The first table below looks at the demand for vSphere skills in IT jobs advertised for the Uxbridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited vSphere 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 for the Uxbridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware vSphere
Rank 32 29 34
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +5
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 5 9 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Uxbridge 2.463% 3.913% 0.535%
As % of the System Software category 10.42% 37.50% 4.167%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 1
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -19.04%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
All System Software
Uxbridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
48 24 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Uxbridge 23.65% 10.43% 12.83%
Number of salaries quoted 43 24 24
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
vSphere
London

vSphere
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing vSphere across the Uxbridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Uxbridge vSphere Jobs Demand Trend

vSphere
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing vSphere across the Uxbridge region.

Uxbridge vSphere Salary Trend

vSphere
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing vSphere across the Uxbridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Uxbridge vSphere Salary Histogram

vSphere
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Uxbridge region citing vSphere 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 vSphere.

1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Citrix
3 5 (62.50%) MCITP
4 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (50.00%) SAN
4 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (37.50%) VCAP
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
5 3 (37.50%) HP
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
5 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 3 (37.50%) SQL
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
6 2 (25.00%) Huawei
6 2 (25.00%) SCCM
6 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
6 2 (25.00%) Firewall
6 2 (25.00%) Migration
6 2 (25.00%) Linux
6 2 (25.00%) MCSE
6 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (25.00%) CCNP

vSphere
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Uxbridge region citing vSphere 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 vSphere. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) Memcached
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (12.50%) Escenic
3 1 (12.50%) Lync
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (12.50%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (25.00%) Firewall
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) MPLS
4 1 (12.50%) NetScaler
4 1 (12.50%) FWSM
4 1 (12.50%) Internet
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security
4 1 (12.50%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Consultant
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) EqualLogic
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
1 1 (12.50%) EPoS
1 1 (12.50%) Device Driver
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
1 1 (12.50%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
4 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Identity Management
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) MCITP
2 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (37.50%) VCAP
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (25.00%) MCSE
4 2 (25.00%) CCNP
4 2 (25.00%) CCNA
5 1 (12.50%) VCDX
5 1 (12.50%) HP AIS
5 1 (12.50%) NCDA
5 1 (12.50%) NCIE
5 1 (12.50%) CCEE
5 1 (12.50%) CCAA
5 1 (12.50%) CCIA
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (12.50%) RHCE
5 1 (12.50%) IBM Certification
5 1 (12.50%) MCSA
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (25.00%) XenApp
3 2 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (12.50%) XenServer
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (12.50%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Puppet
2 1 (12.50%) NetBackup
2 1 (12.50%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco
1 7 (87.50%) VMware
2 6 (75.00%) Citrix
3 3 (37.50%) HP
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Huawei
4 2 (25.00%) NetApp
4 2 (25.00%) Barracuda Networks
4 2 (25.00%) Veeam
5 1 (12.50%) DataCore
5 1 (12.50%) Red Hat
5 1 (12.50%) Dell
5 1 (12.50%) IBM