The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services 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 over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the North West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 48 31 34
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +3
Permanent jobs citing VMware 348 522 387
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 4.758% 7.131% 5.517%
As % of the Vendors category 10.49% 14.92% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 280 484 333
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £39,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3319 3498 3551
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.38% 47.79% 50.62%
Number of salaries quoted 2774 3016 3119
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
England

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

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

North West VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester -19 175 £36,000 +5.88% 37
Cheshire -14 100 £29,750 -15.00% 15
Lancashire +20 49 £27,500 -8.33% 5
Merseyside -26 23 £42,000 -1.17% 2
Cumbria -3 3 £30,000 -15.49%
VMware
England

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing VMware 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.

1 430 (66.15%) Windows
2 370 (56.92%) Microsoft
3 342 (52.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 275 (42.31%) Active Directory
5 263 (40.46%) Windows Server 2008
6 236 (36.31%) Cisco
6 236 (36.31%) MS Exchange
7 223 (34.31%) Citrix
8 214 (32.92%) Windows Server 2003
9 207 (31.85%) ITIL
10 165 (25.38%) NetApp
11 162 (24.92%) MS Excel
12 154 (23.69%) Firewall
13 146 (22.46%) SAN
14 138 (21.23%) SQL Server
15 137 (21.08%) SQL
16 130 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
17 129 (19.85%) WAN
18 116 (17.85%) DNS
19 114 (17.54%) Hyper-V
20 111 (17.08%) vSphere
21 109 (16.77%) TCP/IP
21 109 (16.77%) Linux
22 108 (16.62%) LAN
22 108 (16.62%) HP
23 105 (16.15%) SharePoint
24 101 (15.54%) Microsoft Certification
25 87 (13.38%) Windows XP
26 76 (11.69%) IIS
27 74 (11.38%) MCSE

