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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 28 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 20 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 5.450% 2.926% -
As % of the System Software category 32.79% 28.21% -
Number of salaries quoted 18 9 0
Average salary £46,000 £45,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
61 39 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 16.62% 10.37% 4.247%
Number of salaries quoted 54 34 11
Average salary £44,500 £45,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.11% +16.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £70,000 £47,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
Bedfordshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

Luton VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

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

Luton VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 42 (100.00%) VMware
2 37 (88.10%) vSphere
3 34 (80.95%) Cisco
4 31 (73.81%) Windows
5 29 (69.05%) Microsoft
6 27 (64.29%) ITIL
7 26 (61.90%) Service Management
8 25 (59.52%) SAN
8 25 (59.52%) iSCSI
9 23 (54.76%) Linux
10 22 (52.38%) VMware Infrastructure
11 21 (50.00%) MySQL
11 21 (50.00%) IIS
12 20 (47.62%) Apache
13 19 (45.24%) TCP/IP
14 16 (38.10%) DHCP
14 16 (38.10%) DNS
15 15 (35.71%) Problem Management
15 15 (35.71%) Change Management
15 15 (35.71%) SaaS
16 10 (23.81%) Fibre Channel
16 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
16 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
16 10 (23.81%) Degree
16 10 (23.81%) SQL
16 10 (23.81%) Oracle
17 7 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
18 6 (14.29%) DMZ
18 6 (14.29%) Dell

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.381%) COM
Application Platforms
1 21 (50.00%) IIS
2 20 (47.62%) Apache
3 5 (11.90%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (11.90%) MS Exchange
4 4 (9.524%) Lync
5 1 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 6 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 25 (59.52%) SAN
1 25 (59.52%) iSCSI
2 19 (45.24%) TCP/IP
3 16 (38.10%) DHCP
3 16 (38.10%) DNS
4 10 (23.81%) Fibre Channel
5 6 (14.29%) DMZ
6 5 (11.90%) Internet
7 4 (9.524%) Firewall
7 4 (9.524%) VPN
8 3 (7.143%) LAN
8 3 (7.143%) WAN
9 2 (4.762%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (50.00%) MySQL
2 2 (4.762%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (4.762%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 26 (61.90%) Systems Engineer
2 20 (47.62%) Linux Engineer
3 6 (14.29%) VMware Specialist
4 5 (11.90%) VMware Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Server Engineer
4 5 (11.90%) Architect
5 4 (9.524%) Analyst
5 4 (9.524%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (9.524%) VMware Engineer
6 2 (4.762%) Senior Support Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 2 (4.762%) Senior Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) Senior Network Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) Network Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) Systems Analyst
6 2 (4.762%) Support Analyst
7 1 (2.381%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.381%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (35.71%) SaaS
2 10 (23.81%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 31 (73.81%) Windows
2 23 (54.76%) Linux
3 10 (23.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.381%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (64.29%) ITIL
2 26 (61.90%) Service Management
3 15 (35.71%) Problem Management
3 15 (35.71%) Change Management
4 2 (4.762%) Service Delivery
4 2 (4.762%) Project Management
5 1 (2.381%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.381%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (2.381%) Business Continuity
5 1 (2.381%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.381%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 10 (23.81%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (23.81%) Degree
2 7 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (4.762%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (4.762%) CCNP
3 2 (4.762%) CCNA
3 2 (4.762%) MCSE
3 2 (4.762%) MCP
3 2 (4.762%) VCP4
System Software
1 37 (88.10%) vSphere
2 22 (52.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (14.29%) VMFS
4 4 (9.524%) VMware Server
5 3 (7.143%) Active Directory
6 1 (2.381%) ISA Server
6 1 (2.381%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (2.381%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (4.762%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) VMware
2 34 (80.95%) Cisco
3 29 (69.05%) Microsoft
4 10 (23.81%) Oracle
5 6 (14.29%) Dell
6 5 (11.90%) Citrix
6 5 (11.90%) HP
7 1 (2.381%) Nimsoft
7 1 (2.381%) Websense
7 1 (2.381%) Salesforce.com
Luton, Bedfordshire
Ideally commercial data-centre experience working with Apache and MySQL. * Exposure to and knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and Cisco networking elements... * Experience of working within ITIL...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £49000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 19 May 2013
Luton, South East
TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching Desirable: Windows Server (up to 2008) including Microsoft Cluster Services, Microsoft IIS web...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
Essential: At least 5 years commercial Linux data centre experience Linux server (inc. Apache, mySQL) LAMP TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013