The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Kidderminster region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Kidderminster region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kidderminster 33.33% - -
As % of the System Software category 50.00% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £40,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Kidderminster
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kidderminster 66.67% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £35,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
Worcestershire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kidderminster 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 Kidderminster region.

Kidderminster vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kidderminster 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%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) XenServer
2 3 (75.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) HP
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
3 2 (50.00%) Firewall
3 2 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (50.00%) CCEE
3 2 (50.00%) CCAA
3 2 (50.00%) iSCSI
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) NAS

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Kidderminster 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 4 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2000
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Fibre Channel
2 2 (50.00%) iSCSI
3 1 (25.00%) NAS
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Pre Sales Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Sales Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (50.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Business Development
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCEE
2 2 (50.00%) CCAA
3 1 (25.00%) MCTS
3 1 (25.00%) MCITP
3 1 (25.00%) NCDA
3 1 (25.00%) NCIE
3 1 (25.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (25.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) XenApp
2 3 (75.00%) XenServer
2 3 (75.00%) XenDesktop
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (25.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (25.00%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Citrix
2 3 (75.00%) HP
3 2 (50.00%) Dell
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Symantec
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) CommVault
4 1 (25.00%) NetApp
4 1 (25.00%) Veritas