The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 78 85 80
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 8 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.755% 0.201% 0.113%
As % of the System Software category 7.692% 1.379% 1.724%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
Average salary £27,500 £27,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.85% -12.90%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
104 145 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 9.811% 14.59% 6.561%
Number of salaries quoted 94 115 56
Average salary £29,000 £35,000 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.14% +12.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £43,200 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft Virtual Server
Wales

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 Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cardiff -13 5 £22,500 -6.25%
Bridgend - 2 £28,750 -
Microsoft Virtual Server
Wales

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 7 (77.78%) DNS
4 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
4 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
4 5 (55.56%) IIS
4 5 (55.56%) Cisco
4 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (55.56%) Firewall
5 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
5 4 (44.44%) CCNA
5 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (44.44%) Linux
6 3 (33.33%) MCSE
6 3 (33.33%) VBScript
6 3 (33.33%) MCP
6 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
6 3 (33.33%) DHCP
6 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
6 3 (33.33%) Terminal Services
6 3 (33.33%) ARCserve
6 3 (33.33%) Symantec
6 3 (33.33%) Remedy
6 3 (33.33%) McAfee

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 1 (11.11%) CGI
1 1 (11.11%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) SharePoint
1 5 (55.56%) IIS
2 3 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2000
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Excel
2 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) DNS
2 5 (55.56%) Firewall
3 3 (33.33%) DHCP
3 3 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Administrator
2 4 (44.44%) Systems Administrator
2 4 (44.44%) Network Administrator
3 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Wintel Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Junior Systems Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Wintel Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
5 1 (11.11%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Systems Administrator
5 1 (11.11%) Wintel Support
5 1 (11.11%) Junior
5 1 (11.11%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 3 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) VBScript
1 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (44.44%) CCNA
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (33.33%) MCSE
2 3 (33.33%) MCP
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) MCSA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 3 (33.33%) Terminal Services
3 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
3 3 (33.33%) XenApp
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) ARCserve
1 3 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (33.33%) NetBackup
1 3 (33.33%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (55.56%) Cisco
3 3 (33.33%) Symantec
3 3 (33.33%) Remedy
3 3 (33.33%) McAfee
3 3 (33.33%) Sophos
3 3 (33.33%) Citrix