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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESXi
Rank 206 210 210
Rank change year-on-year
+4 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESXi 10 5 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.191% 0.090% 0.099%
As % of the System Software category 2.375% 1.305% 1.307%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 6
Average salary £27,000 £40,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% +24.61%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +21.21%
All System Software
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
421 383 459
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 8.025% 6.920% 7.607%
Number of salaries quoted 365 332 390
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £49,100
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West VMware ESXi Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

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

South West VMware ESXi Salary Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESXi across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West VMware ESXi Salary Histogram

VMware ESXi
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESXi within the South West 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
Gloucestershire +8 3 - -
Dorset - 3 £24,000 -
Bristol - 1 £27,000 -
VMware ESXi
England

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1 35 (100.00%) VMware
2 28 (80.00%) Windows
3 26 (74.29%) Cisco
4 25 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
5 23 (65.71%) Red Hat
5 23 (65.71%) Linux
6 21 (60.00%) Active Directory
6 21 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 20 (57.14%) SAN
7 20 (57.14%) ITIL
8 19 (54.29%) Oracle
8 19 (54.29%) SQL Server
9 18 (51.43%) Java
9 18 (51.43%) MCSE
9 18 (51.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (51.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 17 (48.57%) DNS
11 16 (45.71%) TCP/IP
11 16 (45.71%) Tomcat
11 16 (45.71%) MS Excel
11 16 (45.71%) DHCP
11 16 (45.71%) J2EE
12 15 (42.86%) Apache
13 14 (40.00%) IBM
13 14 (40.00%) Performance Management
14 13 (37.14%) ITIL V3
14 13 (37.14%) Service Management
14 13 (37.14%) Clustering
14 13 (37.14%) Network Load Balancing

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (45.71%) J2EE
2 13 (37.14%) XML
2 13 (37.14%) HTML
3 3 (8.571%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 16 (45.71%) Tomcat
2 15 (42.86%) Apache
3 2 (5.714%) IIS
4 1 (2.857%) MS Exchange
4 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (2.857%) Lync
Applications
1 16 (45.71%) MS Excel
2 3 (8.571%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 20 (57.14%) SAN
2 17 (48.57%) DNS
3 16 (45.71%) TCP/IP
3 16 (45.71%) DHCP
4 13 (37.14%) HTTP
4 13 (37.14%) SSL
5 11 (31.43%) Firewall
6 5 (14.29%) VPN
6 5 (14.29%) Ethernet
7 3 (8.571%) Internet
7 3 (8.571%) 3G
7 3 (8.571%) MPLS
7 3 (8.571%) NetScreen
7 3 (8.571%) ADSL
7 3 (8.571%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (8.571%) NetScaler
8 2 (5.714%) Wireless
8 2 (5.714%) Broadband
8 2 (5.714%) LAN
8 2 (5.714%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (54.29%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.29%) MySQL
3 3 (8.571%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (5.714%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (8.571%) ClearQuest
1 3 (8.571%) ClearCase
1 3 (8.571%) Git (software)
Job Titles
1 23 (65.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (8.571%) Support Engineer
2 3 (8.571%) Technical Engineer
2 3 (8.571%) Data Centre Engineer
2 3 (8.571%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 3 (8.571%) Operations Engineer
3 2 (5.714%) Development Engineer
3 2 (5.714%) Network Support
3 2 (5.714%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (2.857%) IT Support
4 1 (2.857%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (37.14%) Clustering
2 3 (8.571%) Management Information System
2 3 (8.571%) Replication
3 2 (5.714%) Open Source
3 2 (5.714%) iPad
3 2 (5.714%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 28 (80.00%) Windows
2 25 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (65.71%) Linux
4 21 (60.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (51.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (17.14%) Windows 7
7 5 (14.29%) Ubuntu
8 3 (8.571%) Solaris
9 2 (5.714%) Windows Vista
9 2 (5.714%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (57.14%) ITIL
2 14 (40.00%) Performance Management
3 13 (37.14%) ITIL V3
3 13 (37.14%) Service Management
3 13 (37.14%) Network Load Balancing
4 3 (8.571%) CRM
4 3 (8.571%) Process Management
4 3 (8.571%) Change Management
4 3 (8.571%) Incident Management
4 3 (8.571%) Fault Management
5 2 (5.714%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.857%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (2.857%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 18 (51.43%) Java
2 13 (37.14%) SQL
3 2 (5.714%) C++
3 2 (5.714%) PHP
4 1 (2.857%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (51.43%) MCSE
1 18 (51.43%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (37.14%) MCP
3 7 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 6 (17.14%) CCNA
4 6 (17.14%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (14.29%) DV Cleared
6 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
6 4 (11.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (8.571%) CCIP
7 3 (8.571%) RHCE
7 3 (8.571%) JNCIS
7 3 (8.571%) VCP4
8 2 (5.714%) Degree
8 2 (5.714%) HND
9 1 (2.857%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.571%) QA
System Software
1 25 (71.43%) VMware Infrastructure
2 21 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 13 (37.14%) Xen
3 13 (37.14%) NFS
4 9 (25.71%) vSphere
5 6 (17.14%) VMware ESX
6 2 (5.714%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (5.714%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (5.714%) Terminal Services
7 1 (2.857%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (37.14%) Tivoli
2 4 (11.43%) Backup Exec
3 3 (8.571%) WSUS
4 1 (2.857%) Netcool
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) VMware
2 26 (74.29%) Cisco
3 23 (65.71%) Red Hat
4 19 (54.29%) Oracle
5 14 (40.00%) IBM
6 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
7 6 (17.14%) Citrix
8 5 (14.29%) Dell
9 4 (11.43%) Apple
9 4 (11.43%) HP
10 3 (8.571%) Juniper
10 3 (8.571%) Symantec
10 3 (8.571%) JBoss
10 3 (8.571%) Perforce
10 3 (8.571%) Foundry
10 3 (8.571%) SolarWinds
11 2 (5.714%) SonicWALL
12 1 (2.857%) Wyse
12 1 (2.857%) ProCurve
12 1 (2.857%) Veeam