The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 22 10 26
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +16
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 3 33 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.449% 10.41% 4.422%
As % of the System Software category 15.79% 62.26% 23.64%
Number of salaries quoted 0 33 3
Average salary - £60,000 £62,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All System Software
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
19 53 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 9.179% 16.72% 18.71%
Number of salaries quoted 15 51 36
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
vSphere
England

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 12 (100.00%) VMware
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 11 (91.67%) HP
3 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (83.33%) Citrix
3 10 (83.33%) LAN
3 10 (83.33%) WAN
3 10 (83.33%) Cisco
3 10 (83.33%) Hyper-V
3 10 (83.33%) XenApp
3 10 (83.33%) XenServer
3 10 (83.33%) XenDesktop
3 10 (83.33%) Finance
3 10 (83.33%) Lync
4 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (16.67%) VMware ESX
4 2 (16.67%) NetApp
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) EMC Certification
5 1 (8.333%) SAN
5 1 (8.333%) IBM
5 1 (8.333%) EMC
5 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
5 1 (8.333%) CLARiiON
5 1 (8.333%) Symmetrix
5 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
5 1 (8.333%) Celerra
5 1 (8.333%) Symmetrix DMX

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Application Platforms
1 10 (83.33%) Lync
Communications & Networking
1 10 (83.33%) LAN
1 10 (83.33%) WAN
2 1 (8.333%) SAN
General
1 10 (83.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Architect
2 10 (83.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (8.333%) Senior Architect
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (8.333%) VMware Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) CLARiiON
1 1 (8.333%) Symmetrix
1 1 (8.333%) Celerra
1 1 (8.333%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 11 (91.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) Windows 2000
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (8.333%) EMC Certification
2 1 (8.333%) VCP4
2 1 (8.333%) NCDA
2 1 (8.333%) NCIE
2 1 (8.333%) VCP5
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (83.33%) Hyper-V
2 10 (83.33%) XenApp
2 10 (83.33%) XenServer
2 10 (83.33%) XenDesktop
3 2 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (16.67%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) HP
3 10 (83.33%) Microsoft
3 10 (83.33%) Citrix
3 10 (83.33%) Cisco
4 2 (16.67%) NetApp
5 1 (8.333%) IBM
5 1 (8.333%) EMC