The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 24 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 86 59 74
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +15
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 1 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.097% 0.473% 0.250%
As % of the System Software category 1.000% 5.769% 4.082%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
Average salary £60,000 £47,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.31% +11.76%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
100 52 49
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 9.681% 8.202% 6.125%
Number of salaries quoted 90 45 38
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,250 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £66,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
Oxfordshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) SAN
2 5 (83.33%) Windows
3 4 (66.67%) LAN
3 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) Project Management
4 3 (50.00%) UNIX
4 3 (50.00%) RHCE
4 3 (50.00%) Red Hat
4 3 (50.00%) WAN
4 3 (50.00%) Apache
4 3 (50.00%) Solaris
4 3 (50.00%) Linux
4 3 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (50.00%) vSphere
4 3 (50.00%) Puppet
4 3 (50.00%) 3PAR
5 2 (33.33%) Celerra
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (33.33%) MCTS
5 2 (33.33%) MCITP
5 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 2 (33.33%) EMC
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (16.67%) NetApp
6 1 (16.67%) HP
6 1 (16.67%) Dell
6 1 (16.67%) Firewall

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 3 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (16.67%) Lync
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) SAN
2 4 (66.67%) LAN
2 4 (66.67%) TCP/IP
3 3 (50.00%) WAN
4 1 (16.67%) Firewall
4 1 (16.67%) DNS
4 1 (16.67%) DHCP
4 1 (16.67%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Linux Systems Administrator
1 3 (50.00%) Linux Administrator
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Celerra
2 1 (16.67%) CLARiiON
2 1 (16.67%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) UNIX
2 3 (50.00%) Solaris
2 3 (50.00%) Linux
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (16.67%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) RHCE
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (33.33%) MCTS
2 2 (33.33%) MCITP
3 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCEA
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (16.67%) CCNP
3 1 (16.67%) CCNA
3 1 (16.67%) HP AIS
3 1 (16.67%) HP MASE
3 1 (16.67%) VCDX
3 1 (16.67%) VCP4
3 1 (16.67%) NCDA
3 1 (16.67%) NCIE
3 1 (16.67%) VCAP
3 1 (16.67%) CCEE
3 1 (16.67%) CCAA
3 1 (16.67%) CCIA
3 1 (16.67%) VCP5
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (50.00%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
3 1 (16.67%) XenApp
3 1 (16.67%) XenServer
3 1 (16.67%) XenDesktop
3 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 3 (50.00%) 3PAR
3 2 (33.33%) EMC
4 1 (16.67%) NetApp
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) Citrix
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
Oxfordshire, Oxford
The successful candidate will be involved, as part of a team, in the planning, implementation and support of all aspects of the virtual and physical deployment of Microsoft,...
Oxford University Press
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013