The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESXi over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 470 510 547
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +37
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 132 139 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.300% 0.255% 0.145%
As % of the System Software category 3.238% 3.057% 2.176%
Number of salaries quoted 98 125 55
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,700 £31,900 £28,400
10% offered a salary of more than £59,750 £62,500 £71,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +21.21%
All System Software
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
4076 4547 3814
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 9.263% 8.348% 6.679%
Number of salaries quoted 3474 3998 3117
Average salary £46,500 £45,000 £43,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £29,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

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

London VMware ESXi Salary Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESXi across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London VMware ESXi Salary Histogram

VMware ESXi
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London +23 40 £44,500 -19.09%
Docklands, London +7 4 £26,500 -68.54%
Feltham - 4 £37,000 -
Orpington - 4 £37,500 -
Croydon - 2 £55,000 -
Clapham - 2 £50,000 -
Chiswick - 1 £50,000 -
Dagenham - 1 £60,000 -
Romford - 1 £47,500 -
Bromley - 1 £60,000 -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1 278 (95.86%) VMware
2 220 (75.86%) Windows
3 165 (56.90%) VMware Infrastructure
4 161 (55.52%) Active Directory
5 138 (47.59%) Windows Server 2008
6 134 (46.21%) Microsoft
7 126 (43.45%) SAN
8 105 (36.21%) Windows Server 2003
8 105 (36.21%) MS Exchange
9 103 (35.52%) VMware ESX
10 98 (33.79%) Citrix
11 82 (28.28%) Linux
12 76 (26.21%) HP
13 74 (25.52%) vSphere
14 72 (24.83%) Cisco
15 70 (24.14%) SQL
16 62 (21.38%) SQL Server
17 61 (21.03%) DNS
18 60 (20.69%) Red Hat
19 59 (20.34%) ITIL
20 57 (19.66%) TCP/IP
21 56 (19.31%) Firewall
22 54 (18.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
23 49 (16.90%) Microsoft Certification
24 48 (16.55%) Juniper
24 48 (16.55%) Exchange Server 2007
25 47 (16.21%) MS Excel
26 44 (15.17%) MCITP
27 43 (14.83%) DHCP
28 42 (14.48%) VPN

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (3.448%) XMPP
2 3 (1.034%) J2EE
2 3 (1.034%) Web Services
2 3 (1.034%) LAMP
3 2 (0.690%) COM
4 1 (0.345%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 105 (36.21%) MS Exchange
2 48 (16.55%) Exchange Server 2007
3 42 (14.48%) IIS
4 40 (13.79%) Exchange Server 2010
5 32 (11.03%) SharePoint
6 22 (7.586%) Exchange Server 2003
7 20 (6.897%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 15 (5.172%) Apache
9 4 (1.379%) SharePoint 2010
9 4 (1.379%) Lync
9 4 (1.379%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.345%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.345%) Office Communications Server
10 1 (0.345%) nginx
Applications
1 47 (16.21%) MS Excel
2 25 (8.621%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 126 (43.45%) SAN
2 61 (21.03%) DNS
3 57 (19.66%) TCP/IP
4 56 (19.31%) Firewall
5 43 (14.83%) DHCP
6 42 (14.48%) VPN
7 26 (8.966%) iSCSI
8 25 (8.621%) VLAN
9 22 (7.586%) LAN
10 21 (7.241%) Ethernet
11 19 (6.552%) ADSL
11 19 (6.552%) tcpdump
11 19 (6.552%) Wireshark
12 17 (5.862%) Wireless
13 11 (3.793%) WAN
14 10 (3.448%) Internet
15 9 (3.103%) NAS
15 9 (3.103%) Fibre Channel
16 8 (2.759%) MPLS
16 8 (2.759%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (21.38%) SQL Server
2 29 (10.00%) MySQL
3 5 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (1.034%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.690%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.690%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.345%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.034%) Git (software)
1 3 (1.034%) ClearCase
1 3 (1.034%) ClearQuest
1 3 (1.034%) Subversion
2 1 (0.345%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.345%) Hudson
2 1 (0.345%) MSI
General
1 32 (11.03%) Finance
2 13 (4.483%) Banking
3 11 (3.793%) Law
4 9 (3.103%) Russian Language
