The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 23 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 Preston region.

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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 28 33 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 1.695% 0.826% -
As % of the Vendors category 3.175% 1.961% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £30,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +1.29%
All Vendors
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
63 51 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 53.39% 42.15% 57.45%
Number of salaries quoted 56 49 22
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +23.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,204 £26,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
Lancashire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Preston region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Preston VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) MS Exchange
2 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (66.67%) XenApp
3 6 (66.67%) Citrix
3 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (55.56%) Firewall
4 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (55.56%) DNS
4 5 (55.56%) DHCP
4 5 (55.56%) ITIL
5 4 (44.44%) MCSE
5 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (44.44%) MCITP
5 4 (44.44%) XenServer
6 3 (33.33%) vSphere
6 3 (33.33%) MCTS
6 3 (33.33%) AppSense
6 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (33.33%) SAN
6 3 (33.33%) NetApp
6 3 (33.33%) WAN
6 3 (33.33%) Cisco

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 Development
1 2 (22.22%) COM
Application Platforms
1 7 (77.78%) MS Exchange
1 7 (77.78%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (22.22%) IIS
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 2 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (22.22%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) Firewall
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
1 5 (55.56%) DHCP
2 3 (33.33%) SAN
2 3 (33.33%) WAN
2 3 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (22.22%) VoIP
3 2 (22.22%) TCP/IP
3 2 (22.22%) VPN
3 2 (22.22%) Wireless
3 2 (22.22%) VLAN
4 1 (11.11%) NetScaler
4 1 (11.11%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Administrator
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Storage Systems Administrator
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (55.56%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (22.22%) Solaris
3 2 (22.22%) Linux
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (44.44%) MCSE
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (44.44%) MCITP
3 3 (33.33%) MCTS
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (33.33%) CCA
3 3 (33.33%) MCSA
4 1 (11.11%) NCDA
4 1 (11.11%) NCIE
4 1 (11.11%) VCAP
4 1 (11.11%) CCEE
4 1 (11.11%) CCAA
4 1 (11.11%) CCIA
4 1 (11.11%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Active Directory
2 6 (66.67%) XenApp
3 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (44.44%) XenServer
4 3 (33.33%) vSphere
5 2 (22.22%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (11.11%) XenDesktop
6 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (11.11%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) SCCM
1 2 (22.22%) SCOM
1 2 (22.22%) WhatsUp Gold
1 2 (22.22%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Citrix
1 6 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) AppSense
2 3 (33.33%) NetApp
2 3 (33.33%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) CheckPoint
3 2 (22.22%) Juniper
3 2 (22.22%) SolarWinds
Preston, Lancashire
Information Technology related degree, or equivalent proven knowledge in IT and Technology fields with associated qualifications such as CCNA, CCNP, VCP *Extensive knowledge of MS Windows 2000/XP,...
Reed Technology
Salary: £24000 - £31000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013