The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 106 60 59
Rank change year-on-year
-46 -1
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 156 294 261
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.195% 4.147% 3.855%
As % of the System Software category 30.47% 41.29% 44.31%
Number of salaries quoted 120 277 210
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £24,200
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
512 712 589
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.205% 10.04% 8.700%
Number of salaries quoted 399 652 496
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 £52,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the North West region.

North West VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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
Manchester -51 78 £37,500 +7.14%
Cheshire -11 49 £32,500 -7.14%
Merseyside -9 19 £30,000 -29.41%
Lancashire +1 10 £38,500 +36.28%
Cumbria +5 3 £30,000 -
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 356 (100.00%) VMware
2 256 (71.91%) Windows
3 210 (58.99%) Microsoft
4 157 (44.10%) Active Directory
5 155 (43.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 145 (40.73%) Citrix
7 141 (39.61%) MS Exchange
8 118 (33.15%) Windows Server 2003
9 117 (32.87%) Cisco
10 112 (31.46%) ITIL
11 100 (28.09%) DNS
12 97 (27.25%) MS Excel
13 95 (26.69%) Firewall
14 92 (25.84%) SAN
15 88 (24.72%) WAN
16 83 (23.31%) SQL Server
17 82 (23.03%) LAN
18 79 (22.19%) Exchange Server 2010
19 78 (21.91%) Hyper-V
20 77 (21.63%) Linux
20 77 (21.63%) TCP/IP
21 71 (19.94%) HP
21 71 (19.94%) NetApp
22 62 (17.42%) SQL
23 59 (16.57%) UNIX
23 59 (16.57%) Windows XP
23 59 (16.57%) DHCP
24 57 (16.01%) XenApp
25 54 (15.17%) vSphere
26 49 (13.76%) Microsoft Certification

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (6.742%) Web Services
2 13 (3.652%) .NET
3 11 (3.090%) WebSphere
4 9 (2.528%) ASP.NET
5 8 (2.247%) J2EE
5 8 (2.247%) XML
6 7 (1.966%) COM
7 5 (1.404%) SOAP
7 5 (1.404%) Ajax
8 4 (1.124%) FIX Protocol
9 3 (0.843%) JSP
9 3 (0.843%) XSLT
9 3 (0.843%) CGI
10 2 (0.562%) CSS
10 2 (0.562%) ASP
10 2 (0.562%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.562%) jQuery
10 2 (0.562%) RESTful
10 2 (0.562%) HTML5
10 2 (0.562%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 141 (39.61%) MS Exchange
2 79 (22.19%) Exchange Server 2010
3 47 (13.20%) IIS
4 35 (9.831%) Exchange Server 2003
5 34 (9.551%) Exchange Server 2007
6 30 (8.427%) Apache
7 25 (7.022%) SharePoint
8 19 (5.337%) Amazon EC2
9 15 (4.213%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (2.247%) Amazon AWS
10 8 (2.247%) Amazon ELB
11 5 (1.404%) Lotus Domino
12 4 (1.124%) SharePoint Server
12 4 (1.124%) Oracle Spatial
12 4 (1.124%) Exchange Server 2000
13 3 (0.843%) Lync
14 2 (0.562%) nginx
14 2 (0.562%) CMS
14 2 (0.562%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.562%) SAS
Applications
1 97 (27.25%) MS Excel
2 45 (12.64%) MS Office
3 4 (1.124%) Google Apps
3 4 (1.124%) Office 365
4 3 (0.843%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.843%) MS Project
5 2 (0.562%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.281%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.247%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.247%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 100 (28.09%) DNS
2 95 (26.69%) Firewall
3 92 (25.84%) SAN
4 88 (24.72%) WAN
5 82 (23.03%) LAN
6 77 (21.63%) TCP/IP
7 59 (16.57%) DHCP
8 43 (12.08%) VoIP
9 31 (8.708%) VPN
10 24 (6.742%) Internet
10 24 (6.742%) Fibre Channel
11 22 (6.180%) Unified Communications
