The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere 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 vSphere
Rank 86 91 100
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +9
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 62 43 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 2.386% 2.061% 1.081%
As % of the System Software category 22.96% 19.11% 12.90%
Number of salaries quoted 52 33 12
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,650 £27,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
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%
vSphere
West Yorkshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 82 (93.18%) VMware
2 62 (70.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 57 (64.77%) Windows
4 54 (61.36%) Citrix
5 43 (48.86%) HP
5 43 (48.86%) XenServer
6 42 (47.73%) Windows Server 2008
7 40 (45.45%) Active Directory
8 38 (43.18%) Microsoft
9 34 (38.64%) Linux
10 33 (37.50%) SAN
11 32 (36.36%) Cisco
11 32 (36.36%) XenApp
12 31 (35.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 30 (34.09%) Firewall
14 29 (32.95%) XenDesktop
15 28 (31.82%) NetApp
16 26 (29.55%) MS Exchange
16 26 (29.55%) Windows Server 2003
17 25 (28.41%) VMware ESX
18 21 (23.86%) EMC
19 20 (22.73%) TCP/IP
20 19 (21.59%) Citrix Certification
20 19 (21.59%) MS Excel
20 19 (21.59%) MCITP
21 18 (20.45%) CCEE
21 18 (20.45%) CCIA
21 18 (20.45%) SQL
22 17 (19.32%) SQL Server
22 17 (19.32%) SharePoint

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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 Development
1 5 (5.682%) .NET
2 2 (2.273%) Web Services
2 2 (2.273%) J2EE
2 2 (2.273%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 26 (29.55%) MS Exchange
2 17 (19.32%) SharePoint
3 13 (14.77%) Exchange Server 2010
4 10 (11.36%) IIS
5 5 (5.682%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (5.682%) Exchange Server 2000
6 3 (3.409%) Exchange Server 2007
7 2 (2.273%) Apache
7 2 (2.273%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (2.273%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (1.136%) Exchange Server 2003
8 1 (1.136%) Lync
8 1 (1.136%) SAS
8 1 (1.136%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 19 (21.59%) MS Excel
2 9 (10.23%) MS Office
3 4 (4.545%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (1.136%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 33 (37.50%) SAN
2 30 (34.09%) Firewall
3 20 (22.73%) TCP/IP
4 13 (14.77%) Network Security
5 10 (11.36%) VoIP
5 10 (11.36%) NetScaler
6 9 (10.23%) Unified Communications
6 9 (10.23%) DNS
7 8 (9.091%) VPN
7 8 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
8 7 (7.955%) DHCP
8 7 (7.955%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (6.818%) FTP
9 6 (6.818%) HTTP
9 6 (6.818%) WAN
9 6 (6.818%) SMTP
9 6 (6.818%) SSH
10 4 (4.545%) MPLS
10 4 (4.545%) VLAN
11 3 (3.409%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (19.32%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.955%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (5.682%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.136%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.136%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.136%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (5.682%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (5.682%) Finance
2 2 (2.273%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (25.00%) Architect
1 22 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 21 (23.86%) Consultant
3 14 (15.91%) Administrator
4 11 (12.50%) Support Engineer
5 10 (11.36%) Systems Administrator
5 10 (11.36%) Virtualisation Consultant
6 9 (10.23%) IT Administrator
7 8 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
7 8 (9.091%) VMware Consultant
8 7 (7.955%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (6.818%) Network Architect
10 5 (5.682%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 5 (5.682%) Senior Technical Consultant
10 5 (5.682%) Citrix Consultant
