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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 113 62 71
Rank change year-on-year
-51 +9
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 78 146 112
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.930% 4.004% 2.869%
As % of the System Software category 27.18% 39.89% 37.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67 137 99
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,580 £25,000 £22,400
10% offered a salary of more than £54,750 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
287 366 302
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 7.100% 10.04% 7.736%
Number of salaries quoted 233 343 270
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £59,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 20 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
Wigan +7 3 £27,300 +9.20%
Stockport - 3 £40,250 -
Bury +4 2 £31,000 +44.18%
Bolton -21 2 £33,000 -12.00%
Altrincham - 2 £34,500 -
Oldham +2 1 £37,500 +20.96%
Salford -3 1 £37,500 +15.38%
Sale - 1 £37,500 -
VMware Infrastructure
North West

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 196 (100.00%) VMware
2 136 (69.39%) Windows
3 109 (55.61%) Microsoft
4 89 (45.41%) Active Directory
5 84 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 76 (38.78%) MS Exchange
7 66 (33.67%) ITIL
8 65 (33.16%) DNS
9 64 (32.65%) Windows Server 2003
10 62 (31.63%) Firewall
11 61 (31.12%) Citrix
12 58 (29.59%) Cisco
13 56 (28.57%) LAN
14 55 (28.06%) SQL Server
15 54 (27.55%) WAN
16 51 (26.02%) Exchange Server 2010
17 50 (25.51%) TCP/IP
17 50 (25.51%) Linux
18 49 (25.00%) NetApp
19 48 (24.49%) UNIX
19 48 (24.49%) MS Excel
20 45 (22.96%) Hyper-V
21 43 (21.94%) SAN
22 39 (19.90%) Windows XP
23 34 (17.35%) Cisco Certification
24 31 (15.82%) DHCP
25 30 (15.31%) IIS
26 29 (14.80%) SQL
26 29 (14.80%) Apache
27 28 (14.29%) VoIP

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 24 (12.24%) Web Services
2 11 (5.612%) .NET
3 8 (4.082%) J2EE
3 8 (4.082%) XML
4 7 (3.571%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.551%) SOAP
5 5 (2.551%) Ajax
6 4 (2.041%) FIX Protocol
7 3 (1.531%) JSP
7 3 (1.531%) COM
7 3 (1.531%) XSLT
7 3 (1.531%) CGI
8 2 (1.020%) CSS
8 2 (1.020%) WebSphere
8 2 (1.020%) .NET Framework
8 2 (1.020%) jQuery
8 2 (1.020%) RESTful
8 2 (1.020%) HTML5
8 2 (1.020%) CSS3
9 1 (0.510%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 76 (38.78%) MS Exchange
2 51 (26.02%) Exchange Server 2010
3 30 (15.31%) IIS
4 29 (14.80%) Apache
5 21 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2007
6 19 (9.694%) Amazon EC2
7 16 (8.163%) Exchange Server 2003
8 12 (6.122%) SharePoint
9 8 (4.082%) Amazon AWS
9 8 (4.082%) Amazon ELB
10 4 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2000
10 4 (2.041%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (1.020%) nginx
11 2 (1.020%) SAS
11 2 (1.020%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (1.020%) CMS
11 2 (1.020%) Lync
12 1 (0.510%) CICS
12 1 (0.510%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.510%) Tomcat
Applications
1 48 (24.49%) MS Excel
2 19 (9.694%) MS Office
3 2 (1.020%) Google Apps
3 2 (1.020%) Office 365
4 1 (0.510%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.082%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (4.082%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 65 (33.16%) DNS
2 62 (31.63%) Firewall
3 56 (28.57%) LAN
4 54 (27.55%) WAN
5 50 (25.51%) TCP/IP
6 43 (21.94%) SAN
7 31 (15.82%) DHCP
8 28 (14.29%) VoIP
9 22 (11.22%) Fibre Channel
10 21 (10.71%) Internet
11 17 (8.673%) VPN
11 17 (8.673%) Network Security
12 16 (8.163%) NAS
13 14 (7.143%) iSCSI
13 14 (7.143%) Wireless
14 12 (6.122%) MPLS
15 10 (5.102%) SSL
15 10 (5.102%) IPsec
16 9 (4.592%) Cisco Nexus
17 8 (4.082%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (28.06%) SQL Server
2 28 (14.29%) SQL Server 2008
3 23 (11.73%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (8.163%) SQL Server 2012
5 12 (6.122%) SQL Server 2000
6 8 (4.082%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 8 (4.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (4.082%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (4.082%) MongoDB
6 8 (4.082%) Apache Cassandra
6 8 (4.082%) NoSQL
7 7 (3.571%) MySQL
7 7 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (2.041%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.510%) DB2
Development Applications
1 9 (4.592%) Hudson
2 8 (4.082%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.531%) Subversion
3 3 (1.531%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.020%) MSI
General
1 13 (6.633%) Legal
2 11 (5.612%) Finance
3 7 (3.571%) Telecoms
4 5 (2.551%) Advertising
5 3 (1.531%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.510%) Publishing
6 1 (0.510%) Marketing
