The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware 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 VMware over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading region.

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 17 38 44
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +6
Permanent jobs citing VMware 210 113 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 9.682% 4.991% 4.562%
As % of the Vendors category 16.91% 9.758% 8.704%
Number of salaries quoted 178 102 66
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £51,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -17.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,000 £32,750
10% offered a salary of more than £73,250 £62,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +1.29%
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1242 1158 988
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 57.26% 51.15% 52.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1006 1014 796
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
Berkshire

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

1 238 (66.85%) Windows
2 234 (65.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 158 (44.38%) Microsoft
4 144 (40.45%) Citrix
5 125 (35.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 123 (34.55%) SAN
7 113 (31.74%) SQL
8 109 (30.62%) Linux
8 109 (30.62%) Active Directory
9 107 (30.06%) vSphere
10 102 (28.65%) Cisco
11 90 (25.28%) MS Excel
12 81 (22.75%) HP
13 75 (21.07%) Windows Server 2003
14 69 (19.38%) Clustering
15 68 (19.10%) MS Exchange
16 61 (17.13%) SQL Server
17 59 (16.57%) Firewall
18 58 (16.29%) Oracle
19 57 (16.01%) Hyper-V
20 56 (15.73%) SharePoint
20 56 (15.73%) TCP/IP
21 54 (15.17%) XenApp
22 51 (14.33%) ITIL
22 51 (14.33%) UNIX
23 50 (14.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
24 48 (13.48%) XenDesktop
25 44 (12.36%) Juniper
26 43 (12.08%) DNS
27 42 (11.80%) LAN

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 35 (9.831%) .NET
2 11 (3.090%) XML
2 11 (3.090%) COM
2 11 (3.090%) HTML
3 8 (2.247%) Application Packaging
4 7 (1.966%) .NET Framework
5 5 (1.404%) Software Packaging
6 4 (1.124%) Middleware
6 4 (1.124%) J2EE
7 3 (0.843%) Web Services
7 3 (0.843%) ASP
8 2 (0.562%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.562%) XMPP
9 1 (0.281%) MDX
9 1 (0.281%) RESTful
9 1 (0.281%) SOAP
9 1 (0.281%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 68 (19.10%) MS Exchange
2 56 (15.73%) SharePoint
3 34 (9.551%) Lotus Domino
4 33 (9.270%) IIS
5 31 (8.708%) Exchange Server 2010
6 26 (7.303%) Apache
7 21 (5.899%) Exchange Server 2007
8 18 (5.056%) Exchange Server 2003
9 12 (3.371%) Lync
10 11 (3.090%) SAS
11 8 (2.247%) Tomcat
12 7 (1.966%) SharePoint Server
13 6 (1.685%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 5 (1.404%) Lotus Notes
15 3 (0.843%) Exchange Server 2000
15 3 (0.843%) WebLogic
16 1 (0.281%) SharePoint 2010
16 1 (0.281%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 90 (25.28%) MS Excel
2 9 (2.528%) MS Office
3 2 (0.562%) Office 365
4 1 (0.281%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (1.966%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (0.562%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.281%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.281%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 123 (34.55%) SAN
2 59 (16.57%) Firewall
3 56 (15.73%) TCP/IP
4 43 (12.08%) DNS
5 42 (11.80%) LAN
6 37 (10.39%) WAN
7 33 (9.270%) DHCP
7 33 (9.270%) VPN
8 25 (7.022%) Ethernet
9 20 (5.618%) NetScaler
9 20 (5.618%) Unified Communications
10 19 (5.337%) Cisco ASA
11 18 (5.056%) NAS
12 16 (4.494%) ADSL
13 15 (4.213%) Internet
14 11 (3.090%) Wireshark
14 11 (3.090%) Intrusion Detection
14 11 (3.090%) FWSM
14 11 (3.090%) tcpdump
14 11 (3.090%) snoop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (17.13%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.652%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (3.090%) MySQL
4 8 (2.247%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (1.404%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (0.843%) SQL Server 2000
