The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 17 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 47 62 75
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +13
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 1 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 0.344% 0.568% 0.189%
As % of the System Software category 3.226% 7.692% 1.923%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £60,000 £42,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+41.17% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
31 26 52
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 10.65% 7.386% 9.811%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 43
Average salary £50,000 £44,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% +35.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,900 £33,200 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,750 £40,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +3.89%
VMware ESX
Hertfordshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford VMware ESX Jobs Demand Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Trend

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

Watford VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX.

1 2 (100.00%) EMC
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) Celerra
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) EqualLogic
2 1 (50.00%) NCDA
2 1 (50.00%) NCIE
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (50.00%) VCAP
2 1 (50.00%) CCEE
2 1 (50.00%) CCAA
2 1 (50.00%) CCIA
2 1 (50.00%) VCP5
2 1 (50.00%) HP AIS
2 1 (50.00%) HP MASE
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) VCDX
2 1 (50.00%) VCP4
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) CLARiiON

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing VMware ESX 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 ESX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Celerra
2 1 (50.00%) EqualLogic
2 1 (50.00%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (50.00%) MCTS
2 1 (50.00%) MCITP
2 1 (50.00%) HP AIS
2 1 (50.00%) HP MASE
2 1 (50.00%) VCDX
2 1 (50.00%) VCP4
2 1 (50.00%) NCDA
2 1 (50.00%) NCIE
2 1 (50.00%) VCAP
2 1 (50.00%) CCEE
2 1 (50.00%) CCAA
2 1 (50.00%) CCIA
2 1 (50.00%) VCP5
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCEA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) EMC
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Dell