The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 17 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 121 104 105
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +1
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 26 25 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.989% 1.193% 0.658%
As % of the System Software category 9.253% 11.36% 8.511%
Number of salaries quoted 25 23 12
Average salary £45,000 £34,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.35% -17.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,400 £27,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £54,500 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.50% +5.62%
All System Software
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
281 220 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 10.69% 10.50% 7.730%
Number of salaries quoted 249 173 109
Average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,200 £21,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
West Yorkshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Leeds VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 43 (89.58%) VMware
2 27 (56.25%) SAN
2 27 (56.25%) vSphere
3 26 (54.17%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (50.00%) Citrix
4 24 (50.00%) Windows
5 23 (47.92%) Linux
6 22 (45.83%) HP
7 21 (43.75%) UNIX
8 20 (41.67%) XenApp
9 19 (39.58%) Cisco
10 17 (35.42%) XenServer
10 17 (35.42%) Windows Server 2008
11 16 (33.33%) XenDesktop
11 16 (33.33%) NetApp
12 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
12 14 (29.17%) EMC
13 13 (27.08%) MS Exchange
13 13 (27.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 12 (25.00%) Active Directory
15 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2003
15 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
15 11 (22.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 10 (20.83%) SCOM
16 10 (20.83%) SLA
16 10 (20.83%) Solaris
17 9 (18.75%) Symantec
17 9 (18.75%) Citrix Certification
17 9 (18.75%) Backup Exec
17 9 (18.75%) Clustering

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 Development
1 5 (10.42%) WebSphere
2 1 (2.083%) .NET
2 1 (2.083%) ASP
2 1 (2.083%) Web Services
2 1 (2.083%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 13 (27.08%) MS Exchange
2 8 (16.67%) Apache
3 7 (14.58%) Tomcat
4 6 (12.50%) IIS
5 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
5 5 (10.42%) ATG Dynamo
5 5 (10.42%) Exchange Server 2000
6 4 (8.333%) SharePoint Server
6 4 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (8.333%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (2.083%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (2.083%) Amazon S3
7 1 (2.083%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 27 (56.25%) SAN
2 8 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 7 (14.58%) Unified Communications
4 5 (10.42%) Firewall
4 5 (10.42%) VPN
5 4 (8.333%) Internet
5 4 (8.333%) NAS
6 3 (6.250%) DNS
6 3 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (4.167%) iSCSI
7 2 (4.167%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (4.167%) VLAN
7 2 (4.167%) ISDN
7 2 (4.167%) PBX
7 2 (4.167%) TCP/IP
7 2 (4.167%) OSPF
7 2 (4.167%) H.323
8 1 (2.083%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (2.083%) IPsec
8 1 (2.083%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (8.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.083%) MySQL
3 1 (2.083%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (2.083%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (18.75%) UNIX Engineer
2 8 (16.67%) Architect
2 8 (16.67%) Consultant
2 8 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 6 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 5 (10.42%) Administrator
4 5 (10.42%) Release Engineer
4 5 (10.42%) Configuration Engineer
5 4 (8.333%) Linux Support
5 4 (8.333%) Virtualisation Architect
5 4 (8.333%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 4 (8.333%) 3rd Line Support
5 4 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
6 3 (6.250%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (4.167%) Analyst
7 2 (4.167%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.167%) Sales Consultant
7 2 (4.167%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (4.167%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.75%) Clustering
2 7 (14.58%) SaaS
3 5 (10.42%) Client/Server
4 4 (8.333%) NHS
4 4 (8.333%) Thin Client
4 4 (8.333%) Fat Client
5 2 (4.167%) Celerra
5 2 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (4.167%) IVR
5 2 (4.167%) EqualLogic
5 2 (4.167%) CLARiiON
5 2 (4.167%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (2.083%) HP StorageWorks
6 1 (2.083%) PaaS
6 1 (2.083%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (2.083%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.083%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 24 (50.00%) Windows
2 23 (47.92%) Linux
3 21 (43.75%) UNIX
4 17 (35.42%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (22.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (22.92%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (20.83%) Solaris
7 1 (2.083%) HPUX
7 1 (2.083%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.42%) Configuration Management
1 5 (10.42%) ITIL
1 5 (10.42%) Data Management
1 5 (10.42%) Problem Management
1 5 (10.42%) Continuous Integration
1 5 (10.42%) Business Development
2 4 (8.333%) Change Control
2 4 (8.333%) Capacity Management
2 4 (8.333%) Project Management
3 3 (6.250%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (6.250%) Business Continuity
4 2 (4.167%) Capacity Planning
4 2 (4.167%) E-Commerce
4 2 (4.167%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (4.167%) High Availability
5 1 (2.083%) Web Application Development
5 1 (2.083%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.083%) Load Balancing
5 1 (2.083%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.083%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.58%) SQL
1 7 (14.58%) Shell Script
2 5 (10.42%) AWK
3 3 (6.250%) Perl
3 3 (6.250%) PHP
4 2 (4.167%) Java
5 1 (2.083%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.083%) Python
5 1 (2.083%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (27.08%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (18.75%) Citrix Certification
3 8 (16.67%) VCDX
3 8 (16.67%) CCEE
3 8 (16.67%) CCIA
4 7 (14.58%) NCDA
4 7 (14.58%) NCIE
4 7 (14.58%) VCAP
4 7 (14.58%) CCEA
5 6 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (12.50%) CCNP
5 6 (12.50%) CCDA
5 6 (12.50%) CCA
6 4 (8.333%) SC Cleared
6 4 (8.333%) Security Cleared
7 3 (6.250%) MCITP
8 2 (4.167%) HP ASE
8 2 (4.167%) HP MASE
9 1 (2.083%) MCSE
9 1 (2.083%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.83%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (56.25%) vSphere
2 26 (54.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (41.67%) XenApp
4 17 (35.42%) XenServer
5 16 (33.33%) XenDesktop
6 12 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 6 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (6.250%) Hyper-V
9 1 (2.083%) ISA Server
9 1 (2.083%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 10 (20.83%) SCOM
2 9 (18.75%) Backup Exec
3 7 (14.58%) SCCM
4 5 (10.42%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (10.42%) NetBackup
5 2 (4.167%) SCVMM
6 1 (2.083%) HP SIM
6 1 (2.083%) OpenView
6 1 (2.083%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 43 (89.58%) VMware
2 24 (50.00%) Citrix
3 22 (45.83%) HP
4 19 (39.58%) Cisco
5 16 (33.33%) NetApp
6 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
6 14 (29.17%) EMC
7 9 (18.75%) Symantec
8 8 (16.67%) Red Hat
8 8 (16.67%) Dell
9 6 (12.50%) Juniper
9 6 (12.50%) Blue Coat
9 6 (12.50%) PlateSpin
9 6 (12.50%) DataCore
9 6 (12.50%) FalconStor
10 5 (10.42%) CommVault
10 5 (10.42%) ATG
10 5 (10.42%) JBoss
11 4 (8.333%) Sun
11 4 (8.333%) Apple
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