VMware vSphere
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 537 558 695
Rank change year-on-year +21 +137 -229
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 392 475 611
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.45% 0.40%
As % of the System Software category 3.20% 2.96% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 334 330 484
10th Percentile £28,860 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,839 £31,250 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £58,625 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £67,875 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +25.00% -5.88% -5.56%

All System Software Skills
UK

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 12,249 16,035 28,223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 12.49% 15.32% 18.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9,715 10,596 15,794
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £56,325
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.35% +2.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £86,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vSphere.

Salary trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +73 378 £52,500 +16.67% 74
UK excluding London -17 295 £50,000 +25.00% 56
Work from Home +73 125 £52,500 +5.00% 23
London +110 96 £65,000 +8.33% 19
South West +41 74 £52,500 +31.25% 9
South East +11 65 £48,500 +38.57% 20
East of England +15 50 £30,500 -39.00% 4
Midlands 0 50 £50,000 +53.85% 15
North of England +7 43 £44,000 -2.22% 8
West Midlands +17 30 £50,000 +53.85% 9
East Midlands -13 20 £50,000 - 6
Yorkshire +69 18 £43,750 +9.38% 2
North West -16 17 £52,500 - 4
Scotland -66 11 £34,000 -32.00% 1
North East +4 9 £27,500 - 2
Northern Ireland +25 2 £34,628 +6.55% 1
Wales +8 1 £50,000 +122.22%

