The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Workstation skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Workstation 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 of the System Software category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Workstation
Rank 789 840 799
Rank change year-on-year
+51 -41
Permanent jobs citing VMware Workstation 71 47 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.065% 0.039% 0.059%
As % of the System Software category 0.680% 0.446% 0.780%
Number of salaries quoted 46 43 65
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% -1.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £21,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,750 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £32,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+23.07% -35.00%
All System Software
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
10442 10528 9231
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.612% 8.688% 7.565%
Number of salaries quoted 8804 9065 7576
Average salary £40,000 £41,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.61% +3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%

VMware Workstation
Jobs Demand Trend

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

VMware Workstation Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Workstation
Salary Trend

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

VMware Workstation Salary Trend

VMware Workstation
Salary Histogram

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

VMware Workstation Salary Histogram

VMware Workstation
Top 27 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Workstation 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 +28 63 £40,000 -4.76%
London +34 22 £45,000 -8.16%
South East +3 20 £33,500 -25.55%
Berkshire +22 14 £35,000 -40.42%
West Midlands - 12 £47,000 -
Bracknell - 10 £40,000 -
Coventry - 9 £47,000 -
Surrey +13 5 £32,000 -5.18%
Scotland -1 5 £52,500 -4.54%
Nottingham +5 4 £27,500 -26.66%
Nottinghamshire +3 4 £27,500 -26.66%
East Midlands +2 4 £27,500 -21.42%
North West -9 4 £40,000 +86.04%
Manchester -13 4 £40,000 +86.04%
Aberdeen - 4 £52,500 -
Guildford - 4 £32,000 -
City of London -4 2 £55,000 +22.22%
Solihull - 2 £25,000 -
Hampshire +1 1 - -
Wales -1 1 £32,500 +22.64%
South West -4 1 - -
South Wales - 1 £32,500 -
Renfrewshire - 1 - -
Windsor - 1 £29,000 -
Erskine - 1 - -
Cardiff - 1 £32,500 -
Bristol - 1 - -

VMware Workstation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VMware Workstation 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 Workstation.

1 115 (100.00%) VMware
2 87 (75.65%) Windows
3 81 (70.43%) Microsoft
4 78 (67.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 71 (61.74%) Active Directory
6 66 (57.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 63 (54.78%) Windows Server 2003
8 59 (51.30%) Windows XP
9 56 (48.70%) Windows 7
10 53 (46.09%) MS Exchange
11 48 (41.74%) VMware ESX
12 47 (40.87%) Finance
13 43 (37.39%) HP
14 39 (33.91%) Disaster Recovery
15 36 (31.30%) SQL Server
16 32 (27.83%) Application Packaging
17 31 (26.96%) SCCM
17 31 (26.96%) VB
17 31 (26.96%) LAN
18 29 (25.22%) WAN
19 28 (24.35%) Retail
20 25 (21.74%) Perl
20 25 (21.74%) Security Cleared
20 25 (21.74%) PowerShell
21 24 (20.87%) Exchange Server 2010
22 23 (20.00%) Degree
22 23 (20.00%) Handset
22 23 (20.00%) MS Excel
23 22 (19.13%) SQL
23 22 (19.13%) Citrix

