The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VMware ESXi skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESXi 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 ESXi
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank584706707
Rank change year-on-year
Up+122Up+1
Matching permanent IT job ads31215945
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.259 %0.130 %0.047 %
As % of the System Software category2.993 %1.722 %0.684 %
Number of salaries quoted28211743
Average salary£42,500£37,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.86 %+13.84 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£27,300£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£67,500£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£33,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
+21.21 %+1.53 %
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 ESXi
Demand Trend

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

VMware ESXi Demand Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Trend

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

VMware ESXi Salary Trend

VMware ESXi
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESXi over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

VMware ESXi Salary Histogram

VMware ESXi
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 ESXi 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
EnglandUp+119304£42,500+14.86 %
LondonUp+42137£47,500+11.76 %
South EastDown-957£40,000-
North WestUp+2651£40,000+21.21 %
City of LondonUp+2036£55,000+29.41 %
ManchesterUp+1930£37,500+13.63 %
SurreyDown-623£40,000+2.56 %
East of EnglandUp+1319£42,500-15.00 %
HampshireUp+319£42,500+13.33 %
YorkshireDown-519£40,000+73.91 %
LiverpoolNew entry-17£47,500-
MerseysideNew entry-17£47,500-
Tyne and WearUp+109£27,500-
North EastUp+19£27,500-
Newcastle upon TyneNew entry-9£27,500-
HertfordshireUp+157£40,000-
West YorkshireDown-117£40,000+73.91 %
LeedsNew entry-7£40,000-
East MidlandsUp+26£36,000+9.09 %
BedfordshireDown-66£46,000-23.33 %
BoltonNew entry-6£42,500-
South WestDown-85£40,500+24.61 %
WatfordNew entry-5£40,000-
North YorkshireNew entry-5£40,000-
South YorkshireNew entry-5£35,000-
ScotlandNew entry-5£45,000-
KentUp+284£32,000-13.51 %
NottinghamshireUp+164£40,000+21.21 %
SouthamptonDown-254£40,000+45.45 %
CobhamNew entry-4£37,500-

VMware ESXi
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi.

1693 (94.16 %)VMware
2580 (78.80 %)Windows
3517 (70.24 %)VMware Infrastructure
4404 (54.89 %)vSphere
5370 (50.27 %)Microsoft
6365 (49.59 %)SAN
7364 (49.46 %)Windows Server 2003
8363 (49.32 %)Windows Server 2008
9340 (46.20 %)VMware ESX
10304 (41.30 %)Active Directory
11291 (39.54 %)Citrix
12277 (37.64 %)Linux
12277 (37.64 %)MS Exchange
13212 (28.80 %)Cisco
14206 (27.99 %)Firewall
15195 (26.49 %)HP
15195 (26.49 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16187 (25.41 %)vCenter
17182 (24.73 %)DNS
18170 (23.10 %)Microsoft Certification
19165 (22.42 %)MS Excel
20162 (22.01 %)MCSE
21155 (21.06 %)XenDesktop
22153 (20.79 %)Exchange Server 2007
22153 (20.79 %)Exchange Server 2010
23146 (19.84 %)XenApp
23146 (19.84 %)SQL Server
24145 (19.70 %)SQL
25143 (19.43 %)Hyper-V
26136 (18.48 %)EMC