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 23 (3.538%) .NET
2 21 (3.231%) Web Services
3 18 (2.769%) ASP.NET
4 10 (1.538%) J2EE
4 10 (1.538%) XML
4 10 (1.538%) WebSphere
5 8 (1.231%) COM
6 7 (1.077%) LAMP
7 4 (0.615%) ASP
7 4 (0.615%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.462%) FIX Protocol
8 3 (0.462%) Ajax
8 3 (0.462%) CGI
8 3 (0.462%) JSP
8 3 (0.462%) SOAP
8 3 (0.462%) XSLT
9 2 (0.308%) HTML
9 2 (0.308%) CSS
10 1 (0.154%) RESTful
10 1 (0.154%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 236 (36.31%) MS Exchange
2 130 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 105 (16.15%) SharePoint
4 76 (11.69%) IIS
5 56 (8.615%) Exchange Server 2003
6 46 (7.077%) SharePoint 2010
7 41 (6.308%) Exchange Server 2007
8 28 (4.308%) Apache
9 16 (2.462%) Amazon EC2
10 13 (2.000%) Lync
11 11 (1.692%) SharePoint Server
11 11 (1.692%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
12 10 (1.538%) SAS
12 10 (1.538%) Amazon AWS
13 8 (1.231%) Amazon ELB
14 4 (0.615%) Tomcat
14 4 (0.615%) Exchange Server 2000
14 4 (0.615%) Oracle Spatial
15 2 (0.308%) Jetty
15 2 (0.308%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 162 (24.92%) MS Excel
2 59 (9.077%) MS Office
3 8 (1.231%) Office 365
4 4 (0.615%) Google Apps
5 2 (0.308%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.154%) MS Project
6 1 (0.154%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.154%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 12 (1.846%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.231%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.462%) Pegasus Opera
4 1 (0.154%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 154 (23.69%) Firewall
2 146 (22.46%) SAN
3 129 (19.85%) WAN
4 116 (17.85%) DNS
5 109 (16.77%) TCP/IP
6 108 (16.62%) LAN
7 72 (11.08%) DHCP
8 54 (8.308%) VoIP
9 42 (6.462%) VPN
10 30 (4.615%) NAS
11 28 (4.308%) Unified Communications
12 26 (4.000%) Fibre Channel
13 25 (3.846%) Internet
14 24 (3.692%) Cisco Nexus
15 19 (2.923%) WLAN
15 19 (2.923%) Network Security
16 18 (2.769%) iSCSI
16 18 (2.769%) Wireless
17 16 (2.462%) SSL
17 16 (2.462%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (21.23%) SQL Server
2 57 (8.769%) SQL Server 2008
3 33 (5.077%) SQL Server 2005
4 21 (3.231%) SQL Server 2012
5 13 (2.000%) SQL Server 2000
6 12 (1.846%) MySQL
7 9 (1.385%) MongoDB
7 9 (1.385%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 9 (1.385%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 8 (1.231%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 8 (1.231%) Apache Cassandra
8 8 (1.231%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.077%) Oracle 11g
9 7 (1.077%) Oracle 8/8i
10 4 (0.615%) DB2
11 3 (0.462%) Oracle ODI
11 3 (0.462%) Oracle BI EE
11 3 (0.462%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.308%) PostgreSQL
12 2 (0.308%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 8 (1.231%) Hudson
1 8 (1.231%) Jenkins
2 5 (0.769%) Subversion
3 4 (0.615%) Git (software)
4 2 (0.308%) MSI
4 2 (0.308%) Ant
General
1 59 (9.077%) Finance
2 56 (8.615%) Telecoms
3 14 (2.154%) Legal
4 10 (1.538%) Advertising
4 10 (1.538%) Marketing
5 7 (1.077%) Banking
5 7 (1.077%) Manufacturing
6 3 (0.462%) Retail
7 1 (0.154%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.154%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.154%) Publishing
7 1 (0.154%) Back Office
7 1 (0.154%) Law
Job Titles
1 111 (17.08%) Analyst
2 68 (10.46%) Consultant
3 61 (9.385%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 54 (8.308%) Support Analyst
5 52 (8.000%) 3rd Line Support
6 48 (7.385%) Administrator
7 46 (7.077%) Support Engineer
8 41 (6.308%) Systems Engineer
9 37 (5.692%) Architect
10 33 (5.077%) Support Technician
11 31 (4.769%) 2nd Line Support
12 30 (4.615%) IT Support
13 29 (4.462%) Systems Administrator
14 28 (4.308%) Technical Consultant
15 26 (4.000%) Team Leader
16 25 (3.846%) Developer
16 25 (3.846%) Server Engineer
17 24 (3.692%) Infrastructure Analyst
18 23 (3.538%) Technical Support
19 21 (3.231%) Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 24 (3.692%) Clustering
2 22 (3.385%) Cloud Computing
3 16 (2.462%) Blackberry
4 13 (2.000%) CLARiiON
5 10 (1.538%) Management Information System
6 9 (1.385%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.231%) Replication
7 8 (1.231%) Open Source
8 7 (1.077%) FMCG
8 7 (1.077%) Celerra
8 7 (1.077%) Statistics
9 6 (0.923%) Firmware
9 6 (0.923%) iSeries
9 6 (0.923%) Visualisation
10 5 (0.769%) Fat Client
10 5 (0.769%) Thin Client
10 5 (0.769%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.615%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.615%) Computer Science
11 4 (0.615%) EMC Centera
Operating Systems
1 430 (66.15%) Windows