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 67 (17.09%) Microsoft Exchange
1 67 (17.09%) SharePoint
2 29 (7.40%) IIS
3 10 (2.55%) WordPress
4 8 (2.04%) Confluence
4 8 (2.04%) WebSphere
5 7 (1.79%) Skype for Business
6 4 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
6 4 (1.02%) SAS
7 2 (0.51%) nginx
8 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.26%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.77%) SPSS
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Eikon
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 182 (46.43%) Microsoft 365
2 181 (46.17%) Azure
3 44 (11.22%) Entra ID
4 37 (9.44%) AWS
5 33 (8.42%) OneDrive
6 24 (6.12%) IaaS
6 24 (6.12%) PaaS
7 17 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
8 13 (3.32%) SaaS
9 6 (1.53%) GCP
10 3 (0.77%) Dropbox
10 3 (0.77%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.77%) Rubrik
10 3 (0.77%) WhatsApp
11 2 (0.51%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.51%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.51%) Slack
11 2 (0.51%) Zapier
12 1 (0.26%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 120 (30.61%) Firewall
2 99 (25.26%) SAN
3 86 (21.94%) VPN
4 77 (19.64%) LAN
5 76 (19.39%) DNS
6 71 (18.11%) WAN
7 54 (13.78%) VSAN
8 53 (13.52%) DHCP
9 38 (9.69%) NAS
10 37 (9.44%) Internet
11 36 (9.18%) VLAN
11 36 (9.18%) Wireless
12 27 (6.89%) Network Security
13 22 (5.61%) VoIP
14 20 (5.10%) TCP/IP
15 17 (4.34%) Fibre Channel
15 17 (4.34%) Wi-Fi
16 15 (3.83%) iSCSI
16 15 (3.83%) WLAN
17 14 (3.57%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (14.80%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.04%) DB2
3 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.02%) MySQL
4 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.77%) Big Data
5 3 (0.77%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.77%) Ingres
5 3 (0.77%) Power BI
6 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.51%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.51%) Redis
6 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.51%) Tableau
7 1 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 11 (2.81%) JIRA
2 5 (1.28%) Git
3 4 (1.02%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 76 (19.39%) Social Skills
2 51 (13.01%) Finance
3 45 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (5.10%) Military
5 14 (3.57%) Billing
6 13 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
6 13 (3.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.32%) Public Sector
7 10 (2.55%) Aerospace
8 9 (2.30%) Banking
9 8 (2.04%) Advertising
10 7 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.02%) Electronics
11 4 (1.02%) Legal
11 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.02%) Police
12 3 (0.77%) Local Government
13 2 (0.51%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 103 (26.28%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 52 (13.27%) Senior
3 43 (10.97%) Support Engineer
4 39 (9.95%) Architect
5 33 (8.42%) Consultant
6 30 (7.65%) IT Engineer
7 29 (7.40%) Administrator
8 27 (6.89%) Analyst
8 27 (6.89%) Lead
9 24 (6.12%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 24 (6.12%) Security Consultant
10 23 (5.87%) Systems Engineer
11 22 (5.61%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 22 (5.61%) VMware Engineer
12 21 (5.36%) 2nd Line Support
13 20 (5.10%) IT Support
13 20 (5.10%) Systems Administrator
14 19 (4.85%) Infrastructure Architect
14 19 (4.85%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 17 (4.34%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (6.12%) Elastic Stack
2 16 (4.08%) JSON
3 14 (3.57%) ARM Templates
3 14 (3.57%) YAML
4 10 (2.55%) LAMP
5 8 (2.04%) .NET
5 8 (2.04%) WebSphere MQ
6 5 (1.28%) EDI
7 4 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (1.02%) REST
7 4 (1.02%) SOAP
7 4 (1.02%) XMPP
8 2 (0.51%) XML
8 2 (0.51%) X-Windows
9 1 (0.26%) LDAP
9 1 (0.26%) OAuth
9 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 82 (20.92%) Data Centre
2 47 (11.99%) Replication
3 38 (9.69%) PKI
3 38 (9.69%) Public Cloud
4 24 (6.12%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 24 (6.12%) Management Information System
5 19 (4.85%) Private Cloud
6 17 (4.34%) Self-Motivation
7 16 (4.08%) Clustering
8 15 (3.83%) Cyber Defence
8 15 (3.83%) Security Operations Centre
9 10 (2.55%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
12 5 (1.28%) Smartcard
12 5 (1.28%) Virtual Team
13 4 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
13 4 (1.02%) Mobile Computing
13 4 (1.02%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 252 (64.29%) Windows
2 210 (53.57%) Windows Server
3 134 (34.18%) Linux
4 64 (16.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 53 (13.52%) Windows 10
6 52 (13.27%) Windows Server 2012
7 48 (12.24%) Ubuntu
8 47 (11.99%) Windows Server 2019
9 22 (5.61%) CentOS
10 21 (5.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 17 (4.34%) SUSE
12 13 (3.32%) Windows 7
13 12 (3.06%) VMS
14 10 (2.55%) Debian
15 8 (2.04%) Apple iOS
16 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
17 2 (0.51%) Mac OS
17 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.51%) Unix
17 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (29.08%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 89 (22.70%) ITIL
3 63 (16.07%) Agile
4 46 (11.73%) Cybersecurity
5 44 (11.22%) Incident Management
5 44 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
6 38 (9.69%) Customer Service
7 37 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (9.18%) Service Delivery
8 36 (9.18%) Virtual Infrastructure
9 32 (8.16%) SIEM
10 30 (7.65%) Project Delivery
11 28 (7.14%) Mentoring
12 27 (6.89%) Analytics
12 27 (6.89%) Data Analytics
12 27 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
12 27 (6.89%) Vulnerability Management
13 26 (6.63%) Load Balancing
14 25 (6.38%) DevOps
14 25 (6.38%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 136 (34.69%) PowerShell
2 47 (11.99%) SQL
3 28 (7.14%) Python
4 25 (6.38%) Bash
5 10 (2.55%) ActionScript
5 10 (2.55%) VB
6 7 (1.79%) C#
6 7 (1.79%) VB.NET
7 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.77%) AWK
8 3 (0.77%) sed
9 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.26%) Java
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 88 (22.45%) Security Cleared
2 59 (15.05%) Degree
3 52 (13.27%) Microsoft Certification
4 50 (12.76%) DV Cleared
5 33 (8.42%) SC Cleared
6 28 (7.14%) MCSA
7 27 (6.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 25 (6.38%) MCSE
9 19 (4.85%) Cisco Certification
10 14 (3.57%) CCNA
11 11 (2.81%) HND
12 10 (2.55%) DBS Check
13 9 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
14 7 (1.79%) MCP
15 5 (1.28%) CCA
15 5 (1.28%) CCNP
15 5 (1.28%) Citrix Certification
15 5 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (1.28%) RHCA
15 5 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.12%) NIST
1 24 (6.12%) SLA
2 5 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.77%) GDPR
4 2 (0.51%) NCSC
4 2 (0.51%) QA
5 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 253 (64.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 212 (54.08%) Active Directory
3 80 (20.41%) VMware ESXi
4 39 (9.95%) Hyper-V
5 29 (7.40%) Virtual Machines
6 20 (5.10%) Virtual Desktop
7 19 (4.85%) VMware NSX
8 15 (3.83%) vCloud
8 15 (3.83%) XenApp
9 10 (2.55%) OpenSSH
9 10 (2.55%) Virtual Servers
10 7 (1.79%) Docker
11 6 (1.53%) Firmware
12 5 (1.28%) Terminal Services
13 4 (1.02%) VMware Server
14 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 2 (0.51%) Varnish
15 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
16 1 (0.26%) KVM
16 1 (0.26%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 73 (18.62%) vCenter Server
2 47 (11.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (11.22%) SCCM
4 25 (6.38%) Terraform
5 22 (5.61%) Kubernetes
6 19 (4.85%) Ansible
6 19 (4.85%) Puppet
7 17 (4.34%) WSUS
8 15 (3.83%) McAfee ePO
9 12 (3.06%) FortiGate
10 11 (2.81%) PowerCLI
11 10 (2.55%) IBM BigFix
11 10 (2.55%) VxRail
12 8 (2.04%) NetCrunch
12 8 (2.04%) SCVMM
13 7 (1.79%) Nagios
14 6 (1.53%) Failover Clustering
14 6 (1.53%) SCOM
14 6 (1.53%) SmoothWall
14 6 (1.53%) vRealize
Vendors
1 348 (88.78%) VMware
2 216 (55.10%) Microsoft
3 78 (19.90%) Veeam
4 59 (15.05%) Cisco
5 53 (13.52%) HP
6 49 (12.50%) Citrix
7 42 (10.71%) Dell
8 31 (7.91%) SolarWinds
9 28 (7.14%) NetApp
9 28 (7.14%) Red Hat
10 26 (6.63%) IBM
11 24 (6.12%) Tanium
11 24 (6.12%) Tripwire
12 21 (5.36%) Commvault
12 21 (5.36%) Palo Alto
13 16 (4.08%) McAfee
14 15 (3.83%) Juniper
14 15 (3.83%) Zerto
15 14 (3.57%) Aruba
15 14 (3.57%) Fujitsu