The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi 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 ESXi over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 138 129 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 10 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.385% 0.240% -
As % of the System Software category 3.704% 2.222% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +21.21%
All System Software
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
270 225 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 10.39% 10.79% 8.378%
Number of salaries quoted 241 172 120
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,500 £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 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESXi
West Yorkshire

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

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

Leeds VMware ESXi Salary Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESXi across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leeds VMware ESXi Salary Histogram

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 15 (93.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (81.25%) vSphere
3 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (56.25%) SAN
4 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
5 8 (50.00%) Linux
5 8 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (43.75%) EMC
6 7 (43.75%) VMware ESX
7 6 (37.50%) Firewall
7 6 (37.50%) UNIX
7 6 (37.50%) VPN
7 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
8 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
8 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
8 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
8 5 (31.25%) HP
8 5 (31.25%) WAN
8 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (31.25%) Finance
9 4 (25.00%) Thin Client
9 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
9 4 (25.00%) Network Design
9 4 (25.00%) Citrix
9 4 (25.00%) MPLS
9 4 (25.00%) ERP
9 4 (25.00%) VoIP

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Google Apps
2 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (56.25%) SAN
2 6 (37.50%) Firewall
2 6 (37.50%) VPN
3 5 (31.25%) WAN
4 4 (25.00%) MPLS
4 4 (25.00%) VoIP
5 1 (6.250%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (6.250%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) Hadoop
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Administrator
2 5 (31.25%) Systems Administrator
3 4 (25.00%) IT Administrator
4 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Data Centre Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Storage Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Linux Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Team Leader
5 1 (6.250%) Storage Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (6.250%) Server Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Pre Sales Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Thin Client
1 4 (25.00%) Fat Client
2 3 (18.75%) Clustering
3 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (6.250%) SaaS
4 1 (6.250%) PaaS
4 1 (6.250%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
1 15 (93.75%) Windows Server 2008
2 13 (81.25%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (50.00%) Linux
3 8 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (37.50%) UNIX
5 5 (31.25%) Windows XP
6 4 (25.00%) Windows 8
7 2 (12.50%) Debian
7 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 4 (25.00%) Network Design
2 4 (25.00%) ERP
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Capacity Management
3 3 (18.75%) E-Commerce
3 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
3 3 (18.75%) Change Management
3 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 2 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 2 (12.50%) Network Architecture
4 2 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (6.250%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (6.250%) Cyber Security
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.250%) Data Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (12.50%) Java
2 2 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (6.250%) PowerShell
3 1 (6.250%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 15 (93.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (81.25%) vSphere
3 9 (56.25%) Active Directory
4 7 (43.75%) VMware ESX
5 4 (25.00%) Terminal Services
5 4 (25.00%) XenApp
5 4 (25.00%) XenServer
6 2 (12.50%) Hyper-V
7 1 (6.250%) XenDesktop
7 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) SCOM
2 2 (12.50%) Backup Exec
3 1 (6.250%) Puppet
3 1 (6.250%) SCCM
3 1 (6.250%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (43.75%) EMC
3 5 (31.25%) HP
3 5 (31.25%) Microsoft
4 4 (25.00%) Citrix
4 4 (25.00%) Google
4 4 (25.00%) NETGEAR
4 4 (25.00%) ProCurve
5 3 (18.75%) Cisco
5 3 (18.75%) Red Hat
6 2 (12.50%) CheckPoint
6 2 (12.50%) Juniper
6 2 (12.50%) NetApp
6 2 (12.50%) ArcSight
7 1 (6.250%) LANDesk
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