4 9 (3.103%) Investment Banking
4 9 (3.103%) Retail
5 8 (2.759%) Marketing
6 5 (1.724%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (1.379%) Advertising
8 3 (1.034%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.034%) Legal
9 2 (0.690%) Arabic Language
9 2 (0.690%) Japanese Language
10 1 (0.345%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.345%) Games
10 1 (0.345%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.345%) Music
Job Titles
1 50 (17.24%) Administrator
2 39 (13.45%) Systems Administrator
2 39 (13.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 29 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 27 (9.310%) Systems Engineer
5 25 (8.621%) Analyst
6 21 (7.241%) VMware Engineer
7 20 (6.897%) 3rd Line Support
8 19 (6.552%) Consultant
9 17 (5.862%) Operations Engineer
10 14 (4.828%) Wintel Support
10 14 (4.828%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.828%) Wintel Engineer
11 13 (4.483%) IT Support
11 13 (4.483%) Linux Engineer
12 12 (4.138%) VMware Specialist
13 11 (3.793%) Architect
14 9 (3.103%) Windows Administrator
15 8 (2.759%) Applications Support
15 8 (2.759%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (11.38%) Blackberry
1 33 (11.38%) Clustering
2 17 (5.862%) Firmware
3 8 (2.759%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (2.414%) Replication
5 5 (1.724%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.379%) SaaS
7 3 (1.034%) iPhone
7 3 (1.034%) Computer Science
7 3 (1.034%) Fat Client
7 3 (1.034%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.690%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (0.690%) Celerra
8 2 (0.690%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.690%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.345%) IaaS
9 1 (0.345%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.345%) Physics
9 1 (0.345%) Symmetrix DMX
9 1 (0.345%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 220 (75.86%) Windows
2 138 (47.59%) Windows Server 2008
3 105 (36.21%) Windows Server 2003
4 82 (28.28%) Linux
5 54 (18.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 30 (10.34%) Windows 7
7 24 (8.276%) CentOS
8 22 (7.586%) Windows XP
9 18 (6.207%) Windows Vista
9 18 (6.207%) Ubuntu
10 17 (5.862%) Debian
11 16 (5.517%) UNIX
12 14 (4.828%) Solaris
13 9 (3.103%) FreeBSD
14 7 (2.414%) Windows 2000 Server
14 7 (2.414%) VMS
15 6 (2.069%) Windows Mobile
15 6 (2.069%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (1.724%) Android
16 5 (1.724%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (20.34%) ITIL
2 18 (6.207%) Problem Management
3 16 (5.517%) Change Management
4 15 (5.172%) Disaster Recovery
5 14 (4.828%) Capacity Management
6 13 (4.483%) Computer Architecture
6 13 (4.483%) Service Delivery
7 10 (3.448%) PRINCE2
7 10 (3.448%) Fault Management
7 10 (3.448%) Load Balancing
8 8 (2.759%) Configuration Management
9 7 (2.414%) Integration Testing
9 7 (2.414%) Capacity Planning
9 7 (2.414%) E-Commerce
9 7 (2.414%) Information Management
10 5 (1.724%) Electronic Trading
10 5 (1.724%) Software Deployment
10 5 (1.724%) Project Management
10 5 (1.724%) Data Security
10 5 (1.724%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 70 (24.14%) SQL
2 35 (12.07%) Bash shell
3 31 (10.69%) PHP
4 29 (10.00%) Perl
5 23 (7.931%) PowerShell
6 19 (6.552%) Ruby
7 14 (4.828%) Python
8 6 (2.069%) C++
8 6 (2.069%) Java
9 4 (1.379%) Shell Script
9 4 (1.379%) C
10 3 (1.034%) VBScript
11 2 (0.690%) C#
12 1 (0.345%) JavaScript
12 1 (0.345%) VB
12 1 (0.345%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 49 (16.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (15.17%) MCITP
3 34 (11.72%) MCSE
4 32 (11.03%) MCSA
5 30 (10.34%) Cisco Certification
6 29 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 28 (9.655%) Degree
8 23 (7.931%) CCNA
9 17 (5.862%) MCP
10 7 (2.414%) CCNP
10 7 (2.414%) JNCIA
11 6 (2.069%) RHCE
12 5 (1.724%) Security Cleared
13 4 (1.379%) JNCIS
13 4 (1.379%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (1.034%) CCENT
15 2 (0.690%) MCTS
15 2 (0.690%) CCA
15 2 (0.690%) Citrix Certification
15 2 (0.690%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.828%) SLA
2 1 (0.345%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 165 (56.90%) VMware Infrastructure
