The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Infrastructure 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 VMware Infrastructure over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Infrastructure (VI3)
Rank 59 67 59
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Permanent jobs citing VMware Infrastructure 201 153 144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.048% 3.398% 3.469%
As % of the System Software category 35.39% 37.68% 34.12%
Number of salaries quoted 166 125 106
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,300 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All System Software
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
568 406 422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 11.44% 9.016% 10.17%
Number of salaries quoted 495 353 350
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% -5.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands VMware Infrastructure Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands VMware Infrastructure Salary Trend

VMware Infrastructure
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands VMware Infrastructure Salary Histogram

VMware Infrastructure
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Infrastructure within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 0 95 £45,000 +12.50%
Warwickshire +24 27 £35,000 +16.66%
Coventry +9 27 £35,000 -26.31%
Staffordshire +16 26 £37,500 +15.38%
Solihull -2 21 £40,000 +12.67%
Sutton Coldfield - 10 £27,000 -
Shropshire - 8 £30,000 -
Wolverhampton +4 5 £42,500 +10.38%
Worcestershire - 5 £42,500 -
Willenhall - 2 £35,000 -
Halesowen - 2 £35,000 -
Wednesbury - 2 £35,000 -
West Bromwich -1 1 £37,500 -11.76%
VMware Infrastructure
England

VMware Infrastructure
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure.

1 387 (100.00%) VMware
2 248 (64.08%) Windows
3 202 (52.20%) Microsoft
4 188 (48.58%) Citrix
5 175 (45.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 169 (43.67%) Active Directory
7 155 (40.05%) Hyper-V
8 132 (34.11%) HP
9 124 (32.04%) MS Exchange
10 122 (31.52%) Cisco
11 118 (30.49%) NetApp
12 115 (29.72%) Windows Server 2003
13 114 (29.46%) vSphere
14 100 (25.84%) XenDesktop
15 98 (25.32%) SAN
16 89 (23.00%) SQL Server
17 83 (21.45%) MS Excel
17 83 (21.45%) Firewall
18 79 (20.41%) SCCM
19 72 (18.60%) SQL
19 72 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
20 71 (18.35%) SCOM
21 66 (17.05%) XenApp
22 64 (16.54%) XenServer
23 60 (15.50%) Linux
24 59 (15.25%) MCITP
25 58 (14.99%) Exchange Server 2010
26 56 (14.47%) SharePoint
27 49 (12.66%) WAN
28 48 (12.40%) IBM

VMware Infrastructure
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VMware Infrastructure 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 Infrastructure. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (3.618%) WebSphere
2 10 (2.584%) Application Packaging
2 10 (2.584%) .NET
3 9 (2.326%) Web Services
4 5 (1.292%) XML
4 5 (1.292%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.034%) COM
5 4 (1.034%) CSS
5 4 (1.034%) HTML
6 2 (0.517%) ASP
6 2 (0.517%) JDBC
6 2 (0.517%) XHTML
6 2 (0.517%) MDX
6 2 (0.517%) Silverlight
7 1 (0.258%) WDK
7 1 (0.258%) MFC
Application Platforms
1 124 (32.04%) MS Exchange
2 58 (14.99%) Exchange Server 2010
3 56 (14.47%) SharePoint
4 34 (8.786%) Exchange Server 2007
4 34 (8.786%) Lync
5 33 (8.527%) IIS
6 21 (5.426%) Exchange Server 2003
7 13 (3.359%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (3.101%) Tomcat
9 10 (2.584%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 8 (2.067%) Apache
11 5 (1.292%) Exchange Server 2000
11 5 (1.292%) Exchange Server 2013
12 3 (0.775%) SharePoint Server
12 3 (0.775%) Lotus Notes
12 3 (0.775%) Lotus Domino
13 1 (0.258%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.258%) Documentum
13 1 (0.258%) SAS
13 1 (0.258%) Captiva
Applications
1 83 (21.45%) MS Excel
2 36 (9.302%) MS Office
3 20 (5.168%) Office 365
4 2 (0.517%) InfoPath
4 2 (0.517%) Google Apps
