The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 52 54 76
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +22
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 102 93 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 3.923% 4.403% 2.661%
As % of the System Software category 36.82% 41.70% 34.29%
Number of salaries quoted 95 77 39
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £31,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
277 223 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 10.65% 10.56% 7.761%
Number of salaries quoted 246 176 108
Average salary £33,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £20,350 £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 Infrastructure
West Yorkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Leeds VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leeds VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 184 (100.00%) VMware
2 136 (73.91%) Windows
3 107 (58.15%) Microsoft
4 96 (52.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 83 (45.11%) Citrix
6 81 (44.02%) Active Directory
7 79 (42.93%) SAN
8 78 (42.39%) Windows Server 2003
9 68 (36.96%) vSphere
10 65 (35.33%) HP
11 61 (33.15%) Cisco
12 59 (32.07%) MS Excel
13 58 (31.52%) MS Exchange
14 57 (30.98%) SQL Server
14 57 (30.98%) XenApp
15 51 (27.72%) Linux
16 50 (27.17%) NetApp
17 42 (22.83%) Firewall
18 38 (20.65%) SQL
19 37 (20.11%) SQL Server 2005
19 37 (20.11%) XenDesktop
20 36 (19.57%) XenServer
21 35 (19.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
22 34 (18.48%) UNIX
22 34 (18.48%) EMC
23 32 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
24 31 (16.85%) Hyper-V
25 30 (16.30%) ITIL
26 27 (14.67%) VPN
26 27 (14.67%) Exchange Server 2010

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 11 (5.978%) .NET
2 8 (4.348%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.630%) Java EE
3 3 (1.630%) J2EE
3 3 (1.630%) EDI
4 1 (0.543%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 58 (31.52%) MS Exchange
2 27 (14.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (9.783%) Exchange Server 2007
4 14 (7.609%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 11 (5.978%) Office Communications Server
6 8 (4.348%) IIS
7 7 (3.804%) Exchange Server 2003
8 5 (2.717%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (2.717%) Exchange Server 2000
8 5 (2.717%) SharePoint
9 3 (1.630%) Apache
10 2 (1.087%) Lotus Notes
10 2 (1.087%) Lync
11 1 (0.543%) Tomcat
Applications
1 59 (32.07%) MS Excel
2 21 (11.41%) MS Office
3 4 (2.174%) Google Apps
4 2 (1.087%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.087%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.630%) Line 500
Communications & Networking
1 79 (42.93%) SAN
2 42 (22.83%) Firewall
3 27 (14.67%) VPN
4 24 (13.04%) WAN
5 23 (12.50%) TCP/IP
6 17 (9.239%) NAS
6 17 (9.239%) LAN
7 14 (7.609%) DNS
8 13 (7.065%) NetScaler
9 11 (5.978%) Cisco Nexus
9 11 (5.978%) DHCP
10 10 (5.435%) Unified Communications
10 10 (5.435%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (4.891%) Network Security
12 8 (4.348%) VLAN
12 8 (4.348%) MPLS
13 6 (3.261%) Internet
13 6 (3.261%) VoIP
14 4 (2.174%) Cisco PIX
15 3 (1.630%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (30.98%) SQL Server
2 37 (20.11%) SQL Server 2005
3 32 (17.39%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (3.804%) SQL Server 2012
5 5 (2.717%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.087%) MySQL
7 2 (1.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.543%) QlikView
8 1 (0.543%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.543%) OLTP
8 1 (0.543%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 13 (7.065%) Visual Studio
2 8 (4.348%) Visual Studio Team System
2 8 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (8.696%) Finance
2 2 (1.087%) Marketing
3 1 (0.543%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.543%) Retail
3 1 (0.543%) Billing
Job Titles
1 40 (21.74%) Consultant
2 27 (14.67%) Analyst
3 22 (11.96%) Technical Consultant
4 20 (10.87%) Architect
5 18 (9.783%) Solutions Architect
6 17 (9.239%) Support Analyst
7 16 (8.696%) Administrator
7 16 (8.696%) VMware Consultant
8 14 (7.609%) 2nd Line Support
9 13 (7.065%) 3rd Line Support
9 13 (7.065%) Support Engineer
10 10 (5.435%) Technical Support
10 10 (5.435%) Technical Engineer
10 10 (5.435%) Virtualisation Consultant
10 10 (5.435%) VMware Technical Consultant
11 9 (4.891%) IT Support
11 9 (4.891%) DBA
11 9 (4.891%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 8 (4.348%) Senior Consultant
12 8 (4.348%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 25 (13.59%) Clustering
2 14 (7.609%) Blackberry
3 11 (5.978%) Thin Client
3 11 (5.978%) Fat Client
4 10 (5.435%) Replication
5 7 (3.804%) CLARiiON
5 7 (3.804%) Management Information System
5 7 (3.804%) Celerra
5 7 (3.804%) SaaS
6 4 (2.174%) EqualLogic
7 3 (1.630%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.087%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.087%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.087%) Client/Server
8 2 (1.087%) IVR
9 1 (0.543%) Computer Science
9 1 (0.543%) iPhone
9 1 (0.543%) HP StorageWorks
9 1 (0.543%) PaaS
9 1 (0.543%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 136 (73.91%) Windows
2 96 (52.17%) Windows Server 2008
3 78 (42.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 51 (27.72%) Linux
5 34 (18.48%) UNIX
6 21 (11.41%) Windows 7
7 14 (7.609%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (4.891%) Windows XP
9 6 (3.261%) HPUX
10 4 (2.174%) Debian
10 4 (2.174%) Windows 8
11 3 (1.630%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (1.630%) Windows Vista
11 3 (1.630%) Mac OS X Server
12 2 (1.087%) Solaris
12 2 (1.087%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (16.30%) ITIL