12 20 (5.618%) Network Security
13 18 (5.056%) NAS
13 18 (5.056%) Wireless
14 17 (4.775%) Cisco Nexus
15 16 (4.494%) iSCSI
16 15 (4.213%) SSL
17 13 (3.652%) WLAN
18 12 (3.371%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (23.31%) SQL Server
2 37 (10.39%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (7.865%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (4.775%) SQL Server 2012
5 13 (3.652%) SQL Server 2000
6 9 (2.528%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (2.528%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (2.528%) MySQL
7 8 (2.247%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 8 (2.247%) MongoDB
7 8 (2.247%) Apache Cassandra
7 8 (2.247%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.966%) Oracle 8/8i
9 6 (1.685%) DB2
10 4 (1.124%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 9 (2.528%) Hudson
2 8 (2.247%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.843%) Subversion
3 3 (0.843%) Git (software)
4 2 (0.562%) MSI
General
1 25 (7.022%) Finance
2 22 (6.180%) Telecoms
3 18 (5.056%) Legal
4 9 (2.528%) Marketing
5 8 (2.247%) Manufacturing
5 8 (2.247%) Advertising
6 6 (1.685%) Law
7 4 (1.124%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.281%) Publishing
8 1 (0.281%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 62 (17.42%) Analyst
2 46 (12.92%) Consultant
3 37 (10.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 29 (8.146%) Administrator
5 27 (7.584%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 27 (7.584%) Systems Engineer
6 26 (7.303%) Support Engineer
7 24 (6.742%) Support Analyst
7 24 (6.742%) Technical Support
7 24 (6.742%) Architect
8 23 (6.461%) 3rd Line Support
9 21 (5.899%) IT Support
10 19 (5.337%) Technical Consultant
11 18 (5.056%) Pre Sales Consultant
12 17 (4.775%) Support Technician
13 16 (4.494%) Sales Consultant
14 15 (4.213%) Systems Administrator
14 15 (4.213%) 2nd Line Support
14 15 (4.213%) Senior Analyst
14 15 (4.213%) Technical Manager
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.899%) Clustering
2 16 (4.494%) Blackberry
3 14 (3.933%) Cloud Computing
4 12 (3.371%) Replication
5 10 (2.809%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.247%) Open Source
7 7 (1.966%) Statistics
8 6 (1.685%) EqualLogic
8 6 (1.685%) Firmware
8 6 (1.685%) Thin Client
8 6 (1.685%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.685%) Fat Client
9 5 (1.404%) CLARiiON
10 4 (1.124%) Celerra
10 4 (1.124%) Mathematics
10 4 (1.124%) FMCG
10 4 (1.124%) Enterprise Storage
10 4 (1.124%) SWIFT
11 3 (0.843%) Client/Server
12 2 (0.562%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 256 (71.91%) Windows
2 155 (43.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 118 (33.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 77 (21.63%) Linux
5 59 (16.57%) Windows XP
5 59 (16.57%) UNIX
6 38 (10.67%) Windows 7
7 35 (9.831%) Windows Vista
8 21 (5.899%) Windows Server 2012
9 17 (4.775%) AIX
10 12 (3.371%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 9 (2.528%) Windows 8
11 9 (2.528%) Solaris
12 8 (2.247%) Ubuntu
13 6 (1.685%) Windows 2000
13 6 (1.685%) Windows 2000 Server
14 2 (0.562%) Android
14 2 (0.562%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.281%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.281%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (31.46%) ITIL
2 24 (6.742%) Service Delivery
3 23 (6.461%) High Availability
4 22 (6.180%) Incident Management
5 21 (5.899%) Disaster Recovery
5 21 (5.899%) Business Continuity
6 20 (5.618%) Service Management
7 18 (5.056%) Migration
7 18 (5.056%) Project Management
