The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 426 425 408
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 7 14 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.032% 0.059% 0.070%
As % of the System Software category 0.284% 0.635% 0.737%
Number of salaries quoted 7 13 14
Average salary £36,000 £37,000 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.70% -9.20%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,800 £32,500 £35,450
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £62,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
2467 2206 2171
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 11.15% 9.276% 9.461%
Number of salaries quoted 2112 1895 1799
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,550 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South East Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the South East region.

South East Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Histogram

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Berkshire 0 2 £55,000 -12.00%
Oxfordshire -20 2 £36,000 +10.76%
Hampshire - 2 £37,500 -
Surrey +6 1 £20,000 -42.85%
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 19 (95.00%) Active Directory
2 19 (95.00%) Windows
3 11 (55.00%) MS Exchange
3 11 (55.00%) VMware
3 11 (55.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (50.00%) DNS
5 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (40.00%) SAN
6 8 (40.00%) MCITP
7 7 (35.00%) XenApp
7 7 (35.00%) XenDesktop
7 7 (35.00%) MCSA
7 7 (35.00%) Citrix
7 7 (35.00%) Firewall
8 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
9 5 (25.00%) Windows 8
10 4 (20.00%) SQL
11 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
11 3 (15.00%) MCSE
11 3 (15.00%) Windows XP
11 3 (15.00%) DHCP
11 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
11 3 (15.00%) Finance
11 3 (15.00%) Symantec
11 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
12 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
12 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.000%) COM
Application Platforms
1 11 (55.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) Lync
3 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 10 (50.00%) DNS
2 8 (40.00%) SAN
3 7 (35.00%) Firewall
4 3 (15.00%) DHCP
4 3 (15.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 2 (10.00%) Asterisk PBX
5 2 (10.00%) MPLS
5 2 (10.00%) SSL
5 2 (10.00%) VPN
5 2 (10.00%) PBX
5 2 (10.00%) VoIP
6 1 (5.000%) LDAP
6 1 (5.000%) SMTP
6 1 (5.000%) Wireless
6 1 (5.000%) iSCSI
6 1 (5.000%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (5.000%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MSI
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Server Support
1 7 (35.00%) 3rd Line Support
2 6 (30.00%) Server Support Specialist
2 6 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (30.00%) Support Specialist
2 6 (30.00%) Server Specialist
3 5 (25.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 5 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Project Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Server Support Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) Server Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Server Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Storage Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Support Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Communications Engineer
5 1 (5.000%) Administrator
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Support
5 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Open Source
2 1 (5.000%) VLE
2 1 (5.000%) iPhone
2 1 (5.000%) SaaS
2 1 (5.000%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 19 (95.00%) Windows
2 5 (25.00%) Windows 8
3 3 (15.00%) Windows XP
3 3 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (10.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.000%) Android
5 1 (5.000%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
1 2 (10.00%) Logistics
1 2 (10.00%) Load Balancing
1 2 (10.00%) Resource Management
1 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (10.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (10.00%) Migration
1 2 (10.00%) ERP
1 2 (10.00%) ITIL
1 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (5.000%) Change Management
2 1 (5.000%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (5.000%) VBScript
3 1 (5.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (40.00%) MCITP
3 7 (35.00%) MCSA
4 3 (15.00%) MCSE
5 2 (10.00%) MCP
6 1 (5.000%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (5.000%) VCP4
System Software
1 19 (95.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (55.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (35.00%) XenApp
3 7 (35.00%) XenDesktop
4 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (5.000%) VMware ESX
5 1 (5.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.000%) SCCM
1 1 (5.000%) SCOM
1 1 (5.000%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (55.00%) VMware
3 7 (35.00%) Citrix
4 3 (15.00%) Symantec
5 2 (10.00%) Infor
5 2 (10.00%) Baan
5 2 (10.00%) JD Edwards
5 2 (10.00%) Epicor
5 2 (10.00%) Oracle
5 2 (10.00%) SAP
6 1 (5.000%) Apple
6 1 (5.000%) HP
6 1 (5.000%) EMC
6 1 (5.000%) AppSense
6 1 (5.000%) Cisco
6 1 (5.000%) Twitter
Slough, UK
Familiar with RAID levels, ISCSI and SAN technology - Database installation and configuration, preferably Microsoft SQL and Oracle - Operating system installation, configuration and management of Microsoft windows O/S...
eGain
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 25 May 2013