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 22 May 2012 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.

VMware ESX Server
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank302292312
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+20
Matching permanent IT job ads928964598
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.770 %0.786 %0.626 %
As % of the System Software category8.902 %10.44 %9.091 %
Number of salaries quoted817792493
Average salary£42,500£42,450£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.11 %+6.12 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,000£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£40,000£38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25 %+5.26 %
IT Job Market, System Software CategoryAll System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
1042592356578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.645 %7.532 %6.890 %
Number of salaries quoted898675895345
Average salary£41,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66 %-

VMware ESX
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 22 May 2012 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 22 May 2012. 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
EnglandDown-32840£42,500+1.31 %
LondonDown-31301£47,500+5.55 %
South EastDown-28271£42,500+2.40 %
SurreyDown-5137£45,000+5.88 %
City of LondonUp+2194£50,000+5.26 %
North WestUp+3788£35,000+16.66 %
East of EnglandDown-3766£45,000+2.85 %
South WalesUp+2547£37,000+17.46 %
WalesUp+2447£37,000+17.46 %
South WestUp+547£40,000+19.40 %
BerkshireDown-1847£42,500-15.00 %
StainesUp+1145£55,000+32.53 %
GloucestershireUp+1031£40,000+23.07 %
LiverpoolUp+1130£48,000+47.69 %
MerseysideUp+130£48,000+60.00 %
YorkshireDown-3130£35,750-2.05 %
CheshireUp+429£35,000-
ReadingDown-529£46,000-40.64 %
HampshireUp+927£42,500-15.00 %
ManchesterUp+727£30,000+33.33 %
West MidlandsDown-627£35,000+14.75 %
ScotlandUp+2526£40,000-11.11 %
West YorkshireDown-526£34,000-2.85 %
BedfordshireUp+725£45,000+5.88 %
LeedsDown-225£34,000-17.07 %
BoltonDown-418£37,500+33.92 %
CambridgeshireDown-1617£40,000+14.28 %
CaerphillyNew entry-17--
EssexDown-716£48,750+2.63 %
East MidlandsDown-2216£37,500+0.53 %

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

11827 (98.12 %)VMware
21524 (81.85 %)Windows
31066 (57.25 %)VMware Infrastructure
4942 (50.59 %)SAN
5926 (49.73 %)Microsoft
6823 (44.20 %)Active Directory
7816 (43.82 %)Windows Server 2008
8802 (43.07 %)Citrix
9759 (40.76 %)vSphere
10746 (40.06 %)Windows Server 2003
11580 (31.15 %)Cisco
12573 (30.77 %)MS Exchange
13567 (30.45 %)Linux
14522 (28.03 %)HP
15488 (26.21 %)SQL Server
16465 (24.97 %)Microsoft Certification
17414 (22.23 %)SQL
18400 (21.48 %)Firewall
19389 (20.89 %)MCSE
20385 (20.68 %)ITIL
21373 (20.03 %)IIS
22364 (19.55 %)MS Excel
23351 (18.85 %)NetApp
24348 (18.69 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
25340 (18.26 %)Finance
25340 (18.26 %)VMware ESXi
26326 (17.51 %)TCP/IP
27317 (17.02 %)DNS
27317 (17.02 %)Exchange Server 2007
28316 (16.97 %)XenApp

