vSphere Jobs in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 463 538
Rank change year-on-year -19 +75 -173
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 293 317 330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 3.32% 3.43% 2.72%
Number of salaries quoted 253 227 256
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -5.56%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £51,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,828 9,252 12,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.45% 15.38% 17.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7,081 5,850 8,320
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,200 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £78,750 £83,300
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +23 73 £52,500 +56.72% 9
South East -18 64 £48,500 +38.57% 20
Midlands -11 53 £50,000 +53.85% 12
East of England +20 48 £32,000 -36.00% 7
North of England +12 41 £43,000 -4.44% 7
West Midlands +8 32 £51,250 +57.69% 9
East Midlands -13 21 £50,000 - 3
Yorkshire +66 17 £42,500 +6.25% 1
North West -12 15 £52,500 - 5
Scotland -69 11 £34,000 -32.00%
North East +2 9 £27,500 - 1
Northern Ireland +24 2 £34,628 +6.55%
Wales -1 1 £50,000 +122.22%
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 55 (18.77%) SharePoint
2 48 (16.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (7.51%) IIS
4 8 (2.73%) Confluence
5 6 (2.05%) Skype for Business
6 4 (1.37%) WordPress
7 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 132 (45.05%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (43.34%) Azure
3 35 (11.95%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.22%) OneDrive
5 25 (8.53%) AWS
6 19 (6.48%) IaaS
6 19 (6.48%) PaaS
7 13 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.10%) SaaS
9 6 (2.05%) GCP
10 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.68%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.68%) Zapier
11 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 82 (27.99%) Firewall
2 62 (21.16%) LAN
3 57 (19.45%) SAN
4 55 (18.77%) WAN
5 54 (18.43%) DNS
6 52 (17.75%) VPN
7 49 (16.72%) VSAN
8 45 (15.36%) DHCP
9 29 (9.90%) Internet
10 20 (6.83%) VLAN
11 19 (6.48%) Wireless
12 18 (6.14%) NAS
12 18 (6.14%) TCP/IP
12 18 (6.14%) VoIP
13 15 (5.12%) Wi-Fi
14 14 (4.78%) WLAN
15 10 (3.41%) NGFW
16 9 (3.07%) Network Security
16 9 (3.07%) Unified Communications
17 8 (2.73%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.65%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.02%) Ingres
2 3 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.68%) MariaDB
3 2 (0.68%) MySQL
3 2 (0.68%) Power BI
3 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.68%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 10 (3.41%) JIRA
2 3 (1.02%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
General
1 48 (16.38%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.97%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (9.56%) Finance
4 12 (4.10%) Aerospace
4 12 (4.10%) Public Sector
5 11 (3.75%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.73%) Advertising
8 6 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.37%) Electronics
9 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Police
10 3 (1.02%) Local Government
11 2 (0.68%) Law
11 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.34%) Military
12 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (25.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (13.31%) Senior
3 38 (12.97%) Support Engineer
4 28 (9.56%) Administrator
5 27 (9.22%) Lead
6 25 (8.53%) Analyst
6 25 (8.53%) IT Engineer
7 21 (7.17%) 2nd Line Support
7 21 (7.17%) Systems Administrator
8 19 (6.48%) Systems Engineer
9 17 (5.80%) Consultant
9 17 (5.80%) IT Support
9 17 (5.80%) VMWare Administrator
10 15 (5.12%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 14 (4.78%) 3rd Line Support
12 12 (4.10%) Architect
12 12 (4.10%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 11 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support
13 11 (3.75%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 11 (3.75%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.10%) JSON
2 10 (3.41%) ARM Templates
2 10 (3.41%) YAML
3 9 (3.07%) Elastic Stack
4 7 (2.39%) .NET
5 5 (1.71%) EDI
6 4 (1.37%) LAMP
6 4 (1.37%) XMPP
7 2 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
7 2 (0.68%) REST
7 2 (0.68%) SOAP
7 2 (0.68%) XML
7 2 (0.68%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 54 (18.43%) Data Centre
