The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 20 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 19 20 22
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +2
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 3 1 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 3.659% 2.083% 5.660%
As % of the System Software category 50.00% 12.50% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 6
Average salary £60,000 £30,000 £27,130
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% +10.58%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,750
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
All System Software
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
6 8 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 7.317% 16.67% 8.491%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 9
Average salary £49,500 £35,000 £29,859
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.42% +17.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,250 £22,250 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £33,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
vSphere
Kent

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 4 (80.00%) Cisco
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Billing
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) VMware
4 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) MCSA
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) SQL

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
1 1 (20.00%) Internet
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Billing
2 3 (60.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (20.00%) Network Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Security Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Services Manager
1 1 (20.00%) IT Security Analyst
1 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSA
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) VMware