The first table below looks at the demand for the Virtualisation Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Virtualisation Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtualization Consultant
Rank 776 707 590
Rank change year-on-year
-69 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Virtualisation Consultant 84 183 290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.077% 0.151% 0.238%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.159% 0.252%
Number of salaries quoted 72 165 242
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £44,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Virtualisation Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Virtualisation Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Virtualisation Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Virtualisation Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Virtualisation Consultant Salary Trend

Virtualisation Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Virtualisation Consultant over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Virtualisation Consultant Salary Histogram

Virtualisation Consultant
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtualisation Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 -86 81 £47,500 -5.00%
South East -39 26 £47,500 -5.00%
London -24 22 £55,000 +10.00%
Yorkshire +3 18 £40,000 -20.00%
East Midlands +7 11 £50,000 -2.43%
Nottingham +9 10 £50,000 -4.76%
Nottinghamshire +7 10 £50,000 -4.76%
North Yorkshire +6 10 £40,000 -17.94%
Berkshire 0 10 £47,500 -5.00%
Surrey +10 9 £47,500 +18.75%
Harrogate - 9 £40,000 -
Reading -3 8 £48,750 -7.14%
Midlands +11 7 £50,000 -
City of London +9 6 £50,000 -4.76%
East of England +4 6 £48,750 -7.14%
West Yorkshire -11 6 £47,500 -5.00%
Leeds -16 6 £47,500 -5.00%
Birmingham -24 5 £47,500 -5.00%
West Midlands -33 5 £47,500 -5.00%
Cambridge - 5 £47,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 5 £47,500 -
Hampshire +4 4 £46,000 -8.00%
Sheffield +9 3 £47,500 -5.00%
South Yorkshire +9 3 £47,500 -5.00%
Basingstoke - 3 £46,000 -
Warrington +22 2 £47,500 +35.71%
Derby +11 2 - -
Cheshire +10 2 £47,500 +35.71%
Derbyshire +8 2 - -
Leicestershire -6 2 - -

Virtualisation Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Virtualisation Consultant in their job title 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 with Virtualisation Consultant in their job title.

1 118 (70.24%) VMware
1 118 (70.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 105 (62.50%) Citrix
3 79 (47.02%) Windows
4 67 (39.88%) Microsoft
4 67 (39.88%) XenApp
5 66 (39.29%) XenDesktop
6 64 (38.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 62 (36.90%) Citrix Certification
8 59 (35.12%) Hyper-V
9 57 (33.93%) MCITP
10 49 (29.17%) CCA
10 49 (29.17%) XenServer
11 45 (26.79%) vSphere
12 43 (25.60%) Microsoft App-V
13 41 (24.40%) CCEE
14 40 (23.81%) HP
15 39 (23.21%) CCIA
16 38 (22.62%) SAN
17 37 (22.02%) Microsoft Certification
18 36 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
19 31 (18.45%) Active Directory
20 29 (17.26%) EMC
20 29 (17.26%) MS Excel
20 29 (17.26%) AppSense
20 29 (17.26%) CCAA
21 28 (16.67%) NetApp
22 26 (15.48%) MCSE
22 26 (15.48%) DNS
23 25 (14.88%) CCEA