7 1 (0.281%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.281%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.281%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.281%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 8 (2.247%) Visual Studio
2 7 (1.966%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 5 (1.404%) Mercurial
3 5 (1.404%) Subversion
4 3 (0.843%) Ant
5 1 (0.281%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 34 (9.551%) German Language
2 27 (7.584%) French Language
3 26 (7.303%) Finance
4 17 (4.775%) Telecoms
5 14 (3.933%) Retail
6 10 (2.809%) Marketing
7 6 (1.685%) Banking
8 5 (1.404%) Billing
9 3 (0.843%) Local Government
10 2 (0.562%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.562%) Law
10 2 (0.562%) Russian Language
11 1 (0.281%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 97 (27.25%) Consultant
2 75 (21.07%) Support Engineer
3 53 (14.89%) Administrator
4 50 (14.04%) Technical Engineer
5 46 (12.92%) Technical Support Engineer
5 46 (12.92%) Technical Support
6 41 (11.52%) Systems Administrator
7 39 (10.96%) Architect
8 27 (7.584%) 3rd Line Support
9 24 (6.742%) Solutions Architect
10 20 (5.618%) Technical Consultant
10 20 (5.618%) Citrix Consultant
10 20 (5.618%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 20 (5.618%) Linux Systems Administrator
10 20 (5.618%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
10 20 (5.618%) Linux Administrator
11 19 (5.337%) Technical Administrator
12 18 (5.056%) Analyst
13 15 (4.213%) Infrastructure Architect
13 15 (4.213%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 69 (19.38%) Clustering
2 17 (4.775%) Blackberry
3 11 (3.090%) Firmware
4 8 (2.247%) Celerra
5 7 (1.966%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (1.685%) CLARiiON
6 6 (1.685%) EqualLogic
7 4 (1.124%) SWIFT
8 3 (0.843%) Fat Client
8 3 (0.843%) iPad
8 3 (0.843%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.562%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.562%) Digital Media
9 2 (0.562%) Human Factors
10 1 (0.281%) Statistics
10 1 (0.281%) Mathematics
10 1 (0.281%) N-Tier
10 1 (0.281%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 238 (66.85%) Windows
2 125 (35.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 109 (30.62%) Linux
4 75 (21.07%) Windows Server 2003
5 51 (14.33%) UNIX
6 40 (11.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 24 (6.742%) Solaris
8 22 (6.180%) Windows XP
9 18 (5.056%) Windows 7
10 13 (3.652%) Ubuntu
11 12 (3.371%) Windows 2000
12 11 (3.090%) CentOS
13 8 (2.247%) Debian
14 5 (1.404%) Fedora
14 5 (1.404%) VMS
15 4 (1.124%) HPUX
16 3 (0.843%) Windows 2000 Server
16 3 (0.843%) Windows Server 2012
17 2 (0.562%) Windows 8
17 2 (0.562%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (14.33%) ITIL
2 34 (9.551%) Service Delivery
3 31 (8.708%) Project Management
4 26 (7.303%) Data Protection
5 25 (7.022%) Migration
6 23 (6.461%) Change Management
7 21 (5.899%) PRINCE2
8 17 (4.775%) PRINCE
9 14 (3.933%) Web Development
10 13 (3.652%) Configuration Management
11 11 (3.090%) Problem Management
11 11 (3.090%) Network Architecture
12 10 (2.809%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (2.809%) Project Planning
13 9 (2.528%) Load Balancing
13 9 (2.528%) CRM
13 9 (2.528%) Scrum
13 9 (2.528%) Disaster Recovery
14 8 (2.247%) ERP
15 7 (1.966%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 113 (31.74%) SQL
2 24 (6.742%) PowerShell
3 23 (6.461%) Perl
4 22 (6.180%) Java
5 14 (3.933%) C
6 10 (2.809%) Bash shell
7 8 (2.247%) PHP
7 8 (2.247%) Python
7 8 (2.247%) Ruby
8 7 (1.966%) C#
9 4 (1.124%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.843%) C++
10 3 (0.843%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.562%) Scala
12 1 (0.281%) X++
12 1 (0.281%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.281%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (14.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 39 (10.96%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (10.39%) Cisco Certification
3 37 (10.39%) Degree
4 36 (10.11%) MCSE
5 34 (9.551%) Citrix Certification
5 34 (9.551%) MCITP
6 29 (8.146%) CCIA
