The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 21 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 61 66 49
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -17
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 5 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 0.727% 0.906% 1.247%
As % of the System Software category 14.29% 11.54% 10.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 6
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% +13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
35 52 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 5.087% 7.855% 12.47%
Number of salaries quoted 31 38 32
Average salary £47,500 £40,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.28% -2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
VMware ESX
Berkshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

Slough VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the Slough region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Slough VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (84.62%) vSphere
4 9 (69.23%) MS Excel
5 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
6 7 (53.85%) NetApp
6 7 (53.85%) Windows
7 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
7 6 (46.15%) HP
7 6 (46.15%) Disaster Recovery
8 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
9 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
9 4 (30.77%) Linux
9 4 (30.77%) NFS
9 4 (30.77%) iSCSI
9 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
10 3 (23.08%) CentOS
10 3 (23.08%) Plesk
10 3 (23.08%) HP SIM
10 3 (23.08%) WordPress
10 3 (23.08%) SCCM
10 3 (23.08%) Alfresco
10 3 (23.08%) CCTV
10 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
10 3 (23.08%) Drupal
10 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
10 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) WordPress
1 3 (23.08%) Alfresco
1 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
1 3 (23.08%) Drupal
1 3 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
1 3 (23.08%) CMS
2 1 (7.692%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (69.23%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) iSCSI
2 3 (23.08%) DNS
2 3 (23.08%) DHCP
2 3 (23.08%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) NAS
3 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.692%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (23.08%) MySQL
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Linux Support Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Support Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Linux Engineer
1 3 (23.08%) Linux Support
1 3 (23.08%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Consultant
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Implementation Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Implementation Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.692%) Administrator
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Citrix Consultant
3 1 (7.692%) Senior Citrix Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) CCTV
2 2 (15.38%) EqualLogic
3 1 (7.692%) Celerra
3 1 (7.692%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (30.77%) Linux
2 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (23.08%) CentOS
3 3 (23.08%) Ubuntu
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
4 1 (7.692%) Windows NT
4 1 (7.692%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (23.08%) Capacity Planning
2 3 (23.08%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Migration
3 2 (15.38%) ITSM
3 2 (15.38%) Capacity Management
4 1 (7.692%) Operations Management
4 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.692%) Network Design
4 1 (7.692%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) C
1 3 (23.08%) Perl
1 3 (23.08%) PHP
1 3 (23.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (23.08%) MCP
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (15.38%) MCTS
3 2 (15.38%) MCITP
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (15.38%) VCAP
3 2 (15.38%) CCEE
3 2 (15.38%) CCAA
3 2 (15.38%) CCIA
4 1 (7.692%) VCDX
4 1 (7.692%) HP AIS
4 1 (7.692%) HP ASE
4 1 (7.692%) CCEA
4 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (7.692%) CCIE
4 1 (7.692%) CCNP
System Software
1 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (84.62%) vSphere
3 6 (46.15%) Active Directory
4 4 (30.77%) NFS
5 2 (15.38%) XenApp
5 2 (15.38%) XenServer
5 2 (15.38%) XenDesktop
6 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
6 1 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (7.692%) vCloud
6 1 (7.692%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Plesk
1 3 (23.08%) HP SIM
1 3 (23.08%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) OpenView
3 1 (7.692%) Tivoli
3 1 (7.692%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (61.54%) Microsoft
3 7 (53.85%) NetApp
4 6 (46.15%) HP
5 3 (23.08%) Dell
5 3 (23.08%) Red Hat
6 2 (15.38%) Remedy
6 2 (15.38%) EMC
6 2 (15.38%) Citrix
6 2 (15.38%) Cisco
7 1 (7.692%) IBM
7 1 (7.692%) CA
7 1 (7.692%) CommVault
7 1 (7.692%) AppSense
Slough, Berkshire
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager... Microsoft Windows Server Administration/Support experience. VMWare. - Install, configure and support VMWare infrastructures including ESX Servers (VI3 / vSphere4) HP SAN EVA 8000 or IBM...
FT Select
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013