The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 23 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 233 153 197
Rank change year-on-year
-80 +44
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 16 88 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.224% 1.237% 0.573%
As % of the System Software category 3.162% 12.29% 6.536%
Number of salaries quoted 8 86 33
Average salary £37,500 £36,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% +20.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,125 £27,500 £21,800
10% offered a salary of more than £42,250 £51,250 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
506 716 612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.081% 10.06% 8.762%
Number of salaries quoted 393 660 516
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire -14 8 £37,500 +7.14%
Manchester -35 5 £40,000 +18.51%
Lancashire +3 2 £23,500 -47.77%
Merseyside -9 1 £27,250 -43.22%
VMware ESX
England

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 41 (100.00%) VMware
2 33 (80.49%) Windows
3 27 (65.85%) Windows Server 2008
4 26 (63.41%) Citrix
5 24 (58.54%) ITIL
6 22 (53.66%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (53.66%) vSphere
7 21 (51.22%) SAN
7 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
8 20 (48.78%) XenApp
9 18 (43.90%) VMware Infrastructure
9 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
10 15 (36.59%) MS Exchange
10 15 (36.59%) Exchange Server 2010
11 14 (34.15%) HP
12 13 (31.71%) NetApp
13 12 (29.27%) ITIL V3
14 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
14 11 (26.83%) Cisco
15 10 (24.39%) WAN
15 10 (24.39%) Blackberry
15 10 (24.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 10 (24.39%) Citrix Presentation Server
16 9 (21.95%) MCTS
16 9 (21.95%) MCITP
16 9 (21.95%) TCP/IP
16 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
17 8 (19.51%) Linux
17 8 (19.51%) DNS
17 8 (19.51%) Firewall

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

Application Platforms
1 15 (36.59%) MS Exchange
1 15 (36.59%) Exchange Server 2010
2 10 (24.39%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 6 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (7.317%) SAS
5 2 (4.878%) SharePoint
5 2 (4.878%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (4.878%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (2.439%) Lync
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.439%) Office 365
2 1 (2.439%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 21 (51.22%) SAN
2 10 (24.39%) WAN
3 9 (21.95%) TCP/IP
4 8 (19.51%) DNS
4 8 (19.51%) Firewall
5 7 (17.07%) DHCP
6 6 (14.63%) LAN
6 6 (14.63%) Wireless
7 4 (9.756%) PBX
7 4 (9.756%) VoIP
7 4 (9.756%) WLAN
7 4 (9.756%) VLAN
8 2 (4.878%) Unified Communications
8 2 (4.878%) DMVPN
9 1 (2.439%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 6 (14.63%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (4.878%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 4 (9.756%) Law
1 4 (9.756%) Legal
2 2 (4.878%) Advertising
3 1 (2.439%) Banking
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (17.07%) Technical Manager
3 5 (12.20%) Consultant
3 5 (12.20%) Technical Support
3 5 (12.20%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (9.756%) Support Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Analyst
4 4 (9.756%) Technical Support Manager
4 4 (9.756%) Support Manager
4 4 (9.756%) Administrator
5 3 (7.317%) SAS Administrator
5 3 (7.317%) Wintel Support
5 3 (7.317%) Network Manager
5 3 (7.317%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (4.878%) IT Support Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Infrastructure Analyst
6 2 (4.878%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Blackberry
2 5 (12.20%) Clustering
3 3 (7.317%) Celerra
4 2 (4.878%) CLARiiON
4 2 (4.878%) EqualLogic
5 1 (2.439%) Symmetrix DMX
5 1 (2.439%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 33 (80.49%) Windows
2 27 (65.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (53.66%) Windows Server 2003
4 8 (19.51%) Linux
5 5 (12.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (9.756%) Windows XP
7 2 (4.878%) UNIX
7 2 (4.878%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
8 1 (2.439%) AIX
8 1 (2.439%) Solaris
8 1 (2.439%) Windows 2000
8 1 (2.439%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (58.54%) ITIL
2 12 (29.27%) ITIL V3
3 7 (17.07%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (9.756%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (9.756%) Business Continuity
4 4 (9.756%) Problem Management
4 4 (9.756%) WAN Optimisation
5 3 (7.317%) Capacity Management
5 3 (7.317%) High Availability
5 3 (7.317%) E-Commerce
5 3 (7.317%) Project Management
6 2 (4.878%) BCP
6 2 (4.878%) Migration
7 1 (2.439%) Change Control
7 1 (2.439%) Service Management
7 1 (2.439%) Change Management
7 1 (2.439%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) SQL
2 3 (7.317%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.317%) VB
3 1 (2.439%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 9 (21.95%) MCTS
1 9 (21.95%) MCITP
2 4 (9.756%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (9.756%) CCNA
2 4 (9.756%) HP APS
2 4 (9.756%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (9.756%) Degree
3 3 (7.317%) Security Cleared
3 3 (7.317%) MCSA
3 3 (7.317%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.878%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (4.878%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.878%) VCAP
4 2 (4.878%) CCEE
4 2 (4.878%) CCIA
4 2 (4.878%) VCP5
4 2 (4.878%) VCDX
4 2 (4.878%) VCP4
5 1 (2.439%) NCDA
5 1 (2.439%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) SLA
1 3 (7.317%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.439%) QA
System Software
1 22 (53.66%) vSphere
2 21 (51.22%) Active Directory
3 20 (48.78%) XenApp
4 18 (43.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (24.39%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 7 (17.07%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (14.63%) XenDesktop
8 3 (7.317%) Hyper-V
8 3 (7.317%) XenServer
9 2 (4.878%) VMware Server
10 1 (2.439%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 4 (9.756%) SCCM
1 4 (9.756%) SCOM
2 3 (7.317%) BladeLogic
2 3 (7.317%) Backup Exec
3 2 (4.878%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) VMware
2 26 (63.41%) Citrix
3 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
4 14 (34.15%) HP
5 13 (31.71%) NetApp
6 11 (26.83%) Cisco
7 5 (12.20%) Red Hat
8 4 (9.756%) Mitel
8 4 (9.756%) 3Com
8 4 (9.756%) ProCurve
8 4 (9.756%) Huawei
9 3 (7.317%) Altiris
9 3 (7.317%) Juniper
9 3 (7.317%) Dell
9 3 (7.317%) EMC
9 3 (7.317%) Symantec
9 3 (7.317%) Remedy
10 2 (4.878%) Hitachi
11 1 (2.439%) AppSense
11 1 (2.439%) Sun