Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category.

LinkVMware ESX Server
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank336350569
Rank change year-on-year
Up+14Up+219
Matching permanent IT job ads403384456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.469 %0.453 %0.223 %
As % of the System Software category7.777 %6.389 %3.272 %
Salaries quoted326328373
Average salary£40,000£38,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-10.58 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,650£29,250
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,500£37,000£39,000
% change year-on-year
-1.350 %-5.120 %
IT Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
5182601013935
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK6.031 %7.086 %6.828 %
Salaries quoted4331516011816
Average salary£40,000£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£33,500£33,500
% change year-on-year
+11.94 %-

VMware ESX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

VMware ESX Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the UK.

VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+8389£40,000+5.26 %
LondonUp+1177£45,000-
South EastDown-2990£41,500+12.16 %
SurreyUp+4141£41,500-
East of EnglandDown-1941£37,500-1.31 %
City of LondonDown-5040£50,000+6.38 %
North WestUp+4034£37,500-
HertfordshireUp+625£45,000+12.50 %
East MidlandsUp+2222£32,500-18.75 %
CheshireUp+2520£40,000+5.26 %
MiddlesexUp+1915£41,500-
BerkshireDown-1414£50,000+11.11 %
South WestDown-612£34,000+6.25 %
DerbyshireNew entry-12£33,750-
ClaphamNew entry-10--
BuckinghamshireDown-69£47,500+24.18 %
ManchesterNew entry-9£36,000-
StainesUp+178£41,500-
BedfordshireUp+118£37,500+50.00 %
West MidlandsUp+257£31,500-25.88 %
South WalesUp+37£25,000-3.84 %
WalesUp+37£25,000-3.84 %
CambridgeshireDown-187£32,500-18.75 %
West YorkshireUp+66£28,000-20.00 %
ReadingUp+26£55,000+57.14 %
YorkshireUp+16£28,000-20.00 %
WimbledonDown-86£36,000-15.29 %
ChesterfieldNew entry-6£35,000-
WilmslowNew entry-6£40,000-
WarringtonUp+165£42,500+11.84 %

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1772 (99.74 %)VMware
2609 (78.68 %)Windows
3462 (59.69 %)Active Directory
4449 (58.01 %)VMware Infrastructure
5352 (45.48 %)Windows Server 2003
6270 (34.88 %)Citrix
7268 (34.63 %)MS Exchange
8249 (32.17 %)Microsoft
9233 (30.10 %)Windows Server 2008
10228 (29.46 %)SAN
11214 (27.65 %)Microsoft Certification
12202 (26.10 %)Exchange Server 2003
13201 (25.97 %)MCSE
14178 (23.00 %)Cisco
15175 (22.61 %)IIS
16169 (21.83 %)SQL Server
16169 (21.83 %)HP
17160 (20.67 %)Linux
18157 (20.28 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19147 (18.99 %)Exchange Server 2007
20142 (18.35 %)TCP/IP
21136 (17.57 %)DNS
22122 (15.76 %)Firewall
23116 (14.99 %)SQL
24112 (14.47 %)MS Excel
25110 (14.21 %)DHCP
26107 (13.82 %)Hyper-V
27103 (13.31 %)Windows 2000
2899 (12.79 %)LAN
2993 (12.02 %)vSphere

