The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESXi 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 497 557 664
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +107
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 387 331 201
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.380% 0.292% 0.165%
As % of the System Software category 3.881% 3.227% 2.074%
Number of salaries quoted 311 287 159
Average salary £37,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.94% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £32,300 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £62,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £39,500 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-13.92% +2.59%
All System Software
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
9972 10258 9693
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 9.794% 9.051% 7.979%
Number of salaries quoted 8534 8907 8122
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £62,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

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

England VMware ESXi Salary Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

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

England VMware ESXi Salary Histogram

VMware ESXi
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the England region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +3 129 £45,000 -5.26% 11
South East +56 119 £32,500 -18.75% 9
Yorkshire +24 37 £35,000 -6.66% 2
East of England +23 30 £31,000 -30.33%
West Midlands +10 22 £42,000 +78.72% 2
East Midlands - 21 £45,500 -
South West +14 15 £34,000 -16.04% 2
North West -30 10 £25,500 -40.00% 6
North East +4 5 £27,500 +2.80% 1
Midlands - 1 - -
VMware ESXi
UK

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1 787 (94.93%) VMware
2 714 (86.13%) Windows
3 521 (62.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 510 (61.52%) Windows Server 2008
5 439 (52.96%) Microsoft
6 392 (47.29%) Active Directory
7 384 (46.32%) Windows Server 2003
8 312 (37.64%) SAN
9 298 (35.95%) MS Exchange
10 269 (32.45%) vSphere
11 255 (30.76%) Cisco
12 253 (30.52%) Linux
13 246 (29.67%) HP
14 237 (28.59%) VMware ESX
15 236 (28.47%) SQL
16 232 (27.99%) Citrix
17 215 (25.93%) Firewall
18 213 (25.69%) SQL Server
19 199 (24.00%) MS Excel
20 180 (21.71%) DNS
21 176 (21.23%) Exchange Server 2010
22 160 (19.30%) ITIL
23 149 (17.97%) Red Hat
24 127 (15.32%) TCP/IP
25 119 (14.35%) VPN
25 119 (14.35%) DHCP
25 119 (14.35%) IIS
25 119 (14.35%) LAN
25 119 (14.35%) Exchange Server 2007
26 115 (13.87%) Microsoft Certification

