The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 34 38 36
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 9 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 3.448% 0.806% 0.889%
As % of the System Software category 40.91% 10.53% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 0
Average salary £41,250 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,250 £40,750
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +3.68%
All System Software
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
22 19 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 8.429% 7.661% 10.67%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 4
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland vSphere Salary Trend

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 Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +1 9 £41,250 +17.85%
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
2 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 8 (88.89%) SQL
3 5 (55.56%) MS Office
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) Citrix
4 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
4 4 (44.44%) Network Security
4 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
4 4 (44.44%) XenServer
4 4 (44.44%) XenDesktop
4 4 (44.44%) EqualLogic
4 4 (44.44%) 3PAR
4 4 (44.44%) Lync
4 4 (44.44%) Office 365
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (44.44%) EMC
4 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (44.44%) Validation
4 4 (44.44%) Oracle

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 Platforms
1 8 (88.89%) SharePoint
2 4 (44.44%) Lync
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 4 (44.44%) Office 365
3 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 4 (44.44%) Network Security
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Design Authority
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
2 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (88.89%) Computer Science
2 4 (44.44%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (44.44%) Validation
1 4 (44.44%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
3 4 (44.44%) XenServer
3 4 (44.44%) XenDesktop
4 1 (11.11%) XenApp
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 5 (55.56%) Citrix
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle
3 4 (44.44%) EMC
3 4 (44.44%) 3PAR