The first table below looks at the demand for the Virtualisation Architect role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Virtualisation Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Job Titles advertised for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtualization Architect
Rank 136 127 115
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Virtualisation Architect 3 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.134% 0.213% 0.314%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.141% 0.226% 0.332%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 3
Average salary £70,000 £63,500 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.23% -20.62%
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £47,500 £61,500
% change year-on-year
+21.05% -22.76%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2123 2212 1809
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.95% 94.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1727 1875 1487
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Virtualisation Architect
Berkshire

Virtualisation Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Virtualisation Architect Jobs Demand Trend

Virtualisation Architect
Salary Trend

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

Reading Virtualisation Architect Salary Trend

Virtualisation Architect
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Virtualisation Architect across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Reading Virtualisation Architect Salary Histogram

Virtualisation Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Virtualisation Architect in their job title 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 with Virtualisation Architect in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) HP
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) vSphere
3 7 (77.78%) SAN
3 7 (77.78%) EMC
4 6 (66.67%) Windows
4 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
4 6 (66.67%) Finance
4 6 (66.67%) Fujitsu
4 6 (66.67%) VMware ESX
4 6 (66.67%) Retail
4 6 (66.67%) Network Architecture
4 6 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
4 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
4 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
4 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Dell
6 2 (22.22%) Veritas
6 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) IBM
6 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (22.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications

Virtualisation Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Virtualisation Architect in their job title 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 with Virtualisation Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) SAN
2 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
General
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
1 6 (66.67%) Finance
1 6 (66.67%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Windows
1 6 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Network Architecture
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
3 1 (11.11%) MOF
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (11.11%) MCTS
3 1 (11.11%) MCITP
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) vSphere
3 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 6 (66.67%) VMware ESX
3 6 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (22.22%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) HP
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) EMC
3 6 (66.67%) Fujitsu
4 3 (33.33%) Dell
5 2 (22.22%) Veritas
5 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
5 2 (22.22%) IBM
6 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) Citrix
6 1 (11.11%) NetApp
Reading, Berkshire
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure technologies and architectures (including Citrix XenDesktop and VMware View) - hypervisor technologies (Citrix XenServer, Hyper-V, VMware) - application virtualisation technologies (Citrix XenApp, App-V and VMware...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £85,000 per annum Corporate Benefits Package
Posted: 13 June 2013