2 263 (40.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 214 (32.92%) Windows Server 2003
4 109 (16.77%) Linux
5 87 (13.38%) Windows XP
6 50 (7.692%) UNIX
7 38 (5.846%) Windows 7
7 38 (5.846%) Windows Server 2012
8 25 (3.846%) Windows Vista
9 19 (2.923%) AIX
10 18 (2.769%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (2.615%) Windows 8
12 12 (1.846%) Ubuntu
13 11 (1.692%) Windows 2000 Server
14 10 (1.538%) Solaris
15 9 (1.385%) Windows 2000
16 7 (1.077%) Windows NT
17 4 (0.615%) Debian
18 2 (0.308%) Fedora
18 2 (0.308%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (31.85%) ITIL
2 57 (8.769%) Incident Management
3 38 (5.846%) Service Delivery
4 36 (5.538%) Change Management
5 29 (4.462%) Project Management
5 29 (4.462%) PRINCE2
6 28 (4.308%) Disaster Recovery
7 26 (4.000%) Migration
7 26 (4.000%) Capacity Management
8 25 (3.846%) Load Balancing
9 24 (3.692%) Business Continuity
10 23 (3.538%) High Availability
11 22 (3.385%) Problem Management
12 20 (3.077%) E-Commerce
13 18 (2.769%) Change Control
14 17 (2.615%) Service Management
15 16 (2.462%) WAN Optimisation
16 15 (2.308%) CRM
17 14 (2.154%) Continuous Improvement
18 12 (1.846%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 137 (21.08%) SQL
2 23 (3.538%) PowerShell
3 22 (3.385%) Bash shell
4 19 (2.923%) VB
5 14 (2.154%) Perl
6 12 (1.846%) Java
7 11 (1.692%) C
7 11 (1.692%) Python
8 10 (1.538%) PHP
8 10 (1.538%) PL/SQL
9 9 (1.385%) C++
10 8 (1.231%) Ruby
11 7 (1.077%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.923%) C#
12 6 (0.923%) VBScript
13 4 (0.615%) X++
14 3 (0.462%) FoxPro (VFP)
14 3 (0.462%) VBA
15 2 (0.308%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.154%) AWK
Qualifications
1 101 (15.54%) Microsoft Certification
2 74 (11.38%) MCSE
3 66 (10.15%) Cisco Certification
4 64 (9.846%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 61 (9.385%) MCITP
6 50 (7.692%) CCNA
7 46 (7.077%) ITIL Certification
8 33 (5.077%) Citrix Certification
9 31 (4.769%) MCP
9 31 (4.769%) MCTS
10 30 (4.615%) NCDA
11 26 (4.000%) Degree
11 26 (4.000%) MCSA
12 24 (3.692%) CCA
13 22 (3.385%) CCEE
14 18 (2.769%) Security Cleared
14 18 (2.769%) CCNP
15 16 (2.462%) NCIE
16 13 (2.000%) CCIA
17 11 (1.692%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (10.15%) SLA
2 15 (2.308%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (0.769%) QA
4 3 (0.462%) COBIT
4 3 (0.462%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.462%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.308%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.154%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 342 (52.62%) VMware Infrastructure
2 275 (42.31%) Active Directory
3 114 (17.54%) Hyper-V
4 111 (17.08%) vSphere
5 63 (9.692%) XenApp
6 41 (6.308%) VMware ESX
7 35 (5.385%) XenServer
8 32 (4.923%) XenDesktop
9 22 (3.385%) VMware ESXi
10 17 (2.615%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 17 (2.615%) Terminal Services
10 17 (2.615%) NFS
11 13 (2.000%) Xen
12 11 (1.692%) ISA Server
13 9 (1.385%) VirtualBox
14 8 (1.231%) VMware Server
14 8 (1.231%) Microsoft App-V
14 8 (1.231%) Postfix
15 6 (0.923%) Terminal Server
15 6 (0.923%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 72 (11.08%) SCCM
2 53 (8.154%) SCOM
3 28 (4.308%) Backup Exec
3 28 (4.308%) McAfee ePO
4 27 (4.154%) WSUS
5 17 (2.615%) NetBackup
6 14 (2.154%) Tivoli
6 14 (2.154%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 10 (1.538%) MOM
7 10 (1.538%) Puppet
8 9 (1.385%) SolarWinds Orion
8 9 (1.385%) Nagios
9 8 (1.231%) Vagrant
10 3 (0.462%) BladeLogic
10 3 (0.462%) SCVMM
11 2 (0.308%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.308%) CiscoWorks
11 2 (0.308%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
12 1 (0.154%) Cobbler
12 1 (0.154%) NetCrunch
Vendors
1 370 (56.92%) Microsoft
2 236 (36.31%) Cisco
3 223 (34.31%) Citrix
4 165 (25.38%) NetApp
5 108 (16.62%) HP
6 46 (7.077%) IBM
7 43 (6.615%) Avaya
7 43 (6.615%) EMC
8 41 (6.308%) Oracle
9 34 (5.231%) Juniper
10 32 (4.923%) McAfee
11 30 (4.615%) Symantec
12 23 (3.538%) Dell
12 23 (3.538%) Red Hat
13 20 (3.077%) CheckPoint
14 18 (2.769%) SolarWinds
15 16 (2.462%) F5
16 15 (2.308%) Brocade
17 11 (1.692%) Hitachi
18 10 (1.538%) Lotus
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Search Consultancy
Salary: tbc
Posted: 13 June 2013
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Projects will cover technologies such as Active Directory, Exchange 2003 +, Windows 2003, 2008 and VMware you will also have to be able to deal with Linux ,web process...
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Salary: £27k - 33k per year
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Salary: £35000.00 - £35500.00 per annum
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