The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 21 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 Wolverhampton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 15 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 6 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 8.955% - -
As % of the System Software category 42.86% - -
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 0
Average salary £41,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
14 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 20.90% 8.108% 14.75%
Number of salaries quoted 13 6 9
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £29,000 £32,550
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £38,250 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,946 £39,000 £37,875
% change year-on-year
-0.13% +2.97%
VMware ESX
West Midlands

VMware ESX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton 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 Wolverhampton region.

Wolverhampton VMware ESX Salary Trend

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 9 (100.00%) vSphere
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (88.89%) MS Exchange
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
2 8 (88.89%) SAN
3 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
3 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 7 (77.78%) XenApp
3 7 (77.78%) XenServer
3 7 (77.78%) XenDesktop
4 6 (66.67%) Cisco
5 5 (55.56%) HP
5 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
5 5 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (55.56%) CCEE
5 5 (55.56%) CCAA
6 4 (44.44%) iSCSI
6 4 (44.44%) MCITP
6 4 (44.44%) Windows 2000 Server
6 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
6 4 (44.44%) Dell
6 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
6 4 (44.44%) Symantec
6 4 (44.44%) Firewall
6 4 (44.44%) Fibre Channel

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton 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 8 (88.89%) MS Exchange
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 7 (77.78%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) SAN
2 4 (44.44%) iSCSI
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Fibre Channel
3 3 (33.33%) NAS
4 1 (11.11%) Unified Communications
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Pre Sales Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Virtualisation Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Pre Sales Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Sales Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) VMware Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (44.44%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (11.11%) Data Management
1 1 (11.11%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (55.56%) CCEE
2 5 (55.56%) CCAA
3 4 (44.44%) MCITP
4 3 (33.33%) MCSE
4 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (33.33%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (33.33%) MCTS
5 1 (11.11%) CCA
5 1 (11.11%) NCDA
5 1 (11.11%) NCIE
5 1 (11.11%) CCIA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) vSphere
2 8 (88.89%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) Active Directory
3 7 (77.78%) XenApp
3 7 (77.78%) XenServer
3 7 (77.78%) XenDesktop
4 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
5 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (33.33%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (33.33%) ARCserve
2 1 (11.11%) NetBackup
2 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
2 1 (11.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (77.78%) Citrix
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco
4 5 (55.56%) HP
5 4 (44.44%) Dell
5 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
5 4 (44.44%) Symantec
6 3 (33.33%) McAfee
6 3 (33.33%) Veritas
7 1 (11.11%) CommVault
7 1 (11.11%) NetApp