The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware over the 3 months to 17 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 Solihull region.

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 24 21 12
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -9
Permanent jobs citing VMware 24 14 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 10.17% 9.211% 11.50%
As % of the Vendors category 17.02% 16.67% 23.23%
Number of salaries quoted 22 6 13
Average salary £39,250 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.72% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,550 £22,500 £25,800
10% offered a salary of more than £40,900 £35,500 £34,100
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +3.89%
All Vendors
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
141 84 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 59.75% 55.26% 49.50%
Number of salaries quoted 93 53 68
Average salary £36,250 £35,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.11% +9.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,100
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
West Midlands

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware across the Solihull region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Solihull VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 29 (96.67%) Windows
2 24 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 21 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (66.67%) MS Exchange
5 16 (53.33%) SAN
6 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
6 14 (46.67%) Citrix
6 14 (46.67%) Project Management
7 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
8 11 (36.67%) HP
8 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2003
8 11 (36.67%) SQL Server
8 11 (36.67%) Cisco
9 10 (33.33%) Clustering
9 10 (33.33%) Dell
10 9 (30.00%) SharePoint
10 9 (30.00%) Firewall
10 9 (30.00%) MCITP
10 9 (30.00%) NAS
10 9 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 9 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
11 8 (26.67%) Hyper-V
11 8 (26.67%) SCCM
11 8 (26.67%) ARCserve
11 8 (26.67%) Symantec
12 7 (23.33%) SLA
12 7 (23.33%) MSI
12 7 (23.33%) Veritas
12 7 (23.33%) Wireless
12 7 (23.33%) SCOM

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 7 (23.33%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 20 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 9 (30.00%) SharePoint
2 9 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (23.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (23.33%) Lync
4 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.667%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) SAN
2 9 (30.00%) Firewall
2 9 (30.00%) NAS
3 7 (23.33%) Wireless
4 4 (13.33%) iSCSI
5 3 (10.00%) DMZ
5 3 (10.00%) WAN
5 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.333%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (36.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (23.33%) MSI
General
1 3 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (6.667%) Automotive
3 1 (3.333%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Analyst
2 8 (26.67%) Consultant
2 8 (26.67%) Technical Consultant
3 7 (23.33%) Infrastructure Consultant
3 7 (23.33%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
4 6 (20.00%) Support Analyst
4 6 (20.00%) Technical Support
5 5 (16.67%) Technical Support Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
5 5 (16.67%) Technical Specialist
6 3 (10.00%) Windows Support Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 3 (10.00%) Systems Manager
7 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
7 2 (6.667%) Administrator
7 2 (6.667%) Desktop Support
7 2 (6.667%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Systems Administrator
7 2 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 29 (96.67%) Windows
2 21 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (36.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (13.33%) Windows 7
5 2 (6.667%) Linux
6 1 (3.333%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.333%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (46.67%) Project Management
2 7 (23.33%) Change Control
3 5 (16.67%) ITIL
4 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (6.667%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.333%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) VBScript
2 1 (3.333%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 9 (30.00%) MCITP
2 6 (20.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (13.33%) VCP5
3 4 (13.33%) VCP4
4 3 (10.00%) Degree
4 3 (10.00%) MCSE
4 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.667%) Citrix Certification
5 2 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (6.667%) CCNP
5 2 (6.667%) CCNA
5 2 (6.667%) MCTS
5 2 (6.667%) CCEE
5 2 (6.667%) CCAA
6 1 (3.333%) CCIA
6 1 (3.333%) CCA
6 1 (3.333%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (23.33%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
3 8 (26.67%) Hyper-V
4 5 (16.67%) vSphere
5 3 (10.00%) VMware ESX
6 2 (6.667%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (6.667%) VMware Server
6 2 (6.667%) XenApp
6 2 (6.667%) XenServer
6 2 (6.667%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (26.67%) ARCserve
1 8 (26.67%) SCCM
2 7 (23.33%) SCOM
3 5 (16.67%) Norton AntiVirus
4 2 (6.667%) NetBackup
4 2 (6.667%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft
1 14 (46.67%) Citrix
2 11 (36.67%) HP
2 11 (36.67%) Cisco
3 10 (33.33%) Dell
4 8 (26.67%) Symantec
5 7 (23.33%) Veritas
6 6 (20.00%) McAfee
7 2 (6.667%) CommVault
8 1 (3.333%) Websense
8 1 (3.333%) Avaya
Solihull, West Midlands
This will include IT infrastructure support both remotely and on-site, as well as that you will be responsible for design and delivery of small to large scale...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benfits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
QUANTICA
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013