The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 43 49 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 8 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 3.347% 2.506% -
As % of the System Software category 22.86% 19.23% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 0
Average salary £34,500 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.75% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
35 52 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 14.64% 13.03% 7.071%
Number of salaries quoted 20 45 14
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £18,750 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £33,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
Gloucestershire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

Gloucester VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Gloucester region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Gloucester VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 14 (100.00%) SQL
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
1 14 (100.00%) HP
1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
1 14 (100.00%) SAN
1 14 (100.00%) Symantec
1 14 (100.00%) NetApp
1 14 (100.00%) NetBackup
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
1 14 (100.00%) vSphere
2 13 (92.86%) Software Architecture
2 13 (92.86%) Web Development
2 13 (92.86%) Degree
2 13 (92.86%) Mathematics
2 13 (92.86%) DV Cleared
2 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 13 (92.86%) Brocade
2 13 (92.86%) Veritas
2 13 (92.86%) Shell Script
2 13 (92.86%) Perl
2 13 (92.86%) Identity Management
2 13 (92.86%) WebLogic
2 13 (92.86%) ITIL
2 13 (92.86%) DHCP
2 13 (92.86%) CGI
2 13 (92.86%) HPUX
2 13 (92.86%) Solaris
2 13 (92.86%) Linux
2 13 (92.86%) JBoss

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (92.86%) J2EE
1 13 (92.86%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 13 (92.86%) WebLogic
1 13 (92.86%) Apache
2 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2000
Communications & Networking
1 14 (100.00%) SAN
2 13 (92.86%) DHCP
3 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (92.86%) MySQL
2 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (7.143%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (7.143%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (7.143%) Consultant
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 13 (92.86%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 13 (92.86%) HPUX
2 13 (92.86%) Solaris
2 13 (92.86%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) ITIL
1 13 (92.86%) Identity Management
1 13 (92.86%) Web Development
1 13 (92.86%) Software Architecture
2 1 (7.143%) Business Development
2 1 (7.143%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) SQL
2 13 (92.86%) Shell Script
2 13 (92.86%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) Degree
1 13 (92.86%) DV Cleared
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.143%) NCDA
2 1 (7.143%) NCIE
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 14 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.143%) XenApp
2 1 (7.143%) XenServer
2 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 14 (100.00%) NetBackup
2 1 (7.143%) Backup Exec
2 1 (7.143%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) Cisco
1 14 (100.00%) HP
1 14 (100.00%) Citrix
1 14 (100.00%) NetApp
1 14 (100.00%) Symantec
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (92.86%) Brocade
2 13 (92.86%) Veritas
2 13 (92.86%) JBoss
3 1 (7.143%) CommVault