6 1 (0.510%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (20.92%) Analyst
2 24 (12.24%) Systems Engineer
3 23 (11.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (10.20%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 19 (9.694%) Administrator
6 18 (9.184%) Consultant
7 16 (8.163%) Support Engineer
8 15 (7.653%) Senior Analyst
8 15 (7.653%) Architect
9 14 (7.143%) Developer
9 14 (7.143%) 3rd Line Support
10 13 (6.633%) Senior Infrastructure Analyst
11 12 (6.122%) Linux Administrator
11 12 (6.122%) Systems Administrator
12 11 (5.612%) Linux Systems Administrator
12 11 (5.612%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 10 (5.102%) Storage Analyst
13 10 (5.102%) Technical Support
14 9 (4.592%) Support Analyst
14 9 (4.592%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.673%) Clustering
2 9 (4.592%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (4.082%) Open Source
4 7 (3.571%) Statistics
5 6 (3.061%) Firmware
5 6 (3.061%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.061%) Replication
6 5 (2.551%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.041%) FMCG
7 4 (2.041%) SWIFT
8 3 (1.531%) EqualLogic
8 3 (1.531%) Client/Server
9 2 (1.020%) Mobile App
9 2 (1.020%) Visualisation
9 2 (1.020%) Blackberry
9 2 (1.020%) Mainframe
9 2 (1.020%) Computer Science
10 1 (0.510%) IBM Mainframe
10 1 (0.510%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.510%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 136 (69.39%) Windows
2 84 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 64 (32.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 50 (25.51%) Linux
5 48 (24.49%) UNIX
6 39 (19.90%) Windows XP
7 28 (14.29%) Windows Vista
8 17 (8.673%) Windows 7
9 16 (8.163%) Windows Server 2012
10 9 (4.592%) Windows 8
11 8 (4.082%) Ubuntu
11 8 (4.082%) Solaris
12 7 (3.571%) AIX
13 6 (3.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 5 (2.551%) Windows 2000 Server
15 4 (2.041%) Windows 2000
16 2 (1.020%) Android
16 2 (1.020%) Apple iOS
17 1 (0.510%) SUSE
17 1 (0.510%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (33.67%) ITIL
2 19 (9.694%) Disaster Recovery
3 17 (8.673%) E-Commerce
3 17 (8.673%) Load Balancing
4 14 (7.143%) High Availability
5 13 (6.633%) Incident Management
5 13 (6.633%) Service Delivery
6 11 (5.612%) B2C
6 11 (5.612%) Business Continuity
7 9 (4.592%) Service Management
7 9 (4.592%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (4.592%) Capacity Management
8 8 (4.082%) Project Management
8 8 (4.082%) E-business
8 8 (4.082%) CRM
8 8 (4.082%) Asset Management
9 7 (3.571%) Migration
9 7 (3.571%) Change Management
9 7 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
10 6 (3.061%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.80%) SQL
2 22 (11.22%) Bash shell
3 16 (8.163%) Perl
4 15 (7.653%) PowerShell
5 14 (7.143%) Python
6 13 (6.633%) VB
6 13 (6.633%) PHP
7 8 (4.082%) Ruby
8 6 (3.061%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.551%) C++
9 5 (2.551%) Java
10 4 (2.041%) C
10 4 (2.041%) PL/SQL
10 4 (2.041%) X++
11 3 (1.531%) VBScript
12 2 (1.020%) C#
Qualifications
1 34 (17.35%) Cisco Certification
2 23 (11.73%) CCNA
3 20 (10.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 17 (8.673%) MCSE
5 15 (7.653%) ITIL Certification
6 13 (6.633%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 13 (6.633%) CCIE
7 12 (6.122%) Degree
8 11 (5.612%) RHCT
8 11 (5.612%) RHCE
9 10 (5.102%) Citrix Certification
10 9 (4.592%) CCNP
11 8 (4.082%) MCP
12 7 (3.571%) CCEE
13 6 (3.061%) MCITP
14 5 (2.551%) CCIA
14 5 (2.551%) CCDP
15 4 (2.041%) CCSP
15 4 (2.041%) NCDA
15 4 (2.041%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.061%) SLA
1 6 (3.061%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.510%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.510%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 89 (45.41%) Active Directory
2 45 (22.96%) Hyper-V
3 28 (14.29%) vSphere
4 27 (13.78%) XenApp
5 17 (8.673%) XenServer
6 14 (7.143%) NFS
7 11 (5.612%) XenDesktop
8 10 (5.102%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (4.082%) VirtualBox
9 8 (4.082%) Postfix
10 5 (2.551%) Terminal Services
10 5 (2.551%) VMware ESX
10 5 (2.551%) Xen
11 4 (2.041%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (2.041%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (1.020%) MetaFrame
12 2 (1.020%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 1 (0.510%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 17 (8.673%) Backup Exec
2 13 (6.633%) SCCM
3 12 (6.122%) WSUS
4 10 (5.102%) NetBackup
5 9 (4.592%) SCOM
6 8 (4.082%) Puppet
7 6 (3.061%) Tivoli
7 6 (3.061%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (1.020%) MOM
8 2 (1.020%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 2 (1.020%) SolarWinds Orion
9 1 (0.510%) CA Wily
9 1 (0.510%) McAfee ePO
