The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 56 51 -
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 10 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 2.577% 0.560% -
As % of the System Software category 24.39% 6.452% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 0
Average salary £37,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
41 31 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 10.57% 8.683% 5.965%
Number of salaries quoted 38 26 13
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,650 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
Leicestershire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leicester vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 30 (100.00%) VMware
2 23 (76.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 19 (63.33%) Capacity Management
5 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (53.33%) HP
7 15 (50.00%) MCP
7 15 (50.00%) Windows
8 14 (46.67%) NetApp
8 14 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
9 13 (43.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 13 (43.33%) Windows Server 2003
9 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
10 12 (40.00%) SAN
11 11 (36.67%) MCSE
11 11 (36.67%) MS Exchange
12 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
12 10 (33.33%) ITIL
12 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
13 9 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
13 9 (30.00%) IIS
13 9 (30.00%) SAP
13 9 (30.00%) VBScript
13 9 (30.00%) TCP/IP
13 9 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
13 9 (30.00%) SCOM
13 9 (30.00%) Change Management
13 9 (30.00%) Management Information System
13 9 (30.00%) Clustering
14 7 (23.33%) Citrix

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 11 (36.67%) MS Exchange
2 9 (30.00%) IIS
2 9 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 10 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (40.00%) SAN
2 9 (30.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (10.00%) iSCSI
4 2 (6.667%) VPN
4 2 (6.667%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.333%) NetScaler
5 1 (3.333%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (3.333%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.333%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (3.333%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (6.667%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
1 10 (33.33%) VMware Engineer
2 6 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 5 (16.67%) Systems Support Engineer
3 5 (16.67%) Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
4 3 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 2 (6.667%) VMware Specialist
6 1 (3.333%) VMware Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Systems Developer
6 1 (3.333%) Team Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.333%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.333%) Technical Team Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Support Team Leader
6 1 (3.333%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (30.00%) Management Information System
1 9 (30.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 15 (50.00%) Windows
2 14 (46.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 13 (43.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (6.667%) Linux
4 2 (6.667%) SUSE
5 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (63.33%) Capacity Management
2 10 (33.33%) ITIL
3 9 (30.00%) Capacity Planning
3 9 (30.00%) Change Management
4 3 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (6.667%) Migration
6 1 (3.333%) Data Management
6 1 (3.333%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (30.00%) VBScript
2 1 (3.333%) SQL
2 1 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (50.00%) MCP
3 13 (43.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (36.67%) MCSE
5 3 (10.00%) VCDX
5 3 (10.00%) VCAP
6 2 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
6 2 (6.667%) MCITP
6 2 (6.667%) VCP4
6 2 (6.667%) NCDA
6 2 (6.667%) NCIE
6 2 (6.667%) CCAA
7 1 (3.333%) CCIA
7 1 (3.333%) CCEE
7 1 (3.333%) CCEA
7 1 (3.333%) CCA
System Software
1 23 (76.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
3 7 (23.33%) XenDesktop
4 5 (16.67%) XenApp
5 3 (10.00%) XenServer
6 2 (6.667%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (6.667%) Hyper-V
7 1 (3.333%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) SCOM
2 1 (3.333%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (3.333%) NetBackup
2 1 (3.333%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) VMware
2 20 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 16 (53.33%) HP
4 14 (46.67%) NetApp
5 9 (30.00%) SAP
6 7 (23.33%) Citrix
7 5 (16.67%) Cisco
8 2 (6.667%) Symantec
8 2 (6.667%) Novell
8 2 (6.667%) Dell
8 2 (6.667%) EMC
9 1 (3.333%) Veeam
9 1 (3.333%) WatchGuard
9 1 (3.333%) CommVault