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

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware
Rank 27 41 41
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Permanent jobs citing VMware 378 268 247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 6.929% 5.163% 4.884%
As % of the Vendors category 14.74% 11.38% 9.988%
Number of salaries quoted 311 207 193
Average salary £36,500 £37,400 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.40% +24.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +1.29%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2564 2354 2473
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 47.00% 45.35% 48.90%
Number of salaries quoted 2032 1858 2083
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,750 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
VMware
England

VMware
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire VMware Salary Trend

VMware
Salary Histogram

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

Yorkshire VMware Salary Histogram

VMware
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware within the 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
West Yorkshire +12 249 £33,500 -10.66%
South Yorkshire +23 82 £45,000 +28.57%
North Yorkshire +12 58 £45,000 +28.57%
East Yorkshire +6 14 £45,750 +10.24%
VMware
England

VMware
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 599 (75.92%) Windows
2 472 (59.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 406 (51.46%) Microsoft
4 361 (45.75%) Active Directory
5 356 (45.12%) Windows Server 2008
6 321 (40.68%) SAN
7 295 (37.39%) Windows Server 2003
8 267 (33.84%) MS Exchange
9 242 (30.67%) MS Excel
10 232 (29.40%) Citrix
11 225 (28.52%) Linux
11 225 (28.52%) SQL Server
12 202 (25.60%) HP
13 168 (21.29%) Firewall
14 153 (19.39%) Cisco
15 143 (18.12%) DNS
16 139 (17.62%) UNIX
17 135 (17.11%) SQL
18 133 (16.86%) TCP/IP
19 132 (16.73%) ITIL
20 130 (16.48%) SQL Server 2005
21 128 (16.22%) SQL Server 2008
22 125 (15.84%) XenApp
23 121 (15.34%) Microsoft Certification
24 120 (15.21%) vSphere
25 112 (14.20%) Hyper-V
26 100 (12.67%) VMware ESXi
26 100 (12.67%) MCSE
27 98 (12.42%) Exchange Server 2007
28 96 (12.17%) DHCP

