The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Portsmouth region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 15 35 38
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +3
Permanent jobs citing VMware 21 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 10.40% 1.000% 0.976%
As % of the Vendors category 19.81% 2.299% 2.000%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 2
Average salary £45,000 £36,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+24.13% -23.68%
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +3.89%
All Vendors
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
106 87 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 52.48% 43.50% 48.78%
Number of salaries quoted 102 85 96
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,800 £27,400 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
Hampshire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware across the Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth region citing VMware 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.

1 35 (85.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (78.05%) Citrix
3 27 (65.85%) HP
4 25 (60.98%) Windows
5 23 (56.10%) Cisco
6 19 (46.34%) Hyper-V
7 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
8 16 (39.02%) Windows Server 2008
8 16 (39.02%) Security Cleared
9 15 (36.59%) SC Cleared
10 14 (34.15%) XenApp
11 12 (29.27%) XenDesktop
11 12 (29.27%) vSphere
11 12 (29.27%) Back Office
11 12 (29.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 12 (29.27%) EMC
11 12 (29.27%) MS Excel
11 12 (29.27%) MS Exchange
12 11 (26.83%) Active Directory
12 11 (26.83%) DV Cleared
13 10 (24.39%) Service Management
14 9 (21.95%) Symantec
14 9 (21.95%) Brocade
14 9 (21.95%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (21.95%) Degree
14 9 (21.95%) Capacity Planning
14 9 (21.95%) XenServer
15 8 (19.51%) MCITP
15 8 (19.51%) SCOM
15 8 (19.51%) Citrix Certification

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 12 (29.27%) MS Exchange
2 5 (12.20%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (9.756%) Exchange Server 2007
3 4 (9.756%) Exchange Server 2000
4 1 (2.439%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.439%) IIS
4 1 (2.439%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (29.27%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.439%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.51%) SAN
2 7 (17.07%) Firewall
2 7 (17.07%) Unified Communications
3 5 (12.20%) TCP/IP
3 5 (12.20%) DNS
4 4 (9.756%) Cisco Nexus
5 3 (7.317%) NetScaler
5 3 (7.317%) VPN
5 3 (7.317%) LAN
5 3 (7.317%) VoIP
5 3 (7.317%) DHCP
5 3 (7.317%) MPLS
6 2 (4.878%) VLAN
7 1 (2.439%) Network Security
7 1 (2.439%) Fibre Channel
7 1 (2.439%) Internet
7 1 (2.439%) WAN
7 1 (2.439%) SMTP
7 1 (2.439%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.439%) MySQL
General
1 12 (29.27%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Consultant
2 11 (26.83%) Architect
3 10 (24.39%) Technical Architect
3 10 (24.39%) Technical Consultant
4 9 (21.95%) Senior Technical Architect
4 9 (21.95%) Senior Architect
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 6 (14.63%) Senior Consultant
6 4 (9.756%) Administrator
6 4 (9.756%) Systems Administrator
6 4 (9.756%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 4 (9.756%) Linux Administrator
6 4 (9.756%) Virtualisation Consultant
7 3 (7.317%) Support Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (4.878%) Analyst
8 2 (4.878%) IT Consultant
8 2 (4.878%) IT Manager
8 2 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (4.878%) Microsoft Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.756%) Clustering
1 4 (9.756%) Derivative
2 3 (7.317%) Client/Server
3 2 (4.878%) CLARiiON
3 2 (4.878%) EqualLogic
3 2 (4.878%) Celerra
4 1 (2.439%) Open Source
4 1 (2.439%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 25 (60.98%) Windows
2 16 (39.02%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (12.20%) Windows 7
4 5 (12.20%) Linux
5 4 (9.756%) CentOS
5 4 (9.756%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (9.756%) UNIX
5 4 (9.756%) Solaris
5 4 (9.756%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (7.317%) HPUX
7 2 (4.878%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Service Management
2 9 (21.95%) Technical Architecture
2 9 (21.95%) Capacity Planning
3 8 (19.51%) ITIL
4 5 (12.20%) Data Management
4 5 (12.20%) Software Testing
5 4 (9.756%) ITIL V3
5 4 (9.756%) Security Management
5 4 (9.756%) Business Development
6 2 (4.878%) Data Protection
6 2 (4.878%) Project Management
6 2 (4.878%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.878%) High Availability
7 1 (2.439%) PRINCE
7 1 (2.439%) MOF
7 1 (2.439%) PRINCE2
7 1 (2.439%) CRM
7 1 (2.439%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.439%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (2.439%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 7 (17.07%) SQL
2 4 (9.756%) Shell Script
3 2 (4.878%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.439%) C
Qualifications
1 16 (39.02%) Security Cleared
2 15 (36.59%) SC Cleared
3 12 (29.27%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 11 (26.83%) DV Cleared
5 9 (21.95%) Degree
6 8 (19.51%) MCITP
6 8 (19.51%) Citrix Certification
7 7 (17.07%) NCIE
8 6 (14.63%) NCDA
9 5 (12.20%) CCEE
9 5 (12.20%) CCIA
10 4 (9.756%) CCEA
10 4 (9.756%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (9.756%) RHCE
10 4 (9.756%) MCSE
10 4 (9.756%) CCA
10 4 (9.756%) MCTS
11 3 (7.317%) CCAA
12 2 (4.878%) HP ASE
12 2 (4.878%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (85.37%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (46.34%) Hyper-V
3 14 (34.15%) XenApp
4 12 (29.27%) XenDesktop
4 12 (29.27%) vSphere
5 11 (26.83%) Active Directory
6 9 (21.95%) XenServer
7 6 (14.63%) VMware ESX
8 2 (4.878%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (2.439%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 1 (2.439%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) SCOM
2 6 (14.63%) NetBackup
2 6 (14.63%) SCCM
3 4 (9.756%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 4 (9.756%) Backup Exec
3 4 (9.756%) SCVMM
4 2 (4.878%) HP SIM
5 1 (2.439%) WSUS
Vendors
1 32 (78.05%) Citrix
2 27 (65.85%) HP
3 23 (56.10%) Cisco
4 17 (41.46%) Microsoft
5 12 (29.27%) EMC
6 9 (21.95%) Symantec
6 9 (21.95%) Brocade
7 7 (17.07%) NetApp
8 6 (14.63%) Dell
9 5 (12.20%) CommVault
10 4 (9.756%) Red Hat
10 4 (9.756%) Oracle
10 4 (9.756%) IBM
11 3 (7.317%) Veeam
12 2 (4.878%) SonicWALL
13 1 (2.439%) Kaseya
13 1 (2.439%) 3PAR
13 1 (2.439%) Juniper