The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 44 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 11 29 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 3.364% 10.98% -
As % of the System Software category 15.49% 58.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 11 29 0
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
71 50 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 21.71% 18.94% 1.027%
Number of salaries quoted 67 46 3
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -17.72%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,800 £29,500 £23,900
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £41,900 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware Infrastructure
Suffolk

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Ipswich VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Ipswich VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 43 (100.00%) VMware
2 34 (79.07%) Windows
3 19 (44.19%) MS Exchange
3 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
3 19 (44.19%) Active Directory
4 15 (34.88%) ITIL
4 15 (34.88%) Windows Server 2008
5 14 (32.56%) Citrix
5 14 (32.56%) SAN
6 13 (30.23%) Linux
6 13 (30.23%) VMware ESX
6 13 (30.23%) Exchange Server 2010
7 11 (25.58%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (23.26%) Disaster Recovery
9 9 (20.93%) UNIX
10 8 (18.60%) Solaris
10 8 (18.60%) EMC
10 8 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (16.28%) Cisco
11 7 (16.28%) NetApp
11 7 (16.28%) VoIP
11 7 (16.28%) IIS
11 7 (16.28%) Perl
12 6 (13.95%) SQL
12 6 (13.95%) VMS
12 6 (13.95%) CCA
12 6 (13.95%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (13.95%) Clustering
12 6 (13.95%) QA

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (4.651%) .NET
1 2 (4.651%) XML
1 2 (4.651%) Apache Flex
2 1 (2.326%) AppFabric
2 1 (2.326%) NHibernate
2 1 (2.326%) JSON
2 1 (2.326%) WCF
2 1 (2.326%) LINQ
2 1 (2.326%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.326%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 19 (44.19%) MS Exchange
2 13 (30.23%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (16.28%) IIS
4 1 (2.326%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (2.326%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (9.302%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.977%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 14 (32.56%) SAN
2 7 (16.28%) VoIP
3 5 (11.63%) Firewall
3 5 (11.63%) TCP/IP
4 4 (9.302%) DHCP
4 4 (9.302%) DNS
5 3 (6.977%) NAS
5 3 (6.977%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (6.977%) iSCSI
5 3 (6.977%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.651%) WAN
6 2 (4.651%) LAN
6 2 (4.651%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (2.326%) Network Security
7 1 (2.326%) Internet
7 1 (2.326%) Ethernet
7 1 (2.326%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.977%) MySQL
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (2.326%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.326%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 2 (4.651%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (2.326%) MSBuild
2 1 (2.326%) NUnit
2 1 (2.326%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 1 (2.326%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 11 (25.58%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 7 (16.28%) Team Leader
4 4 (9.302%) Administrator
5 3 (6.977%) Windows Systems Engineer
5 3 (6.977%) UNIX Administrator
5 3 (6.977%) UNIX Engineer
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support
6 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (4.651%) Support Technician
6 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support Technician
6 2 (4.651%) IT Support Technician
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Support Technician
6 2 (4.651%) IT Support
6 2 (4.651%) IT Technician
6 2 (4.651%) Desktop Technician
7 1 (2.326%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (2.326%) Storage Administrator
7 1 (2.326%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Clustering
2 5 (11.63%) Replication
3 3 (6.977%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (79.07%) Windows
2 15 (34.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (30.23%) Linux
4 11 (25.58%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (20.93%) UNIX
6 8 (18.60%) Solaris
7 6 (13.95%) VMS
8 3 (6.977%) Windows XP
9 2 (4.651%) CentOS
9 2 (4.651%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (4.651%) Windows Vista
10 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.88%) ITIL
2 10 (23.26%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (6.977%) Load Balancing
3 3 (6.977%) Business Continuity
3 3 (6.977%) Migration
4 2 (4.651%) Configuration Management
4 2 (4.651%) Change Management
5 1 (2.326%) Network Architecture
5 1 (2.326%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.326%) Automated Testing
5 1 (2.326%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.326%) Service Management
5 1 (2.326%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.326%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) Perl
2 6 (13.95%) SQL
3 5 (11.63%) PowerShell
4 4 (9.302%) Bash shell
5 3 (6.977%) Shell Script
5 3 (6.977%) VB
6 2 (4.651%) VBScript
6 2 (4.651%) C#
7 1 (2.326%) Ruby
7 1 (2.326%) Python
7 1 (2.326%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (16.28%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (13.95%) CCA
3 6 (13.95%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (13.95%) VCAP
4 4 (9.302%) Degree
5 2 (4.651%) MCTS
6 1 (2.326%) MCITP
6 1 (2.326%) CCSA
6 1 (2.326%) RHCE
6 1 (2.326%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.326%) CCNP
6 1 (2.326%) CCNA
6 1 (2.326%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
2 1 (2.326%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (44.19%) Active Directory
2 13 (30.23%) VMware ESX
3 6 (13.95%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (13.95%) vSphere
4 5 (11.63%) XenServer
5 4 (9.302%) XenDesktop
6 3 (6.977%) XenApp
7 2 (4.651%) NFS
7 2 (4.651%) VMFS
7 2 (4.651%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (2.326%) VirtualBox
8 1 (2.326%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) Tivoli
1 2 (4.651%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (4.651%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.326%) Puppet
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) VMware
2 19 (44.19%) Microsoft
3 14 (32.56%) Citrix
4 8 (18.60%) EMC
5 7 (16.28%) Cisco
5 7 (16.28%) NetApp
6 3 (6.977%) Red Hat
6 3 (6.977%) JBoss
7 2 (4.651%) Symantec
7 2 (4.651%) IBM
7 2 (4.651%) Isilon
8 1 (2.326%) Juniper
8 1 (2.326%) HP
8 1 (2.326%) Dell
8 1 (2.326%) CheckPoint
8 1 (2.326%) Oracle