2 36 (12.29%) PKI
3 22 (7.51%) Replication
4 18 (6.14%) Public Cloud
5 16 (5.46%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.75%) Clustering
8 10 (3.41%) Private Cloud
9 9 (3.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 7 (2.39%) Driving Licence
11 5 (1.71%) Virtual Team
12 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
12 4 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.37%) Mobile Computing
12 4 (1.37%) Smartcard
13 3 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (1.02%) Onboarding
14 2 (0.68%) Device Driver
14 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
14 2 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 194 (66.21%) Windows
2 154 (52.56%) Windows Server
3 91 (31.06%) Linux
4 49 (16.72%) Windows Server 2016
5 43 (14.68%) Windows 10
6 37 (12.63%) Windows Server 2019
7 27 (9.22%) Ubuntu
8 22 (7.51%) CentOS
8 22 (7.51%) Windows Server 2012
9 12 (4.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (4.10%) Windows 7
10 10 (3.41%) Debian
11 6 (2.05%) Apple iOS
11 6 (2.05%) VMS
11 6 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
12 3 (1.02%) SUSE
13 2 (0.68%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (29.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 79 (26.96%) ITIL
3 43 (14.68%) Agile
4 38 (12.97%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (12.63%) Customer Service
6 29 (9.90%) Cybersecurity
7 26 (8.87%) Incident Management
7 26 (8.87%) Service Delivery
8 22 (7.51%) Infrastructure as Code
9 21 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 20 (6.83%) Load Balancing
11 19 (6.48%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (6.48%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 18 (6.14%) DevOps
12 18 (6.14%) Problem Management
13 17 (5.80%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (5.46%) Kalman Filter
14 16 (5.46%) Network Design
15 15 (5.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 14 (4.78%) Security Hardening
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.67%) PowerShell
2 26 (8.87%) Python
3 25 (8.53%) Bash
4 23 (7.85%) SQL
5 10 (3.41%) ActionScript
5 10 (3.41%) VB
6 7 (2.39%) C#
6 7 (2.39%) VB.NET
7 3 (1.02%) AWK
7 3 (1.02%) sed
8 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 70 (23.89%) Security Cleared
2 45 (15.36%) Degree
3 34 (11.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (11.26%) DV Cleared
5 29 (9.90%) SC Cleared
6 17 (5.80%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.78%) CCNA
8 11 (3.75%) HND
8 11 (3.75%) MCSA
8 11 (3.75%) MCSE
9 9 (3.07%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.73%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (2.39%) DBS Check
11 7 (2.39%) MCP
12 6 (2.05%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.37%) CCA
14 4 (1.37%) CCDA
15 3 (1.02%) CCNP
15 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (7.51%) SLA
2 9 (3.07%) NIST
3 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.02%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 193 (65.87%) VMware Infrastructure
2 153 (52.22%) Active Directory
3 55 (18.77%) VMware ESXi
4 38 (12.97%) Hyper-V
5 24 (8.19%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (5.46%) XenApp
7 15 (5.12%) VMware NSX
8 11 (3.75%) Virtual Desktop
9 10 (3.41%) OpenSSH
10 5 (1.71%) Docker
10 5 (1.71%) Firmware
10 5 (1.71%) Terminal Services
10 5 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (1.37%) VMware Server
12 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
12 2 (0.68%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 66 (22.53%) vCenter Server
2 32 (10.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (7.17%) SCCM
4 19 (6.48%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.80%) Ansible
5 17 (5.80%) Puppet
5 17 (5.80%) Terraform
6 13 (4.44%) McAfee ePO
6 13 (4.44%) WSUS
7 12 (4.10%) FortiGate
8 10 (3.41%) IBM BigFix
8 10 (3.41%) PowerCLI
9 9 (3.07%) VxRail
10 8 (2.73%) NetCrunch
10 8 (2.73%) SCVMM
11 6 (2.05%) Nagios
11 6 (2.05%) SmoothWall
12 4 (1.37%) EMC NetWorker
12 4 (1.37%) Nessus
12 4 (1.37%) Podman
Vendors
1 266 (90.78%) VMware
2 163 (55.63%) Microsoft
3 45 (15.36%) Veeam
4 38 (12.97%) Cisco
5 37 (12.63%) Dell
6 33 (11.26%) HP
7 32 (10.92%) Citrix
8 21 (7.17%) IBM
9 19 (6.48%) Red Hat
10 13 (4.44%) McAfee
10 13 (4.44%) Palo Alto
11 12 (4.10%) CheckPoint
11 12 (4.10%) NetApp
12 11 (3.75%) Commvault
13 10 (3.41%) SolarWinds
14 9 (3.07%) Apple
14 9 (3.07%) Splunk
14 9 (3.07%) Tanium
14 9 (3.07%) Tripwire
15 8 (2.73%) Zerto