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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 143 144 131
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -13
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 31 27 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.853% 0.847% 0.767%
As % of the System Software category 8.245% 8.571% 8.364%
Number of salaries quoted 26 25 21
Average salary £52,500 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.41% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £27,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
376 315 275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 10.34% 9.884% 9.176%
Number of salaries quoted 326 240 228
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
VMware ESX
Yorkshire

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware ESX across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire VMware ESX Salary Histogram

VMware ESX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware ESX within the West Yorkshire 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
Leeds -12 28 £45,000 +32.35%
Bradford - 9 £53,750 -
Wakefield - 6 £55,000 -
Dewsbury - 5 £55,000 -
Huddersfield - 1 £55,000 -
VMware ESX
Yorkshire

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 57 (91.94%) VMware
2 40 (64.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 39 (62.90%) Windows
4 36 (58.06%) HP
5 30 (48.39%) SAN
6 27 (43.55%) UNIX
7 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
7 25 (40.32%) vSphere
8 23 (37.10%) Linux
9 22 (35.48%) Citrix
10 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
10 21 (33.87%) SQL Server
11 20 (32.26%) XenApp
12 19 (30.65%) Windows Server 2008
13 18 (29.03%) Cisco
14 17 (27.42%) XenServer
15 16 (25.81%) XenDesktop
15 16 (25.81%) NetApp
16 15 (24.19%) EMC
17 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
18 13 (20.97%) DNS
18 13 (20.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
19 12 (19.35%) Replication
19 12 (19.35%) MS Exchange
19 12 (19.35%) MS Excel
19 12 (19.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
20 11 (17.74%) Windows Server 2003
21 10 (16.13%) Shell Script
21 10 (16.13%) Solaris
21 10 (16.13%) Enterprise Storage

