The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 48 53 53
Rank change year-on-year
+5 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 12 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 2.299% 1.475% 1.737%
As % of the System Software category 29.27% 21.43% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 9
Average salary £24,000 £26,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
41 42 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 7.854% 6.885% 6.950%
Number of salaries quoted 35 39 32
Average salary £25,750 £28,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.03% -13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,150 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
VMware ESX
North East

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne +2 11 £24,000 -7.69% 3
Gateshead - 1 - -
VMware ESX
North East

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (88.89%) SAN
3 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (77.78%) Windows
5 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (66.67%) MS Excel
6 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
6 12 (66.67%) DHCP
6 12 (66.67%) TCP/IP
6 12 (66.67%) DNS
7 10 (55.56%) Cisco
7 10 (55.56%) Hyper-V
8 9 (50.00%) NAS
8 9 (50.00%) UNIX
9 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2007
9 8 (44.44%) iSCSI
9 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
9 8 (44.44%) NFS
9 8 (44.44%) Linux
9 8 (44.44%) SLA
9 8 (44.44%) Symantec
9 8 (44.44%) VMware ESXi
9 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
10 6 (33.33%) Firewall
10 6 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 5 (27.78%) French Language
11 5 (27.78%) German Language
11 5 (27.78%) Italian Language

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 Development
1 4 (22.22%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 12 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2007
2 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
2 8 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (22.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (22.22%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (11.11%) IIS
Applications
1 12 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (88.89%) SAN
2 12 (66.67%) DHCP
2 12 (66.67%) TCP/IP
2 12 (66.67%) DNS
3 9 (50.00%) NAS
4 8 (44.44%) iSCSI
5 6 (33.33%) Firewall
6 4 (22.22%) SMTP
6 4 (22.22%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (22.22%) VLAN
7 2 (11.11%) VoIP
7 2 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) French Language
1 5 (27.78%) German Language
1 5 (27.78%) Italian Language
2 1 (5.556%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Support Engineer
2 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Network Support
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Technical Support
5 2 (11.11%) Cisco Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) SAN Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.556%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Blackberry
1 4 (22.22%) Replication
2 2 (11.11%) Clustering
3 1 (5.556%) Symmetrix DMX
3 1 (5.556%) CLARiiON
3 1 (5.556%) Celerra
3 1 (5.556%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (50.00%) UNIX
5 8 (44.44%) Linux
6 2 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (5.556%) Capacity Management
2 1 (5.556%) Service Management
2 1 (5.556%) Performance Management
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (22.22%) CCNA
2 4 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (22.22%) MCSE
2 4 (22.22%) MCSA
2 4 (22.22%) Degree
3 2 (11.11%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (55.56%) Hyper-V
3 8 (44.44%) NFS
3 8 (44.44%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (27.78%) Active Directory
5 4 (22.22%) ISA Server
5 4 (22.22%) vSphere
5 4 (22.22%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (11.11%) XenApp
6 2 (11.11%) XenServer
6 2 (11.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) Backup Exec
2 1 (5.556%) Veritas Storage Foundation
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (55.56%) Cisco
3 8 (44.44%) Symantec
4 6 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 4 (22.22%) Sophos
6 2 (11.11%) Veritas
6 2 (11.11%) HP
6 2 (11.11%) EMC
6 2 (11.11%) Citrix
6 2 (11.11%) Veeam
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear
VMware, ESX, vSphere, VCP, Citrix, XenApp, CCA, Windows Server, Active Directory, Exchange... As the Virtualisation Support Analyst you will ideally have solid VMware and/or Citrix skills and...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £18,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
Citrix, XenApp, XenDesktop CCA, VMware, vSphere, ESX, Veeam, Windows Server, SAN, Equallogic, TCP/IP, Exchange, AD... You will have proven skills in the support of both Citrix (XenApp,...
Millshill Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Newcastle, Staffordshire
To apply you need the following troubleshooting and implementation skills: - VMware vSphere, ESX & ESXi - Veeam - Storage - Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, XenServer - Advanced networking skills Any of the below would...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 30,000 + benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013