The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere 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 vSphere
Rank 77 58 72
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +14
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 10 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.968% 0.631% 0.500%
As % of the System Software category 10.00% 7.692% 8.163%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 3
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
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%
vSphere
Oxfordshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 14 (82.35%) Windows
3 13 (76.47%) Citrix
3 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2008
4 12 (70.59%) SAN
5 11 (64.71%) MS Exchange
6 9 (52.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2007
6 9 (52.94%) Lync
7 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
7 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
8 7 (41.18%) SCCM
8 7 (41.18%) MCITP
8 7 (41.18%) Backup Exec
8 7 (41.18%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
10 4 (23.53%) CCEE
10 4 (23.53%) CCIA
10 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
10 4 (23.53%) VCAP
10 4 (23.53%) XenApp
10 4 (23.53%) XenServer
10 4 (23.53%) XenDesktop
10 4 (23.53%) HP
10 4 (23.53%) Citrix Certification
10 4 (23.53%) ITIL
10 4 (23.53%) Cisco
11 3 (17.65%) CCNP
11 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 11 (64.71%) MS Exchange
2 9 (52.94%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (52.94%) Lync
3 4 (23.53%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (5.882%) IIS
5 1 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (5.882%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) SAN
2 8 (47.06%) TCP/IP
3 2 (11.76%) NetScaler
3 2 (11.76%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) MPLS
3 2 (11.76%) DHCP
3 2 (11.76%) DNS
4 1 (5.882%) LAN
4 1 (5.882%) NAS
4 1 (5.882%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Server Engineer
2 5 (29.41%) Consultant
2 5 (29.41%) Senior Server Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Consultant
3 3 (17.65%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Architect
5 1 (5.882%) Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Administrator
5 1 (5.882%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Celerra
2 1 (5.882%) CLARiiON
2 1 (5.882%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 14 (82.35%) Windows
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2003
2 13 (76.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Capacity Planning
2 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 3 (17.65%) Change Management
3 3 (17.65%) Demand Management
4 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (5.882%) Project Management
5 1 (5.882%) Migration
5 1 (5.882%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (5.882%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
1 1 (5.882%) VB
1 1 (5.882%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (41.18%) MCITP
3 4 (23.53%) CCEE
3 4 (23.53%) CCIA
3 4 (23.53%) VCAP
3 4 (23.53%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (17.65%) CCNP
4 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (17.65%) MCTS
4 3 (17.65%) CCAA
5 2 (11.76%) NCDA
5 2 (11.76%) NCIE
5 2 (11.76%) VCDX
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (11.76%) CCEA
5 2 (11.76%) MCSE
6 1 (5.882%) CCNA
6 1 (5.882%) HP AIS
6 1 (5.882%) HP MASE
6 1 (5.882%) VCP4
System Software
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (35.29%) Active Directory
3 4 (23.53%) XenApp
3 4 (23.53%) XenServer
3 4 (23.53%) XenDesktop
4 3 (17.65%) VMware ESX
5 1 (5.882%) Terminal Services
5 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 7 (41.18%) SCCM
1 7 (41.18%) Backup Exec
2 1 (5.882%) SCOM
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (76.47%) Citrix
3 4 (23.53%) HP
3 4 (23.53%) Cisco
4 3 (17.65%) Veeam
5 2 (11.76%) Barracuda Networks
5 2 (11.76%) Huawei
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
5 2 (11.76%) EMC
5 2 (11.76%) NetApp
6 1 (5.882%) IBM
6 1 (5.882%) Dell
6 1 (5.882%) Postini
6 1 (5.882%) MobileIron