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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 84 77 50
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -27
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 3 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.337% 0.971% 1.345%
As % of the System Software category 3.261% 14.29% 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 6
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.50% +5.62%
All System Software
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
92 49 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 10.33% 6.796% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 76 47 43
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £24,600
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
Surrey

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 18 (100.00%) VMware
1 18 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (77.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 13 (72.22%) Windows
3 13 (72.22%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
5 11 (61.11%) MCSE
5 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (55.56%) Cisco
7 9 (50.00%) SAN
7 9 (50.00%) MCITP
8 8 (44.44%) Firewall
8 8 (44.44%) CCNA
9 7 (38.89%) Avaya
9 7 (38.89%) Sage
9 7 (38.89%) Internet
9 7 (38.89%) Adobe
9 7 (38.89%) Ethernet
9 7 (38.89%) MS Office
9 7 (38.89%) DSL
9 7 (38.89%) IP Telephony
9 7 (38.89%) WiMAX
9 7 (38.89%) Hyper-V
9 7 (38.89%) vSphere
9 7 (38.89%) xDSL
10 6 (33.33%) MCTS
10 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
10 6 (33.33%) LAN
10 6 (33.33%) CCNP
10 6 (33.33%) Active Directory

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Platforms
1 1 (5.556%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (50.00%) SAN
2 8 (44.44%) Firewall
3 7 (38.89%) IP Telephony
3 7 (38.89%) WiMAX
3 7 (38.89%) xDSL
3 7 (38.89%) Ethernet
3 7 (38.89%) Internet
3 7 (38.89%) DSL
4 6 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 6 (33.33%) LAN
5 4 (22.22%) WAN
5 4 (22.22%) MPLS
6 1 (5.556%) DHCP
6 1 (5.556%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server
1 5 (27.78%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Consultant
2 6 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Support Consultant
3 5 (27.78%) VMware Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) IT Support
4 4 (22.22%) Architect
4 4 (22.22%) IT Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) Technical Architect
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Support Consultant
5 2 (11.11%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.556%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.556%) Senior Consultant
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Windows
2 5 (27.78%) Linux
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (5.556%) Operations Management
2 1 (5.556%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (77.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 13 (72.22%) Cisco Certification
3 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Certification
3 11 (61.11%) MCSE
4 9 (50.00%) MCITP
5 8 (44.44%) CCNA
6 6 (33.33%) CCNP
6 6 (33.33%) MCTS
7 5 (27.78%) VCP4
8 4 (22.22%) CCDA
8 4 (22.22%) Security+ Certification
8 4 (22.22%) CISSP
9 2 (11.11%) MCP
9 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
10 1 (5.556%) HP AIS
10 1 (5.556%) HP ASE
10 1 (5.556%) VCAP
10 1 (5.556%) CCEE
10 1 (5.556%) CCAA
10 1 (5.556%) CCIA
System Software
1 18 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (38.89%) Hyper-V
2 7 (38.89%) vSphere
3 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 1 (5.556%) XenApp
4 1 (5.556%) XenServer
4 1 (5.556%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 10 (55.56%) Cisco
4 7 (38.89%) Avaya
4 7 (38.89%) Adobe
4 7 (38.89%) Sage
5 5 (27.78%) HP
5 5 (27.78%) NetApp
5 5 (27.78%) Citrix
6 1 (5.556%) Dell
6 1 (5.556%) EMC