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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 94 85 -
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 8 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.621% 0.566% -
As % of the System Software category 5.405% 4.839% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 0
Average salary £50,000 £37,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,250 £40,750
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +3.68%
All System Software
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
148 124 69
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 11.48% 11.70% 7.302%
Number of salaries quoted 131 101 59
Average salary £39,000 £39,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,750 £54,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
vSphere
Buckinghamshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Milton Keynes vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (56.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 9 (56.25%) Windows
3 9 (56.25%) HP
4 8 (50.00%) VMware ESX
5 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (37.50%) XenApp
6 6 (37.50%) XenServer
6 6 (37.50%) XenDesktop
6 6 (37.50%) CCEE
6 6 (37.50%) CCAA
6 6 (37.50%) CCIA
6 6 (37.50%) MCTS
6 6 (37.50%) MCITP
6 6 (37.50%) Citrix
6 6 (37.50%) Citrix Certification
7 5 (31.25%) CCEA
7 5 (31.25%) Dell
8 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 4 (25.00%) Veeam
8 4 (25.00%) NetScaler
8 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 4 (25.00%) WFM
8 4 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
8 4 (25.00%) EMC
8 4 (25.00%) IBM
8 4 (25.00%) CCA
8 4 (25.00%) Genesys
8 4 (25.00%) SMS

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Development
1 4 (25.00%) HTML
1 4 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (6.250%) Lync
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) SMS
1 4 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 3 (18.75%) SAN
3 2 (12.50%) iSCSI
4 1 (6.250%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (25.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Consultant
2 5 (31.25%) Senior Consultant
2 5 (31.25%) Citrix Consultant
2 5 (31.25%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) Genesys Consultant
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Genesys Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) VMware Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
5 2 (12.50%) Architect
6 1 (6.250%) Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Server Support
6 1 (6.250%) Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support
6 1 (6.250%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Server Support Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (6.250%) Wintel Support
6 1 (6.250%) Server Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Senior Citrix Consultant
6 1 (6.250%) Senior Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Celerra
2 1 (6.250%) SaaS
2 1 (6.250%) PaaS
2 1 (6.250%) EqualLogic
2 1 (6.250%) IaaS
2 1 (6.250%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 7 (43.75%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
4 1 (6.250%) Solaris
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) WFM
2 2 (12.50%) Time Management
2 2 (12.50%) Quality Management
2 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
3 1 (6.250%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) C#
1 4 (25.00%) Java
1 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 6 (37.50%) MCTS
2 6 (37.50%) MCITP
2 6 (37.50%) Citrix Certification
2 6 (37.50%) CCEE
2 6 (37.50%) CCAA
2 6 (37.50%) CCIA
3 5 (31.25%) CCEA
4 4 (25.00%) CCA
5 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (12.50%) VCAP
5 2 (12.50%) MCSE
5 2 (12.50%) HP AIS
6 1 (6.250%) HP ASE
6 1 (6.250%) HP MASE
6 1 (6.250%) VCDX
6 1 (6.250%) VCP4
6 1 (6.250%) NCDA
6 1 (6.250%) NCIE
6 1 (6.250%) CCIE
System Software
1 12 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 6 (37.50%) XenApp
3 6 (37.50%) XenServer
3 6 (37.50%) XenDesktop
4 4 (25.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (6.250%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (6.250%) ISA Server
7 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (56.25%) HP
3 6 (37.50%) Citrix
4 5 (31.25%) Dell
5 4 (25.00%) EMC
5 4 (25.00%) Genesys
5 4 (25.00%) Business Objects
5 4 (25.00%) IBM
5 4 (25.00%) Veeam
6 3 (18.75%) Symantec
7 2 (12.50%) Verint
7 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
7 2 (12.50%) Cisco
7 2 (12.50%) NetApp