The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of PlateSpin products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PlateSpin over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within PlateSpin Ltd.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
PlateSpin
Rank 825 846 729
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -117
Permanent jobs citing PlateSpin 37 52 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.034% 0.043% 0.114%
As % of the Vendors category 0.072% 0.090% 0.243%
Number of salaries quoted 29 49 123
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £37,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+37.50% -20.00%
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51694 57521 59159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.07% 47.65% 46.93%
Number of salaries quoted 42201 48473 49150
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

PlateSpin
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing PlateSpin within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

PlateSpin Jobs Demand Trend

PlateSpin
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PlateSpin within the UK.

PlateSpin Salary Trend

PlateSpin
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PlateSpin over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

PlateSpin Salary Histogram

PlateSpin
Top 28 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PlateSpin within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +9 37 £52,500 +5.00%
London +11 11 £50,000 -
Yorkshire +3 11 £55,000 +37.50%
North Yorkshire +6 8 £55,000 +37.50%
York - 6 £55,000 -
Wakefield - 6 £55,000 -
Sheffield - 6 £55,000 -
Leeds - 6 £55,000 -
Bradford - 6 £55,000 -
West Yorkshire - 6 £55,000 -
South Yorkshire - 6 £55,000 -
City of London +3 5 £47,500 -9.52%
Birmingham -3 5 £52,500 +19.31%
West Midlands -16 5 £52,500 +19.31%
Doncaster - 5 £55,000 -
Dewsbury - 5 £55,000 -
East Midlands - 5 £45,500 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £46,500 -
Nottingham - 4 £46,500 -
Hull - 3 £52,500 -
East Yorkshire - 3 £52,500 -
Harrogate - 3 £47,500 -
South East +4 2 £47,500 -24.00%
Reading - 2 £47,500 -
Berkshire - 2 £47,500 -
North West - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Huddersfield - 1 £55,000 -

PlateSpin
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin.

1 58 (100.00%) VMware
1 58 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 45 (77.59%) Citrix
3 43 (74.14%) XenServer
4 38 (65.52%) Hyper-V
4 38 (65.52%) vSphere
5 36 (62.07%) Windows
6 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
7 32 (55.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 28 (48.28%) Citrix Certification
9 25 (43.10%) XenApp
10 23 (39.66%) HP
11 22 (37.93%) CCA
11 22 (37.93%) Novell
12 20 (34.48%) Windows Server 2008
12 20 (34.48%) XenDesktop
12 20 (34.48%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (32.76%) AppSense
14 17 (29.31%) MS Excel
14 17 (29.31%) SaaS
15 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (25.86%) Wyse
16 15 (25.86%) Validation
16 15 (25.86%) Vizioncore
17 14 (24.14%) Microsoft App-V
18 13 (22.41%) VCP4
18 13 (22.41%) CCEE
18 13 (22.41%) Disaster Recovery
18 13 (22.41%) VMware ESX
18 13 (22.41%) Terminal Services

PlateSpin
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing PlateSpin 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 PlateSpin. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.448%) IIS
1 2 (3.448%) SharePoint
Applications
1 17 (29.31%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) TCP/IP
2 12 (20.69%) LDAP
2 12 (20.69%) DHCP
2 12 (20.69%) DNS
3 10 (17.24%) Network Security
4 9 (15.52%) SSL
4 9 (15.52%) SMTP
4 9 (15.52%) FTP
4 9 (15.52%) HTTP
5 5 (8.621%) SAN
6 4 (6.897%) X.25
6 4 (6.897%) IPsec
6 4 (6.897%) VPN
7 3 (5.172%) Firewall
8 1 (1.724%) SSH
8 1 (1.724%) iSCSI
8 1 (1.724%) NAS
8 1 (1.724%) NetScaler
8 1 (1.724%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.97%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (10.34%) Advertising
2 1 (1.724%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.724%) Finance
2 1 (1.724%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.724%) Banking
2 1 (1.724%) Retail
Job Titles
1 36 (62.07%) Consultant
2 27 (46.55%) Architect
3 22 (37.93%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 11 (18.97%) Infrastructure Architect
4 11 (18.97%) Infrastructure Consultant
5 8 (13.79%) Technical Architect
6 7 (12.07%) Virtualisation Architect
7 6 (10.34%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.897%) VMware Engineer
8 4 (6.897%) Virtualisation Engineer
8 4 (6.897%) Technical Consultant
8 4 (6.897%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (5.172%) Technical Design Consultant
9 3 (5.172%) VMware Architect
10 2 (3.448%) Technical Solutions Architect
11 1 (1.724%) Analyst
11 1 (1.724%) Senior Analyst
11 1 (1.724%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 17 (29.31%) SaaS
2 11 (18.97%) IaaS
2 11 (18.97%) PaaS
3 5 (8.621%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.172%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (3.448%) Fat Client
5 2 (3.448%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 36 (62.07%) Windows
2 20 (34.48%) Windows Server 2008
2 20 (34.48%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (22.41%) Linux
4 11 (18.97%) HPUX
5 4 (6.897%) Windows 8
5 4 (6.897%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.448%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Validation
2 13 (22.41%) Disaster Recovery
3 11 (18.97%) High Availability
4 6 (10.34%) Capacity Planning
4 6 (10.34%) Project Planning
5 4 (6.897%) Build Automation
5 4 (6.897%) Migration
6 2 (3.448%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (1.724%) Load Balancing
7 1 (1.724%) Release Management
7 1 (1.724%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.897%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (55.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 28 (48.28%) Citrix Certification
3 22 (37.93%) CCA
4 16 (27.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (22.41%) VCP4
5 13 (22.41%) CCEE
6 12 (20.69%) MCSE
6 12 (20.69%) VCAP
6 12 (20.69%) VCDX
7 10 (17.24%) CCNP
7 10 (17.24%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (17.24%) Security Cleared
8 7 (12.07%) CCIA
9 6 (10.34%) CCEA
9 6 (10.34%) CCDA
10 4 (6.897%) Microsoft Certified Master
10 4 (6.897%) MCITP
10 4 (6.897%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) SLA
System Software
1 58 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 43 (74.14%) XenServer
3 38 (65.52%) Hyper-V
3 38 (65.52%) vSphere
4 25 (43.10%) XenApp
5 20 (34.48%) XenDesktop
6 14 (24.14%) Microsoft App-V
7 13 (22.41%) VMware ESX
7 13 (22.41%) Terminal Services
8 12 (20.69%) Active Directory
9 9 (15.52%) PowerConvert
10 7 (12.07%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (1.724%) IAG
Systems Management
1 10 (17.24%) HP Operations Orchestration
2 4 (6.897%) Nagios
3 2 (3.448%) SCOM
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) VMware
2 45 (77.59%) Citrix
3 33 (56.90%) Microsoft
4 23 (39.66%) HP
5 22 (37.93%) Novell
6 19 (32.76%) AppSense
7 15 (25.86%) Wyse
7 15 (25.86%) Vizioncore
8 12 (20.69%) Cisco
9 8 (13.79%) EMC
10 6 (10.34%) DataCore
10 6 (10.34%) FalconStor
10 6 (10.34%) Blue Coat
10 6 (10.34%) NetApp
10 6 (10.34%) Juniper
10 6 (10.34%) Symantec
10 6 (10.34%) Dell
11 2 (3.448%) Brocade
11 2 (3.448%) CommVault
11 2 (3.448%) Hitachi
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