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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank - 41 22
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 0 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe - 0.435% 2.667%
As % of the System Software category - 3.704% 16.00%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 4
Average salary - £40,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
23 27 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 12.17% 11.74% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 22 27 22
Average salary £37,500 £28,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.92% -34.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £26,648
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
Buckinghamshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) EqualLogic
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 1 (50.00%) Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCSE
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) CCNA
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Windows Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2... Symantec Backup Exec. ADSL. TCP/IP... Microsoft SharePoint. Microsoft OCS 2007 / Lync 2010. Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtualisation products.
NS Consultants
Salary: From £16,000 to £18,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013