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (1.292 %)LAMP
26 (0.775 %)HTML
35 (0.646 %)ASP
44 (0.517 %)WebSphere
44 (0.517 %)J2EE
53 (0.388 %)Application Packaging
62 (0.258 %).NET Framework
62 (0.258 %).NET
62 (0.258 %)XML
71 (0.129 %)Middleware
71 (0.129 %)WMI
71 (0.129 %)COM
71 (0.129 %)Web Services
71 (0.129 %)Software Packaging
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1268 (34.63 %)MS Exchange
2202 (26.10 %)Exchange Server 2003
3175 (22.61 %)IIS
4147 (18.99 %)Exchange Server 2007
563 (8.140 %)SharePoint
650 (6.460 %)Apache
742 (5.426 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
840 (5.168 %)Exchange Server 2000
917 (2.196 %)Tomcat
1015 (1.938 %)Lotus Notes
119 (1.163 %)SharePoint Server 2007
126 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 5.5
135 (0.646 %)SharePoint Portal Server
135 (0.646 %)Office Communications Server
144 (0.517 %)Zimbra
152 (0.258 %)Confluence
152 (0.258 %)WebLogic
161 (0.129 %)GroupWise
161 (0.129 %)Joomla!
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1112 (14.47 %)MS Excel
222 (2.842 %)MS Office
316 (2.067 %)MS Visio
42 (0.258 %)MS Project
51 (0.129 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (1.292 %)Microsoft CRM
29 (1.163 %)Great Plains
33 (0.388 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1228 (29.46 %)SAN
2142 (18.35 %)TCP/IP
3136 (17.57 %)DNS
4122 (15.76 %)Firewall
5110 (14.21 %)DHCP
699 (12.79 %)LAN
788 (11.37 %)WAN
840 (5.168 %)NAS
937 (4.780 %)VPN
1028 (3.618 %)VLAN
1123 (2.972 %)Internet
1222 (2.842 %)VoIP
1321 (2.713 %)iSCSI
1417 (2.196 %)SMS
1515 (1.938 %)SSL
1515 (1.938 %)MPLS
1613 (1.680 %)NetScreen
1613 (1.680 %)Wireless
1712 (1.550 %)Ethernet
1712 (1.550 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1169 (21.83 %)SQL Server
287 (11.24 %)SQL Server 2005
356 (7.235 %)SQL Server 2000
437 (4.780 %)SQL Server 2008
524 (3.101 %)MySQL
64 (0.517 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.388 %)RDBMS
82 (0.258 %)Oracle 10g
82 (0.258 %)TOAD
82 (0.258 %)Oracle 11g
82 (0.258 %)SQLPlus
91 (0.129 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.129 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.129 %)MS Access
91 (0.129 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (0.517 %)InstallShield
22 (0.258 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
161 (7.881 %)Finance
245 (5.814 %)Pensions
338 (4.910 %)Banking
427 (3.488 %)Investment Banking
522 (2.842 %)Health
616 (2.067 %)Insurance
715 (1.938 %)Telecoms
811 (1.421 %)Manufacturing
811 (1.421 %)Games
811 (1.421 %)Education
97 (0.904 %)Financial Institution
106 (0.775 %)Law
115 (0.646 %)Retail
115 (0.646 %)Auditing
124 (0.517 %)Legal
124 (0.517 %)Back Office
132 (0.258 %)Aerospace
141 (0.129 %)Government
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1140 (18.09 %)Consultant
2120 (15.50 %)Administrator
3108 (13.95 %)Analyst
492 (11.89 %)Server Support
576 (9.819 %)Systems Administrator
675 (9.690 %)Support Analyst
770 (9.044 %)3rd Line Support
866 (8.527 %)Support Engineer
963 (8.140 %)Virtualisation Consultant
1047 (6.072 %)Server Engineer
1145 (5.814 %)Systems Engineer
1240 (5.168 %)Server Analyst
1336 (4.651 %)Technical Support
1336 (4.651 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1336 (4.651 %)VMware Consultant
1435 (4.522 %)Server Administrator
1532 (4.134 %)VMware Engineer
1630 (3.876 %)Server Support Analyst
1729 (3.747 %)Team Leader
1729 (3.747 %)Technical Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
177 (9.948 %)Clustering
246 (5.943 %)Blackberry
331 (4.005 %)Replication
423 (2.972 %)Open Source
515 (1.938 %)Fat Client
515 (1.938 %)Thin Client
515 (1.938 %)Statistics
610 (1.292 %)EqualLogic
610 (1.292 %)Cloud Computing
79 (1.163 %)Grid Computing
79 (1.163 %)Computer Science
79 (1.163 %)Web 2.0
88 (1.034 %)AS400
97 (0.904 %)Mathematics
97 (0.904 %)Physics
104 (0.517 %)Streaming Video
104 (0.517 %)HACMP
104 (0.517 %)Client/Server
113 (0.388 %)N-Tier