7 18 (5.056%) Load Balancing
8 17 (4.775%) E-Commerce
9 14 (3.933%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (3.933%) ITSM
10 13 (3.652%) Capacity Management
11 12 (3.371%) WAN Optimisation
12 11 (3.090%) Infrastructure Management
12 11 (3.090%) B2C
13 9 (2.528%) E-business
13 9 (2.528%) Change Management
13 9 (2.528%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 62 (17.42%) SQL
2 22 (6.180%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.180%) Bash shell
3 16 (4.494%) VB
3 16 (4.494%) Perl
4 14 (3.933%) Python
5 13 (3.652%) PHP
6 8 (2.247%) Shell Script
6 8 (2.247%) Ruby
6 8 (2.247%) VBScript
7 7 (1.966%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.966%) C
7 7 (1.966%) C++
8 5 (1.404%) Java
9 4 (1.124%) C#
9 4 (1.124%) X++
10 2 (0.562%) VBA
10 2 (0.562%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.281%) AWK
Qualifications
1 49 (13.76%) Microsoft Certification
2 44 (12.36%) Cisco Certification
3 35 (9.831%) MCSE
4 34 (9.551%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 30 (8.427%) CCNA
6 28 (7.865%) MCITP
7 26 (7.303%) ITIL Certification
8 24 (6.742%) Citrix Certification
9 21 (5.899%) Degree
10 16 (4.494%) MCTS
11 15 (4.213%) Security Cleared
12 14 (3.933%) CCEE
13 13 (3.652%) MCP
13 13 (3.652%) CCIE
14 12 (3.371%) CCA
15 11 (3.090%) CCNP
15 11 (3.090%) RHCE
15 11 (3.090%) CCIA
15 11 (3.090%) RHCT
16 8 (2.247%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.494%) SLA
2 6 (1.685%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (1.685%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.124%) QA
4 2 (0.562%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 157 (44.10%) Active Directory
2 78 (21.91%) Hyper-V
3 57 (16.01%) XenApp
4 54 (15.17%) vSphere
5 31 (8.708%) XenDesktop
6 27 (7.584%) XenServer
7 19 (5.337%) VMware ESX
8 16 (4.494%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (4.213%) NFS
10 13 (3.652%) Xen
11 11 (3.090%) Terminal Services
12 9 (2.528%) Microsoft App-V
12 9 (2.528%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 8 (2.247%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 8 (2.247%) Postfix
13 8 (2.247%) VirtualBox
14 4 (1.124%) VMware Workstation
15 3 (0.843%) ISA Server
16 2 (0.562%) MetaFrame
17 1 (0.281%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 25 (7.022%) Backup Exec
2 24 (6.742%) SCCM
3 19 (5.337%) WSUS
3 19 (5.337%) Tivoli
3 19 (5.337%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 15 (4.213%) SCOM
5 14 (3.933%) NetBackup
6 8 (2.247%) Puppet
7 7 (1.966%) Nagios
7 7 (1.966%) MOM
8 5 (1.404%) SCVMM
8 5 (1.404%) HP Data Protector
9 2 (0.562%) SolarWinds Orion
9 2 (0.562%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 2 (0.562%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.562%) McAfee ePO
10 1 (0.281%) ARCserve
10 1 (0.281%) ZENworks
10 1 (0.281%) CiscoWorks
10 1 (0.281%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 356 (100.00%) VMware
2 210 (58.99%) Microsoft
3 145 (40.73%) Citrix
4 117 (32.87%) Cisco
5 71 (19.94%) HP
5 71 (19.94%) NetApp
6 39 (10.96%) IBM
7 30 (8.427%) Oracle
8 28 (7.865%) EMC
9 26 (7.303%) Juniper
10 22 (6.180%) Symantec
11 18 (5.056%) Red Hat
12 17 (4.775%) Mitel
13 16 (4.494%) Dell
14 15 (4.213%) Avaya
15 14 (3.933%) Brocade
16 13 (3.652%) CheckPoint
17 11 (3.090%) AppSense
18 10 (2.809%) Lotus
18 10 (2.809%) WatchGuard
Stockport, North West
Performance, scalability etc.)Experience and technical skills: - Must have experience in testing native Windows applications.- Experience of Windows servers, Active Directory and Group Policy is advantageous- Experience of...