5 1 (0.258%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 4 (1.034%) Remedy AR System
2 2 (0.517%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.258%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.258%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.258%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.258%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 98 (25.32%) SAN
2 83 (21.45%) Firewall
3 49 (12.66%) WAN
4 46 (11.89%) LAN
5 45 (11.63%) DHCP
5 45 (11.63%) DNS
6 35 (9.044%) NAS
7 26 (6.718%) iSCSI
8 20 (5.168%) TCP/IP
9 19 (4.910%) Fibre Channel
10 18 (4.651%) VLAN
11 17 (4.393%) Internet
11 17 (4.393%) Unified Communications
12 15 (3.876%) Cisco Nexus
13 12 (3.101%) VoIP
13 12 (3.101%) Wireless
14 11 (2.842%) NetScaler
15 10 (2.584%) Network Security
16 8 (2.067%) VPN
17 6 (1.550%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (23.00%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.876%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (3.618%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (3.618%) DB2
4 9 (2.326%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (2.067%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 7 (1.809%) Oracle 8/8i
7 6 (1.550%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 6 (1.550%) DTS
7 6 (1.550%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (1.550%) SQL Server 2012
7 6 (1.550%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (1.034%) MySQL
9 2 (0.517%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (0.517%) Oracle 11g
10 1 (0.258%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 8 (2.067%) MSI
2 4 (1.034%) TestDirector
3 2 (0.517%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.517%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.517%) Subversion
3 2 (0.517%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.258%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 16 (4.134%) Back Office
2 10 (2.584%) Telecoms
2 10 (2.584%) Finance
3 8 (2.067%) Advertising
4 6 (1.550%) Retail
5 4 (1.034%) Automotive
6 3 (0.775%) Marketing
7 2 (0.517%) Investment Banking
7 2 (0.517%) Corporate Banking
7 2 (0.517%) Manufacturing
7 2 (0.517%) Banking
8 1 (0.258%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.258%) French Language
8 1 (0.258%) German Language
Job Titles
1 83 (21.45%) Consultant
2 76 (19.64%) Architect
3 59 (15.25%) Technical Architect
4 47 (12.14%) Analyst
5 42 (10.85%) Technical Consultant
6 29 (7.494%) Administrator
7 24 (6.202%) Virtualisation Architect
8 22 (5.685%) Support Analyst
9 21 (5.426%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
10 18 (4.651%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 16 (4.134%) Technical Specialist
12 15 (3.876%) 3rd Line Support
12 15 (3.876%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 15 (3.876%) Virtualisation Consultant
13 14 (3.618%) Capacity Planning Analyst
13 14 (3.618%) Capacity Analyst
14 13 (3.359%) Virtualisation Engineer
14 13 (3.359%) Pre Sales Consultant
14 13 (3.359%) Solutions Architect
15 12 (3.101%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.494%) Clustering
2 20 (5.168%) Enterprise Storage
3 14 (3.618%) Replication
4 12 (3.101%) SaaS
5 8 (2.067%) Blackberry
6 7 (1.809%) EqualLogic
7 5 (1.292%) CLARiiON
8 4 (1.034%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (0.775%) Celerra
9 3 (0.775%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.517%) Open Source
10 2 (0.517%) IaaS
10 2 (0.517%) Fat Client
10 2 (0.517%) EPoS
10 2 (0.517%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.258%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.258%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 248 (64.08%) Windows
2 175 (45.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 115 (29.72%) Windows Server 2003
4 60 (15.50%) Linux
5 30 (7.752%) Windows 7
6 24 (6.202%) Solaris
7 19 (4.910%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (2.584%) UNIX
9 7 (1.809%) Windows XP
10 6 (1.550%) Windows Vista
11 5 (1.292%) AIX
