The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Infrastructure 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 of the System Software category for the Reading region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 34 78 56
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -22
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 133 58 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 6.192% 2.558% 3.283%
As % of the System Software category 37.36% 27.62% 39.38%
Number of salaries quoted 111 50 47
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £62,600 £83,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
356 210 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 16.57% 9.263% 8.338%
Number of salaries quoted 301 183 111
Average salary £45,000 £43,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% +8.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £28,500 £29,850
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £85,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware Infrastructure
Berkshire

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

Reading VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

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

Reading VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 235 (100.00%) VMware
2 141 (60.00%) Windows
3 118 (50.21%) Microsoft
4 112 (47.66%) Citrix
5 91 (38.72%) vSphere
6 80 (34.04%) SAN
6 80 (34.04%) Windows Server 2008
7 79 (33.62%) Active Directory
8 75 (31.91%) Cisco
9 66 (28.09%) MS Excel
10 63 (26.81%) HP
11 55 (23.40%) Linux
12 54 (22.98%) Windows Server 2003
13 51 (21.70%) SQL
13 51 (21.70%) Hyper-V
14 49 (20.85%) MS Exchange
15 48 (20.43%) XenDesktop
16 46 (19.57%) XenApp
17 45 (19.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
18 42 (17.87%) Firewall
19 40 (17.02%) ITIL
20 39 (16.60%) SQL Server
21 37 (15.74%) Juniper
22 36 (15.32%) XenServer
23 34 (14.47%) Citrix Certification
24 32 (13.62%) Clustering
25 31 (13.19%) MCITP
26 30 (12.77%) LAN
27 29 (12.34%) Oracle
27 29 (12.34%) .NET

