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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 5 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 2.475% - -
As % of the System Software category 20.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,250 £40,750
% change year-on-year
+0.59% +3.68%
All System Software
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
24 11 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 11.88% 5.500% 9.268%
Number of salaries quoted 23 10 18
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £30,098
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +74.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £21,600 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
vSphere
Hampshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Portsmouth vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) HP
3 10 (83.33%) Citrix
3 10 (83.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 10 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (75.00%) XenApp
4 9 (75.00%) XenServer
4 9 (75.00%) XenDesktop
5 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (66.67%) Windows
6 7 (58.33%) Symantec
6 7 (58.33%) NetApp
6 7 (58.33%) NCIE
6 7 (58.33%) Unified Communications
7 6 (50.00%) NCDA
7 6 (50.00%) SAN
7 6 (50.00%) Cisco
7 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
7 6 (50.00%) VMware ESX
7 6 (50.00%) NetBackup
7 6 (50.00%) MCITP
8 5 (41.67%) Data Management
8 5 (41.67%) SCOM
8 5 (41.67%) CommVault
8 5 (41.67%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (41.67%) CCIA
8 5 (41.67%) CCEE
9 4 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
9 4 (33.33%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
9 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 6 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2000
3 2 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (58.33%) Unified Communications
2 6 (50.00%) SAN
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (25.00%) NetScaler
5 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 2 (16.67%) DHCP
5 2 (16.67%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (16.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Technical Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 2 (16.67%) Analyst
5 1 (8.333%) Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) VMware Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Clustering
2 2 (16.67%) Celerra
2 2 (16.67%) EqualLogic
2 2 (16.67%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
1 8 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Data Management
2 4 (33.33%) Business Development
3 3 (25.00%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) High Availability
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
5 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
5 1 (8.333%) MOF
5 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
5 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
5 1 (8.333%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (8.333%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (83.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (58.33%) NCIE
3 6 (50.00%) NCDA
3 6 (50.00%) MCITP
4 5 (41.67%) Citrix Certification
4 5 (41.67%) CCEE
4 5 (41.67%) CCIA
5 4 (33.33%) CCEA
5 4 (33.33%) MCTS
6 3 (25.00%) CCAA
7 2 (16.67%) CCA
7 2 (16.67%) HP ASE
7 2 (16.67%) HP MASE
7 2 (16.67%) VCDX
7 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
7 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
8 1 (8.333%) HP AIS
8 1 (8.333%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (75.00%) XenApp
2 9 (75.00%) XenServer
2 9 (75.00%) XenDesktop
3 6 (50.00%) VMware ESX
4 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 3 (25.00%) Hyper-V
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (8.333%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 6 (50.00%) NetBackup
2 5 (41.67%) SCOM
3 4 (33.33%) Backup Exec
3 4 (33.33%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (25.00%) SCCM
5 2 (16.67%) SCVMM
5 2 (16.67%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) HP
3 10 (83.33%) Citrix
4 7 (58.33%) NetApp
4 7 (58.33%) Symantec
5 6 (50.00%) Cisco
6 5 (41.67%) CommVault
7 3 (25.00%) IBM
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) Veeam
7 3 (25.00%) EMC
8 2 (16.67%) Dell
9 1 (8.333%) 3PAR