The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 23 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 57 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.415% 0.181% -
As % of the System Software category 4.255% 5.000% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £23,500 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-47.77% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
47 20 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 9.751% 3.623% 10.62%
Number of salaries quoted 42 19 39
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £21,325 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
North West

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Preston - 1 £23,500 -
VMware ESX
North West

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) vSphere
2 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (33.33%) VCP5
3 1 (33.33%) WAN Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) EMC Certification
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) 3Com
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) CLARiiON
3 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (33.33%) Huawei

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) VoIP
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 1 (33.33%) VLAN
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
1 1 (33.33%) IT Support
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CLARiiON
1 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix
1 1 (33.33%) Celerra
1 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) WAN Optimisation
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) VCP5
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) EMC Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (33.33%) VCP4
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) vSphere
1 2 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) NetApp
2 2 (66.67%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) 3Com
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) Huawei