11 4 (4.545%) Server Engineer
11 4 (4.545%) Technical Manager
11 4 (4.545%) Systems Engineer
11 4 (4.545%) Virtualisation Architect
12 3 (3.409%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.23%) Clustering
2 7 (7.955%) Fat Client
2 7 (7.955%) SaaS
2 7 (7.955%) Thin Client
3 6 (6.818%) EqualLogic
4 4 (4.545%) CLARiiON
4 4 (4.545%) Celerra
5 2 (2.273%) IVR
5 2 (2.273%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.273%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (2.273%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (1.136%) IaaS
6 1 (1.136%) PaaS
6 1 (1.136%) NHS
6 1 (1.136%) Firmware
6 1 (1.136%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.136%) Replication
6 1 (1.136%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 57 (64.77%) Windows
2 42 (47.73%) Windows Server 2008
3 34 (38.64%) Linux
4 26 (29.55%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (15.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 9 (10.23%) Windows 7
7 7 (7.955%) Windows Server 2012
8 6 (6.818%) UNIX
9 5 (5.682%) Debian
10 4 (4.545%) Windows XP
10 4 (4.545%) Windows 8
11 3 (3.409%) CentOS
12 2 (2.273%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (15.91%) ITIL
2 8 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 8 (9.091%) Load Balancing
3 7 (7.955%) Data Management
4 6 (6.818%) Problem Management
5 5 (5.682%) Business Development
5 5 (5.682%) Project Management
5 5 (5.682%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (4.545%) Business Continuity
6 4 (4.545%) ERP
6 4 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (4.545%) High Availability
6 4 (4.545%) Network Design
6 4 (4.545%) Data Protection
6 4 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (3.409%) Asset Management
7 3 (3.409%) Capacity Management
7 3 (3.409%) E-Commerce
7 3 (3.409%) PRINCE2
8 2 (2.273%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.45%) SQL
2 9 (10.23%) PowerShell
3 8 (9.091%) Perl
3 8 (9.091%) Bash shell
4 4 (4.545%) Java
5 2 (2.273%) C
5 2 (2.273%) Python
6 1 (1.136%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (35.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 19 (21.59%) Citrix Certification
2 19 (21.59%) MCITP
3 18 (20.45%) CCEE
3 18 (20.45%) CCIA
4 16 (18.18%) CCEA
5 12 (13.64%) VCDX
6 11 (12.50%) VCAP
6 11 (12.50%) CCA
6 11 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (11.36%) NCIE
7 10 (11.36%) MCTS
8 9 (10.23%) NCDA
8 9 (10.23%) CCAA
9 8 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (9.091%) MCSE
10 7 (7.955%) MCP
11 6 (6.818%) CCNP
11 6 (6.818%) CCDA
12 2 (2.273%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.682%) SLA
System Software
1 62 (70.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (48.86%) XenServer
3 40 (45.45%) Active Directory
4 32 (36.36%) XenApp
5 29 (32.95%) XenDesktop
6 25 (28.41%) VMware ESX
7 13 (14.77%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (13.64%) Hyper-V
9 6 (6.818%) Terminal Services
10 4 (4.545%) Microsoft App-V
11 2 (2.273%) Xen
12 1 (1.136%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (1.136%) NFS
12 1 (1.136%) Samba
Systems Management
1 16 (18.18%) SCOM
2 15 (17.05%) SCCM
3 10 (11.36%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 9 (10.23%) Backup Exec
5 6 (6.818%) NetBackup
6 5 (5.682%) Cacti
6 5 (5.682%) Nagios
7 4 (4.545%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (2.273%) SCVMM
8 2 (2.273%) WSUS
9 1 (1.136%) HP Data Protector
9 1 (1.136%) Puppet
9 1 (1.136%) PureDisk
Vendors
1 82 (93.18%) VMware
2 54 (61.36%) Citrix
3 43 (48.86%) HP
4 38 (43.18%) Microsoft
5 32 (36.36%) Cisco
6 28 (31.82%) NetApp
7 21 (23.86%) EMC
8 16 (18.18%) Dell
9 15 (17.05%) Symantec
10 14 (15.91%) Juniper
11 13 (14.77%) Veeam
12 10 (11.36%) IBM
12 10 (11.36%) ProCurve
13 8 (9.091%) CommVault
13 8 (9.091%) Red Hat
14 7 (7.955%) Blue Coat
15 6 (6.818%) DataCore
15 6 (6.818%) FalconStor
15 6 (6.818%) PlateSpin
16 5 (5.682%) WatchGuard
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