The first part of the 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 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 Workstation
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank829793699
Rank change year-on-year
Down-36Down-94
Matching permanent IT job ads467253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.038 %0.059 %0.056 %
As % of the System Software category0.441 %0.780 %0.806 %
Number of salaries quoted426547
Average salary£43,500£42,500£33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.35 %+27.81 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£31,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£50,000£32,500
% change year-on-year
-30.00 %+53.84 %
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 Workstation
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

VMware Workstation
Salary Trend

The 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

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

VMware Workstation Salary Histogram

VMware Workstation
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 Workstation 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-4343£43,500+2.35 %
LondonDown-3219£49,000+21.73 %
South EastDown-3413£45,000+24.97 %
City of LondonUp+1912£45,000+24.13 %
East SussexNew entry-6£46,250-
BrightonNew entry-6£46,250-
North WestDown-114£21,500-38.57 %
South WestNew entry-4£18,625-
ManchesterNew entry-4£21,500-
BuryNew entry-4£21,500-
SurreyDown-213£40,000-5.88 %
GloucestershireNew entry-3£18,500-
GloucesterNew entry-3£18,500-
BerkshireDown-292£58,750+86.50 %
ScotlandNew entry-2£55,000-
East MidlandsNew entry-2£35,000-
YorkshireDown-151£42,000+40.00 %
WalesNew entry-1£26,500-
North WalesNew entry-1£26,500-
SomersetNew entry-1£24,500-
OxfordshireNew entry-1£23,500-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£37,500-
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1£32,500-
HampshireNew entry-1£30,000-
WrexhamNew entry-1£26,500-
RedhillNew entry-1£40,000-
NottinghamNew entry-1£37,500-
GooleNew entry-1£42,000-
GlasgowNew entry-1--
ClevedonNew entry-1£24,500-

VMware Workstation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

185 (100.00 %)VMware
273 (85.88 %)Windows
348 (56.47 %)VMware Infrastructure
447 (55.29 %)Active Directory
541 (48.24 %)Microsoft
638 (44.71 %)Windows XP
638 (44.71 %)SQL Server
736 (42.35 %)Citrix
736 (42.35 %)Windows 7
834 (40.00 %)VMware ESX
931 (36.47 %)SQL
931 (36.47 %)SharePoint
1030 (35.29 %)SAN
1030 (35.29 %)Firewall
1128 (32.94 %)WAN
1227 (31.76 %)LAN
1227 (31.76 %)Cisco
1325 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
1325 (29.41 %)VLAN
1424 (28.24 %)IIS
1523 (27.06 %)VoIP
1523 (27.06 %)Windows Server 2008
1622 (25.88 %)Internet
1721 (24.71 %)MS Exchange
1820 (23.53 %)IBM
1820 (23.53 %)AIX
1820 (23.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
1919 (22.35 %)Team Foundation Server
1919 (22.35 %)TCP/IP
1919 (22.35 %)Tivoli

