The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 26 38 30
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 1 3 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.500% 0.968% 3.729%
As % of the System Software category 4.762% 5.769% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 1
Average salary - £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+6.50% +5.62%
All System Software
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
21 52 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 10.50% 16.77% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 17 50 35
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 3 (100.00%) NetApp
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (66.67%) NCDA
2 2 (66.67%) NCIE
3 1 (33.33%) VCP4
3 1 (33.33%) Celerra
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (33.33%) VCP5
3 1 (33.33%) CLARiiON
3 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
3 1 (33.33%) IBM
3 1 (33.33%) HP
3 1 (33.33%) EMC
3 1 (33.33%) EMC Certification
3 1 (33.33%) SAN

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Technical Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CLARiiON
1 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix
1 1 (33.33%) Celerra
1 1 (33.33%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 2000
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (66.67%) NCDA
2 2 (66.67%) NCIE
3 1 (33.33%) VCP5
3 1 (33.33%) VCP4
3 1 (33.33%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
1 3 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) NetApp
1 3 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) IBM
2 1 (33.33%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) EMC