The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Kent region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 33 22 52
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +30
Permanent jobs citing VMware 66 61 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 5.656% 8.592% 4.159%
As % of the Vendors category 12.48% 18.15% 7.288%
Number of salaries quoted 56 57 42
Average salary £38,250 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,550 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,250 £57,000 £41,400
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-3.75% +3.89%
All Vendors
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
529 336 590
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 45.33% 47.32% 57.06%
Number of salaries quoted 455 305 524
Average salary £43,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
South East

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

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

Kent VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Kent VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tunbridge Wells +11 8 £42,500 +21.42%
West Malling - 7 £37,500 -
Maidstone -2 3 £37,000 +2.06%
Tonbridge -7 1 £55,000 -21.42%
Edenbridge - 1 £50,000 -
VMware
South East

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing VMware 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.

1 114 (89.06%) Windows
2 88 (68.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 68 (53.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 61 (47.66%) Microsoft
5 58 (45.31%) Citrix
6 56 (43.75%) MS Exchange
7 54 (42.19%) Active Directory
8 50 (39.06%) Cisco
9 49 (38.28%) HP
9 49 (38.28%) SAN
10 47 (36.72%) Windows Server 2003
11 40 (31.25%) vSphere
12 34 (26.56%) IBM
12 34 (26.56%) ITIL
13 33 (25.78%) TCP/IP
14 27 (21.09%) SQL Server
15 26 (20.31%) VMware ESXi
16 24 (18.75%) VMware ESX
16 24 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
17 23 (17.97%) Microsoft Certification
18 22 (17.19%) DNS
18 22 (17.19%) WAN
19 21 (16.41%) SQL
19 21 (16.41%) MS Excel
19 21 (16.41%) Migration
19 21 (16.41%) Firewall
19 21 (16.41%) Exchange Server 2007
20 20 (15.63%) LAN
21 19 (14.84%) Linux
22 17 (13.28%) MCSE