VMware Workstation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (21.18 %)WebSphere
25 (5.882 %).NET
33 (3.529 %)Application Packaging
33 (3.529 %)Forefront TMG
42 (2.353 %)HTML
42 (2.353 %)ASP.NET MVC
42 (2.353 %).NET Framework
42 (2.353 %)ASP.NET
51 (1.176 %)CSS
51 (1.176 %)Web Services
51 (1.176 %)ODBC
51 (1.176 %)Hibernate
51 (1.176 %)Cocoa
51 (1.176 %)Spring
51 (1.176 %)Ruby on Rails
51 (1.176 %)ASP
51 (1.176 %)Software Packaging
51 (1.176 %)jQuery
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
131 (36.47 %)SharePoint
224 (28.24 %)IIS
321 (24.71 %)MS Exchange
418 (21.18 %)BizTalk Server
418 (21.18 %)IBM HTTP Server
418 (21.18 %)WebSphere Application Server
418 (21.18 %)WebSphere Portal
513 (15.29 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
612 (14.12 %)SharePoint Server
78 (9.412 %)Exchange Server 2007
78 (9.412 %)SharePoint 2010
85 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2003
85 (5.882 %)Exchange Server 2010
94 (4.706 %)Exchange Server 2000
102 (2.353 %)Lync
111 (1.176 %)Confluence
111 (1.176 %)Office Communications Server
111 (1.176 %)Exchange Server 5.5
111 (1.176 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (10.59 %)MS Office
25 (5.882 %)MS Excel
32 (2.353 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (4.706 %)Line 500
23 (3.529 %)SalesLogix
31 (1.176 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (1.176 %)Line 50
31 (1.176 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
130 (35.29 %)SAN
130 (35.29 %)Firewall
228 (32.94 %)WAN
327 (31.76 %)LAN
425 (29.41 %)VLAN
523 (27.06 %)VoIP
622 (25.88 %)Internet
719 (22.35 %)TCP/IP
818 (21.18 %)HTTP
910 (11.76 %)VPN
910 (11.76 %)DNS
910 (11.76 %)Wireless
107 (8.235 %)DHCP
116 (7.059 %)MPLS
125 (5.882 %)Ethernet
133 (3.529 %)NAS
142 (2.353 %)iSCSI
142 (2.353 %)FTP
142 (2.353 %)DMZ
142 (2.353 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (44.71 %)SQL Server
24 (4.706 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (3.529 %)Crystal Reports
41 (1.176 %)MS Access
41 (1.176 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
119 (22.35 %)Team Foundation Server
28 (9.412 %)Visual Studio
28 (9.412 %)NUnit
28 (9.412 %)Subversion
28 (9.412 %)FitNesse
28 (9.412 %)TeamCity
33 (3.529 %)MSI
42 (2.353 %)InstallShield
51 (1.176 %)IntelliJ
51 (1.176 %)Git (software)
51 (1.176 %)JIRA
51 (1.176 %)WinDbg
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (15.29 %)Finance
26 (7.059 %)Front Office
33 (3.529 %)Banking
42 (2.353 %)Retail
42 (2.353 %)Back Office
51 (1.176 %)Telecoms
51 (1.176 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.176 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.176 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
119 (22.35 %)Infrastructure Specialist
212 (14.12 %)Analyst
311 (12.94 %)Support Engineer
49 (10.59 %)Network Manager
56 (7.059 %)IT Support
56 (7.059 %)Support Analyst
56 (7.059 %)Administrator
65 (5.882 %)Support Technician
74 (4.706 %)Technical Support
74 (4.706 %)IT Manager
74 (4.706 %)Systems Administrator
74 (4.706 %)Senior Analyst
74 (4.706 %)Network Analyst
74 (4.706 %)Infrastructure Engineer
74 (4.706 %)IT Support Technician
74 (4.706 %)Support Manager
74 (4.706 %)Senior Network Analyst
74 (4.706 %)ICT Technician
83 (3.529 %)Technical Engineer
83 (3.529 %)Desktop Support
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (21.18 %)Enterprise Storage
27 (8.235 %)Blackberry
34 (4.706 %)Handset
34 (4.706 %)Replication
43 (3.529 %)PKI
43 (3.529 %)Management Information System
52 (2.353 %)Clustering
52 (2.353 %)Wiki
52 (2.353 %)Video Conferencing
61 (1.176 %)iPhone
61 (1.176 %)Cloud Computing
