Server Support
9 8 (5.442%) Infrastructure Architect
9 8 (5.442%) Architect
10 7 (4.762%) Consultant
10 7 (4.762%) Infrastructure Consultant
11 6 (4.082%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
11 6 (4.082%) Senior Architect
11 6 (4.082%) Server Specialist
11 6 (4.082%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
11 6 (4.082%) Server Support Specialist
11 6 (4.082%) Senior Systems Engineer
11 6 (4.082%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.803%) SWIFT
2 8 (5.442%) Clustering
3 7 (4.762%) Blackberry
4 6 (4.082%) Open Source
4 6 (4.082%) Statistics
4 6 (4.082%) W3C
5 5 (3.401%) iPad
5 5 (3.401%) iPhone
6 4 (2.721%) Computer Science
6 4 (2.721%) Replication
7 3 (2.041%) SaaS
8 2 (1.361%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.361%) Fat Client
8 2 (1.361%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.361%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.680%) Firmware
9 1 (0.680%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 137 (93.20%) Windows
2 97 (65.99%) Windows Server 2008
3 74 (50.34%) Windows Server 2003
4 27 (18.37%) Linux
5 19 (12.93%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (11.56%) Windows 7
7 13 (8.844%) Solaris
8 9 (6.122%) Windows 8
9 8 (5.442%) Windows Vista
9 8 (5.442%) Windows XP
10 6 (4.082%) Android
10 6 (4.082%) Windows 2000 Server
11 5 (3.401%) Windows Phone
12 4 (2.721%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 4 (2.721%) AIX
13 3 (2.041%) Windows 2000
14 2 (1.361%) UNIX
15 1 (0.680%) Windows NT
15 1 (0.680%) SUSE
15 1 (0.680%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (26.53%) Migration
2 38 (25.85%) ITIL
3 28 (19.05%) Release Management
4 13 (8.844%) Project Management
4 13 (8.844%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (7.483%) Service Delivery
6 9 (6.122%) Load Balancing
7 8 (5.442%) Business Development
7 8 (5.442%) PRINCE2
8 6 (4.082%) Web Development
8 6 (4.082%) Information Security
8 6 (4.082%) Scrum
9 5 (3.401%) Configuration Management
9 5 (3.401%) Business Intelligence
9 5 (3.401%) Change Management
9 5 (3.401%) Integration Testing
9 5 (3.401%) Document Management
10 4 (2.721%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (2.041%) Validation
11 3 (2.041%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (23.81%) SQL
2 8 (5.442%) C#
3 6 (4.082%) VB.NET
4 5 (3.401%) VBA
5 4 (2.721%) VB
6 3 (2.041%) T-SQL
6 3 (2.041%) VBScript
6 3 (2.041%) PL/SQL
6 3 (2.041%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.361%) C
7 2 (1.361%) Java
7 2 (1.361%) C++
8 1 (0.680%) Perl
8 1 (0.680%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 52 (35.37%) Microsoft Certification
2 37 (25.17%) MCSE
3 35 (23.81%) MCP
4 24 (16.33%) MCITP
5 11 (7.483%) MCSA
6 8 (5.442%) MCTS
7 7 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
7 7 (4.762%) CCNA
7 7 (4.762%) Degree
8 4 (2.721%) CCNP
9 2 (1.361%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (1.361%) MCDST
9 2 (1.361%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.680%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.041%) SLA
1 3 (2.041%) QA
System Software
1 120 (81.63%) Active Directory
2 113 (76.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 34 (23.13%) Hyper-V
4 30 (20.41%) VMware ESXi
5 21 (14.29%) vSphere
6 12 (8.163%) XenApp
6 12 (8.163%) VMware ESX
7 9 (6.122%) Forefront TMG
7 9 (6.122%) UAG
7 9 (6.122%) XenDesktop
8 6 (4.082%) XenServer
9 4 (2.721%) VMware Workstation
10 2 (1.361%) Xen
10 2 (1.361%) NFS
10 2 (1.361%) ISA Server
11 1 (0.680%) Terminal Server
11 1 (0.680%) Terminal Services
11 1 (0.680%) VMware Server
11 1 (0.680%) Cygwin
Systems Management
1 31 (21.09%) Backup Exec
2 26 (17.69%) Norton AntiVirus
2 26 (17.69%) WSUS
3 17 (11.56%) SCOM
4 13 (8.844%) SCCM
5 8 (5.442%) NetBackup
6 4 (2.721%) Tivoli
6 4 (2.721%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 3 (2.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (2.041%) BladeLogic
8 2 (1.361%) HP SIM
9 1 (0.680%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.680%) HP Data Protector
9 1 (0.680%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 1 (0.680%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 133 (90.48%) Microsoft
2 113 (76.87%) VMware
3 59 (40.14%) HP
4 34 (23.13%) Cisco
4 34 (23.13%) Symantec
5 29 (19.73%) Veritas
6 27 (18.37%) McAfee
7 23 (15.65%) Citrix
8 20 (13.61%) IBM
9 12 (8.163%) DataCore
10 9 (6.122%) Dell
11 8 (5.442%) Oracle
12 7 (4.762%) NetApp
12 7 (4.762%) EMC
13 5 (3.401%) Novell
13 5 (3.401%) WatchGuard
14 4 (2.721%) Veeam
14 4 (2.721%) Brocade
14 4 (2.721%) Juniper
14 4 (2.721%) CheckPoint
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