113 (0.388 %)Learning Management System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1609 (78.68 %)Windows
2352 (45.48 %)Windows Server 2003
3233 (30.10 %)Windows Server 2008
4160 (20.67 %)Linux
5103 (13.31 %)Windows 2000
683 (10.72 %)Red Hat Linux
778 (10.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
864 (8.269 %)UNIX
958 (7.494 %)Windows XP
1042 (5.426 %)Windows Vista
1130 (3.876 %)CentOS
1226 (3.359 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1322 (2.842 %)Solaris
1419 (2.455 %)AIX
1516 (2.067 %)Windows NT
1516 (2.067 %)Debian
1612 (1.550 %)Windows 7
179 (1.163 %)NetWare
185 (0.646 %)Ubuntu
185 (0.646 %)Mac OS X Server
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
168 (8.786 %)ITIL
238 (4.910 %)Project Management
323 (2.972 %)Disaster Recovery
422 (2.842 %)E-Commerce
521 (2.713 %)Load Balancing
620 (2.584 %)Capacity Planning
716 (2.067 %)CRM
716 (2.067 %)Configuration Management
716 (2.067 %)Migration
815 (1.938 %)Performance Management
914 (1.809 %)Service Delivery
914 (1.809 %)Problem Management
914 (1.809 %)Project Planning
1010 (1.292 %)SOA
119 (1.163 %)Enterprise Architecture
119 (1.163 %)Zachman Framework
119 (1.163 %)TOGAF
119 (1.163 %)Investment Management
128 (1.034 %)Release Management
137 (0.904 %)Network Design
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1116 (14.99 %)SQL
245 (5.814 %)C
317 (2.196 %)VBScript
413 (1.680 %)PHP
512 (1.550 %)Perl
611 (1.421 %)Python
78 (1.034 %)VB
87 (0.904 %)PHP5
96 (0.775 %)Shell Script
105 (0.646 %)PowerShell
113 (0.388 %)VBA
122 (0.258 %)T-SQL
122 (0.258 %)JavaScript
122 (0.258 %)Bash shell
131 (0.129 %)Java
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1214 (27.65 %)Microsoft Certification
2201 (25.97 %)MCSE
3157 (20.28 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
456 (7.235 %)Cisco Certification
555 (7.106 %)MCSA
652 (6.718 %)CCNA
742 (5.426 %)MCITP
742 (5.426 %)VCP4
840 (5.168 %)Citrix Certification
937 (4.780 %)Degree
1029 (3.747 %)CCA
1029 (3.747 %)MCP
1125 (3.230 %)CCEA
1219 (2.455 %)HP ASE
1312 (1.550 %)Security Cleared
1411 (1.421 %)MCTS
1411 (1.421 %)CCNP
1510 (1.292 %)RHCE
167 (0.904 %)HP MASE
167 (0.904 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (2.972 %)SLA
211 (1.421 %)PCI DSS
32 (0.258 %)BS7799
32 (0.258 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.258 %)ISO27001
41 (0.129 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1462 (59.69 %)Active Directory
2449 (58.01 %)VMware Infrastructure
3107 (13.82 %)Hyper-V
493 (12.02 %)vSphere
577 (9.948 %)Citrix Presentation Server
665 (8.398 %)XenApp
758 (7.494 %)XenServer
838 (4.910 %)MetaFrame
927 (3.488 %)ISA Server
1022 (2.842 %)Xen
1121 (2.713 %)VMware Workstation
1214 (1.809 %)Terminal Services
1313 (1.680 %)XenDesktop
149 (1.163 %)VMware Server
158 (1.034 %)NFS
167 (0.904 %)Postfix
167 (0.904 %)VMware GSX
174 (0.517 %)Sendmail
174 (0.517 %)Samba
183 (0.388 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
134 (4.393 %)Backup Exec
231 (4.005 %)SCCM
328 (3.618 %)NetBackup
418 (2.326 %)OpenView
517 (2.196 %)SCOM
613 (1.680 %)Tivoli
79 (1.163 %)WSUS
88 (1.034 %)Nagios
97 (0.904 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
105 (0.646 %)McAfee ePO
114 (0.517 %)MOM
114 (0.517 %)Cacti
114 (0.517 %)Norton AntiVirus
123 (0.388 %)ARCserve
123 (0.388 %)Tivoli Monitoring
123 (0.388 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
132 (0.258 %)MIMEsweeper
132 (0.258 %)Plesk
141 (0.129 %)MSI
141 (0.129 %)Legato
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1772 (99.74 %)VMware
2270 (34.88 %)Citrix
3249 (32.17 %)Microsoft
4178 (23.00 %)Cisco
5169 (21.83 %)HP
686 (11.11 %)NetApp
769 (8.915 %)Red Hat
846 (5.943 %)Dell
944 (5.685 %)EMC
1043 (5.556 %)IBM
1132 (4.134 %)Veritas
1230 (3.876 %)Altiris
1328 (3.618 %)Juniper
1427 (3.488 %)Intel
1525 (3.230 %)Symantec
1623 (2.972 %)Sun
1715 (1.938 %)Oracle
1715 (1.938 %)Lotus
1715 (1.938 %)CommVault
1814 (1.809 %)McAfee