The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of VMware products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wolverhampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware 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 Vendors for the Wolverhampton region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within VMware, Inc.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 14 20 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware 7 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 10.45% 1.351% -
As % of the Vendors category 18.92% 5.263% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
Average salary £42,500 £38,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38% -
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +3.89%
All Vendors
Wolverhampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
37 19 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wolverhampton 55.22% 25.68% 27.87%
Number of salaries quoted 36 18 15
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,200 £39,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
West Midlands

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wolverhampton VMware Jobs Demand Trend

VMware
Salary Trend

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

Wolverhampton VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing VMware 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.

1 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 16 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
3 14 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (65.00%) vSphere
5 12 (60.00%) SAN
5 12 (60.00%) Cisco
6 11 (55.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (50.00%) HP
7 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 9 (45.00%) VMware ESX
8 9 (45.00%) Citrix
8 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
8 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
9 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
9 8 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (35.00%) XenApp
10 7 (35.00%) XenServer
10 7 (35.00%) XenDesktop
10 7 (35.00%) Firewall
11 6 (30.00%) McAfee
11 6 (30.00%) Windows XP
12 5 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
12 5 (25.00%) Dell
12 5 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
12 5 (25.00%) CCEE
12 5 (25.00%) CCAA
13 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
13 4 (20.00%) NAS
13 4 (20.00%) Fibre Channel

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wolverhampton region citing VMware 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.000%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 16 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
5 1 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2000
5 1 (5.000%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (5.000%) Lync
Applications
1 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (60.00%) SAN
2 7 (35.00%) Firewall
3 4 (20.00%) NAS
3 4 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
3 4 (20.00%) iSCSI
4 2 (10.00%) xDSL
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
4 2 (10.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (10.00%) LAN
4 2 (10.00%) WLAN
4 2 (10.00%) WAN
5 1 (5.000%) DHCP
5 1 (5.000%) DNS
5 1 (5.000%) Wireless
5 1 (5.000%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MSI
General
1 1 (5.000%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (30.00%) Consultant
2 5 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
5 2 (10.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Sales Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 18 (90.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (55.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (30.00%) Windows XP
5 4 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (5.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (5.000%) Data Management
2 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
2 1 (5.000%) Service Delivery
2 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.000%) Project Planning
2 1 (5.000%) Business Development
2 1 (5.000%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (25.00%) CCEE
2 5 (25.00%) CCAA
3 4 (20.00%) MCITP
3 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (15.00%) MCSE
4 3 (15.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (15.00%) MCTS
5 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (5.000%) CCA
5 1 (5.000%) Degree
5 1 (5.000%) NCDA
5 1 (5.000%) NCIE
5 1 (5.000%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 13 (65.00%) vSphere
3 10 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (45.00%) VMware ESX
5 7 (35.00%) XenApp
5 7 (35.00%) XenServer
5 7 (35.00%) XenDesktop
6 4 (20.00%) Hyper-V
7 3 (15.00%) ISA Server
8 2 (10.00%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (5.000%) Terminal Services
9 1 (5.000%) VMware Server
9 1 (5.000%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 3 (15.00%) ARCserve
1 3 (15.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (15.00%) McAfee ePO
2 2 (10.00%) SCOM
3 1 (5.000%) NetBackup
3 1 (5.000%) Backup Exec
3 1 (5.000%) SCCM
3 1 (5.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Cisco
2 10 (50.00%) HP
3 9 (45.00%) Citrix
3 9 (45.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (30.00%) McAfee
5 5 (25.00%) Dell
6 4 (20.00%) Symantec
7 3 (15.00%) Veritas
8 2 (10.00%) NetApp
9 1 (5.000%) CommVault
9 1 (5.000%) Intel
9 1 (5.000%) Mitel