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (3.906%) .NET
2 3 (2.344%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 2 (1.563%) Web Services
3 2 (1.563%) Memcached
4 1 (0.781%) HTML
4 1 (0.781%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.781%) CSS
4 1 (0.781%) XML
4 1 (0.781%) XSLT
4 1 (0.781%) XHTML
4 1 (0.781%) XML Schema
4 1 (0.781%) Ajax
4 1 (0.781%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.781%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.781%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 56 (43.75%) MS Exchange
2 24 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
3 21 (16.41%) Exchange Server 2007
4 16 (12.50%) IIS
5 13 (10.16%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (5.469%) Lync
7 6 (4.688%) SharePoint
8 5 (3.906%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 5 (3.906%) MS Project Server
9 4 (3.125%) Apache
10 3 (2.344%) SharePoint 2010
11 2 (1.563%) nginx
11 2 (1.563%) SAS
12 1 (0.781%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 21 (16.41%) MS Excel
2 10 (7.813%) MS Office
3 3 (2.344%) InfoPath
Communications & Networking
1 49 (38.28%) SAN
2 33 (25.78%) TCP/IP
3 22 (17.19%) DNS
3 22 (17.19%) WAN
4 21 (16.41%) Firewall
5 20 (15.63%) LAN
6 15 (11.72%) VLAN
7 14 (10.94%) DHCP
8 11 (8.594%) VoIP
9 9 (7.031%) NAS
10 8 (6.250%) Network Security
10 8 (6.250%) VPN
11 6 (4.688%) MPLS
11 6 (4.688%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (3.906%) Internet
12 5 (3.906%) HTTP
12 5 (3.906%) SMTP
13 4 (3.125%) SSL
13 4 (3.125%) Wireless
13 4 (3.125%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (21.09%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.469%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (5.469%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.125%) MySQL
General
1 14 (10.94%) Advertising
2 12 (9.375%) Finance
3 6 (4.688%) Telecoms
3 6 (4.688%) Retail
4 1 (0.781%) Publishing
4 1 (0.781%) Banking
Job Titles
1 25 (19.53%) Support Engineer
2 18 (14.06%) Analyst
3 13 (10.16%) Technical Support
3 13 (10.16%) Technical Engineer
4 12 (9.375%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 11 (8.594%) Administrator
5 11 (8.594%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (8.594%) Network Support
5 11 (8.594%) Technical Support Engineer
6 9 (7.031%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 9 (7.031%) Systems Administrator
6 9 (7.031%) Network Engineer
6 9 (7.031%) Support Analyst
7 8 (6.250%) Architect
8 7 (5.469%) Applications Support
8 7 (5.469%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (5.469%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 7 (5.469%) Network Support Engineer
9 5 (3.906%) Deployment Engineer
9 5 (3.906%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.594%) Clustering
2 8 (6.250%) iSeries
3 5 (3.906%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.125%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.563%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.563%) AS400
5 2 (1.563%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.563%) Open Source
6 1 (0.781%) PKI
6 1 (0.781%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 114 (89.06%) Windows
2 68 (53.13%) Windows Server 2008
3 47 (36.72%) Windows Server 2003
4 19 (14.84%) Linux
5 16 (12.50%) Windows XP
6 14 (10.94%) UNIX
7 12 (9.375%) Windows 2000 Server
8 10 (7.813%) Solaris
9 7 (5.469%) Windows Server 2012
10 6 (4.688%) Windows 7
10 6 (4.688%) AIX
11 3 (2.344%) CentOS
11 3 (2.344%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (2.344%) Debian
11 3 (2.344%) Ubuntu
12 2 (1.563%) Mac OS X Server
12 2 (1.563%) OpenBSD
12 2 (1.563%) Mac OS
12 2 (1.563%) HPUX
12 2 (1.563%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (26.56%) ITIL
2 21 (16.41%) Migration
3 14 (10.94%) Disaster Recovery
4 12 (9.375%) Project Management
5 11 (8.594%) Capacity Planning
6 10 (7.813%) Network Management
7 7 (5.469%) Configuration Management
7 7 (5.469%) Operations Management
7 7 (5.469%) Performance Management
8 6 (4.688%) Load Balancing
8 6 (4.688%) Service Delivery
9 5 (3.906%) Change Management
9 5 (3.906%) Business Continuity
9 5 (3.906%) Problem Management
10 4 (3.125%) Time Management
10 4 (3.125%) E-Commerce
11 3 (2.344%) Service Management
11 3 (2.344%) Supplier Management
11 3 (2.344%) Security Management
11 3 (2.344%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.41%) SQL
2 8 (6.250%) PowerShell
3 3 (2.344%) C
4 2 (1.563%) C#
4 2 (1.563%) Java
4 2 (1.563%) PHP
4 2 (1.563%) VB
5 1 (0.781%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.781%) VBScript
5 1 (0.781%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (17.97%) Microsoft Certification
2 17 (13.28%) MCSE
3 12 (9.375%) Cisco Certification
3 12 (9.375%) SC Cleared
3 12 (9.375%) Security Cleared
4 8 (6.250%) MCSA
5 7 (5.469%) MCITP
6 6 (4.688%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (3.125%) MCP
7 4 (3.125%) CCNA
7 4 (3.125%) Degree
8 2 (1.563%) CISSP
9 1 (0.781%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (11.72%) SLA
2 2 (1.563%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (1.563%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.781%) QA
3 1 (0.781%) BS7799
System Software
1 88 (68.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 54 (42.19%) Active Directory
3 40 (31.25%) vSphere
4 26 (20.31%) VMware ESXi
5 24 (18.75%) VMware ESX
6 16 (12.50%) XenApp
7 9 (7.031%) Hyper-V
8 8 (6.250%) XenDesktop
9 5 (3.906%) Terminal Services
10 4 (3.125%) DFS Replication
11 3 (2.344%) Microsoft App-V
12 2 (1.563%) Squid
12 2 (1.563%) Terminal Server
13 1 (0.781%) NFS
13 1 (0.781%) Xen
13 1 (0.781%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 1 (0.781%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 9 (7.031%) SCCM
2 6 (4.688%) SCOM
3 5 (3.906%) Backup Exec
4 4 (3.125%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (2.344%) MIMEsweeper
5 3 (2.344%) Tivoli
5 3 (2.344%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 3 (2.344%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (1.563%) NetBackup
6 2 (1.563%) WSUS
7 1 (0.781%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.781%) Legato
7 1 (0.781%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 61 (47.66%) Microsoft
2 58 (45.31%) Citrix
3 50 (39.06%) Cisco
4 49 (38.28%) HP
5 34 (26.56%) IBM
6 10 (7.813%) NetApp
7 6 (4.688%) Websense
8 5 (3.906%) CheckPoint
8 5 (3.906%) Red Hat
8 5 (3.906%) Dell
9 4 (3.125%) F5
10 3 (2.344%) Apple
10 3 (2.344%) Symantec
10 3 (2.344%) McAfee
11 2 (1.563%) Mitel
11 2 (1.563%) Capita
11 2 (1.563%) Google
11 2 (1.563%) Juniper
11 2 (1.563%) MobileIron
11 2 (1.563%) WatchGuard
Chatham, Kent
Microsoft Certified. Desktop experience up to and including Windows 7 (8 a bonus) Server experience up to 2008 R2 (Linux a bonus) Hands on virtualisation - VMWare / Hyper V...
Konetic Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Westerham, Kent
ADSL, with newer Technology such as fibre, bonded Ethernet and satellite... Current CCNA/CCNP certification. Demonstrable knowledge of Cisco switches and routers... Network and Equipment management: VLAN/VPN...
Onwave UK Ltd
Salary: £Neg
Posted: 13 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
PERSON SKILLS - proven track record of managing and supporting Microsoft solutions, including MS Server 2003/08R2, MS Exchange 2003-2010, Active Directory. - VMWare V-sphere experience... - any experience...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 29 April 2013
Ashford, Kent
Data security... - SSIS Design & Administration... - SQL Server Migrations... - SQL Sentry. - SSRS Administration. - Compellent / Equallogic. - VMware / HyperV virtualisation. - Application Development (.net) - PowerShell scripting / automation... - MCSA / MCSE SQL. - MCTS / MCITP.
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Ashford, Kent, South East
Main Purpose of the SQL Server DBATo be responsible for SQL infrastructure across 2 divisions of the company.We are providing our software products as part of a...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £35,000 per year DOE
Posted: 10 May 2013
Kent
Linux - Redhat - Shell Scripting - Vmware... Red Hat enterprise Linux experience gained in a commercial environment. Redhat clustering experience. Excellent experience in scripting with Shell (bask, KSH), Perl and...
EarthStream Global
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013