VMware Workstation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing VMware Workstation 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 Workstation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (27.83%) Application Packaging
2 21 (18.26%) Software Packaging
3 11 (9.565%) COM
4 5 (4.348%) .NET
5 2 (1.739%) WinForms
6 1 (0.870%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.870%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 53 (46.09%) MS Exchange
2 24 (20.87%) Exchange Server 2010
3 18 (15.65%) IIS
3 18 (15.65%) Exchange Server 2003
4 15 (13.04%) SharePoint
5 14 (12.17%) Tomcat
6 10 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (3.478%) Exchange Server 2000
8 3 (2.609%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 3 (2.609%) Lync
9 2 (1.739%) Lotus Notes
9 2 (1.739%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.870%) Site Server
10 1 (0.870%) Apache
10 1 (0.870%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 23 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 19 (16.52%) MS Office
3 1 (0.870%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.478%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 31 (26.96%) LAN
2 29 (25.22%) WAN
3 16 (13.91%) TCP/IP
3 16 (13.91%) Firewall
4 15 (13.04%) SAN
5 11 (9.565%) DNS
6 9 (7.826%) VPN
6 9 (7.826%) DHCP
7 8 (6.957%) Internet
8 7 (6.087%) VoIP
8 7 (6.087%) Network Security
8 7 (6.087%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (5.217%) VLAN
9 6 (5.217%) SSH
10 5 (4.348%) SSL
10 5 (4.348%) Wireless
10 5 (4.348%) IPsec
10 5 (4.348%) NAS
10 5 (4.348%) NetScaler
11 3 (2.609%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (31.30%) SQL Server
2 20 (17.39%) Oracle 8/8i
3 12 (10.43%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (1.739%) MS Access
5 2 (1.739%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (1.739%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.870%) MySQL
6 1 (0.870%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 15 (13.04%) LoadRunner
2 7 (6.087%) InstallShield
3 5 (4.348%) MSI
3 5 (4.348%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (4.348%) SilkTest
4 2 (1.739%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.739%) NUnit
4 2 (1.739%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (40.87%) Finance
2 28 (24.35%) Retail
3 16 (13.91%) Financial Institution
4 14 (12.17%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.739%) Law
5 2 (1.739%) Front Office
6 1 (0.870%) Banking
6 1 (0.870%) Back Office
6 1 (0.870%) Legal
Job Titles
1 29 (25.22%) Administrator
1 29 (25.22%) Systems Administrator
2 27 (23.48%) Applications Packager
3 22 (19.13%) Junior
3 22 (19.13%) Junior Systems Administrator
4 16 (13.91%) Analyst
5 12 (10.43%) Support Engineer
6 11 (9.565%) Test Analyst
6 11 (9.565%) Graduate
6 11 (9.565%) Senior Analyst
6 11 (9.565%) Senior Test Analyst
7 9 (7.826%) Windows Systems Administrator
7 9 (7.826%) Windows Administrator
8 8 (6.957%) Systems Support
8 8 (6.957%) 1st Line Support
9 5 (4.348%) Consultant
9 5 (4.348%) Test Consultant
9 5 (4.348%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (4.348%) Performance Test Consultant
10 4 (3.478%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 23 (20.00%) Handset
2 21 (18.26%) Management Information System
3 11 (9.565%) Computer Science
4 7 (6.087%) Replication
5 6 (5.217%) Blackberry
6 4 (3.478%) SWIFT
7 3 (2.609%) Thin Client
7 3 (2.609%) Clustering
7 3 (2.609%) Fat Client
7 3 (2.609%) Hedge funds
7 3 (2.609%) Enterprise Storage
8 2 (1.739%) IaaS
8 2 (1.739%) SaaS
8 2 (1.739%) Smartcard
9 1 (0.870%) CCTV
9 1 (0.870%) iPhone
9 1 (0.870%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 87 (75.65%) Windows
2 66 (57.39%) Windows Server 2008
3 63 (54.78%) Windows Server 2003
4 59 (51.30%) Windows XP
5 56 (48.70%) Windows 7
6 15 (13.04%) Linux
7 6 (5.217%) Windows 2000 Server
7 6 (5.217%) UNIX
7 6 (5.217%) AIX
8 5 (4.348%) Windows 8
9 3 (2.609%) Solaris
9 3 (2.609%) Windows Vista
10 2 (1.739%) CentOS
10 2 (1.739%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.870%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.870%) Android
11 1 (0.870%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.91%) Disaster Recovery
2 17 (14.78%) Migration
3 16 (13.91%) Validation
3 16 (13.91%) Test Scripting
3 16 (13.91%) Regression Testing
3 16 (13.91%) Non-Functional Testing
4 15 (13.04%) Test Automation
5 14 (12.17%) Automated Testing
6 13 (11.30%) ITIL
6 13 (11.30%) Investment Management
7 7 (6.087%) Information Security
8 6 (5.217%) CRM
9 5 (4.348%) Service Delivery
9 5 (4.348%) Business Continuity
9 5 (4.348%) Change Control
10 4 (3.478%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (3.478%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (3.478%) Network Design
10 4 (3.478%) Service Management
10 4 (3.478%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.96%) VB
2 25 (21.74%) Perl
2 25 (21.74%) PowerShell
3 22 (19.13%) SQL
4 9 (7.826%) C
5 7 (6.087%) VBScript
6 2 (1.739%) C-shell
6 2 (1.739%) Bash shell
6 2 (1.739%) C#
6 2 (1.739%) Java
6 2 (1.739%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.870%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 23 (20.00%) Degree
3 21 (18.26%) SC Cleared
4 16 (13.91%) ISEB
5 7 (6.087%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (4.348%) MCSE
6 5 (4.348%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (4.348%) CCNA
7 4 (3.478%) CCNP
8 2 (1.739%) MCITP
9 1 (0.870%) CCA
9 1 (0.870%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (0.870%) MCP
9 1 (0.870%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.870%) BS25999
System Software
1 78 (67.83%) VMware Infrastructure
2 71 (61.74%) Active Directory
3 48 (41.74%) VMware ESX
4 16 (13.91%) vSphere
5 5 (4.348%) XenApp
6 4 (3.478%) VMware Server
6 4 (3.478%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (2.609%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (1.739%) Hyper-V
8 2 (1.739%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (1.739%) Xen
8 2 (1.739%) XenServer
8 2 (1.739%) XenDesktop
8 2 (1.739%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.870%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 31 (26.96%) SCCM
2 16 (13.91%) HP Quality Center
3 14 (12.17%) OpenView Configuration Management
4 10 (8.696%) Backup Exec
5 6 (5.217%) Tivoli
6 5 (4.348%) WSUS
7 4 (3.478%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 2 (1.739%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (1.739%) SCOM
8 2 (1.739%) Sysprep
8 2 (1.739%) DameWare
8 2 (1.739%) OpenView
8 2 (1.739%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.870%) ARCserve
9 1 (0.870%) Netcool
9 1 (0.870%) Norton AntiVirus
9 1 (0.870%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 115 (100.00%) VMware
2 81 (70.43%) Microsoft
3 43 (37.39%) HP
4 22 (19.13%) Citrix
5 20 (17.39%) Oracle
6 16 (13.91%) Cisco
7 15 (13.04%) Fujitsu
8 14 (12.17%) CA
9 12 (10.43%) NetApp
10 8 (6.957%) Symantec
11 6 (5.217%) Veeam
12 5 (4.348%) IBM
12 5 (4.348%) Juniper
12 5 (4.348%) Altiris
12 5 (4.348%) WatchGuard
13 4 (3.478%) EMC
13 4 (3.478%) CheckPoint
14 3 (2.609%) McAfee
15 2 (1.739%) LANDesk
15 2 (1.739%) Wyse
Aberdeen, Scotland
Support and configure IT infrastructure, for example- high capacity/performance disk configurations and management as well as high-end workstation configuration ** Installation and operation of an effective backup...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Excellent Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 7 May 2013