The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 119 140 105
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -35
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 25 10 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.019% 0.399% 1.887%
As % of the System Software category 11.63% 4.785% 20.33%
Number of salaries quoted 20 8 39
Average salary £34,500 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.36% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,650 £36,550 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,800 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.50% +5.62%
All System Software
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
215 209 305
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 8.761% 8.347% 9.285%
Number of salaries quoted 196 181 233
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,100 £52,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
East of England

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
St Albans +2 7 £28,500 -
Welwyn Garden City - 5 £37,500 -
Watford +15 2 £55,000 +37.50%
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £31,500 -
VMware ESX
East of England

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 50 (100.00%) VMware
2 32 (64.00%) vSphere
3 31 (62.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 31 (62.00%) Cisco
4 30 (60.00%) Windows
5 26 (52.00%) TCP/IP
6 25 (50.00%) HP
7 24 (48.00%) UNIX
8 21 (42.00%) Active Directory
9 20 (40.00%) Linux
9 20 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
10 19 (38.00%) Solaris
10 19 (38.00%) Red Hat
10 19 (38.00%) DNS
10 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
11 18 (36.00%) Hyper-V
12 17 (34.00%) Oracle
13 16 (32.00%) IIS
13 16 (32.00%) SSH
13 16 (32.00%) Firewall
14 15 (30.00%) LDAP
14 15 (30.00%) iSCSI
15 14 (28.00%) MS Excel
15 14 (28.00%) Sun
16 13 (26.00%) Windows Server 2008
17 12 (24.00%) SAN
18 11 (22.00%) EMC
18 11 (22.00%) SharePoint
18 11 (22.00%) Python
18 11 (22.00%) Perl

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 5 (10.00%) Web Services
2 3 (6.000%) Middleware
2 3 (6.000%) WebSphere
3 2 (4.000%) Application Packaging
3 2 (4.000%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 16 (32.00%) IIS
2 11 (22.00%) SharePoint
3 8 (16.00%) MS Exchange
3 8 (16.00%) Apache
4 5 (10.00%) WebLogic
4 5 (10.00%) Amazon AWS
4 5 (10.00%) Lync
5 3 (6.000%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (6.000%) Tomcat
6 2 (4.000%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 14 (28.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 26 (52.00%) TCP/IP
2 19 (38.00%) DNS
3 16 (32.00%) SSH
3 16 (32.00%) Firewall
4 15 (30.00%) iSCSI
4 15 (30.00%) LDAP
5 12 (24.00%) SAN
6 11 (22.00%) NAS
7 8 (16.00%) LAN
8 5 (10.00%) VPN
8 5 (10.00%) Fibre Channel
8 5 (10.00%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (6.000%) VLAN
9 3 (6.000%) Internet
9 3 (6.000%) WAN
9 3 (6.000%) DHCP
10 2 (4.000%) VoIP
11 1 (2.000%) WLAN
11 1 (2.000%) ADSL
11 1 (2.000%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.000%) MySQL
1 3 (6.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.000%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 9 (18.00%) Finance
2 5 (10.00%) Banking
3 1 (2.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (30.00%) UNIX Engineer
1 15 (30.00%) Senior UNIX Engineer
2 10 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 7 (14.00%) Systems Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) 3rd Line Support
5 5 (10.00%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (8.000%) Consultant
6 4 (8.000%) Desktop Support
6 4 (8.000%) Analyst
6 4 (8.000%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 4 (8.000%) Desktop Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.000%) IT Support
7 3 (6.000%) Technical Consultant
8 2 (4.000%) Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.000%) Senior Consultant
8 2 (4.000%) Systems Administrator
8 2 (4.000%) Linux Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.00%) PKI
2 3 (6.000%) HACMP
3 2 (4.000%) Celerra
3 2 (4.000%) SaaS
4 1 (2.000%) EqualLogic
4 1 (2.000%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.000%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 30 (60.00%) Windows
2 24 (48.00%) UNIX
3 20 (40.00%) Linux
4 19 (38.00%) Solaris
5 13 (26.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (22.00%) Windows Vista
7 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (14.00%) AIX
9 5 (10.00%) Windows XP
10 4 (8.000%) Windows 7
11 3 (6.000%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (6.000%) OS/400
11 3 (6.000%) SUSE
12 2 (4.000%) HPUX
12 2 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
13 1 (2.000%) CentOS
13 1 (2.000%) Windows 2000
13 1 (2.000%) FreeBSD
13 1 (2.000%) Windows NT
13 1 (2.000%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (14.00%) CRM
2 5 (10.00%) Release Management
3 3 (6.000%) High Availability
3 3 (6.000%) Operations Management
4 2 (4.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (4.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (4.000%) Business Continuity
4 2 (4.000%) Supplier Management
5 1 (2.000%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.000%) CAD
5 1 (2.000%) Project Management
5 1 (2.000%) Process Management
5 1 (2.000%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 11 (22.00%) Perl
1 11 (22.00%) Python
2 10 (20.00%) Shell Script
2 10 (20.00%) Bourne shell
2 10 (20.00%) C-shell
3 8 (16.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.000%) C
4 1 (2.000%) C++
4 1 (2.000%) Ruby
4 1 (2.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) MCSE
1 7 (14.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 7 (14.00%) MCITP
2 6 (12.00%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (12.00%) CCNA
3 3 (6.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.000%) MCTS
4 2 (4.000%) MCP
5 1 (2.000%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (2.000%) CCEA
5 1 (2.000%) CCNP
5 1 (2.000%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.000%) HP AIS
5 1 (2.000%) HP MASE
5 1 (2.000%) VCDX
5 1 (2.000%) VCP4
5 1 (2.000%) NCDA
5 1 (2.000%) NCIE
5 1 (2.000%) VCAP
5 1 (2.000%) CCEE
System Software
1 32 (64.00%) vSphere
2 31 (62.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (42.00%) Active Directory
4 20 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
5 18 (36.00%) Hyper-V
6 5 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
7 3 (6.000%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (6.000%) PowerHA
8 2 (4.000%) Xen
8 2 (4.000%) NFS
8 2 (4.000%) VMware Workstation
9 1 (2.000%) Terminal Services
9 1 (2.000%) Samba
9 1 (2.000%) Nmap
9 1 (2.000%) Squid
9 1 (2.000%) Postfix
9 1 (2.000%) Sendmail
9 1 (2.000%) XenApp
9 1 (2.000%) XenServer
9 1 (2.000%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Backup Exec
2 5 (10.00%) BMC PATROL
3 3 (6.000%) Tivoli
3 3 (6.000%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (4.000%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (4.000%) Nagios
4 2 (4.000%) Business Desktop Deployment
4 2 (4.000%) SCCM
4 2 (4.000%) OpenView
5 1 (2.000%) WSUS
5 1 (2.000%) Cacti
5 1 (2.000%) Sysprep
5 1 (2.000%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (2.000%) Puppet
5 1 (2.000%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) VMware
2 31 (62.00%) Cisco
3 25 (50.00%) HP
4 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
4 19 (38.00%) Red Hat
5 17 (34.00%) Oracle
6 14 (28.00%) Sun
7 11 (22.00%) EMC
8 6 (12.00%) Symantec
9 5 (10.00%) BMC
10 4 (8.000%) IBM
11 3 (6.000%) JBoss
11 3 (6.000%) Citrix
11 3 (6.000%) Apple
11 3 (6.000%) Brocade
12 2 (4.000%) VocaLink
12 2 (4.000%) NetApp
12 2 (4.000%) Dell
13 1 (2.000%) McAfee
13 1 (2.000%) Acronis