The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere 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 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 217 124 177
Rank change year-on-year
-93 +53
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 31 136 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.435% 1.929% 0.933%
As % of the System Software category 6.114% 19.10% 10.68%
Number of salaries quoted 21 125 55
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £28,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,250 £40,750
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +3.68%
All System Software
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
507 712 599
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 7.111% 10.10% 8.728%
Number of salaries quoted 391 653 506
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 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
vSphere
England

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 West region.

North West vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

North West vSphere Salary Histogram

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 West region over the 3 months to 17 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 -24 16 £45,000 +28.57%
Manchester -71 13 £37,500 -
Merseyside +6 3 £25,500 -40.00%
Lancashire -2 2 £37,500 +7.14%
vSphere
England

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 86 (93.48%) VMware
2 68 (73.91%) Microsoft
3 67 (72.83%) Windows
4 66 (71.74%) Active Directory
5 62 (67.39%) Windows Server 2008
6 58 (63.04%) MS Exchange
7 55 (59.78%) Windows Server 2003
8 54 (58.70%) VMware Infrastructure
9 49 (53.26%) Citrix
10 44 (47.83%) Exchange Server 2010
11 43 (46.74%) NetApp
12 42 (45.65%) ITIL
13 41 (44.57%) SAN
13 41 (44.57%) HP
14 40 (43.48%) Cisco
15 38 (41.30%) MS Excel
16 33 (35.87%) XenApp
17 32 (34.78%) Firewall
18 28 (30.43%) MCITP
19 27 (29.35%) TCP/IP
19 27 (29.35%) DNS
20 24 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
20 24 (26.09%) Exchange Server 2003
21 23 (25.00%) VMware ESX
22 22 (23.91%) MCSE
22 22 (23.91%) SQL Server
23 20 (21.74%) WAN
24 19 (20.65%) DHCP
24 19 (20.65%) VoIP
24 19 (20.65%) IIS