12 4 (1.034%) Windows 2000 Server
13 3 (0.775%) Windows 2000
14 2 (0.517%) CentOS
14 2 (0.517%) Mac OS X Server
14 2 (0.517%) Windows 8
15 1 (0.258%) SUSE
15 1 (0.258%) Debian
15 1 (0.258%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 1 (0.258%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (9.819%) ITIL
1 38 (9.819%) Technical Architecture
2 25 (6.460%) Project Management
3 24 (6.202%) Business Development
4 16 (4.134%) Capacity Planning
5 13 (3.359%) CRM
5 13 (3.359%) Disaster Recovery
6 12 (3.101%) PRINCE2
7 11 (2.842%) Migration
7 11 (2.842%) Change Control
7 11 (2.842%) Problem Management
8 10 (2.584%) Network Design
8 10 (2.584%) Change Management
9 9 (2.326%) Service Delivery
9 9 (2.326%) ETL
9 9 (2.326%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (2.067%) Load Balancing
11 7 (1.809%) Resource Management
11 7 (1.809%) TOGAF
12 6 (1.550%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 72 (18.60%) SQL
2 15 (3.876%) PowerShell
3 11 (2.842%) T-SQL
4 10 (2.584%) VBScript
5 9 (2.326%) VB
5 9 (2.326%) Java
6 6 (1.550%) PL/SQL
7 5 (1.292%) PHP
7 5 (1.292%) C
7 5 (1.292%) C#
8 4 (1.034%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.775%) C++
9 3 (0.775%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.775%) Perl
10 2 (0.517%) VB.NET
10 2 (0.517%) VC++
10 2 (0.517%) Python
10 2 (0.517%) Ruby
10 2 (0.517%) Bash shell
11 1 (0.258%) X++
Qualifications
1 72 (18.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 59 (15.25%) MCITP
3 45 (11.63%) Microsoft Certification
4 33 (8.527%) MCSE
5 32 (8.269%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (6.718%) Citrix Certification
7 25 (6.460%) CCEE
8 22 (5.685%) CCNP
9 18 (4.651%) VCP5
10 17 (4.393%) CCAA
10 17 (4.393%) CCIA
10 17 (4.393%) NCDA
10 17 (4.393%) MCTS
11 16 (4.134%) CCNA
11 16 (4.134%) MCP
12 15 (3.876%) MCSA
12 15 (3.876%) NCIE
13 13 (3.359%) CCEA
14 11 (2.842%) VCAP
15 10 (2.584%) VCDX
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.101%) SLA
2 5 (1.292%) QA
3 2 (0.517%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.517%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.258%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.258%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 169 (43.67%) Active Directory
2 155 (40.05%) Hyper-V
3 114 (29.46%) vSphere
4 100 (25.84%) XenDesktop
5 66 (17.05%) XenApp
6 64 (16.54%) XenServer
7 40 (10.34%) VMware ESX
8 18 (4.651%) VMware ESXi
9 15 (3.876%) UAG
10 14 (3.618%) Terminal Services
11 13 (3.359%) Xen
11 13 (3.359%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 10 (2.584%) Microsoft App-V
12 10 (2.584%) ISA Server
13 7 (1.809%) Forefront TMG
14 3 (0.775%) BlackBerry Internet Service
14 3 (0.775%) PowerHA
15 2 (0.517%) VMware Server
16 1 (0.258%) IAG
16 1 (0.258%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 79 (20.41%) SCCM
2 71 (18.35%) SCOM
3 22 (5.685%) Backup Exec
4 21 (5.426%) NetBackup
5 18 (4.651%) WSUS
6 17 (4.393%) ARCserve
7 14 (3.618%) Norton AntiVirus
8 12 (3.101%) SCVMM
9 6 (1.550%) Tivoli
9 6 (1.550%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (1.550%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 3 (0.775%) Zenoss
10 3 (0.775%) WhatsUp Gold
11 2 (0.517%) Puppet
11 2 (0.517%) OpenNMS
11 2 (0.517%) MOM
11 2 (0.517%) OpenView
11 2 (0.517%) Nagios
11 2 (0.517%) WMI
12 1 (0.258%) Cacti
Vendors
1 387 (100.00%) VMware
2 202 (52.20%) Microsoft
3 188 (48.58%) Citrix
4 132 (34.11%) HP
5 122 (31.52%) Cisco
6 118 (30.49%) NetApp
7 48 (12.40%) IBM
8 45 (11.63%) EMC
9 25 (6.460%) Dell
10 24 (6.202%) Symantec
11 23 (5.943%) Oracle
12 22 (5.685%) 3PAR
13 20 (5.168%) Juniper
14 14 (3.618%) Veeam
15 13 (3.359%) DataCore
16 12 (3.101%) Veritas
17 10 (2.584%) McAfee
17 10 (2.584%) CheckPoint
18 8 (2.067%) CommVault
19 6 (1.550%) Sophos
Shropshire
Install, configure and maintain windows server 2003/2008R2... * VM Ware -Vsphere... Essential Skills * Exchange server. * VM WARE. * Active Directory. * Knowledge of SAN. * Working Knowledge of Switch, routes and...
