The first table below looks at the demand for the Virtualisation Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Virtualisation Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtualization Consultant
Rank 199 168 165
Rank change year-on-year
-31 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Virtualisation Consultant 5 17 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.099% 0.373% 0.264%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.104% 0.389% 0.276%
Number of salaries quoted 1 17 8
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +17.64%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Virtualisation Consultant
England

Virtualisation Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Virtualisation Consultant across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Virtualisation Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Virtualisation Consultant
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Virtualisation Consultant Salary Trend

Virtualisation Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Virtualisation Consultant 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 -29 5 £47,500 -5.00%
Coventry -26 2 - -
Virtualisation Consultant
England

Virtualisation Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Virtualisation Consultant in their job title 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 with Virtualisation Consultant in their job title.

1 22 (88.00%) Citrix
2 15 (60.00%) VMware
2 15 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 15 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (56.00%) XenApp
3 14 (56.00%) XenDesktop
3 14 (56.00%) vSphere
4 13 (52.00%) Windows
5 12 (48.00%) Microsoft App-V
6 11 (44.00%) HP
6 11 (44.00%) Citrix Certification
6 11 (44.00%) XenServer
6 11 (44.00%) CCEE
7 10 (40.00%) CCIA
7 10 (40.00%) MCITP
8 9 (36.00%) CCEA
9 8 (32.00%) Telecoms
9 8 (32.00%) Finance
9 8 (32.00%) Retail
9 8 (32.00%) MSI
9 8 (32.00%) Fujitsu
9 8 (32.00%) Windows 7
9 8 (32.00%) NetScaler
9 8 (32.00%) Windows 8
10 7 (28.00%) CCAA
10 7 (28.00%) Veeam
10 7 (28.00%) IBM
11 6 (24.00%) MS Excel
11 6 (24.00%) VCDX
11 6 (24.00%) MCTS

Virtualisation Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Virtualisation Consultant in their job title 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 with Virtualisation Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) MS Exchange
1 1 (4.000%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.000%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (32.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (16.00%) SAN
3 3 (12.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (4.000%) Firewall
4 1 (4.000%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (4.000%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (32.00%) MSI
General
1 8 (32.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
1 8 (32.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) EqualLogic
1 3 (12.00%) Celerra
2 2 (8.000%) CLARiiON
2 2 (8.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 13 (52.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Windows 7
2 8 (32.00%) Windows 8
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.000%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (8.000%) High Availability
3 1 (4.000%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 15 (60.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 11 (44.00%) Citrix Certification
2 11 (44.00%) CCEE
3 10 (40.00%) CCIA
3 10 (40.00%) MCITP
4 9 (36.00%) CCEA
5 7 (28.00%) CCAA
6 6 (24.00%) VCDX
6 6 (24.00%) MCTS
7 5 (20.00%) VCAP
8 4 (16.00%) CCA
9 3 (12.00%) NCDA
10 2 (8.000%) HP ASE
10 2 (8.000%) HP MASE
10 2 (8.000%) NCIE
11 1 (4.000%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (4.000%) CCNP
11 1 (4.000%) HP AIS
System Software
1 15 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (56.00%) XenApp
2 14 (56.00%) XenDesktop
2 14 (56.00%) vSphere
3 12 (48.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 11 (44.00%) XenServer
5 5 (20.00%) Hyper-V
6 4 (16.00%) VMware ESX
7 3 (12.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) SCCM
1 2 (8.000%) SCOM
1 2 (8.000%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 22 (88.00%) Citrix
2 15 (60.00%) VMware
3 11 (44.00%) HP
4 8 (32.00%) Fujitsu
5 7 (28.00%) Veeam
5 7 (28.00%) IBM
6 4 (16.00%) Cisco
6 4 (16.00%) Dell
6 4 (16.00%) EMC
6 4 (16.00%) NetApp
7 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
8 1 (4.000%) AppSense