Salary: £24000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
IT Infrastructure Manager with hands on experience of 3rd line infrastructure support in Microsoft Server 2003/2008, Microsoft SCCM, VMware, Active Directory, Exchange Server and Cisco is required...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
Leading a team that functions as second line escalation of problems, with an unknown underlying cause and incidents that have not been successfully rectified by the Service Desk...
Salary: £35000.00 - £42000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 25 April 2013
Bury, North West
TECHNICAL SUPPORT An opportunity with a leading manufacturing company, recognised year on year for excellent customer service and staff development.Purpose of the roleYour role will provide support...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The following skills and experience will need to be clear on your application for you to be considered: Previous experience in a 1st/ 2nd line helpdesk role Microsoft...
greywood
Salary: £13000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Service Desk / Helpdesk / Windows / Microsoft Server / Active Directory / DNS / DHCP / Netapp / Citrix Due to continued growth, my market leading client are looking to recruit are looking to recruit...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £13000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire, Greater Manchester,...
This successful Lancashire based Home Furnishings Manufacturer is looking to appoint a Systems Administrator / Technical Support Analyst to join a small team.THE ROLE - Administration of W2003/2008,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £27,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
You should possess 2/3 years+ experience of implementing / supporting some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Citrix (Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - Hyper-V, VMWare, -...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 + car/allow + bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have Citrix experience of the highest calibre, demonstrated by accreditations, such as CCA XenDesktop, CCA XenServer or CCEE. In addition, they would ideally also...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Blackpool, North West
Skills required are Active Directory, MS Exchange, TCP/IP networking and infrastructure management, SAN experience and/or NetApps, experience with aspects such as VOIP, an understanding for security...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £42000.00 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Windows Server / Active Directory / Network / TCP/IP / DNS / Group Policy / DHCP / Exchange 2010 / SAN / NSA / VMware / VLAN / SharePoint / SQL Server My client are looking to recruit an IT...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Chester, North West
Chester £15-18K Basic + £4K Car or Car allowance + Benefits Leading manufacturer requires experienced Windows Desk Top/Server Technicians (1st line moving to 2nd) to join established team...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Includes Car/Allowance+bens
Posted: 24 April 2013
Manchester, North West
You'll have experience of Microsoft Exchange and Server Virtualisation - Hyper - V/ VMWare. You'll have experience with one or more of the following - Citrix VDI, XenServer, XenApp...
JAM
Salary: £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
SKILLS Implementation experience of some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Storage (Dell, EMC etc) - Citrix (VDI, Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - VMWare, Hyper-V - Current...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30,000 - £44,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
North West
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic IT Infrastructure Specialist- Working for a large government body, the successful candidate will be responsible for the support and maintenance...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP25000 to GBP29500 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Maps work to user specification and removes errors and deviations from specification to achieve user-friendly processes Some of the following skills are required for this role: *Microsoft...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 20 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
Responsibilities * Ensure that live 24/7 services are monitored and kept up * Pro-actively maintain servers/services to prevent outages * Configuration of new machines/servers/networks * Provide out-...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £20000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 10 May 2013
Merseyside
Key Words: Infrastructure Analyst, Infrastructure Engineer, Infrastructure, Network Administrator, Network Support, 3rd Line Support, 2nd Line Support, Infrastructure Support, IT Support, Service Desk Analyst, IT Technician, Windows Server...
Harvey Nash plc
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Microsoft Windows XP / 7 / 8... Microsoft IIS 6.0+ Microsoft Exchange 2010. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 / 2012... Microsoft SharePoint 2010... ITIL... CCNA - Cisco. NCDA - NetApp. MCTS - Windows Server...
FT Select
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wilmslow, North West
You must have proven experience with system management and in the following technologies: UNIX NetApp Storage Replication Technologies Storage Virtualisation iSCSi Backup Technologies - NetBackup / BackupExec The following are...
greywood
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 2 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
CCIE Network Security Architect required for Data Centre specialist Cisco Gold Partner... You: *Must have good experience and current accreditation in Cisco and Juniper security solutions. *ASA, Pix,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £70000 per annum + Car Allowance
Posted: 14 May 2013