The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 51 61 48
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -13
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 31 14 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 4.460% 2.000% 2.652%
As % of the System Software category 43.06% 25.45% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 27 12 10
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,550 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £49,900 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
72 55 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 10.36% 7.857% 3.977%
Number of salaries quoted 60 49 17
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £22,400 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,000 £49,700
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester +7 23 £35,000 +29.62%
Market Harborough +2 1 £41,000 -16.32%
Loughborough - 1 £41,000 -
VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 66 (100.00%) VMware
2 38 (57.58%) Windows
3 35 (53.03%) Citrix
4 29 (43.94%) Microsoft
4 29 (43.94%) Active Directory
5 26 (39.39%) vSphere
6 25 (37.88%) Windows Server 2008
7 22 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
8 21 (31.82%) HP
8 21 (31.82%) MS Exchange
8 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (30.30%) SQL Server
10 19 (28.79%) MCP
11 18 (27.27%) MS Excel
12 15 (22.73%) Hyper-V
12 15 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2007
13 14 (21.21%) Clustering
14 13 (19.70%) Change Management
14 13 (19.70%) MCSE
14 13 (19.70%) Linux
14 13 (19.70%) SAN
14 13 (19.70%) TCP/IP
14 13 (19.70%) Capacity Management
15 12 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
15 12 (18.18%) PowerShell
15 12 (18.18%) SCOM
15 12 (18.18%) ITIL
15 12 (18.18%) IIS
16 11 (16.67%) VBScript
16 11 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (4.545%) HTML
1 3 (4.545%) ASP
2 2 (3.030%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.030%) CSS
2 2 (3.030%) JDBC
2 2 (3.030%) Web Services
2 2 (3.030%) XML
2 2 (3.030%) .NET
2 2 (3.030%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 21 (31.82%) MS Exchange
2 15 (22.73%) Exchange Server 2007
3 12 (18.18%) IIS
4 8 (12.12%) Exchange Server 2010
5 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
6 4 (6.061%) Lync
7 2 (3.030%) Commerce Server
7 2 (3.030%) Commerce Server 2007
7 2 (3.030%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (1.515%) Office Communications Server
8 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2000
8 1 (1.515%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.030%) MS Office
3 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (19.70%) SAN
1 13 (19.70%) TCP/IP
2 6 (9.091%) Firewall
3 5 (7.576%) VPN
4 4 (6.061%) LAN
4 4 (6.061%) WAN
5 3 (4.545%) NetScaler
5 3 (4.545%) PABX
5 3 (4.545%) DMZ
5 3 (4.545%) VoIP
6 2 (3.030%) Internet
6 2 (3.030%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (3.030%) Network Security
6 2 (3.030%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.515%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.515%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (1.515%) VLAN
7 1 (1.515%) Wireless
7 1 (1.515%) DHCP
7 1 (1.515%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (30.30%) SQL Server
2 5 (7.576%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (7.576%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (4.545%) SQL Server 2000
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (3.030%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (3.030%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (3.030%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (7.576%) Retail
2 1 (1.515%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 16 (24.24%) Analyst
2 15 (22.73%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (15.15%) Support Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Administrator
4 8 (12.12%) Support Engineer
5 6 (9.091%) Consultant
5 6 (9.091%) Project Manager
5 6 (9.091%) Server Administrator
6 5 (7.576%) Systems Support Engineer
6 5 (7.576%) VMware Engineer
6 5 (7.576%) Systems Support
7 4 (6.061%) Systems Administrator
7 4 (6.061%) Technical Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (4.545%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 3 (4.545%) Server Specialist
8 3 (4.545%) Lead Architect
8 3 (4.545%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (21.21%) Clustering
2 9 (13.64%) Management Information System
3 5 (7.576%) Open Source
4 2 (3.030%) EPoS
4 2 (3.030%) Derivative
5 1 (1.515%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.515%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.515%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 38 (57.58%) Windows
2 25 (37.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (19.70%) Linux
5 5 (7.576%) SUSE
6 3 (4.545%) Windows 7
6 3 (4.545%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (3.030%) AIX
7 2 (3.030%) UNIX
7 2 (3.030%) Ubuntu
7 2 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (1.515%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (19.70%) Change Management
1 13 (19.70%) Capacity Management
2 12 (18.18%) Capacity Planning
2 12 (18.18%) ITIL
3 8 (12.12%) Migration
4 6 (9.091%) Project Management
5 3 (4.545%) Business Analysis
5 3 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (4.545%) Software Deployment
5 3 (4.545%) PRINCE
5 3 (4.545%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.030%) E-Commerce
6 2 (3.030%) UML
6 2 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (3.030%) Information Security
6 2 (3.030%) Risk Management
6 2 (3.030%) Problem Management
6 2 (3.030%) Data Protection
6 2 (3.030%) Security Testing
6 2 (3.030%) Vulnerability Assessment
Programming Languages
1 12 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 11 (16.67%) VBScript
3 5 (7.576%) SQL
4 4 (6.061%) VB
5 2 (3.030%) C#
5 2 (3.030%) C++
5 2 (3.030%) Java
5 2 (3.030%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.030%) PHP
5 2 (3.030%) PL/SQL
5 2 (3.030%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.030%) VC++
Qualifications
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (28.79%) MCP
3 13 (19.70%) MCSE
4 11 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 7 (10.61%) MCITP
6 6 (9.091%) MCTS
7 5 (7.576%) CCEE
7 5 (7.576%) Citrix Certification
8 3 (4.545%) VCP4
8 3 (4.545%) VCAP
8 3 (4.545%) VCDX
8 3 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (3.030%) CISSP
9 2 (3.030%) MCSA
9 2 (3.030%) MCPD
9 2 (3.030%) Degree
9 2 (3.030%) CCAA
9 2 (3.030%) NCDA
9 2 (3.030%) NCIE
10 1 (1.515%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (3.030%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.515%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (43.94%) Active Directory
2 26 (39.39%) vSphere
3 15 (22.73%) Hyper-V
4 10 (15.15%) XenDesktop
5 8 (12.12%) XenApp
6 5 (7.576%) VMware ESX
7 4 (6.061%) Terminal Services
8 3 (4.545%) XenServer
9 2 (3.030%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (1.515%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 12 (18.18%) SCOM
2 1 (1.515%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
2 1 (1.515%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.515%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.515%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.515%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) VMware
2 35 (53.03%) Citrix
3 29 (43.94%) Microsoft
4 21 (31.82%) HP
5 10 (15.15%) Dell
6 9 (13.64%) Cisco
7 8 (12.12%) NetApp
8 6 (9.091%) SAP
9 5 (7.576%) Red Hat
10 3 (4.545%) ProCurve
10 3 (4.545%) Symantec
10 3 (4.545%) Oracle
10 3 (4.545%) Novell
11 2 (3.030%) IBM
11 2 (3.030%) EMC
11 2 (3.030%) Sophos
11 2 (3.030%) Altiris
12 1 (1.515%) Veeam
12 1 (1.515%) Fortinet
12 1 (1.515%) BT