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 3 (3.261%) COM
2 1 (1.087%) XML
Application Platforms
1 58 (63.04%) MS Exchange
2 44 (47.83%) Exchange Server 2010
3 24 (26.09%) Exchange Server 2003
4 19 (20.65%) IIS
5 13 (14.13%) SharePoint
5 13 (14.13%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (10.87%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 9 (9.783%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (5.435%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (3.261%) Lync
10 2 (2.174%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (1.087%) Smallworld
11 1 (1.087%) SAS
11 1 (1.087%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 38 (41.30%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.261%) AutoCAD
2 3 (3.261%) MS Project
2 3 (3.261%) MS Office
3 1 (1.087%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (44.57%) SAN
2 32 (34.78%) Firewall
3 27 (29.35%) DNS
3 27 (29.35%) TCP/IP
4 20 (21.74%) WAN
5 19 (20.65%) DHCP
5 19 (20.65%) VoIP
6 16 (17.39%) LAN
7 13 (14.13%) VPN
8 9 (9.783%) NAS
9 7 (7.609%) VLAN
9 7 (7.609%) Cisco Nexus
9 7 (7.609%) Internet
10 6 (6.522%) MPLS
10 6 (6.522%) NetScaler
11 5 (5.435%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (5.435%) Network Security
11 5 (5.435%) IPsec
11 5 (5.435%) SSL
12 4 (4.348%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (23.91%) SQL Server
2 14 (15.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (10.87%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (3.261%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (3.261%) MySQL
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server 2000
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.087%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 10 (10.87%) Legal
2 7 (7.609%) Finance
3 5 (5.435%) Law
4 3 (3.261%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.174%) Retail
5 2 (2.174%) Advertising
6 1 (1.087%) Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (35.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 13 (14.13%) Consultant
3 12 (13.04%) Server Engineer
4 10 (10.87%) Senior Server Engineer
5 8 (8.696%) Support Engineer
6 6 (6.522%) Technical Consultant
6 6 (6.522%) Technical Support
6 6 (6.522%) IT Support
7 4 (4.348%) VMware Consultant
7 4 (4.348%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 4 (4.348%) Support Technician
7 4 (4.348%) 3rd Line Support
7 4 (4.348%) Analyst
7 4 (4.348%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (4.348%) Technical Manager
8 3 (3.261%) Citrix Consultant
8 3 (3.261%) Network Manager
8 3 (3.261%) Senior Consultant
8 3 (3.261%) 2nd Line Support
8 3 (3.261%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Blackberry
1 10 (10.87%) Clustering
2 6 (6.522%) CLARiiON
2 6 (6.522%) Firmware
3 5 (5.435%) Enterprise Storage
3 5 (5.435%) SWIFT
3 5 (5.435%) Replication
4 4 (4.348%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.348%) Celerra
4 4 (4.348%) Thin Client
5 3 (3.261%) EqualLogic
6 2 (2.174%) HP StorageWorks
6 2 (2.174%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.087%) Symmetrix
7 1 (1.087%) IVR
7 1 (1.087%) Statistics
7 1 (1.087%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 67 (72.83%) Windows
2 62 (67.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 55 (59.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (14.13%) Windows XP
5 11 (11.96%) Windows 7
6 10 (10.87%) Linux
7 8 (8.696%) UNIX
7 8 (8.696%) Windows 2000 Server
8 7 (7.609%) Windows Server 2012
8 7 (7.609%) Solaris
9 5 (5.435%) AIX
10 4 (4.348%) Windows 2000
11 3 (3.261%) Windows NT
12 2 (2.174%) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (45.65%) ITIL
2 17 (18.48%) Disaster Recovery
3 12 (13.04%) ITIL V3
4 8 (8.696%) Performance Management
4 8 (8.696%) Change Control
4 8 (8.696%) Capacity Management
5 7 (7.609%) Change Management
5 7 (7.609%) Business Continuity
6 6 (6.522%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (4.348%) WAN Optimisation
7 4 (4.348%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (4.348%) Information Security
7 4 (4.348%) PRINCE2
7 4 (4.348%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (3.261%) Incident Management
8 3 (3.261%) Network Management
9 2 (2.174%) Problem Management
9 2 (2.174%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.174%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.174%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.87%) SQL
2 3 (3.261%) C
3 2 (2.174%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 28 (30.43%) MCITP
2 24 (26.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 22 (23.91%) MCSE
4 16 (17.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 15 (16.30%) MCP
5 15 (16.30%) Cisco Certification
6 14 (15.22%) MCTS
7 13 (14.13%) CCNA
7 13 (14.13%) Citrix Certification
8 11 (11.96%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (8.696%) CCEA
9 8 (8.696%) CCEE
9 8 (8.696%) CCIA
10 7 (7.609%) Degree
11 5 (5.435%) CCA
11 5 (5.435%) CCAA
12 4 (4.348%) NCDA
12 4 (4.348%) NCIE
12 4 (4.348%) VCAP
12 4 (4.348%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.261%) SLA
System Software
1 66 (71.74%) Active Directory
2 54 (58.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (35.87%) XenApp
4 23 (25.00%) VMware ESX
5 14 (15.22%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 13 (14.13%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (13.04%) Hyper-V
8 11 (11.96%) XenServer
9 9 (9.783%) ISA Server
10 8 (8.696%) XenDesktop
11 4 (4.348%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (4.348%) VMware Workstation
11 4 (4.348%) MetaFrame
12 3 (3.261%) Terminal Server
12 3 (3.261%) Samba
13 2 (2.174%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (2.174%) Terminal Services
13 2 (2.174%) VMware Server
14 1 (1.087%) NFS
Systems Management
1 17 (18.48%) SCCM
2 13 (14.13%) WSUS
3 11 (11.96%) SCOM
4 9 (9.783%) SolarWinds Orion
5 6 (6.522%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (5.435%) Tivoli
7 2 (2.174%) Backup Exec
7 2 (2.174%) HP SIM
7 2 (2.174%) MOM
7 2 (2.174%) ZENworks
7 2 (2.174%) SCVMM
7 2 (2.174%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (1.087%) NetBackup
8 1 (1.087%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (1.087%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 86 (93.48%) VMware
2 68 (73.91%) Microsoft
3 49 (53.26%) Citrix
4 43 (46.74%) NetApp
5 41 (44.57%) HP
6 40 (43.48%) Cisco
7 13 (14.13%) IBM
7 13 (14.13%) SolarWinds
8 9 (9.783%) Veeam
9 8 (8.696%) FrontRange
9 8 (8.696%) Juniper
10 7 (7.609%) CheckPoint
10 7 (7.609%) Dell
10 7 (7.609%) EMC
10 7 (7.609%) Oracle
11 6 (6.522%) Brocade
11 6 (6.522%) WatchGuard
12 5 (5.435%) AppSense
12 5 (5.435%) Sun
13 4 (4.348%) 3Com
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, 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
Merseyside
You will have strong background in :- VMWare vSphere v4, v5 ESXi VMWare vCentre Standard / Foundation Cisco IOS internetworking, WAN, LAN, VLAN Cisco - ASA, VPN, AnyConnect, WCS/WLC, Call...
Vertical IT
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills required include: *Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008, *VMware oSnapManager for SQL, Exchange. oNetApp FAS2040 Hardware oExperience of FlexClones oSCCM *Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010 Desirable: *VMWARE vSphere 4...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Microsoft Windows XP / 7. Microsoft SCCM 2007 SP3. Microsoft SCOM 2012. Microsoft Exchange 2010. Microsoft SharePoint 2010. VMWARE vSphere 4.1/5.0. Active Directory... NetApp FAS2040 Hardware.....
FT Select
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Skills: * Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 * Microsoft Windows XP / 7 * Microsoft SCCM 2007 SP3 * Microsoft SCOM 2012 * Microsoft Exchange 2010 * Microsoft SharePoint 2010 * VMWARE vSphere 4.1/...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 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
Manchester, North West
Establish a "continuous improvement" approach by identifying technical and process gaps and seeking to resolve * Coach the team to ensure engagement and motivation to deliver a consistently positive...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Technical Skills: * Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 * Microsoft Windows XP / 7 * Microsoft SCCM 2007 SP3 * Microsoft SCOM 2012 * Microsoft Exchange 2010 * Microsoft SharePoint 2010 * VMWARE vSphere 4.1/...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Technical Skills: * Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008 * Microsoft Windows XP / 7 * Microsoft SCCM 2007 SP3 * Microsoft SCOM 2012 * Microsoft Exchange 2010 * Microsoft SharePoint 2010 * VMWARE vSphere 4.1/...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Own Change Control process for Infrastructure Services in the UKJob Qualifications:Solid technical experience of server technologies which should include the following:*Windows 2003 / 2008 Server (Windows Server...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: Benefits
Posted: 3 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