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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 17 - 25
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 4 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 4.301% - 1.935%
As % of the System Software category 33.33% - 11.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
Average salary £36,750 - £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £34,950 - £41,000
10% offered a salary of more than £38,550 - £49,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Gatwick
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
12 0 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gatwick 12.90% - 17.42%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 21
Average salary £35,000 - £38,000
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 - £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,700 £50,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
West Sussex

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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 10 (100.00%) ITIL
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) WAN
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 10 (100.00%) LAN
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (90.00%) Network Security
3 8 (80.00%) Performance Management
3 8 (80.00%) Wireless Security
3 8 (80.00%) PCI DSS
3 8 (80.00%) ISDN
3 8 (80.00%) tcpdump
3 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (80.00%) Hyper-V
3 8 (80.00%) Service Delivery
3 8 (80.00%) Wireless
3 8 (80.00%) IPsec
3 8 (80.00%) Cisco IPCC
3 8 (80.00%) IVR
3 8 (80.00%) SecurID
3 8 (80.00%) VPLS
3 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
3 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (80.00%) OSPF
3 8 (80.00%) BGP
3 8 (80.00%) EIGRP

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gatwick 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.

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (100.00%) WAN
1 10 (100.00%) LAN
1 10 (100.00%) Firewall
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco ASA
2 9 (90.00%) Network Security
3 8 (80.00%) Wireless Security
3 8 (80.00%) ISDN
3 8 (80.00%) tcpdump
3 8 (80.00%) Wireless
3 8 (80.00%) IPsec
3 8 (80.00%) VPLS
3 8 (80.00%) OSPF
3 8 (80.00%) BGP
3 8 (80.00%) EIGRP
3 8 (80.00%) WLAN
3 8 (80.00%) TCP/IP
3 8 (80.00%) VPN
3 8 (80.00%) DNS
3 8 (80.00%) SSL
3 8 (80.00%) SMTP
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Analyst
1 10 (100.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Network Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Security Analyst
2 8 (80.00%) Network Security Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) IVR
1 8 (80.00%) SecurID
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (80.00%) Linux
3 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (80.00%) Performance Management
2 8 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 8 (80.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (80.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (80.00%) Hyper-V
3 2 (20.00%) XenApp
3 2 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco IPCC
2 2 (20.00%) SCOM
2 2 (20.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Cisco
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (80.00%) CheckPoint
2 8 (80.00%) Nortel
2 8 (80.00%) Avaya
2 8 (80.00%) Juniper
2 8 (80.00%) CA
2 8 (80.00%) Verint
3 2 (20.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) NetApp
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) Symantec
3 2 (20.00%) LANDesk
3 2 (20.00%) SolarWinds