VMware ESXi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing VMware ESXi 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 ESXi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
136 (4.891 %).NET
229 (3.940 %)Web Services
310 (1.359 %)XML
49 (1.223 %)J2EE
58 (1.087 %).NET Framework
65 (0.679 %)XMPP
73 (0.408 %)WebSphere
82 (0.272 %)HTML
82 (0.272 %)Apache Flex
82 (0.272 %)WCF
82 (0.272 %)ASP.NET
82 (0.272 %)COM
82 (0.272 %)ASP.NET MVC
82 (0.272 %)Forefront TMG
82 (0.272 %)ASP.NET MVC 3
91 (0.136 %)CGI
91 (0.136 %)LAMP
91 (0.136 %)Hibernate
91 (0.136 %)Spring
91 (0.136 %)RESTful
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1277 (37.64 %)MS Exchange
2153 (20.79 %)Exchange Server 2007
2153 (20.79 %)Exchange Server 2010
3106 (14.40 %)Exchange Server 2003
481 (11.01 %)IIS
574 (10.05 %)Apache
653 (7.201 %)SharePoint
730 (4.076 %)Tomcat
822 (2.989 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
917 (2.310 %)nginx
108 (1.087 %)Amazon EC2
115 (0.679 %)Amazon S3
115 (0.679 %)SharePoint 2010
115 (0.679 %)Exchange Server 5.5
115 (0.679 %)Exchange Server 2000
115 (0.679 %)Drupal
115 (0.679 %)Lotus Notes
115 (0.679 %)Lotus Domino
124 (0.543 %)SharePoint Server
124 (0.543 %)Amazon AWS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1165 (22.42 %)MS Excel
241 (5.571 %)MS Office
316 (2.174 %)MS Visio
41 (0.136 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.136 %)Office 365
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (1.630 %)BASE24
27 (0.951 %)SoftGrid
36 (0.815 %)Dynamics AX
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1365 (49.59 %)SAN
2206 (27.99 %)Firewall
3182 (24.73 %)DNS
4113 (15.35 %)DHCP
5110 (14.95 %)TCP/IP
6100 (13.59 %)NAS
796 (13.04 %)VPN
880 (10.87 %)iSCSI
956 (7.609 %)LAN
1054 (7.337 %)WAN
1152 (7.065 %)Internet
1248 (6.522 %)VLAN
1345 (6.114 %)Fibre Channel
1441 (5.571 %)SMTP
1540 (5.435 %)ADSL
1632 (4.348 %)VoIP
1632 (4.348 %)NetScaler
1731 (4.212 %)FTP
1830 (4.076 %)HTTP
1925 (3.397 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1146 (19.84 %)SQL Server
267 (9.103 %)MySQL
344 (5.978 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (5.299 %)SQL Server 2008
519 (2.582 %)Oracle 8/8i
615 (2.038 %)SQL Server 2000
77 (0.951 %)Crystal Reports
86 (0.815 %)Oracle Reports
86 (0.815 %)Oracle 10g
86 (0.815 %)Oracle 11g
94 (0.543 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.272 %)PostgreSQL
111 (0.136 %)Redis
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
124 (3.261 %)Subversion
221 (2.853 %)Git (software)
36 (0.815 %)ClearCase
36 (0.815 %)ClearQuest
42 (0.272 %)Team Foundation Server
42 (0.272 %)Visual Studio
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1100 (13.59 %)Finance
218 (2.446 %)Banking
316 (2.174 %)German Language
414 (1.902 %)Investment Banking
414 (1.902 %)French Language
414 (1.902 %)Spanish Language
513 (1.766 %)Hebrew Language
513 (1.766 %)Italian Language
612 (1.630 %)Electronics
711 (1.495 %)Marketing
88 (1.087 %)Retail
88 (1.087 %)Billing
88 (1.087 %)Telecoms
88 (1.087 %)Legal
95 (0.679 %)Law
104 (0.543 %)Games
113 (0.408 %)Manufacturing
113 (0.408 %)Financial Institution
122 (0.272 %)Music
131 (0.136 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1171 (23.23 %)Consultant
2112 (15.22 %)Administrator
390 (12.23 %)Virtualisation Consultant
480 (10.87 %)Systems Administrator
579 (10.73 %)Support Engineer
655 (7.473 %)Analyst
754 (7.337 %)Technical Consultant
845 (6.114 %)Infrastructure Engineer
942 (5.707 %)Architect
1038 (5.163 %)Storage Engineer
1136 (4.891 %)Systems Engineer
1234 (4.620 %)Technical Support
1234 (4.620 %)3rd Line Support
1332 (4.348 %)Linux Administrator
1427 (3.668 %)Support Analyst
1526 (3.533 %)VMware Consultant
1625 (3.397 %)Pre Sales Consultant
1724 (3.261 %)Infrastructure Consultant
1724 (3.261 %)Citrix Consultant
1823 (3.125 %)Linux Systems Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
154 (7.337 %)CLARiiON
249 (6.658 %)Clustering
338 (5.163 %)Blackberry
428 (3.804 %)Computer Science
428 (3.804 %)Open Source
522 (2.989 %)Cloud Computing
617 (2.310 %)SaaS
716 (2.174 %)Celerra
814 (1.902 %)Enterprise Storage