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (3.016%) LAMP
1 25 (3.016%) Web Services
2 20 (2.413%) J2EE
3 12 (1.448%) HTML
4 11 (1.327%) XML
5 10 (1.206%) .NET
6 7 (0.844%) COM
7 4 (0.483%) Windows SharePoint Services
7 4 (0.483%) XMPP
8 3 (0.362%) Flash
9 2 (0.241%) JSON
9 2 (0.241%) EDI
9 2 (0.241%) CSS
9 2 (0.241%) ASP.NET
9 2 (0.241%) SAML
10 1 (0.121%) KnockoutJS
10 1 (0.121%) REST
10 1 (0.121%) Memcached
10 1 (0.121%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.121%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 298 (35.95%) MS Exchange
2 176 (21.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 119 (14.35%) IIS
3 119 (14.35%) Exchange Server 2007
4 83 (10.01%) SharePoint
5 81 (9.771%) Apache
6 68 (8.203%) Exchange Server 2003
7 31 (3.739%) SharePoint 2010
8 27 (3.257%) Tomcat
9 26 (3.136%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 22 (2.654%) Lync
11 6 (0.724%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (0.483%) nginx
12 4 (0.483%) Amazon AWS
13 2 (0.241%) Office Communications Server
13 2 (0.241%) Jetty
13 2 (0.241%) SharePoint 2013
14 1 (0.121%) Exchange Server 2013
14 1 (0.121%) Amazon EC2
14 1 (0.121%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 199 (24.00%) MS Excel
2 41 (4.946%) MS Office
3 5 (0.603%) Google Apps
4 4 (0.483%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (0.362%) Maximo
2 1 (0.121%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 312 (37.64%) SAN
2 215 (25.93%) Firewall
3 180 (21.71%) DNS
4 127 (15.32%) TCP/IP
5 119 (14.35%) VPN
5 119 (14.35%) DHCP
5 119 (14.35%) LAN
6 100 (12.06%) WAN
7 66 (7.961%) Internet
8 61 (7.358%) VLAN
9 53 (6.393%) SMTP
10 50 (6.031%) Cisco ASA
11 44 (5.308%) SSL
11 44 (5.308%) iSCSI
12 41 (4.946%) VoIP
13 38 (4.584%) NetScreen
14 36 (4.343%) NAS
14 36 (4.343%) FTP
15 30 (3.619%) Wireless
16 26 (3.136%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 213 (25.69%) SQL Server
2 95 (11.46%) MySQL
3 56 (6.755%) SQL Server 2008
4 40 (4.825%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (1.086%) PostgreSQL
6 8 (0.965%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (0.362%) SQL Server 2012
7 3 (0.362%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.241%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.121%) SQL CLR
9 1 (0.121%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.121%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.121%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.121%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (0.965%) Git (software)
1 8 (0.965%) ClearQuest
1 8 (0.965%) ClearCase
2 6 (0.724%) Subversion
3 5 (0.603%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.121%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.121%) Hudson
4 1 (0.121%) MSI
4 1 (0.121%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 113 (13.63%) Finance
2 35 (4.222%) Banking
3 23 (2.774%) Retail
4 21 (2.533%) Telecoms
5 10 (1.206%) Financial Institution
5 10 (1.206%) Legal
6 9 (1.086%) Advertising
6 9 (1.086%) Russian Language
7 8 (0.965%) Law
7 8 (0.965%) Manufacturing
8 7 (0.844%) Back Office
9 6 (0.724%) Investment Banking
9 6 (0.724%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (0.603%) Marketing
11 4 (0.483%) Military
11 4 (0.483%) Electronics
12 3 (0.362%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.241%) Arabic Language
13 2 (0.241%) French Language
13 2 (0.241%) German Language
Job Titles
1 158 (19.06%) Administrator
2 136 (16.41%) Systems Administrator
3 106 (12.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 79 (9.530%) Support Engineer
5 73 (8.806%) Analyst
6 65 (7.841%) 3rd Line Support
7 63 (7.600%) Systems Engineer
8 61 (7.358%) Consultant
9 47 (5.669%) Linux Administrator
9 47 (5.669%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 37 (4.463%) Technical Support
11 35 (4.222%) Architect
11 35 (4.222%) Wintel Engineer
12 34 (4.101%) Windows Administrator
13 33 (3.981%) Linux Engineer
13 33 (3.981%) Technical Engineer
14 31 (3.739%) Senior Systems Administrator
15 30 (3.619%) Windows Systems Administrator
15 30 (3.619%) VMware Engineer
16 29 (3.498%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.323%) Clustering
2 44 (5.308%) Blackberry
3 28 (3.378%) Replication
4 24 (2.895%) SaaS
5 22 (2.654%) Firmware
6 18 (2.171%) Enterprise Storage
6 18 (2.171%) EqualLogic
7 10 (1.206%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 9 (1.086%) Thin Client
8 9 (1.086%) Management Information System
8 9 (1.086%) Fat Client
8 9 (1.086%) iSeries
9 7 (0.844%) iPhone
10 6 (0.724%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (0.724%) AS400
11 5 (0.603%) CLARiiON
12 4 (0.483%) Celerra
12 4 (0.483%) Chip and PIN
12 4 (0.483%) Open Source
13 3 (0.362%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 714 (86.13%) Windows
2 510 (61.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 384 (46.32%) Windows Server 2003
4 253 (30.52%) Linux
5 97 (11.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 96 (11.58%) CentOS
7 76 (9.168%) Windows 7
8 75 (9.047%) Ubuntu
9 68 (8.203%) Windows XP
10 50 (6.031%) UNIX
11 44 (5.308%) Debian
12 41 (4.946%) Windows Vista
13 35 (4.222%) Windows Server 2012
14 32 (3.860%) Windows 2000 Server
15 24 (2.895%) Windows 2000
16 17 (2.051%) Solaris
17 12 (1.448%) Windows 8
18 11 (1.327%) Android
19 9 (1.086%) Mac OS X
20 7 (0.844%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (19.30%) ITIL
2 53 (6.393%) Disaster Recovery
3 52 (6.273%) Migration
4 51 (6.152%) Change Management
5 46 (5.549%) Capacity Management
6 45 (5.428%) Service Delivery
7 36 (4.343%) Project Management
8 32 (3.860%) PRINCE2
8 32 (3.860%) Business Continuity
9 31 (3.739%) Release Management
10 30 (3.619%) Problem Management
11 25 (3.016%) Capacity Planning
12 21 (2.533%) BCP
12 21 (2.533%) Service Management
13 20 (2.413%) CRM
