The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 22 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 54 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 2 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 0.508% 0.429% -
As % of the System Software category 5.556% 6.897% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £30,500 £42,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
36 29 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 9.137% 6.223% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 29 27 44
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,300 £20,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £29,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
Northamptonshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (60.00%) SAN
3 2 (40.00%) CommVault
3 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE
3 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (40.00%) Firewall
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) Dell
3 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (40.00%) VoIP
3 2 (40.00%) DHCP
3 2 (40.00%) DNS
3 2 (40.00%) Wireless
3 2 (40.00%) BIG-IP
3 2 (40.00%) SCCM
3 2 (40.00%) MCITP
3 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Degree

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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 2 (40.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) SAN
2 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) DHCP
2 2 (40.00%) DNS
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) BIG-IP
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Analyst
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Support
1 2 (40.00%) Support Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Network Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows NT
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE
1 2 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (60.00%) MCSE
2 2 (40.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 1 (20.00%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) CommVault
2 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
2 2 (40.00%) HP
2 2 (40.00%) Dell
2 2 (40.00%) ProCurve
2 2 (40.00%) F5
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (20.00%) Red Hat