The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi 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 ESXi 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 ESXi
Rank 117 140 158
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +18
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 27 10 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 1.100% 0.399% 0.274%
As % of the System Software category 12.56% 4.785% 2.951%
Number of salaries quoted 25 10 2
Average salary £30,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £34,350 £38,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £55,850 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +21.21%
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 ESXi
East of England

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire VMware ESXi Salary Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire VMware ESXi Salary Histogram

VMware ESXi
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi 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 +5 10 £29,250 +2.63%
Welwyn Garden City - 5 £37,500 -
Hemel Hempstead - 2 £32,000 -
Watford +10 1 £60,000 +50.00%
Letchworth - 1 £45,000 -
VMware ESXi
East of England

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1 34 (80.95%) Windows
2 33 (78.57%) VMware
3 31 (73.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (64.29%) Active Directory
5 25 (59.52%) Cisco
6 23 (54.76%) Microsoft
7 20 (47.62%) VMware ESX
8 16 (38.10%) Firewall
9 15 (35.71%) IIS
9 15 (35.71%) MS Excel
9 15 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
9 15 (35.71%) vSphere
10 14 (33.33%) NAS
10 14 (33.33%) iSCSI
10 14 (33.33%) Windows Vista
11 12 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
12 10 (23.81%) SharePoint
13 9 (21.43%) MS Exchange
13 9 (21.43%) VoIP
13 9 (21.43%) VLAN
14 8 (19.05%) Cisco UCCX
14 8 (19.05%) Windows XP
14 8 (19.05%) Linux
14 8 (19.05%) H.323
15 7 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
16 6 (14.29%) MCITP
16 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
16 6 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
16 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
16 6 (14.29%) SAN

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 15 (35.71%) IIS
2 10 (23.81%) SharePoint
3 9 (21.43%) MS Exchange
4 5 (11.90%) Lync
5 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (4.762%) Apache
5 2 (4.762%) Tomcat
5 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.762%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 15 (35.71%) MS Excel
2 3 (7.143%) Office 365
3 1 (2.381%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (38.10%) Firewall
2 14 (33.33%) NAS
2 14 (33.33%) iSCSI
3 9 (21.43%) VLAN
3 9 (21.43%) VoIP
4 8 (19.05%) H.323
5 6 (14.29%) Cisco ASA
5 6 (14.29%) VPN
5 6 (14.29%) SAN
6 5 (11.90%) LAN
6 5 (11.90%) TCP/IP
7 4 (9.524%) PSTN
8 1 (2.381%) ADSL
8 1 (2.381%) WLAN
8 1 (2.381%) WAN
8 1 (2.381%) DHCP
8 1 (2.381%) Ethernet
8 1 (2.381%) HTTP
8 1 (2.381%) Internet
8 1 (2.381%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.381%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (4.762%) Finance
2 1 (2.381%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (28.57%) Support Engineer
2 11 (26.19%) 3rd Line Support
3 8 (19.05%) Voice Engineer
4 7 (16.67%) VoIP Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) 2nd Line Support
5 5 (11.90%) Systems Engineer
5 5 (11.90%) Technical Support
6 4 (9.524%) IT Support
6 4 (9.524%) Cisco VoIP Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Cisco Voice Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) Cisco Engineer
6 4 (9.524%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 3 (7.143%) Senior Technical Support
7 3 (7.143%) IT Support Engineer
8 2 (4.762%) Desktop Engineer
8 2 (4.762%) Administrator
8 2 (4.762%) Desktop Support
8 2 (4.762%) Server Support
8 2 (4.762%) 3rd Line Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.381%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.381%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.381%) CLARiiON
1 1 (2.381%) Celerra
1 1 (2.381%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (2.381%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 34 (80.95%) Windows
2 15 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (33.33%) Windows Vista
4 12 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (19.05%) Linux
5 8 (19.05%) Windows XP
6 5 (11.90%) UNIX
7 4 (9.524%) Windows 7
8 2 (4.762%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (4.762%) Android
9 1 (2.381%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (2.381%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (11.90%) CRM
1 5 (11.90%) Migration
1 5 (11.90%) Release Management
2 4 (9.524%) Service Delivery
3 2 (4.762%) Software Deployment
4 1 (2.381%) High Availability
4 1 (2.381%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.381%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.29%) SQL
1 6 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (14.29%) MCSE
2 6 (14.29%) CCNA
2 6 (14.29%) MCITP
3 3 (7.143%) Degree
4 1 (2.381%) VCP4
4 1 (2.381%) VCP5
4 1 (2.381%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 31 (73.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 27 (64.29%) Active Directory
3 20 (47.62%) VMware ESX
4 15 (35.71%) vSphere
5 1 (2.381%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (2.381%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (19.05%) Cisco UCCX
2 6 (14.29%) Backup Exec
3 1 (2.381%) WSUS
3 1 (2.381%) SCCM
3 1 (2.381%) SCOM
3 1 (2.381%) Sysprep
3 1 (2.381%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (2.381%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 33 (78.57%) VMware
2 25 (59.52%) Cisco
3 23 (54.76%) Microsoft
4 6 (14.29%) HP
4 6 (14.29%) Symantec
5 4 (9.524%) Apple
6 2 (4.762%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.381%) McAfee
7 1 (2.381%) EMC
7 1 (2.381%) Kaseya
7 1 (2.381%) Acronis