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 Development
1 5 (8.065%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 12 (19.35%) MS Exchange
2 7 (11.29%) Apache
2 7 (11.29%) Tomcat
3 5 (8.065%) IIS
3 5 (8.065%) Exchange Server 2000
3 5 (8.065%) ATG Dynamo
4 4 (6.452%) SharePoint
4 4 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (3.226%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (3.226%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 12 (19.35%) MS Excel
2 3 (4.839%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 30 (48.39%) SAN
2 14 (22.58%) TCP/IP
3 13 (20.97%) DNS
4 7 (11.29%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (11.29%) Unified Communications
5 6 (9.677%) Firewall
6 2 (3.226%) VLAN
6 2 (3.226%) H.323
6 2 (3.226%) OSPF
6 2 (3.226%) Internet
6 2 (3.226%) ISDN
6 2 (3.226%) PBX
6 2 (3.226%) VPN
6 2 (3.226%) NAS
6 2 (3.226%) Fibre Channel
6 2 (3.226%) iSCSI
6 2 (3.226%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (33.87%) SQL Server
2 4 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.613%) Oracle 11g
General
1 2 (3.226%) Finance
2 1 (1.613%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 9 (14.52%) Analyst
1 9 (14.52%) UNIX Engineer
2 8 (12.90%) Technical Analyst
2 8 (12.90%) Solutions Architect
2 8 (12.90%) Consultant
2 8 (12.90%) Architect
3 6 (9.677%) Technical Consultant
4 5 (8.065%) Configuration Engineer
4 5 (8.065%) Release Engineer
4 5 (8.065%) Administrator
5 4 (6.452%) Senior Technical Consultant
5 4 (6.452%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (6.452%) Linux Support
5 4 (6.452%) Virtualisation Architect
6 3 (4.839%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.226%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
7 2 (3.226%) Linux Administrator
7 2 (3.226%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (3.226%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 2 (3.226%) Server Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Replication
2 10 (16.13%) Enterprise Storage
3 9 (14.52%) HP StorageWorks
4 8 (12.90%) Clustering
5 7 (11.29%) SaaS
6 5 (8.065%) Client/Server
7 4 (6.452%) NHS
8 2 (3.226%) CLARiiON
8 2 (3.226%) IVR
8 2 (3.226%) Thin Client
8 2 (3.226%) EqualLogic
8 2 (3.226%) Fat Client
8 2 (3.226%) Celerra
8 2 (3.226%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (1.613%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (1.613%) PaaS
9 1 (1.613%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 39 (62.90%) Windows
2 27 (43.55%) UNIX
3 23 (37.10%) Linux
4 19 (30.65%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (19.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 11 (17.74%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (16.13%) Solaris
8 1 (1.613%) Android
8 1 (1.613%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.613%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (11.29%) Capacity Management
2 6 (9.677%) Business Continuity
2 6 (9.677%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (9.677%) ITIL
2 6 (9.677%) Problem Management
3 5 (8.065%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (8.065%) Configuration Management
3 5 (8.065%) Business Development
3 5 (8.065%) Data Management
4 3 (4.839%) E-Commerce
5 2 (3.226%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (3.226%) Service Management
5 2 (3.226%) Project Management
5 2 (3.226%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (3.226%) High Availability
5 2 (3.226%) Change Control
6 1 (1.613%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (1.613%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.613%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.613%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) Shell Script
2 8 (12.90%) SQL
3 5 (8.065%) AWK
4 2 (3.226%) Java
4 2 (3.226%) Perl
4 2 (3.226%) PHP
5 1 (1.613%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (20.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (14.52%) Citrix Certification
3 8 (12.90%) CCEE
3 8 (12.90%) CCIA
3 8 (12.90%) VCDX
4 7 (11.29%) VCAP
4 7 (11.29%) NCDA
4 7 (11.29%) NCIE
4 7 (11.29%) CCEA
5 6 (9.677%) Cisco Certification
5 6 (9.677%) CCA
5 6 (9.677%) CCNP
5 6 (9.677%) CCDA
6 4 (6.452%) SC Cleared
6 4 (6.452%) Security Cleared
7 3 (4.839%) MCITP
8 2 (3.226%) HP ASE
8 2 (3.226%) HP MASE
9 1 (1.613%) HP AIS
9 1 (1.613%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.52%) SLA
System Software
1 40 (64.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 25 (40.32%) vSphere
3 21 (33.87%) Active Directory
4 20 (32.26%) XenApp
5 17 (27.42%) XenServer
6 16 (25.81%) XenDesktop
7 7 (11.29%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (4.839%) Hyper-V
8 3 (4.839%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (1.613%) VMware Server
9 1 (1.613%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 9 (14.52%) HP SIM
1 9 (14.52%) OpenView
1 9 (14.52%) HP NNM
2 8 (12.90%) SCOM
3 7 (11.29%) Backup Exec
4 5 (8.065%) SCCM
4 5 (8.065%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (8.065%) NetBackup
5 2 (3.226%) SCVMM
6 1 (1.613%) WSUS
Vendors
1 57 (91.94%) VMware
2 36 (58.06%) HP
3 25 (40.32%) Microsoft
4 22 (35.48%) Citrix
5 18 (29.03%) Cisco
6 16 (25.81%) NetApp
7 15 (24.19%) EMC
8 9 (14.52%) Red Hat
8 9 (14.52%) Dell
9 7 (11.29%) Symantec
10 6 (9.677%) Blue Coat
10 6 (9.677%) PlateSpin
10 6 (9.677%) Juniper
10 6 (9.677%) DataCore
10 6 (9.677%) FalconStor
11 5 (8.065%) JBoss
11 5 (8.065%) CommVault
11 5 (8.065%) ATG
12 4 (6.452%) Apple
12 4 (6.452%) Sun
Bradford, Yorkshire
This position will have responsibility for the installation, configuration and support of both development and production VMware, Windows Server and Storage infrastructures... Tasks will include design, documentation and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Salary Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
West Yorkshire
As the VMware Systems Administrator, you will be possess the following skills and experiences:- *VMware ESX Systems Administration. *Windows Server Systems Administrator. *TCP / IP networking and troubleshooting including...
Spring Technology
Salary: £32000.00 - £37000.00 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bradford, West Yorkshire
Key Words: Technical Analyst, VMWare, Windows Server, Windows Server Management, Enterprise Systems, Windows Server Technical Analyst, Installation, Configuration, Storage Infrastructure, Unix, SAN Infrastructure, Storage, Microsoft Server Operating Systems,...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful Systems Administrator will come from an extensive Windows Server and UNIX/Linux background, with excellent experience of large virtual server environments, understanding of networking principles and...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £Excellent Salary + Benefits + On-Call
Posted: 21 May 2013