2 22 (11.96%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (9.783%) Project Management
3 18 (9.783%) Change Control
4 15 (8.152%) Problem Management
5 10 (5.435%) E-Commerce
6 9 (4.891%) Asset Management
6 9 (4.891%) Capacity Planning
7 8 (4.348%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (4.348%) Load Balancing
8 7 (3.804%) Performance Management
8 7 (3.804%) Business Development
8 7 (3.804%) Capacity Management
8 7 (3.804%) Business Continuity
8 7 (3.804%) ERP
8 7 (3.804%) PRINCE2
8 7 (3.804%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (3.261%) Data Management
9 6 (3.261%) Database Security
9 6 (3.261%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (20.65%) SQL
2 10 (5.435%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.348%) C
4 6 (3.261%) Java
5 4 (2.174%) T-SQL
5 4 (2.174%) VB
6 3 (1.630%) Perl
7 2 (1.087%) Python
7 2 (1.087%) Bash shell
8 1 (0.543%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.543%) PHP
8 1 (0.543%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 35 (19.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 19 (10.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (10.33%) Citrix Certification
3 18 (9.783%) CCEE
3 18 (9.783%) CCIA
4 16 (8.696%) CCEA
5 15 (8.152%) MCITP
6 14 (7.609%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (7.609%) MCSE
7 12 (6.522%) CCA
8 11 (5.978%) CCNP
8 11 (5.978%) VCDX
9 10 (5.435%) VCAP
10 9 (4.891%) MCTS
11 8 (4.348%) CCNA
11 8 (4.348%) NCDA
11 8 (4.348%) NCIE
11 8 (4.348%) CCAA
11 8 (4.348%) Degree
12 6 (3.261%) CCDA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (12.50%) SLA
2 3 (1.630%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 81 (44.02%) Active Directory
2 68 (36.96%) vSphere
3 57 (30.98%) XenApp
4 37 (20.11%) XenDesktop
5 36 (19.57%) XenServer
6 31 (16.85%) Hyper-V
7 26 (14.13%) VMware ESX
8 14 (7.609%) VMware ESXi
9 6 (3.261%) Terminal Services
10 4 (2.174%) Microsoft App-V
10 4 (2.174%) ProxySG
11 2 (1.087%) Xen
11 2 (1.087%) Novell eDirectory
12 1 (0.543%) NFS
12 1 (0.543%) Samba
12 1 (0.543%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 23 (12.50%) SCCM
2 21 (11.41%) SCOM
3 14 (7.609%) Backup Exec
4 11 (5.978%) Norton AntiVirus
5 10 (5.435%) NetBackup
5 10 (5.435%) WSUS
6 7 (3.804%) SCVMM
7 5 (2.717%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.543%) OpenView
8 1 (0.543%) HP Data Protector
8 1 (0.543%) HP SIM
8 1 (0.543%) Puppet
8 1 (0.543%) HP NNM
Vendors
1 184 (100.00%) VMware
2 107 (58.15%) Microsoft
3 83 (45.11%) Citrix
4 65 (35.33%) HP
5 61 (33.15%) Cisco
6 50 (27.17%) NetApp
7 34 (18.48%) EMC
8 23 (12.50%) Juniper
8 23 (12.50%) Dell
9 22 (11.96%) Symantec
10 18 (9.783%) Veeam
11 17 (9.239%) CommVault
12 16 (8.696%) IBM
13 11 (5.978%) Red Hat
14 10 (5.435%) Blue Coat
14 10 (5.435%) Kaspersky
15 9 (4.891%) Brocade
16 8 (4.348%) CheckPoint
17 7 (3.804%) Altiris
18 6 (3.261%) PlateSpin
Leeds, West Yorkshire
This 2nd Line Support Analyst role is for someone with an excellent understanding of 2nd line support in an fast paced environment. An individual looking for progression and...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + 5% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Essential Experience: o VMWARE ESX 3.5 / 4 o Microsoft Server O/S 2000/2003/2008 (including clustering) o Microsoft Active Directory Administration o HP server hardware o...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Guaranteed Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Systems Administrator will come from an extensive Windows Server and UNIX/Linux background, with excellent experience of large virtual server environments, understanding of networking principles and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
To be successful in this role you must have a track record of successfully leading teams using an Agile delivery method within an ecommerce environment with daily visits...
Jet2.com
Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
As the successful Infrastructure Manager you will play a key role in bringing the IT service strategy to fruition with good project management skills and a track record...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Working in partnership with one of Yorkshire’s most prestigious institutions, this is an exciting position for an aspiring and passionate Virtualisation enthusiast, who will have the opportunity...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: Negotiable on experience
Posted: 16 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Linux / Windows Server Engineer required for one of Yorkshire’s most established bluechip companies... Ideally you will have experience in Linux and Windows operating systems / servers accompanied by...
Northern Recruitment Group
Salary: £Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
18,000 - £23,000 (Depending on Experience) Cross Platform / Web / Linux / Windows / 24/7 / Call Logging / Apache / MySQL / IIS / MS SQL Server Technician / Junior System Administrator with experience...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Advanced PHP and Perl scripting ability... Good virtualisation and storage background; knowledge of Xen or Citrix XenServer, RAID, iSCSI and SAN/NAS solutions... Excellent knowledge of networking, protocols (...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £32000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
An understanding of project management methodologies, processes and practices... -Solutions compliant with PCI data security standards. -Experience in defining new workflows for automated infrastructure builds and software deployments (...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 22 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... - Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 April 2013