The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 40 51 23
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -28
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 3 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leatherhead 1.463% 2.414% 5.738%
As % of the System Software category 20.00% 21.88% 20.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 7
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +85.18%
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Leatherhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
15 32 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leatherhead 7.317% 11.03% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 14 31 34
Average salary £35,000 £50,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% +47.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £36,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
Surrey

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leatherhead 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 Leatherhead region.

Leatherhead vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leatherhead 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 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (83.33%) MCTS
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) MPLS
3 3 (50.00%) OSPF
3 3 (50.00%) BGP
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco
3 3 (50.00%) CCNP
3 3 (50.00%) CCDA
3 3 (50.00%) HP
3 3 (50.00%) Dell
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) SAN
3 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 3 (50.00%) CCDE
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (33.33%) CCEE
4 2 (33.33%) CCAA
4 2 (33.33%) CCIA
4 2 (33.33%) XenApp
4 2 (33.33%) XenServer
4 2 (33.33%) XenDesktop
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leatherhead 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 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) MPLS
1 3 (50.00%) OSPF
1 3 (50.00%) BGP
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Implementation Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Pre Sales Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (83.33%) MCTS
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) CCNP
3 3 (50.00%) CCDA
3 3 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) CCDE
4 2 (33.33%) CCEE
4 2 (33.33%) CCAA
4 2 (33.33%) CCIA
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (33.33%) XenApp
2 2 (33.33%) XenServer
2 2 (33.33%) XenDesktop
3 1 (16.67%) vCloud
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Cisco
2 3 (50.00%) HP
2 3 (50.00%) Dell
2 3 (50.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (33.33%) Citrix