The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 49 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 3 18 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.737% 3.550% -
As % of the System Software category 13.04% 17.65% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 0
Average salary £51,250 £48,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.67% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
All System Software
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
23 102 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 5.651% 20.12% 9.146%
Number of salaries quoted 15 93 26
Average salary £42,000 £47,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.57% +46.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
vSphere
Merseyside

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Liverpool vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (77.78%) XenApp
3 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
4 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 4 (44.44%) MCITP
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (44.44%) NetApp
5 4 (44.44%) Windows
5 4 (44.44%) Cisco
5 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
5 4 (44.44%) XenServer
5 4 (44.44%) XenDesktop
5 4 (44.44%) NCDA
5 4 (44.44%) NCIE
5 4 (44.44%) CCEE
5 4 (44.44%) CCIA
6 3 (33.33%) CCAA
6 3 (33.33%) IBM
6 3 (33.33%) HP
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
6 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
6 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
7 2 (22.22%) CLARiiON
7 2 (22.22%) Firewall

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) IIS
1 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) Firewall
2 2 (22.22%) Unified Communications
2 2 (22.22%) NetScaler
2 2 (22.22%) DHCP
2 2 (22.22%) DNS
3 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Sales Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Account Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Account Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) CLARiiON
1 2 (22.22%) Celerra
2 1 (11.11%) EqualLogic
2 1 (11.11%) HP StorageWorks
2 1 (11.11%) EMC Centera
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL V3
1 2 (22.22%) High Availability
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (11.11%) Data Security
2 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (44.44%) CCEE
2 4 (44.44%) NCDA
2 4 (44.44%) NCIE
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (44.44%) MCITP
2 4 (44.44%) CCIA
3 3 (33.33%) CCAA
4 2 (22.22%) MCTS
4 2 (22.22%) VCAP
4 2 (22.22%) HP AIS
4 2 (22.22%) HP ASE
4 2 (22.22%) HP MASE
4 2 (22.22%) VCDX
4 2 (22.22%) CCA
5 1 (11.11%) MCSE
5 1 (11.11%) CCEA
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (11.11%) VTSP
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) XenApp
1 7 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) XenServer
3 4 (44.44%) XenDesktop
3 4 (44.44%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
4 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (11.11%) Terminal Services
5 1 (11.11%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Citrix
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) NetApp
4 3 (33.33%) IBM
4 3 (33.33%) HP
5 2 (22.22%) Dell
5 2 (22.22%) EMC
6 1 (11.11%) Hitachi
6 1 (11.11%) Symantec
6 1 (11.11%) ProCurve
6 1 (11.11%) Veeam