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 29 (12.34%) .NET
2 11 (4.681%) XML
2 11 (4.681%) HTML
3 10 (4.255%) COM
4 8 (3.404%) .NET Framework
4 8 (3.404%) Application Packaging
5 3 (1.277%) Middleware
6 2 (0.851%) XMPP
6 2 (0.851%) Web Services
7 1 (0.426%) ASP
7 1 (0.426%) SOAP
7 1 (0.426%) MDX
7 1 (0.426%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 49 (20.85%) MS Exchange
2 25 (10.64%) SharePoint
2 25 (10.64%) IIS
3 20 (8.511%) Apache
4 17 (7.234%) Exchange Server 2007
5 14 (5.957%) Exchange Server 2003
5 14 (5.957%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (4.681%) SAS
6 11 (4.681%) Lync
7 8 (3.404%) SharePoint Server
7 8 (3.404%) Tomcat
8 6 (2.553%) Lotus Domino
8 6 (2.553%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (1.277%) Lotus Notes
9 3 (1.277%) Exchange Server 2000
10 1 (0.426%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.426%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 66 (28.09%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.128%) MS Office
3 1 (0.426%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.426%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 8 (3.404%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (0.851%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.426%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.426%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 80 (34.04%) SAN
2 42 (17.87%) Firewall
3 30 (12.77%) LAN
4 26 (11.06%) VPN
5 25 (10.64%) WAN
6 24 (10.21%) TCP/IP
7 20 (8.511%) DNS
7 20 (8.511%) Unified Communications
8 18 (7.660%) DHCP
8 18 (7.660%) NetScaler
9 16 (6.809%) Ethernet
9 16 (6.809%) Cisco ASA
10 15 (6.383%) NAS
11 13 (5.532%) Internet
12 11 (4.681%) Intrusion Detection
12 11 (4.681%) FWSM
12 11 (4.681%) tcpdump
12 11 (4.681%) snoop
12 11 (4.681%) Wireshark
13 9 (3.830%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (16.60%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.404%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.404%) MySQL
3 5 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (2.128%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.426%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (0.426%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.426%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (0.426%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.426%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (3.830%) Visual Studio
2 8 (3.404%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 5 (2.128%) Subversion
3 5 (2.128%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.426%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 20 (8.511%) Finance
2 18 (7.660%) Telecoms
3 13 (5.532%) Retail
4 10 (4.255%) Marketing
5 3 (1.277%) Local Government
6 2 (0.851%) Banking
6 2 (0.851%) Multimedia
7 1 (0.426%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.426%) Billing
7 1 (0.426%) Law
Job Titles
1 83 (35.32%) Consultant
2 32 (13.62%) Architect
3 22 (9.362%) Administrator
4 21 (8.936%) Support Engineer
5 20 (8.511%) Citrix Consultant
6 19 (8.085%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (7.234%) Systems Administrator
8 16 (6.809%) Technical Consultant
9 14 (5.957%) Virtualisation Consultant
9 14 (5.957%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 13 (5.532%) Linux Administrator
10 13 (5.532%) Infrastructure Architect
10 13 (5.532%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 13 (5.532%) Technical Architect
11 11 (4.681%) Network Engineer
11 11 (4.681%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
12 10 (4.255%) VMware Consultant
13 9 (3.830%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 9 (3.830%) Senior Network Engineer
13 9 (3.830%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 32 (13.62%) Clustering
2 11 (4.681%) Firmware
3 9 (3.830%) Blackberry
4 7 (2.979%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (2.553%) Celerra
5 6 (2.553%) EqualLogic
6 5 (2.128%) CLARiiON
7 3 (1.277%) Thin Client
7 3 (1.277%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.851%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.851%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.426%) PMI
9 1 (0.426%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.426%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 141 (60.00%) Windows
2 80 (34.04%) Windows Server 2008
3 55 (23.40%) Linux
4 54 (22.98%) Windows Server 2003
5 29 (12.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 21 (8.936%) UNIX
7 20 (8.511%) Solaris
8 16 (6.809%) Windows XP
9 13 (5.532%) Ubuntu
10 11 (4.681%) Windows 2000
11 10 (4.255%) Windows 7
12 8 (3.404%) CentOS
12 8 (3.404%) Debian
13 5 (2.128%) VMS
13 5 (2.128%) Fedora
14 3 (1.277%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (1.277%) Windows 2000 Server
15 2 (0.851%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.851%) Windows 8
16 1 (0.426%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (17.02%) ITIL
2 26 (11.06%) Migration
3 25 (10.64%) Service Delivery
3 25 (10.64%) Project Management
4 21 (8.936%) Change Management
5 17 (7.234%) PRINCE2
6 14 (5.957%) Configuration Management
7 13 (5.532%) PRINCE
8 11 (4.681%) Network Architecture
8 11 (4.681%) Problem Management
8 11 (4.681%) Web Development
9 9 (3.830%) Load Balancing
10 8 (3.404%) Continuous Integration
11 7 (2.979%) Disaster Recovery
11 7 (2.979%) Business Development
11 7 (2.979%) Technical Architecture
12 6 (2.553%) Project Planning
12 6 (2.553%) Capacity Planning
12 6 (2.553%) Change Control
13 5 (2.128%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 51 (21.70%) SQL
2 25 (10.64%) PowerShell
3 20 (8.511%) Java
3 20 (8.511%) Perl
4 8 (3.404%) Ruby
4 8 (3.404%) Bash shell
4 8 (3.404%) Python
4 8 (3.404%) PHP
4 8 (3.404%) C
5 2 (0.851%) Scala
6 1 (0.426%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.426%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.426%) VBScript
6 1 (0.426%) C#
6 1 (0.426%) C++
6 1 (0.426%) X++
Qualifications
1 45 (19.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 34 (14.47%) Citrix Certification
3 31 (13.19%) MCITP
4 29 (12.34%) CCIA
5 28 (11.91%) Cisco Certification
5 28 (11.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (11.49%) Degree
7 25 (10.64%) MCSE
7 25 (10.64%) CCEA
8 23 (9.787%) MCTS
9 22 (9.362%) CCEE
10 20 (8.511%) CCNP
11 19 (8.085%) CCAA
11 19 (8.085%) CCA
12 17 (7.234%) Security Cleared
13 14 (5.957%) SC Cleared
14 13 (5.532%) NCIE
15 12 (5.106%) NCDA
15 12 (5.106%) ITIL Certification
16 10 (4.255%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.660%) SLA
2 4 (1.702%) QA
3 1 (0.426%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 91 (38.72%) vSphere
2 79 (33.62%) Active Directory
3 51 (21.70%) Hyper-V
4 48 (20.43%) XenDesktop
5 46 (19.57%) XenApp
6 36 (15.32%) XenServer
7 28 (11.91%) VMware ESX
8 17 (7.234%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (6.809%) Microsoft App-V
10 12 (5.106%) vCloud
11 11 (4.681%) Xen
12 8 (3.404%) Citrix Presentation Server
13 5 (2.128%) Terminal Services
14 4 (1.702%) PowerConvert
15 2 (0.851%) ISA Server
16 1 (0.426%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 1 (0.426%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 16 (6.809%) SCCM
2 12 (5.106%) Backup Exec
3 11 (4.681%) SCOM
4 9 (3.830%) McAfee ePO
5 8 (3.404%) OpenView Configuration Management
6 7 (2.979%) SCVMM
7 5 (2.128%) Nagios
7 5 (2.128%) ZABBIX
7 5 (2.128%) Puppet
8 4 (1.702%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 4 (1.702%) NetBackup
9 3 (1.277%) WSUS
10 2 (0.851%) Plesk
10 2 (0.851%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.426%) Tivoli Storage Manager
11 1 (0.426%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.426%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 235 (100.00%) VMware
2 118 (50.21%) Microsoft
3 112 (47.66%) Citrix
4 75 (31.91%) Cisco
5 63 (26.81%) HP
6 37 (15.74%) Juniper
7 29 (12.34%) Oracle
8 27 (11.49%) EMC
9 25 (10.64%) F5
10 24 (10.21%) Red Hat
10 24 (10.21%) NetApp
11 19 (8.085%) Dell
11 19 (8.085%) Sun
12 17 (7.234%) IBM
13 16 (6.809%) JBoss
14 14 (5.957%) Nortel
15 13 (5.532%) Fujitsu
15 13 (5.532%) Veeam
16 11 (4.681%) CheckPoint
16 11 (4.681%) Veritas
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