14 17 (2.051%) E-Commerce
14 17 (2.051%) Network Load Balancing
15 16 (1.930%) Technical Architecture
16 15 (1.809%) Load Balancing
17 14 (1.689%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 236 (28.47%) SQL
2 74 (8.926%) PowerShell
3 49 (5.911%) Java
4 40 (4.825%) Bash shell
5 34 (4.101%) PHP
6 29 (3.498%) Perl
7 27 (3.257%) C
8 24 (2.895%) VB
8 24 (2.895%) Python
9 19 (2.292%) Ruby
10 18 (2.171%) VBScript
11 10 (1.206%) C++
12 9 (1.086%) C#
13 5 (0.603%) VB.NET
14 2 (0.241%) ActionScript
14 2 (0.241%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.241%) JavaScript
14 2 (0.241%) ActionScript 2.0
15 1 (0.121%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 115 (13.87%) Microsoft Certification
2 87 (10.49%) MCSE
3 66 (7.961%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 61 (7.358%) Cisco Certification
5 59 (7.117%) MCITP
6 58 (6.996%) Security Cleared
7 54 (6.514%) CCNA
8 52 (6.273%) Degree
9 44 (5.308%) MCP
10 38 (4.584%) MCSA
11 37 (4.463%) SC Cleared
12 33 (3.981%) DV Cleared
13 26 (3.136%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (1.568%) VCP4
15 11 (1.327%) CCA
15 11 (1.327%) Citrix Certification
16 10 (1.206%) JNCIS
16 10 (1.206%) RHCE
16 10 (1.206%) VCP5
17 9 (1.086%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (5.549%) SLA
2 9 (1.086%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.121%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.121%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.121%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 521 (62.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 392 (47.29%) Active Directory
3 269 (32.45%) vSphere
4 237 (28.59%) VMware ESX
5 102 (12.30%) XenApp
6 100 (12.06%) Hyper-V
7 56 (6.755%) Terminal Services
8 46 (5.549%) Xen
9 40 (4.825%) Microsoft App-V
10 30 (3.619%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 27 (3.257%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 23 (2.774%) XenDesktop
13 20 (2.413%) NFS
13 20 (2.413%) XenServer
14 17 (2.051%) Forefront TMG
15 11 (1.327%) ISA Server
16 10 (1.206%) Samba
17 9 (1.086%) UAG
18 7 (0.844%) Postfix
19 6 (0.724%) VMFS
Systems Management
1 86 (10.37%) Backup Exec
2 66 (7.961%) WSUS
3 38 (4.584%) Nagios
4 32 (3.860%) Puppet
5 31 (3.739%) Norton AntiVirus
6 29 (3.498%) NetBackup
7 23 (2.774%) SCCM
8 17 (2.051%) SCOM
9 14 (1.689%) Tivoli
10 12 (1.448%) Cisco UCCX
11 11 (1.327%) FortiGate
12 10 (1.206%) HP SIM
13 9 (1.086%) YUM
13 9 (1.086%) Cacti
14 8 (0.965%) SolarWinds Orion
14 8 (0.965%) SCVMM
15 6 (0.724%) HP Data Protector
15 6 (0.724%) Tivoli Storage Manager
15 6 (0.724%) Sysprep
16 5 (0.603%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 787 (94.93%) VMware
2 439 (52.96%) Microsoft
3 255 (30.76%) Cisco
4 246 (29.67%) HP
5 232 (27.99%) Citrix
6 149 (17.97%) Red Hat
7 91 (10.98%) Juniper
8 83 (10.01%) Symantec
9 75 (9.047%) NetApp
10 74 (8.926%) EMC
11 56 (6.755%) Dell
12 49 (5.911%) IBM
13 39 (4.704%) Oracle
14 37 (4.463%) McAfee
15 32 (3.860%) Veeam
16 31 (3.739%) SolarWinds
16 31 (3.739%) Fortinet
17 30 (3.619%) Veritas
18 20 (2.413%) LANDesk
19 17 (2.051%) JBoss
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I am looking for a Windows Infrastructure Engineer (Server 2008, Exchange, AD, SQL, Wintel, VMware, ESX) for a role based in Sheffield... In addition to maintaining the environment,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Oxford, South East
My Oxford based client is currently looking for an Infrastructure Systems Administrator to join their team on a permanent basis. You will be part of the team who...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 11 June 2013
Canterbury, South East
You will be working in a large team supporting both day to day operations and also project work.SQL database administrator/ SQL DBA Essential Skills required:*You must...
Sand Resources
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
About the Role: Key areas of scope for this position are: Systems OS (Windows Server 2003, 2008) support, email support (Kerio Connect), Active Directory Support, database support (MSSQL),...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £20000 to £25000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Core skills & experience; - Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2008 - Windows Server 2003, 2008 - SAN/Cluster Administration - Virtual Server Administration - SharePoint Administration 2010 - Symantec Backup Exec - Hardware installation and configuration - Active...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 18 June 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £35k - 42k per year + Car Allowance and Overtime
Posted: 17 June 2013
Tamworth, Staffordshire
Senitor Associates
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Sale, Cheshire
Trafford Housing Trust
Salary: From £33,137 to £34,882 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £0000 - £9999 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Sutton, Surrey
RBW Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Connectus
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 30,000 + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 17 June 2013
Greater Manchester
SG Gaming
Salary: From £35,000 to £39,000 per annum plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Salary: £300 - £400 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 18 June 2013
South West London
Microsolv Systems Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Head Resourcing
Posted: 17 June 2013
Warrington, North West
Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
North West England
Hudson
Salary: £33000 - £38000 per annum + £3k shift allowance and bonuses
Posted: 13 June 2013
East London
Henderson Scott
Salary: From £60,000 to £70,000 per annum 30% Bonus , Plus Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013