Roc Search
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator - Birmingham My Birmingham based client is seeking an 3rd/4th Line Senior Systems Infrastructure Administrator to join their growing business and IT team of...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Senior Infrastructure Engineer - VMWare, Cisco, Microsoft Server 2008/2012, Active Directory, Exchange - Birmingham An experienced Virtualisation, VMWare professional is needed to be responsible for the technical design, support...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
Knowledge of the following is required: - Solutions selling as part of a managed service Virtualisation - VMWare products Enterpriselevel storage - NetApp, HP & Dell Switches - HP and Cisco EMC, HP,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £110000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Core design knowledge will include one or more of the following: Windows 2003 /2008 Server. Strong skills in HP EVA\3Par or EMC... Netbackup... Experience of Netapp and...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Warwickshire
Experience with Windows migration (specifically XP to 7) - Knowledge of Desktop virtualisation, especially Citrix XenDesktop... - Any Microsoft qualifications such as MCP or MCSE will be highly beneficial... 2nd...
Big Red Recruitment
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wolverhampton, West Midlands (County)
Pro-E, Autodesk, Autocad - Wintel support - Server 03/08, XP/Win7 - Good grasp of networking ie DHCP, DNS, Subnets - Driving Licence All candidates will be required to go...
Hired Online
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Midlands
This role will be broken down as follows: Technical Architecture - 40% (e.g... maintenance of documentation and processes) Knowledge & Experience: You must have good experience of providing Virtualisation...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £55K basic + Car Allow + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will also need to have a strong server background with SAN Enterprise Storage - Dell Compellant, EqualLogic or PowerVault... Key words:- Dell Compellant, EqualLogic, PowerVault, SAN, SCCM, SCOM,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
A highly successful global Managed Services and IT solutions Provider with a solid reputation seeks a high-calibre Software and Virtualisation Pre-sales Consultant for a home based...
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP55 to GBP65 per annum + Benefits: plus car allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Coventry, West Midlands (County)
With a VMware estate of approximately of 170 virtual machines on 18 hosts, it is important to have a very good background in VMware, an awareness of XenApp,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 34,360
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Virtualisation experience using VMWare. Knowledge of Tivoli products. Experience with Storage products - preferably IBM. Experience of Symantec Products... Security Cleared is highly desirable although ability to become so...
Aximis (West) Limited
Salary: Up to £70K basic + Car Allow + Excellent bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Extensive Networking Knowledge(Routing Protocols, DNS, DHCP,TCP/IP, VLAN) Experience with Network Security. Enterprise Directory Solutions(Microsoft Active Directory, Novell, Open Directory) Virtualised Environments with specific experience...
Bloxx Ltd
Salary: Dependent on experience - Company Car will be provided
Posted: 7 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
This will include IT infrastructure support both remotely and on-site, as well as that you will be responsible for design and delivery of small to large scale...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benfits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will primarily be responsible for the following:- -Cisco/Alcatel-Lucent routing, switching, WAN-ADSL, Nexus, NetApps, Microsoft, AV and TelePresence -Technical competence in Alcatel-Lucent and / or...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 per annum + Project Bonus + Car Allowance
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have a skill set to include as many of the following; - VMware - NetApp - CCNP - CCNA - Cisco Routing, Switching & Firewalls - Cisco Security (PIX and ASA...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
QUANTICA
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Experience with frameworks such as Spring and Hibernate... - JavaScript (JQuery, DOJO or any standard frameworks)... - Linux/Redhat Technologies. - Web Servers, IIS, Apache, configuration and implementation. - Virtualisation (VMWare/ESXI)...
Candidate Source
Salary: £28,000 - £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 13 May 2013