2 161 (55.52%) Active Directory
3 103 (35.52%) VMware ESX
4 74 (25.52%) vSphere
5 29 (10.00%) Terminal Services
6 23 (7.931%) Hyper-V
7 21 (7.241%) XenApp
8 17 (5.862%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 12 (4.138%) NFS
10 9 (3.103%) Postfix
11 8 (2.759%) UAG
11 8 (2.759%) XenDesktop
12 7 (2.414%) Sendmail
12 7 (2.414%) MetaFrame
13 6 (2.069%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (2.069%) Forefront TMG
14 4 (1.379%) vCloud
14 4 (1.379%) VMware Server
15 3 (1.034%) Xen
15 3 (1.034%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 30 (10.34%) Puppet
2 23 (7.931%) Backup Exec
3 19 (6.552%) WSUS
4 13 (4.483%) SolarWinds Orion
5 11 (3.793%) Nagios
6 9 (3.103%) Cacti
7 7 (2.414%) NetBackup
8 6 (2.069%) HP SIM
8 6 (2.069%) HP Data Protector
9 5 (1.724%) SCCM
9 5 (1.724%) Sysprep
10 3 (1.034%) Plesk
10 3 (1.034%) Norton AntiVirus
11 2 (0.690%) McAfee ePO
11 2 (0.690%) SCOM
12 1 (0.345%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 1 (0.345%) Munin
12 1 (0.345%) Splunk
12 1 (0.345%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 278 (95.86%) VMware
2 134 (46.21%) Microsoft
3 98 (33.79%) Citrix
4 76 (26.21%) HP
5 72 (24.83%) Cisco
6 60 (20.69%) Red Hat
7 48 (16.55%) Juniper
8 40 (13.79%) NetApp
9 29 (10.00%) Symantec
10 23 (7.931%) EMC
11 21 (7.241%) SolarWinds
12 13 (4.483%) Dell
13 11 (3.793%) IBM
13 11 (3.793%) Remedy
14 9 (3.103%) CA
15 7 (2.414%) Oracle
16 6 (2.069%) Apple
17 4 (1.379%) Veritas
17 4 (1.379%) McAfee
17 4 (1.379%) Foundry
City of London
Wintel - SQL - Active Directory - Exchange - Sharepoint - VMware We are actively seeking an Infrastructure Systems Engineer to work in a strong technical team for a growing financial company based...
Mint
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + 10-20% Bonus + Excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
City of London
Respond to client and business needs in a prompt and professional manner Responsible for the management and support of SharePoint infrastructure and services Support a multi-site Microsoft...
Brightred Resourcing
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Monitor Windows 2003/2008/2012 servers and troubleshoot problems... Administering MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010. Administering MS SQL. Working with VMWare ESX/ESXi... Qualifications: MCSE/MCSA or equivalent.
Brightred Resourcing Limited
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Windows Server / VMWare / MS SQL) London/City £35,000 You are a good I.T... Experience Required: 2y+ previous commercial experience as a systems administrator or similar role...
Creative Personnel
Salary: £3000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West London
You will need to be a Windows Server environment expert with Active Directory (2003/2008 pref.) as well as a Cisco networking, firewall and WAN guru holding a...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40-50k plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
West London
You will have 3+ years Sys Admin experience with Windows servers (2003, 2008) VMware ESXi, Active Directory, Back-procedures using Back up executive and NetBackup and some exposure...
Conex Europe Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
They will also provide training and mentoring to fellow team members on a regular basis to transfer skills across the organisation.System Administrator role:- Maintain Cisco Network infrastructure-...
Sand Resources
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will have excellent troubleshooting skills along with experience supporting and installing the following technologies: - Microsoft Desktops & Office - Windows Server 2008 & SBS - Exchange 2007 & 2010 - Active...
Connect Systems
Salary: From £22,000 to £32,000 per annum + company car + overtime.
Posted: 2 May 2013
Central London / West End
Knowledge of Microsoft Exchange 2007, Active Directory administration, DHCP, DNS, VPN, WSUS and Group Policy. VMware and ESXi... LAN Switches... Experience in Juniper firewalls... Desirable: MCSA/MCITP/ MCSE /...
Wavex Technology Limited
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013