The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of PlateSpin products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PlateSpin over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Reading region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within PlateSpin Ltd.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PlateSpin
Rank 131 133 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing PlateSpin 3 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.133% 0.043% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.239% 0.086% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £46,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £38,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -23.00%
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1256 1158 949
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 55.62% 50.35% 49.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1002 1007 777
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
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PlateSpin
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading PlateSpin Jobs Demand Trend

PlateSpin
Salary Trend

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

Reading PlateSpin Salary Trend

PlateSpin
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin.

1 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) vSphere
3 4 (57.14%) Capacity Planning
3 4 (57.14%) PowerConvert
4 3 (42.86%) Vizioncore
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (42.86%) XenApp
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (42.86%) AppSense
4 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (42.86%) Novell
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (42.86%) Windows
4 3 (42.86%) Citrix
4 3 (42.86%) CCA
4 3 (42.86%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) MCSE
5 2 (28.57%) Terminal Services
5 2 (28.57%) Wyse
5 2 (28.57%) Validation
5 2 (28.57%) XenServer
5 2 (28.57%) XenDesktop
5 2 (28.57%) VCP4
5 2 (28.57%) Network Security

PlateSpin
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) LDAP
2 1 (14.29%) SMTP
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) FTP
2 1 (14.29%) HTTP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) SSL
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 4 (57.14%) VMware Engineer
2 3 (42.86%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 3 (42.86%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (42.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) Validation
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (42.86%) CCA
1 3 (42.86%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (28.57%) MCSE
2 2 (28.57%) VCP4
3 1 (14.29%) CCEE
3 1 (14.29%) CCIA
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) vSphere
3 4 (57.14%) PowerConvert
4 3 (42.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (42.86%) XenApp
4 3 (42.86%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
5 2 (28.57%) Terminal Services
5 2 (28.57%) XenServer
5 2 (28.57%) XenDesktop
6 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (14.29%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (42.86%) Vizioncore
2 3 (42.86%) AppSense
2 3 (42.86%) Novell
2 3 (42.86%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Wyse
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