Virtualisation Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Virtualisation Consultant in their job title 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 with Virtualisation Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (2.976%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 24 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.143%) SharePoint Server
2 12 (7.143%) IIS
3 7 (4.167%) MS Exchange
4 4 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (1.786%) Lync
6 2 (1.190%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 29 (17.26%) MS Excel
2 12 (7.143%) MS Office
3 2 (1.190%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 9 (5.357%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.190%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 38 (22.62%) SAN
2 26 (15.48%) DNS
3 15 (8.929%) NetScaler
4 13 (7.738%) Firewall
5 12 (7.143%) TCP/IP
5 12 (7.143%) NAS
6 11 (6.548%) LDAP
6 11 (6.548%) DHCP
6 11 (6.548%) HTTP
7 8 (4.762%) SMTP
7 8 (4.762%) FTP
7 8 (4.762%) SSL
8 6 (3.571%) Junos
8 6 (3.571%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (3.571%) Network Security
8 6 (3.571%) iSCSI
9 4 (2.381%) Unified Communications
10 2 (1.190%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.12%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.595%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 9 (5.357%) MSI
General
1 12 (7.143%) Finance
2 9 (5.357%) Telecoms
3 8 (4.762%) Retail
4 4 (2.381%) Advertising
5 3 (1.786%) Legal
6 1 (0.595%) Banking
6 1 (0.595%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.548%) Cloud Computing
2 6 (3.571%) Celerra
3 5 (2.976%) EqualLogic
3 5 (2.976%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (2.381%) CLARiiON
5 3 (1.786%) Clustering
6 1 (0.595%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.595%) Replication
6 1 (0.595%) FMCG
6 1 (0.595%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 79 (47.02%) Windows
2 36 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 18 (10.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (5.357%) Windows 7
4 9 (5.357%) Windows 8
4 9 (5.357%) OpenVMS
4 9 (5.357%) Solaris
4 9 (5.357%) UNIX
5 2 (1.190%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (1.190%) Linux
6 1 (0.595%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.595%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (10.71%) Migration
2 17 (10.12%) Project Planning
3 15 (8.929%) Build Automation
4 14 (8.333%) Load Balancing
4 14 (8.333%) Validation
5 13 (7.738%) Operations Management
6 12 (7.143%) Scrum
6 12 (7.143%) Logistics
6 12 (7.143%) Systems Analysis
6 12 (7.143%) Network Design
6 12 (7.143%) Change Control
7 9 (5.357%) Service Delivery
8 5 (2.976%) Knowledge Management
9 3 (1.786%) Technical Architecture
10 2 (1.190%) High Availability
10 2 (1.190%) Time Management
10 2 (1.190%) Business Development
10 2 (1.190%) Supplier Management
10 2 (1.190%) Project Management
10 2 (1.190%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.143%) PowerShell
2 8 (4.762%) SQL
Qualifications
1 64 (38.10%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 62 (36.90%) Citrix Certification
3 57 (33.93%) MCITP
4 49 (29.17%) CCA
5 41 (24.40%) CCEE
6 39 (23.21%) CCIA
7 37 (22.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 29 (17.26%) CCAA
9 26 (15.48%) MCSE
10 25 (14.88%) CCEA
11 20 (11.90%) MCTS
12 17 (10.12%) Degree
13 16 (9.524%) VCP4
14 11 (6.548%) Cisco Certification
14 11 (6.548%) CCNP
15 10 (5.952%) NCDA
15 10 (5.952%) VCAP
16 7 (4.167%) CCNA
16 7 (4.167%) VCDX
16 7 (4.167%) HP ASE
System Software
1 118 (70.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 67 (39.88%) XenApp
3 66 (39.29%) XenDesktop
4 59 (35.12%) Hyper-V
5 49 (29.17%) XenServer
6 45 (26.79%) vSphere
7 43 (25.60%) Microsoft App-V
8 31 (18.45%) Active Directory
9 17 (10.12%) VMware ESX
10 15 (8.929%) Terminal Services
11 12 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
12 4 (2.381%) vCloud
13 3 (1.786%) PowerConvert
Systems Management
1 25 (14.88%) SCCM
2 23 (13.69%) SCVMM
3 14 (8.333%) SCOM
4 3 (1.786%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (1.786%) WSUS
4 3 (1.786%) HP SIM
5 1 (0.595%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 118 (70.24%) VMware
2 105 (62.50%) Citrix
3 67 (39.88%) Microsoft
4 40 (23.81%) HP
5 29 (17.26%) EMC
5 29 (17.26%) AppSense
6 28 (16.67%) NetApp
7 23 (13.69%) Cisco
8 21 (12.50%) PlateSpin
9 18 (10.71%) IBM
10 17 (10.12%) Dell
11 15 (8.929%) Vizioncore
11 15 (8.929%) Novell
12 14 (8.333%) Wyse
13 13 (7.738%) Veeam
14 9 (5.357%) SAP
15 8 (4.762%) Fujitsu
16 6 (3.571%) Trend Micro
16 6 (3.571%) Websense
16 6 (3.571%) Clearswift
City, London
Technical skills and qualification: VMware VCP 4. Citrix CCA - XenApp / XenDesktop / XenServer. Strong understanding of administering Windows 2003 & 2008 server operating systems. Strong understanding of Microsoft Terminal Services (...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Jersey, Channel Isles
Virtualization Consultant/ VMWare Engineer/ VMWare Consultant... - Additional knowledge of storage solutions such as HP-SAN and/or NetApp highly desirable. - Additional professional certification from the likes of NetApp,...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bens + Bonus + On-call + Pension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Certified to CCA level, with a desire to progress to CCEE / CCIA. Citrix: XenApp, XenServer, XenDesktop, Access Gateway, Branch Repeater. Storage: Understanding of SAN and NAS storage, knowledge...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013