7 26 (7.303%) CCNP
8 25 (7.022%) Security Cleared
8 25 (7.022%) CCEA
9 24 (6.742%) MCTS
10 22 (6.180%) CCEE
11 19 (5.337%) CCAA
11 19 (5.337%) SC Cleared
11 19 (5.337%) CCA
11 19 (5.337%) CCNA
12 16 (4.494%) NCIE
13 15 (4.213%) NCDA
14 12 (3.371%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.303%) SLA
2 7 (1.966%) QA
3 1 (0.281%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 234 (65.73%) VMware Infrastructure
2 109 (30.62%) Active Directory
3 107 (30.06%) vSphere
4 57 (16.01%) Hyper-V
5 54 (15.17%) XenApp
6 48 (13.48%) XenDesktop
7 36 (10.11%) XenServer
8 35 (9.831%) VMware ESX
9 20 (5.618%) VMware ESXi
10 16 (4.494%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (3.371%) vCloud
12 11 (3.090%) Xen
13 8 (2.247%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 5 (1.404%) Terminal Services
15 4 (1.124%) PowerConvert
16 3 (0.843%) Veritas Cluster Server
16 3 (0.843%) EMC RecoverPoint
17 2 (0.562%) ISA Server
18 1 (0.281%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 22 (6.180%) SCCM
2 17 (4.775%) SCOM
2 17 (4.775%) Backup Exec
3 8 (2.247%) McAfee ePO
3 8 (2.247%) SCVMM
4 7 (1.966%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 7 (1.966%) NetBackup
5 5 (1.404%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 5 (1.404%) Puppet
5 5 (1.404%) ZABBIX
5 5 (1.404%) Nagios
6 3 (0.843%) WSUS
7 2 (0.562%) Plesk
7 2 (0.562%) Cisco CUCM
8 1 (0.281%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.281%) AppDNA
8 1 (0.281%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.281%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 158 (44.38%) Microsoft
2 144 (40.45%) Citrix
3 102 (28.65%) Cisco
4 81 (22.75%) HP
5 58 (16.29%) Oracle
6 44 (12.36%) Juniper
7 35 (9.831%) Red Hat
8 33 (9.270%) F5
9 32 (8.989%) EMC
9 32 (8.989%) NetApp
10 19 (5.337%) JBoss
10 19 (5.337%) Dell
10 19 (5.337%) IBM
10 19 (5.337%) Sun
10 19 (5.337%) Symantec
11 17 (4.775%) CheckPoint
12 15 (4.213%) Veritas
13 14 (3.933%) Nortel
14 13 (3.652%) Foundry
14 13 (3.652%) Veeam
Reading, Berkshire
System Administrator 2nd/3rd Line Support, Support Engineer, Support Analyst, Linux, Windows, AWS, VMWare, vSphere, KVM... Your responsibilities will include rolling out services and designing new systems getting...
Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Orleston Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Thames Valley
This included all Citrix Products, Microsoft platforms, Server Hardware, Desktop's and Thin Clients... The ability to work in any given environment is essential for this role, infrastructure...
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum
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Reading, Berkshire
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Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum
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Reading, Berkshire
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Polar Recruitment
Salary: £0000 - £9999 per annum
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Reading, Berkshire
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Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: Up to £70,000 per annum + car + benefits
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Reading, Berkshire
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Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30000 - 45000 + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Service Delivery - Project Management - Infrastructure & Operations Management - Windows 2003 Server - Windows 2012 Server - Windows XP Desktop / Windows 7 Desktop / Office 2007 - Exchange 2007 - SQL Server 2003 - SQL Server...
Information Technology Services
Salary: £60k - 70k per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My clients work with a number of major vendors and hold high status with several key vendors including Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, Symantec, Cisco and Check Point... My client...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £60000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire or London
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