61 (1.176 %)iPad
61 (1.176 %)Hedge funds
61 (1.176 %)Fat Client
61 (1.176 %)Derivative
61 (1.176 %)Client/Server
61 (1.176 %)NHS
61 (1.176 %)Thin Client
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
173 (85.88 %)Windows
238 (44.71 %)Windows XP
336 (42.35 %)Windows 7
425 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
523 (27.06 %)Windows Server 2008
620 (23.53 %)Windows 2000 Server
620 (23.53 %)AIX
716 (18.82 %)Linux
813 (15.29 %)Windows Vista
99 (10.59 %)VMS
99 (10.59 %)Windows 2000
101 (1.176 %)HPUX
101 (1.176 %)NetWare
101 (1.176 %)Mac OS
101 (1.176 %)Apple iOS
101 (1.176 %)UNIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (21.18 %)Network Load Balancing
217 (20.00 %)ITIL
310 (11.76 %)Service Delivery
49 (10.59 %)Disaster Recovery
49 (10.59 %)Release Management
58 (9.412 %)Continuous Integration
58 (9.412 %)TDD
67 (8.235 %)CRM
76 (7.059 %)Business Intelligence
76 (7.059 %)Time Management
85 (5.882 %)Network Management
85 (5.882 %)Document Management
85 (5.882 %)Project Management
85 (5.882 %)Business Continuity
94 (4.706 %)Change Management
103 (3.529 %)ERP
103 (3.529 %)Information Security
112 (2.353 %)Asset Management
112 (2.353 %)MVC
112 (2.353 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (36.47 %)SQL
29 (10.59 %)PowerShell
38 (9.412 %)Python
44 (4.706 %)JavaScript
52 (2.353 %)Perl
52 (2.353 %)C#
52 (2.353 %)T-SQL
61 (1.176 %)Ruby
61 (1.176 %)Java
61 (1.176 %)Bash shell
61 (1.176 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (15.29 %)Microsoft Certification
211 (12.94 %)MCSE
38 (9.412 %)MCSA
47 (8.235 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
56 (7.059 %)Cisco Certification
56 (7.059 %)MCITP
56 (7.059 %)CCNA
64 (4.706 %)MCP
64 (4.706 %)MCDST
73 (3.529 %)MCTS
81 (1.176 %)Degree
81 (1.176 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
81 (1.176 %)SC Cleared
81 (1.176 %)Security Cleared
81 (1.176 %)CCDP
81 (1.176 %)Citrix Certification
81 (1.176 %)CCNP
81 (1.176 %)CNE
81 (1.176 %)Novell Certification
81 (1.176 %)A+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (3.529 %)SLA
13 (3.529 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
22 (2.353 %)ISO/IEC 27001
22 (2.353 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
148 (56.47 %)VMware Infrastructure
247 (55.29 %)Active Directory
334 (40.00 %)VMware ESX
410 (11.76 %)vSphere
57 (8.235 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (5.882 %)ISA Server
74 (4.706 %)VMware ESXi
82 (2.353 %)VMware GSX
82 (2.353 %)Terminal Server
91 (1.176 %)Terminal Services
91 (1.176 %)MetaFrame
91 (1.176 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
91 (1.176 %)VMware Server
91 (1.176 %)XenApp
91 (1.176 %)XenServer
91 (1.176 %)XenDesktop
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
119 (22.35 %)Tivoli
218 (21.18 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
312 (14.12 %)SCCM
46 (7.059 %)Backup Exec
46 (7.059 %)WSUS
54 (4.706 %)ARCserve
54 (4.706 %)Norton AntiVirus
63 (3.529 %)Sysprep
72 (2.353 %)vCenter
72 (2.353 %)SCOM
72 (2.353 %)DameWare
72 (2.353 %)NetBackup
72 (2.353 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
72 (2.353 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (1.176 %)MOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
185 (100.00 %)VMware
241 (48.24 %)Microsoft
336 (42.35 %)Citrix
427 (31.76 %)Cisco
520 (23.53 %)IBM
618 (21.18 %)EMC
618 (21.18 %)Stellent
78 (9.412 %)Symantec
86 (7.059 %)McAfee
86 (7.059 %)HP
86 (7.059 %)NetApp
95 (5.882 %)Apple
95 (5.882 %)Sage
95 (5.882 %)Interwoven
95 (5.882 %)CA
104 (4.706 %)Dell
104 (4.706 %)Websense
113 (3.529 %)Oracle
113 (3.529 %)SAP
113 (3.529 %)CommVault