The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 17 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 87 59 -
Rank change year-on-year
-28 -
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 11 14 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.897% 1.643% -
As % of the System Software category 18.03% 17.07% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 0
Average salary £35,000 £40,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
61 82 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 4.976% 9.624% 4.850%
Number of salaries quoted 42 38 42
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +8.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,250 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £40,500 £46,250
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

Glasgow vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 21 (95.45%) VMware
2 19 (86.36%) Windows
3 16 (72.73%) MS Exchange
4 15 (68.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (63.64%) Active Directory
6 13 (59.09%) Exchange Server 2010
7 12 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2007
8 10 (45.45%) Citrix
8 10 (45.45%) XenApp
9 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
10 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (36.36%) Windows 7
11 7 (31.82%) SAN
12 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
12 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
13 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
13 5 (22.73%) Windows XP
14 4 (18.18%) SCVMM
14 4 (18.18%) SCCM
14 4 (18.18%) XenServer
14 4 (18.18%) XenDesktop
15 3 (13.64%) SCOM
15 3 (13.64%) VMware ESX
15 3 (13.64%) Cisco
15 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
15 3 (13.64%) HP
16 2 (9.091%) Sun
16 2 (9.091%) CCA
16 2 (9.091%) Citrix Certification

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 Platforms
1 16 (72.73%) MS Exchange
2 13 (59.09%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (54.55%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (27.27%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) SAN
2 1 (4.545%) Firewall
2 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
2 1 (4.545%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Investment Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 5 (22.73%) Systems Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Consultant
4 2 (9.091%) Support Engineer
4 2 (9.091%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Support Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) IT Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Project Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Specialist
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Exchange Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
2 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (4.545%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 19 (86.36%) Windows
2 14 (63.64%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (36.36%) Windows 7
3 8 (36.36%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (22.73%) Windows XP
5 2 (9.091%) UNIX
5 2 (9.091%) Solaris
5 2 (9.091%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (9.091%) CRM
1 2 (9.091%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.091%) SQL
2 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) MCSE
1 2 (9.091%) CCA
1 2 (9.091%) Citrix Certification
1 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (9.091%) MCITP
1 2 (9.091%) CCAA
2 1 (4.545%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) VCP4
System Software
1 15 (68.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (63.64%) Active Directory
3 10 (45.45%) XenApp
4 5 (22.73%) Hyper-V
5 4 (18.18%) XenServer
5 4 (18.18%) XenDesktop
6 3 (13.64%) VMware ESX
7 1 (4.545%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) SCCM
1 4 (18.18%) SCVMM
2 3 (13.64%) SCOM
3 2 (9.091%) WSUS
4 1 (4.545%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 21 (95.45%) VMware
2 10 (45.45%) Citrix
3 9 (40.91%) Microsoft
4 3 (13.64%) Cisco
4 3 (13.64%) HP
5 2 (9.091%) NetApp
5 2 (9.091%) Sun
6 1 (4.545%) IBM
6 1 (4.545%) Avaya
6 1 (4.545%) CommVault
6 1 (4.545%) Hitachi
6 1 (4.545%) Veritas
6 1 (4.545%) Symantec
6 1 (4.545%) McAfee
6 1 (4.545%) EMC
6 1 (4.545%) Altiris
6 1 (4.545%) Oracle