The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 22 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 70 63 96
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +33
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 22 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.900% 1.511% 0.769%
As % of the System Software category 19.13% 10.58% 8.163%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 8
Average salary £37,500 £29,500 £29,859
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.11% -1.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,500 £26,150 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £32,250 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £42,500 £40,250
% change year-on-year
-1.17% +5.59%
All System Software
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
115 104 98
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 9.931% 14.29% 9.423%
Number of salaries quoted 101 97 82
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -2.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £64,250 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
South East

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Kent region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Kent vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the Kent region over the 3 months to 22 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
Maidstone -1 3 £60,000 +100.00%
West Malling - 3 £37,500 -
Tunbridge Wells +10 1 £37,500 +25.00%
Dartford - 1 £36,500 -
vSphere
South East

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 42 (91.30%) Windows
2 41 (89.13%) VMware
3 34 (73.91%) Microsoft
4 29 (63.04%) Cisco
5 27 (58.70%) SAN
6 26 (56.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 25 (54.35%) MS Exchange
8 24 (52.17%) VMware Infrastructure
9 22 (47.83%) IBM
10 21 (45.65%) Active Directory
10 21 (45.65%) Windows Server 2003
11 20 (43.48%) HP
11 20 (43.48%) Citrix
12 16 (34.78%) VMware ESX
13 15 (32.61%) ITIL
13 15 (32.61%) VMware ESXi
14 13 (28.26%) TCP/IP
15 12 (26.09%) Windows 2000 Server
16 11 (23.91%) IIS
17 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Certification
17 9 (19.57%) Finance
18 8 (17.39%) LAN
18 8 (17.39%) WAN
18 8 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
18 8 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
19 7 (15.22%) iSeries
19 7 (15.22%) Migration
19 7 (15.22%) MS Excel
20 6 (13.04%) Advertising
20 6 (13.04%) Firewall

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 Development
1 3 (6.522%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 25 (54.35%) MS Exchange
2 11 (23.91%) IIS
3 8 (17.39%) Exchange Server 2010
4 5 (10.87%) Exchange Server 2007
5 4 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (6.522%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 7 (15.22%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.696%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (58.70%) SAN
2 13 (28.26%) TCP/IP
3 8 (17.39%) LAN
3 8 (17.39%) WAN
4 6 (13.04%) Firewall
5 5 (10.87%) DHCP
5 5 (10.87%) DNS
5 5 (10.87%) VoIP
6 4 (8.696%) NAS
7 3 (6.522%) MPLS
8 2 (4.348%) Internet
8 2 (4.348%) Wireless
8 2 (4.348%) iSCSI
8 2 (4.348%) Network Security
9 1 (2.174%) VLAN
9 1 (2.174%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.522%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (19.57%) Finance
2 6 (13.04%) Advertising
3 3 (6.522%) Billing
3 3 (6.522%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 11 (23.91%) Technical Support Engineer
2 11 (23.91%) Technical Engineer
2 11 (23.91%) Technical Support
3 10 (21.74%) Analyst
4 8 (17.39%) Network Engineer
4 8 (17.39%) Network Support
4 8 (17.39%) Network Support Engineer
5 7 (15.22%) Applications Support
6 5 (10.87%) Systems Engineer
6 5 (10.87%) Support Analyst
7 4 (8.696%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (8.696%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 4 (8.696%) Applications Support Analyst
8 3 (6.522%) Support Manager
8 3 (6.522%) Applications Support Manager
8 3 (6.522%) Applications Manager
9 2 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 1 (2.174%) IT Support
10 1 (2.174%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.22%) iSeries
2 1 (2.174%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.174%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.174%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 42 (91.30%) Windows
2 26 (56.52%) Windows Server 2008
3 21 (45.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (26.09%) Windows 2000 Server
5 8 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (8.696%) Windows XP
7 3 (6.522%) Linux
8 2 (4.348%) Mac OS X Server
8 2 (4.348%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (2.174%) Windows 7
9 1 (2.174%) UNIX
9 1 (2.174%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) ITIL
2 7 (15.22%) Migration
3 4 (8.696%) Time Management
4 3 (6.522%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (6.522%) Test Strategy
4 3 (6.522%) Capacity Management
4 3 (6.522%) Project Management
5 2 (4.348%) Service Management
5 2 (4.348%) Change Control
6 1 (2.174%) Information Security
6 1 (2.174%) Change Management
6 1 (2.174%) BCP
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.696%) C
2 2 (4.348%) SQL
2 2 (4.348%) VB
3 1 (2.174%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.174%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (13.04%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.348%) MCSE
3 2 (4.348%) MCSA
3 2 (4.348%) MCITP
4 1 (2.174%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (2.174%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.174%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (52.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (45.65%) Active Directory
3 16 (34.78%) VMware ESX
4 15 (32.61%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (13.04%) Hyper-V
6 4 (8.696%) DFS Replication
7 3 (6.522%) XenApp
7 3 (6.522%) Terminal Services
8 1 (2.174%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (2.174%) Backup Exec
1 1 (2.174%) WSUS
1 1 (2.174%) Nagios
Vendors
1 41 (89.13%) VMware
2 34 (73.91%) Microsoft
3 29 (63.04%) Cisco
4 22 (47.83%) IBM
5 20 (43.48%) HP
5 20 (43.48%) Citrix
6 3 (6.522%) Apple
6 3 (6.522%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.348%) Red Hat
7 2 (4.348%) Google
7 2 (4.348%) Kerio
7 2 (4.348%) ProCurve
7 2 (4.348%) MobileIron
8 1 (2.174%) SolarWinds
8 1 (2.174%) Novell
8 1 (2.174%) Dell
8 1 (2.174%) Symantec
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