The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hounslow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 Hounslow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 17 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 1 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hounslow 1.471% 10.71% -
As % of the System Software category 7.692% 54.55% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
Average salary £31,500 £55,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.72% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Hounslow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
13 11 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hounslow 19.12% 19.64% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 11 12
Average salary £31,500 £55,000 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.72% +7.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £34,050 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
London

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hounslow vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Salary Trend

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

Hounslow vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hounslow region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (75.00%) LAN
2 3 (75.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) VPN
3 2 (50.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) EMC
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) UNIX
3 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 2 (50.00%) HPUX
3 2 (50.00%) Solaris
3 2 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (50.00%) SUSE
3 2 (50.00%) RHCE
3 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) XenApp
3 2 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) CCEE
4 1 (25.00%) CCAA
4 1 (25.00%) CCIA

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hounslow region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) LAN
1 3 (75.00%) WAN
1 3 (75.00%) VPN
2 2 (50.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) Intranet
3 1 (25.00%) Internet
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Systems Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Storage Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Implementation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) HPUX
1 2 (50.00%) Solaris
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) SUSE
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (50.00%) RHCE
3 1 (25.00%) CCEE
3 1 (25.00%) CCAA
3 1 (25.00%) CCIA
3 1 (25.00%) MCTS
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (50.00%) XenApp
2 2 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (25.00%) XenServer
3 1 (25.00%) Terminal Server
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) HP
2 2 (50.00%) EMC
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 2 (50.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Mitel
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft