The first table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Virtual Server skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft Virtual Server over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Virtual Server
Rank 203 167 175
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +8
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server 1 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.020% 0.395% 0.024%
As % of the System Software category 0.178% 4.138% 0.233%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -23.80%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
563 435 429
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.20% 9.544% 10.28%
Number of salaries quoted 488 378 360
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

West Midlands Microsoft Virtual Server Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Microsoft Virtual Server Salary Trend

Microsoft Virtual Server
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Virtual Server within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -20 1 £45,000 +12.50%
Microsoft Virtual Server
England

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server.

1 13 (100.00%) SQL
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 13 (100.00%) DHCP
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (100.00%) SAN
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (92.31%) iSCSI
2 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (92.31%) vSphere
2 12 (92.31%) DataCore
2 12 (92.31%) Fibre Channel
2 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 12 (92.31%) IBM
2 12 (92.31%) VLAN
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (92.31%) HP
2 12 (92.31%) Solaris
2 12 (92.31%) Linux
2 12 (92.31%) IIS
3 1 (7.692%) ITIL
3 1 (7.692%) MCP
3 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.692%) MCSE
3 1 (7.692%) LDAP
3 1 (7.692%) MS Excel

Microsoft Virtual Server
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Microsoft Virtual Server 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 Microsoft Virtual Server. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 12 (92.31%) IIS
3 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
3 1 (7.692%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) DHCP
1 13 (100.00%) DNS
1 13 (100.00%) SAN
1 13 (100.00%) Firewall
2 12 (92.31%) iSCSI
2 12 (92.31%) Fibre Channel
2 12 (92.31%) VLAN
3 1 (7.692%) LDAP
3 1 (7.692%) SSL
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) PBX
3 1 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) SMTP
3 1 (7.692%) MPLS
3 1 (7.692%) Unified Communications
3 1 (7.692%) Asterisk PBX
Job Titles
1 1 (7.692%) Communications Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) iPad
1 1 (7.692%) iPhone
1 1 (7.692%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 12 (92.31%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (92.31%) Solaris
2 12 (92.31%) Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Phone
3 1 (7.692%) Android
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) ITIL
1 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
1 1 (7.692%) Service Delivery
1 1 (7.692%) Load Balancing
1 1 (7.692%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) MCP
1 1 (7.692%) MCSE
1 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (7.692%) MCITP
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 12 (92.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (92.31%) vSphere
3 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (92.31%) DataCore
2 12 (92.31%) VMware
2 12 (92.31%) Cisco
2 12 (92.31%) IBM
2 12 (92.31%) HP
Birmingham, West Midlands
Core skills & experience; - Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2008 - Windows Server 2003, 2008 - SAN/Cluster Administration - Virtual Server Administration - SharePoint Administration 2010 - Symantec Backup Exec - Hardware installation and configuration - Active...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Core skills & experience; - Microsoft Exchange 2007, 2008 - Windows Server 2003, 2008 - SAN/Cluster Administration - Virtual Server Administration - SharePoint Administration 2010 - Symantec Backup Exec - Hardware installation and configuration - Active...
IT Ventures
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013