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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
160 (3.222 %)J2EE
244 (2.363 %)Web Services
244 (2.363 %)WebSphere
340 (2.148 %)CSS
425 (1.343 %)XML
425 (1.343 %).NET
522 (1.182 %)Middleware
613 (0.698 %)Windows SharePoint Services
710 (0.537 %)Forefront TMG
89 (0.483 %)LAMP
89 (0.483 %)COM
96 (0.322 %)ASP
105 (0.269 %)HTML
105 (0.269 %)Software Packaging
114 (0.215 %)WSH
114 (0.215 %)Application Packaging
123 (0.161 %).NET Framework
123 (0.161 %)WCF
123 (0.161 %)ADO.NET
123 (0.161 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1573 (30.77 %)MS Exchange
2373 (20.03 %)IIS
3317 (17.02 %)Exchange Server 2007
4308 (16.54 %)Exchange Server 2010
5226 (12.14 %)SharePoint
6216 (11.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
7173 (9.291 %)Apache
873 (3.921 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
966 (3.545 %)WebLogic
1052 (2.793 %)Tomcat
1139 (2.095 %)BizTalk Server
1237 (1.987 %)Lync
1331 (1.665 %)SharePoint 2010
1428 (1.504 %)SharePoint Server
1522 (1.182 %)Office Communications Server
1619 (1.020 %)WebSphere Application Server
1718 (0.967 %)IBM HTTP Server
1718 (0.967 %)WebSphere Portal
1816 (0.859 %)Exchange Server 2000
1911 (0.591 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1364 (19.55 %)MS Excel
2117 (6.284 %)MS Office
327 (1.450 %)MS PowerPoint
416 (0.859 %)MS Visio
514 (0.752 %)Google Apps
66 (0.322 %)Office 365
66 (0.322 %)MS Project
75 (0.269 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (0.859 %)Dynamics CRM
28 (0.430 %)SoftGrid
36 (0.322 %)SunGard AvantGard
44 (0.215 %)Dynamics NAV
44 (0.215 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.054 %)Line 500
51 (0.054 %)Oracle BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1942 (50.59 %)SAN
2400 (21.48 %)Firewall
3326 (17.51 %)TCP/IP
4317 (17.02 %)DNS
5279 (14.98 %)NAS
6276 (14.82 %)DHCP
7229 (12.30 %)Internet
8185 (9.936 %)LAN
9157 (8.432 %)WAN
10148 (7.948 %)VPN
11127 (6.821 %)iSCSI
1275 (4.028 %)Fibre Channel
1370 (3.759 %)VLAN
1465 (3.491 %)Cisco IOS
1555 (2.954 %)MPLS
1649 (2.632 %)VoIP
1649 (2.632 %)Cisco PIX
1742 (2.256 %)Wireless
1840 (2.148 %)FTP
1939 (2.095 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1488 (26.21 %)SQL Server
2209 (11.22 %)SQL Server 2005
3180 (9.667 %)SQL Server 2008
4116 (6.230 %)MySQL
535 (1.880 %)SQL Server 2000
631 (1.665 %)Oracle 8/8i
725 (1.343 %)MS Access
816 (0.859 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
914 (0.752 %)DB2
914 (0.752 %)Oracle 10g
1010 (0.537 %)SQL Server Integration Services
119 (0.483 %)Data Mining
119 (0.483 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
126 (0.322 %)Oracle 11g
134 (0.215 %)FileMaker
134 (0.215 %)PostgreSQL
134 (0.215 %)Data Warehouse
142 (0.107 %)Oracle Reports
142 (0.107 %)Apache Cassandra
142 (0.107 %)NoSQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (1.182 %)Team Foundation Server
28 (0.430 %)Subversion
37 (0.376 %)Visual Studio
45 (0.269 %)Hudson
53 (0.161 %)MSI
53 (0.161 %)Maven
62 (0.107 %)InstallShield
62 (0.107 %)Capistrano
71 (0.054 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.054 %)Eclipse
71 (0.054 %)WinDbg
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1340 (18.26 %)Finance
270 (3.759 %)Banking
331 (1.665 %)Retail
427 (1.450 %)Back Office
525 (1.343 %)Legal
623 (1.235 %)International Banking
720 (1.074 %)Games
819 (1.020 %)Telecoms
819 (1.020 %)Financial Institution
918 (0.967 %)German Language
1016 (0.859 %)Advertising
1016 (0.859 %)Law
1016 (0.859 %)Marketing
1114 (0.752 %)French Language
1114 (0.752 %)Spanish Language
1213 (0.698 %)Hebrew Language
1213 (0.698 %)Italian Language
1311 (0.591 %)Investment Banking
145 (0.269 %)Retail Banking
151 (0.054 %)Dutch Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1288 (15.47 %)Consultant
2271 (14.55 %)Analyst
3208 (11.17 %)Support Engineer
4194 (10.42 %)Administrator
5174 (9.345 %)Infrastructure Engineer
6154 (8.271 %)Systems Engineer
7143 (7.680 %)Support Analyst
8132 (7.089 %)Architect
9126 (6.767 %)Systems Administrator
10104 (5.585 %)3rd Line Support
11100 (5.371 %)Technical Support
1298 (5.263 %)Virtualisation Consultant
1397 (5.209 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1487 (4.672 %)Technical Consultant
1558 (3.115 %)Technical Engineer
1558 (3.115 %)Wintel Engineer
1558 (3.115 %)Storage Engineer
1653 (2.846 %)Senior Consultant
1752 (2.793 %)Linux Administrator
1851 (2.739 %)Server Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1169 (9.076 %)Clustering
285 (4.565 %)Blackberry