9 1 (0.510%) SCVMM
9 1 (0.510%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.510%) Nagios
9 1 (0.510%) ZENworks
9 1 (0.510%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 196 (100.00%) VMware
2 109 (55.61%) Microsoft
3 61 (31.12%) Citrix
4 58 (29.59%) Cisco
5 49 (25.00%) NetApp
6 22 (11.22%) HP
7 21 (10.71%) Oracle
8 18 (9.184%) Symantec
9 17 (8.673%) Juniper
10 13 (6.633%) CheckPoint
10 13 (6.633%) Mitel
11 12 (6.122%) Red Hat
12 9 (4.592%) IBM
12 9 (4.592%) Sun
13 8 (4.082%) F5
14 7 (3.571%) Brocade
15 6 (3.061%) Fortinet
15 6 (3.061%) Blue Coat
15 6 (3.061%) AppSense
15 6 (3.061%) Dell
Stockport, North West
Performance, scalability etc.)Experience and technical skills: - Must have experience in testing native Windows applications.- Experience of Windows servers, Active Directory and Group Policy is advantageous- Experience of...
Salary: £24000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
IT Infrastructure Manager with hands on experience of 3rd line infrastructure support in Microsoft Server 2003/2008, Microsoft SCCM, VMware, Active Directory, Exchange Server and Cisco is required...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bury, North West
TECHNICAL SUPPORT An opportunity with a leading manufacturing company, recognised year on year for excellent customer service and staff development.Purpose of the roleYour role will provide support...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The following skills and experience will need to be clear on your application for you to be considered: Previous experience in a 1st/ 2nd line helpdesk role Microsoft...
greywood
Salary: £13000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Service Desk / Helpdesk / Windows / Microsoft Server / Active Directory / DNS / DHCP / Netapp / Citrix Due to continued growth, my market leading client are looking to recruit are looking to recruit...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £13000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester,...
This successful Lancashire based Home Furnishings Manufacturer is looking to appoint a Systems Administrator / Technical Support Analyst to join a small team.THE ROLE - Administration of W2003/2008,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £27,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
You should possess 2/3 years+ experience of implementing / supporting some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Citrix (Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - Hyper-V, VMWare, -...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 + car/allow + bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have Citrix experience of the highest calibre, demonstrated by accreditations, such as CCA XenDesktop, CCA XenServer or CCEE. In addition, they would ideally also...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Windows Server / Active Directory / Network / TCP/IP / DNS / Group Policy / DHCP / Exchange 2010 / SAN / NSA / VMware / VLAN / SharePoint / SQL Server My client are looking to recruit an IT...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You'll have experience of Microsoft Exchange and Server Virtualisation - Hyper - V/ VMWare. You'll have experience with one or more of the following - Citrix VDI, XenServer, XenApp...
JAM
Salary: £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
SKILLS Implementation experience of some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Storage (Dell, EMC etc) - Citrix (VDI, Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - VMWare, Hyper-V - Current...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30,000 - £44,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Maps work to user specification and removes errors and deviations from specification to achieve user-friendly processes Some of the following skills are required for this role: *Microsoft...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire, North West
Position: IT Engineer (Web Services)Location: Stockport, Cheshire Salary: £24,000 - £27,000Our ClientCDL is a leading independent software house supplying systems to the insurance industry-Due to...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP24,000 - GBP27,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Microsoft Windows XP / 7 / 8... Microsoft IIS 6.0+ Microsoft Exchange 2010. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012... Microsoft SharePoint 2010... ITIL... CCNA - Cisco. NCDA - NetApp. MCTS - Windows Server...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
CCIE Network Security Architect required for Data Centre specialist Cisco Gold Partner... You: *Must have good experience and current accreditation in Cisco and Juniper security solutions. *ASA, Pix,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013