The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere over the 3 months to 24 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 66 70 56
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 5 3 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.725% 0.348% 1.776%
As % of the System Software category 9.091% 3.226% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 13
Average salary £52,500 £23,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+123.40% -27.69%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
55 93 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 7.971% 10.80% 6.557%
Number of salaries quoted 42 85 41
Average salary £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.07% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £23,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
vSphere
England

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Tyne and Wear -4 4 £48,750 +107.44%
Durham - 1 £52,500 -
vSphere
England

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (40.00%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) EMC
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) NetApp
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
4 1 (20.00%) Internet
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec
4 1 (20.00%) MOF
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) Windows
4 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Fibre Channel
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) Internet
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) VoIP
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (20.00%) PABX
2 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Storage Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE
2 1 (20.00%) MOF
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (20.00%) MCTS
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) NCIE
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (60.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) EMC
2 2 (40.00%) NetApp
3 1 (20.00%) Symantec
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) CommVault
3 1 (20.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) 3PAR
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
VMware, ESX, vSphere, VCP, Citrix, XenApp, CCA, Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange... As the Virtualisation Support Analyst you will ideally have solid VMware and/or Citrix skills and...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
VMware, vSphere, VCP, ESX, EXSi, SRM, VMware View, vCops, Atlantis, Liquidware Labs, Veeam, Citrix, XenApp, XenDesktop... You will have proven and strong vSphere skills ideally VCP accredited. You...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £30,000 to £33,000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
Citrix, XenApp, XenDesktop CCA, VMware, vSphere, ESX, Veeam, Windows Server, SAN, Equallogic, TCP/IP, Exchange, AD... You will have proven skills in the support of both Citrix (XenApp,...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013