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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 67 107 106
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -1
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 68 25 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 3.135% 1.104% 0.796%
As % of the System Software category 18.94% 12.02% 9.434%
Number of salaries quoted 55 25 11
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £31,100 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £50,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
All System Software
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
359 208 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 16.55% 9.187% 8.435%
Number of salaries quoted 303 181 110
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,800 £28,500 £29,800
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%
vSphere
Berkshire

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Salary Trend

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

Reading vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

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

Reading vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 107 (100.00%) VMware
2 91 (85.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 69 (64.49%) Windows
4 58 (54.21%) Citrix
5 53 (49.53%) SAN
6 43 (40.19%) Microsoft
7 39 (36.45%) Windows Server 2008
7 39 (36.45%) XenApp
8 38 (35.51%) Cisco
8 38 (35.51%) Active Directory
9 37 (34.58%) HP
10 33 (30.84%) SQL Server
11 32 (29.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 31 (28.97%) VMware ESX
12 31 (28.97%) SQL
12 31 (28.97%) XenDesktop
13 29 (27.10%) XenServer
14 27 (25.23%) Linux
15 25 (23.36%) Citrix Certification
15 25 (23.36%) Firewall
15 25 (23.36%) MCITP
16 24 (22.43%) CCIA
17 21 (19.63%) Oracle
17 21 (19.63%) Hyper-V
18 20 (18.69%) Windows Server 2003
19 19 (17.76%) CCEA
19 19 (17.76%) MS Excel
19 19 (17.76%) VMware ESXi
19 19 (17.76%) CCEE
20 16 (14.95%) CCAA

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (9.346%) .NET
2 6 (5.607%) COM
3 3 (2.804%) Middleware
3 3 (2.804%) J2EE
4 1 (0.935%) CGI
4 1 (0.935%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 14 (13.08%) SharePoint
1 14 (13.08%) MS Exchange
2 11 (10.28%) Apache
3 8 (7.477%) Tomcat
4 4 (3.738%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.804%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.804%) Lync
5 3 (2.804%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (2.804%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.935%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 19 (17.76%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.935%) MS Office
2 1 (0.935%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 53 (49.53%) SAN
2 25 (23.36%) Firewall
3 15 (14.02%) NetScaler
4 12 (11.21%) NAS
5 8 (7.477%) Unified Communications
6 5 (4.673%) DHCP
6 5 (4.673%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.869%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (1.869%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.869%) DNS
7 2 (1.869%) MPLS
7 2 (1.869%) NetScreen
8 1 (0.935%) LAN
8 1 (0.935%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (30.84%) SQL Server
2 11 (10.28%) MySQL
2 11 (10.28%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (7.477%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.804%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 7 (6.542%) Finance
2 6 (5.607%) Retail
2 6 (5.607%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.935%) Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (39.25%) Consultant
2 24 (22.43%) Architect
3 14 (13.08%) Citrix Consultant
4 13 (12.15%) Technical Consultant
4 13 (12.15%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (12.15%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 12 (11.21%) Technical Architect
5 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Architect
5 12 (11.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (10.28%) Technical Infrastructure Architect
7 10 (9.346%) VMware Consultant
7 10 (9.346%) Infrastructure Consultant
8 8 (7.477%) Senior Linux Administrator
8 8 (7.477%) Senior Linux Systems Administrator
8 8 (7.477%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 8 (7.477%) Linux Systems Administrator
8 8 (7.477%) Linux Administrator
8 8 (7.477%) Administrator
8 8 (7.477%) Systems Administrator
9 7 (6.542%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.346%) Clustering
2 6 (5.607%) Blackberry
3 5 (4.673%) Celerra
4 4 (3.738%) EqualLogic
4 4 (3.738%) CLARiiON
5 1 (0.935%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 69 (64.49%) Windows
2 39 (36.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 27 (25.23%) Linux
4 20 (18.69%) Windows Server 2003
5 14 (13.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (10.28%) UNIX
7 8 (7.477%) CentOS
7 8 (7.477%) Windows 7
7 8 (7.477%) Ubuntu
7 8 (7.477%) Debian
8 3 (2.804%) HPUX
8 3 (2.804%) Solaris
9 2 (1.869%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.935%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (14.95%) ITIL
2 15 (14.02%) Service Delivery
3 10 (9.346%) Migration
4 7 (6.542%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (5.607%) Project Planning
5 6 (5.607%) Network Architecture
6 4 (3.738%) Data Management
6 4 (3.738%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (3.738%) Project Management
7 3 (2.804%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (2.804%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (2.804%) Software Architecture
7 3 (2.804%) Network Management
7 3 (2.804%) Load Balancing
7 3 (2.804%) Web Development
7 3 (2.804%) Business Development
8 2 (1.869%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (1.869%) High Availability
8 2 (1.869%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (0.935%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 31 (28.97%) SQL
2 11 (10.28%) Perl
3 10 (9.346%) Java
4 8 (7.477%) Ruby
4 8 (7.477%) Bash shell
4 8 (7.477%) PHP
4 8 (7.477%) Python
5 6 (5.607%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.869%) C
6 2 (1.869%) C#
6 2 (1.869%) C++
7 1 (0.935%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 32 (29.91%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 25 (23.36%) Citrix Certification
2 25 (23.36%) MCITP
3 24 (22.43%) CCIA
4 19 (17.76%) CCEA
4 19 (17.76%) CCEE
5 16 (14.95%) CCAA
5 16 (14.95%) MCTS
5 16 (14.95%) MCSE
5 16 (14.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (12.15%) CCA
7 11 (10.28%) Cisco Certification
8 9 (8.411%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (8.411%) NCIE
8 9 (8.411%) Degree
8 9 (8.411%) DV Cleared
8 9 (8.411%) Security Cleared
9 8 (7.477%) NCDA
9 8 (7.477%) VCAP
9 8 (7.477%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (10.28%) SLA
2 3 (2.804%) QA
System Software
1 91 (85.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 39 (36.45%) XenApp
3 38 (35.51%) Active Directory
4 31 (28.97%) VMware ESX
4 31 (28.97%) XenDesktop
5 29 (27.10%) XenServer
6 21 (19.63%) Hyper-V
7 19 (17.76%) VMware ESXi
8 12 (11.21%) vCloud
9 10 (9.346%) Xen
10 9 (8.411%) Microsoft App-V
11 4 (3.738%) PowerConvert
12 1 (0.935%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.935%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 6 (5.607%) NetBackup
2 5 (4.673%) SCCM
3 4 (3.738%) SCOM
4 3 (2.804%) Backup Exec
4 3 (2.804%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (2.804%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.935%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 1 (0.935%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 107 (100.00%) VMware
2 58 (54.21%) Citrix
3 43 (40.19%) Microsoft
4 38 (35.51%) Cisco
5 37 (34.58%) HP
6 21 (19.63%) Oracle
7 16 (14.95%) IBM
8 15 (14.02%) NetApp
9 14 (13.08%) Red Hat
9 14 (13.08%) EMC
10 13 (12.15%) Juniper
10 13 (12.15%) Veeam
11 11 (10.28%) JBoss
12 9 (8.411%) Dell
13 7 (6.542%) Symantec
14 6 (5.607%) Fujitsu
15 5 (4.673%) Veritas
15 5 (4.673%) PlateSpin
16 4 (3.738%) CommVault
17 3 (2.804%) AppSense
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