The first table below looks at the demand for VMware ESX skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware ESX over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware ESX Server
Rank 36 48 34
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -14
Permanent jobs citing VMware ESX 5 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 2.304% 0.727% 0.488%
As % of the System Software category 27.78% 9.524% 9.091%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 0
Average salary £42,500 £32,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.81% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
All System Software
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
18 21 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 8.295% 7.636% 5.366%
Number of salaries quoted 18 19 8
Average salary £40,000 £32,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.07% +12.06%
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +4.00%
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 Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire VMware ESX Salary Trend

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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bromsgrove - 5 £42,500 -
Kidderminster - 3 £42,500 -
Worcester -1 1 £40,000 +25.00%
Redditch - 1 £45,000 -
VMware ESX
West Midlands

VMware ESX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (80.00%) SAN
3 8 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 8 (80.00%) vSphere
4 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
4 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
5 6 (60.00%) Cisco
5 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (60.00%) Citrix
5 6 (60.00%) XenApp
5 6 (60.00%) XenServer
5 6 (60.00%) XenDesktop
6 5 (50.00%) CCEE
6 5 (50.00%) CCAA
6 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (50.00%) HP
6 5 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
6 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (40.00%) MCITP
7 4 (40.00%) Firewall
7 4 (40.00%) Dell
7 4 (40.00%) Symantec
7 4 (40.00%) Fibre Channel
7 4 (40.00%) iSCSI

VMware ESX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 2 (20.00%) MDX
1 2 (20.00%) Silverlight
1 2 (20.00%) .NET
1 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) XML
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (20.00%) IIS
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (20.00%) InfoPath
2 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) SAN
2 4 (40.00%) Firewall
2 4 (40.00%) Fibre Channel
2 4 (40.00%) iSCSI
3 3 (30.00%) NAS
4 2 (20.00%) Intranet
5 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
1 4 (40.00%) Technical Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior SharePoint Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Sales Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Pre Sales Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) VMware Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
1 10 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 9 (90.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (40.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Workflow
1 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Data Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (20.00%) VBScript
2 2 (20.00%) VB
2 2 (20.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (50.00%) CCEE
2 5 (50.00%) CCAA
2 5 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (40.00%) MCITP
4 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (30.00%) MCSE
4 3 (30.00%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (30.00%) MCTS
5 1 (10.00%) NCDA
5 1 (10.00%) NCIE
5 1 (10.00%) CCIA
5 1 (10.00%) CCA
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (80.00%) vSphere
4 6 (60.00%) XenApp
4 6 (60.00%) XenServer
4 6 (60.00%) XenDesktop
5 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) Norton AntiVirus
1 3 (30.00%) ARCserve
2 2 (20.00%) WMI
2 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) SCOM
3 1 (10.00%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (10.00%) NetBackup
3 1 (10.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Cisco
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Citrix
3 5 (50.00%) HP
4 4 (40.00%) Dell
4 4 (40.00%) Symantec
5 3 (30.00%) McAfee
5 3 (30.00%) Veritas
6 1 (10.00%) CommVault
6 1 (10.00%) NetApp