913 (1.766 %)Digital Media
1012 (1.630 %)Replication
1012 (1.630 %)Data Protection Act
119 (1.223 %)Mathematics
128 (1.087 %)Physics
128 (1.087 %)EqualLogic
136 (0.815 %)iPhone
136 (0.815 %)Fat Client
136 (0.815 %)Thin Client
143 (0.408 %)Client/Server
143 (0.408 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1580 (78.80 %)Windows
2364 (49.46 %)Windows Server 2003
3363 (49.32 %)Windows Server 2008
4277 (37.64 %)Linux
5126 (17.12 %)UNIX
5126 (17.12 %)Windows XP
686 (11.68 %)Windows 7
785 (11.55 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
879 (10.73 %)Windows Vista
961 (8.288 %)Solaris
1055 (7.473 %)CentOS
1145 (6.114 %)Ubuntu
1240 (5.435 %)Debian
1323 (3.125 %)Windows 2000 Server
1415 (2.038 %)OpenSolaris
1511 (1.495 %)Windows 2000
168 (1.087 %)SUSE
177 (0.951 %)VMS
177 (0.951 %)Mac OS X
177 (0.951 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
164 (8.696 %)ITIL
254 (7.337 %)Disaster Recovery
347 (6.386 %)Project Planning
446 (6.250 %)Load Balancing
541 (5.571 %)Migration
632 (4.348 %)Project Management
730 (4.076 %)Service Delivery
818 (2.446 %)Configuration Management
917 (2.310 %)Change Control
1016 (2.174 %)Data Management
1115 (2.038 %)Business Continuity
1115 (2.038 %)Technical Architecture
1115 (2.038 %)Integration Testing
1115 (2.038 %)Data Protection
1213 (1.766 %)Capacity Planning
1312 (1.630 %)E-Commerce
1411 (1.495 %)Validation
159 (1.223 %)Incident Management
159 (1.223 %)Problem Management
168 (1.087 %)Software Engineering
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1145 (19.70 %)SQL
256 (7.609 %)PowerShell
332 (4.348 %)Bash shell
426 (3.533 %)Perl
517 (2.310 %)C
614 (1.902 %)Python
614 (1.902 %)Java
712 (1.630 %)PHP
810 (1.359 %)VB
99 (1.223 %)C#
108 (1.087 %)VBScript
117 (0.951 %)Shell Script
126 (0.815 %)Korn
126 (0.815 %)C++
132 (0.272 %)Delphi
141 (0.136 %)T-SQL
141 (0.136 %)PowerHouse
141 (0.136 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1195 (26.49 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2170 (23.10 %)Microsoft Certification
3162 (22.01 %)MCSE
4122 (16.58 %)Cisco Certification
5107 (14.54 %)Citrix Certification
6104 (14.13 %)CCA
781 (11.01 %)MCITP
867 (9.103 %)CCNA
949 (6.658 %)Degree
1046 (6.250 %)VTSP
1144 (5.978 %)CCSP
1243 (5.842 %)MCSA
1332 (4.348 %)CCEE
1430 (4.076 %)CCIA
1430 (4.076 %)CCNP
1527 (3.668 %)VCP4
1624 (3.261 %)Security Cleared
1624 (3.261 %)RHCE
1720 (2.717 %)SC Cleared
1818 (2.446 %)VCP5
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
151 (6.929 %)SLA
213 (1.766 %)PCI DSS
36 (0.815 %)ISO/IEC 27001
45 (0.679 %)QA
51 (0.136 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1517 (70.24 %)VMware Infrastructure
2404 (54.89 %)vSphere
3340 (46.20 %)VMware ESX
4304 (41.30 %)Active Directory
5155 (21.06 %)XenDesktop
6146 (19.84 %)XenApp
7143 (19.43 %)Hyper-V
8120 (16.30 %)XenServer
943 (5.842 %)Citrix Presentation Server
943 (5.842 %)NFS
1042 (5.707 %)Terminal Services
1138 (5.163 %)vCloud
1227 (3.668 %)Samba
1326 (3.533 %)MetaFrame
1326 (3.533 %)Squid
1424 (3.261 %)Postfix
1521 (2.853 %)Sendmail
1521 (2.853 %)ISA Server
1618 (2.446 %)qmail
1717 (2.310 %)Varnish
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1187 (25.41 %)vCenter
241 (5.571 %)Backup Exec
338 (5.163 %)SCCM
433 (4.484 %)NetBackup
530 (4.076 %)SCOM
622 (2.989 %)SCVMM
622 (2.989 %)WSUS
720 (2.717 %)ZABBIX
818 (2.446 %)HP SIM
818 (2.446 %)Puppet
915 (2.038 %)Nagios
1012 (1.630 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
119 (1.223 %)EMC NetWorker
128 (1.087 %)Cobbler
137 (0.951 %)HP Data Protector
137 (0.951 %)Tivoli
145 (0.679 %)WMI
145 (0.679 %)MOM
145 (0.679 %)Cacti
154 (0.543 %)McAfee ePO
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1693 (94.16 %)VMware
2370 (50.27 %)Microsoft
3291 (39.54 %)Citrix
4212 (28.80 %)Cisco
5195 (26.49 %)HP
6136 (18.48 %)EMC
7124 (16.85 %)Red Hat
8115 (15.63 %)NetApp
953 (7.201 %)Dell
1048 (6.522 %)IBM
1146 (6.250 %)Veeam
1242 (5.707 %)Symantec
1339 (5.299 %)Juniper
1434 (4.620 %)Oracle
1524 (3.261 %)Altiris
1623 (3.125 %)Hitachi
1720 (2.717 %)DataCore
1819 (2.582 %)Sun
1916 (2.174 %)CommVault
1916 (2.174 %)PlateSpin