368 (3.652 %)CLARiiON
465 (3.491 %)Replication
548 (2.578 %)Enterprise Storage
636 (1.933 %)Symmetrix DMX
733 (1.772 %)Symmetrix
832 (1.719 %)N-Tier
930 (1.611 %)Cloud Computing
1029 (1.557 %)iSeries
1029 (1.557 %)SaaS
1128 (1.504 %)Management Information System
1227 (1.450 %)AS400
1325 (1.343 %)Thin Client
1325 (1.343 %)Fat Client
1423 (1.235 %)EqualLogic
1521 (1.128 %)Celerra
1620 (1.074 %)Hedge funds
1716 (0.859 %)Computer Science
1815 (0.806 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11524 (81.85 %)Windows
2816 (43.82 %)Windows Server 2008
3746 (40.06 %)Windows Server 2003
4567 (30.45 %)Linux
5273 (14.66 %)UNIX
6236 (12.67 %)Solaris
7221 (11.87 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8187 (10.04 %)Windows XP
9178 (9.560 %)Windows 7
10121 (6.498 %)AIX
1197 (5.209 %)Windows Vista
1274 (3.974 %)HPUX
1371 (3.813 %)Windows 2000 Server
1449 (2.632 %)CentOS
1530 (1.611 %)Windows 2000
1623 (1.235 %)Ubuntu
1718 (0.967 %)Debian
189 (0.483 %)Mac OS X
198 (0.430 %)Windows NT
206 (0.322 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1385 (20.68 %)ITIL
2185 (9.936 %)Disaster Recovery
3142 (7.626 %)Service Delivery
4115 (6.176 %)Project Management
581 (4.350 %)Migration
581 (4.350 %)Software Architecture
680 (4.296 %)Load Balancing
770 (3.759 %)Capacity Management
869 (3.706 %)PRINCE2
968 (3.652 %)Project Planning
1061 (3.276 %)Capacity Planning
1160 (3.222 %)Web Development
1258 (3.115 %)Network Management
1347 (2.524 %)Change Management
1445 (2.417 %)Incident Management
1543 (2.309 %)Change Control
1639 (2.095 %)Business Continuity
1737 (1.987 %)Problem Management
1836 (1.933 %)Configuration Management
1928 (1.504 %)CRM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1414 (22.23 %)SQL
2147 (7.895 %)PowerShell
3107 (5.747 %)Perl
486 (4.619 %)VBScript
559 (3.169 %)C#
655 (2.954 %)Java
746 (2.470 %)C++
839 (2.095 %)C
938 (2.041 %)Shell Script
1036 (1.933 %)VB
1134 (1.826 %)Bash shell
1230 (1.611 %)Python
1230 (1.611 %)PHP
1313 (0.698 %)T-SQL
1411 (0.591 %)JavaScript
158 (0.430 %)Korn
163 (0.161 %)XPath
163 (0.161 %)Ruby
171 (0.054 %)VB.NET
171 (0.054 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1465 (24.97 %)Microsoft Certification
2389 (20.89 %)MCSE
3348 (18.69 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4231 (12.41 %)Cisco Certification
5186 (9.989 %)MCITP
6152 (8.163 %)Citrix Certification
7140 (7.519 %)CCNA
8139 (7.465 %)MCP
9108 (5.800 %)CCA
1095 (5.102 %)Security Cleared
1191 (4.887 %)Degree
1277 (4.135 %)MCSA
1364 (3.437 %)DV Cleared
1456 (3.008 %)SC Cleared
1548 (2.578 %)VTSP
1646 (2.470 %)CCSP
1744 (2.363 %)CCEE
1843 (2.309 %)MCTS
1934 (1.826 %)VCP4
2032 (1.719 %)CCIA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1112 (6.015 %)SLA
212 (0.644 %)QA
310 (0.537 %)PCI DSS
42 (0.107 %)ISO/IEC 27001
51 (0.054 %)ISO 9001
51 (0.054 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11066 (57.25 %)VMware Infrastructure
2823 (44.20 %)Active Directory
3759 (40.76 %)vSphere
4340 (18.26 %)VMware ESXi
5316 (16.97 %)XenApp
6221 (11.87 %)Hyper-V
7212 (11.39 %)XenDesktop
8175 (9.398 %)XenServer
9101 (5.424 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1054 (2.900 %)Terminal Services
1146 (2.470 %)MetaFrame
1146 (2.470 %)NFS
1240 (2.148 %)ISA Server
1336 (1.933 %)vCloud
1435 (1.880 %)Xen
1534 (1.826 %)VMware Workstation
1619 (1.020 %)Samba
1717 (0.913 %)VMFS
1816 (0.859 %)VMware Server
1914 (0.752 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1211 (11.33 %)vCenter
2189 (10.15 %)NetBackup
3156 (8.378 %)Backup Exec
4117 (6.284 %)SCOM
592 (4.941 %)SCCM
671 (3.813 %)Tivoli
748 (2.578 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
843 (2.309 %)WSUS
932 (1.719 %)Norton AntiVirus
1024 (1.289 %)HP SIM
1121 (1.128 %)Nagios
1218 (0.967 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
1218 (0.967 %)SolarWinds Orion
1313 (0.698 %)EMC NetWorker
1412 (0.644 %)HP Data Protector
1412 (0.644 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1511 (0.591 %)ARCserve
1610 (0.537 %)WMI
1610 (0.537 %)MOM
179 (0.483 %)SCVMM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11827 (98.12 %)VMware
2926 (49.73 %)Microsoft
3802 (43.07 %)Citrix
4580 (31.15 %)Cisco
5522 (28.03 %)HP
6351 (18.85 %)NetApp
7300 (16.11 %)EMC
8256 (13.75 %)Red Hat
9209 (11.22 %)Symantec
10177 (9.506 %)Dell
11149 (8.002 %)Veritas
12139 (7.465 %)IBM
13136 (7.304 %)Oracle
14134 (7.197 %)Brocade
1578 (4.189 %)3PAR
1676 (4.082 %)Sun
1764 (3.437 %)JBoss
1844 (2.363 %)CommVault
1844 (2.363 %)SolarWinds
1942 (2.256 %)Juniper