VMware
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 26 (3.295%) .NET
2 12 (1.521%) .NET Framework
3 8 (1.014%) Web Services
4 5 (0.634%) Memcached
5 4 (0.507%) XML
5 4 (0.507%) CSS
5 4 (0.507%) EDI
5 4 (0.507%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.253%) Middleware
6 2 (0.253%) J2EE
6 2 (0.253%) XSD
6 2 (0.253%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.253%) HTML
6 2 (0.253%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.253%) jQuery
6 2 (0.253%) Java EE
6 2 (0.253%) Ajax
6 2 (0.253%) HTML5
7 1 (0.127%) XHTML
7 1 (0.127%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 267 (33.84%) MS Exchange
2 98 (12.42%) Exchange Server 2007
3 93 (11.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 57 (7.224%) SharePoint
5 45 (5.703%) Exchange Server 2003
6 42 (5.323%) IIS
7 29 (3.676%) Lync
8 21 (2.662%) Apache
9 20 (2.535%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 20 (2.535%) SharePoint 2010
10 17 (2.155%) Office Communications Server
11 7 (0.887%) SharePoint Server
11 7 (0.887%) Tomcat
12 5 (0.634%) Exchange Server 2000
13 4 (0.507%) Amazon AWS
14 3 (0.380%) Lotus Notes
15 2 (0.253%) WebSphere MQ
15 2 (0.253%) WebSphere Application Server
15 2 (0.253%) WebLogic
16 1 (0.127%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 242 (30.67%) MS Excel
2 76 (9.632%) MS Office
3 4 (0.507%) Google Apps
4 3 (0.380%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.253%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.253%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.253%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (0.380%) Line 500
2 2 (0.253%) Bond Adapt
2 2 (0.253%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.253%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.127%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 321 (40.68%) SAN
2 168 (21.29%) Firewall
3 143 (18.12%) DNS
4 133 (16.86%) TCP/IP
5 96 (12.17%) DHCP
6 94 (11.91%) WAN
7 91 (11.53%) LAN
8 51 (6.464%) NAS
9 50 (6.337%) VPN
10 38 (4.816%) Network Security
11 30 (3.802%) VoIP
12 23 (2.915%) iSCSI
13 20 (2.535%) FTP
13 20 (2.535%) HTTP
13 20 (2.535%) VLAN
13 20 (2.535%) Fibre Channel
14 16 (2.028%) Cisco ASA
15 15 (1.901%) NetScaler
15 15 (1.901%) Internet
16 14 (1.774%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 225 (28.52%) SQL Server
2 130 (16.48%) SQL Server 2005
3 128 (16.22%) SQL Server 2008
4 31 (3.929%) MySQL
5 18 (2.281%) SQL Server 2012
6 10 (1.267%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (0.887%) Informix
7 7 (0.887%) Crystal Reports
7 7 (0.887%) PostgreSQL
8 6 (0.760%) Oracle 11g
9 5 (0.634%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.634%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (0.380%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.380%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.253%) RDBMS
11 2 (0.253%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.127%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.127%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.127%) SimpleDB
12 1 (0.127%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 20 (2.535%) Maven
2 18 (2.281%) MSBuild
3 15 (1.901%) Visual Studio
4 8 (1.014%) Visual Studio Team System
4 8 (1.014%) Team Foundation Server
5 7 (0.887%) Subversion
6 5 (0.634%) Git (software)
7 3 (0.380%) Ant
8 2 (0.253%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.127%) InstallShield
General
1 92 (11.66%) Finance
2 36 (4.563%) Telecoms
3 12 (1.521%) Advertising
4 10 (1.267%) Manufacturing
5 5 (0.634%) Marketing
6 3 (0.380%) Retail
6 3 (0.380%) Aerospace
6 3 (0.380%) Military
6 3 (0.380%) Electronics
7 2 (0.253%) Legal
8 1 (0.127%) Banking
8 1 (0.127%) Billing
8 1 (0.127%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 136 (17.24%) Analyst
2 120 (15.21%) Administrator
3 98 (12.42%) Systems Administrator
4 92 (11.66%) Support Engineer
5 77 (9.759%) Support Analyst
6 69 (8.745%) Consultant
7 56 (7.098%) Technical Analyst
8 55 (6.971%) Technical Support
9 50 (6.337%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (6.210%) Systems Engineer
11 46 (5.830%) Infrastructure Analyst
12 42 (5.323%) Architect
13 39 (4.943%) 2nd Line Support
14 37 (4.689%) Technical Engineer
14 37 (4.689%) Technical Consultant
15 35 (4.436%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
16 33 (4.183%) Linux Administrator
17 31 (3.929%) Server Engineer
18 30 (3.802%) IT Support
19 29 (3.676%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 46 (5.830%) Replication
2 39 (4.943%) Clustering
3 29 (3.676%) Blackberry
4 26 (3.295%) Management Information System
5 18 (2.281%) Celerra
6 13 (1.648%) Fat Client
6 13 (1.648%) Client/Server
6 13 (1.648%) Thin Client
7 11 (1.394%) Cloud Computing
8 10 (1.267%) SaaS
8 10 (1.267%) Enterprise Storage
9 9 (1.141%) HP StorageWorks
10 8 (1.014%) EqualLogic
11 5 (0.634%) CCTV
12 4 (0.507%) CLARiiON
12 4 (0.507%) NHS
13 3 (0.380%) Digital Media
13 3 (0.380%) iPad
13 3 (0.380%) Computer Science
13 3 (0.380%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 599 (75.92%) Windows
2 356 (45.12%) Windows Server 2008
3 295 (37.39%) Windows Server 2003
4 225 (28.52%) Linux
5 139 (17.62%) UNIX
6 82 (10.39%) Windows 7
7 61 (7.731%) Windows XP
8 40 (5.070%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (2.662%) HPUX
10 19 (2.408%) Solaris
11 18 (2.281%) Windows Vista
12 15 (1.901%) Windows Server 2012
13 14 (1.774%) Mac OS X
14 13 (1.648%) Mac OS
15 12 (1.521%) Debian
15 12 (1.521%) Windows 2000 Server
16 9 (1.141%) Ubuntu
17 6 (0.760%) NetWare
17 6 (0.760%) Windows 8
18 5 (0.634%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (16.73%) ITIL
2 84 (10.65%) Disaster Recovery
3 45 (5.703%) Project Management
4 42 (5.323%) Migration
5 41 (5.196%) Capacity Management
6 37 (4.689%) Service Delivery
7 36 (4.563%) Change Management
8 29 (3.676%) Capacity Planning
9 28 (3.549%) E-Commerce
10 27 (3.422%) Release Management
11 25 (3.169%) Business Continuity
12 24 (3.042%) Problem Management
12 24 (3.042%) Time Management
13 20 (2.535%) Change Control
14 19 (2.408%) ERP
15 18 (2.281%) Load Balancing
15 18 (2.281%) Technical Architecture
16 15 (1.901%) Service Management
17 14 (1.774%) Stakeholder Management
18 13 (1.648%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 135 (17.11%) SQL
2 17 (2.155%) PowerShell
3 16 (2.028%) C
4 14 (1.774%) Java
4 14 (1.774%) Perl
5 12 (1.521%) VBScript
6 11 (1.394%) Bash shell
7 10 (1.267%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.141%) VB
8 9 (1.141%) PHP
9 8 (1.014%) Python
10 7 (0.887%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.634%) VBA
12 4 (0.507%) JavaScript
13 3 (0.380%) C#
14 2 (0.253%) AWK
14 2 (0.253%) Jython
15 1 (0.127%) C++
Qualifications
1 121 (15.34%) Microsoft Certification
2 100 (12.67%) MCSE
3 71 (8.999%) MCP
4 62 (7.858%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 60 (7.605%) Cisco Certification
6 53 (6.717%) MCITP
7 49 (6.210%) Citrix Certification
8 39 (4.943%) CCA
9 37 (4.689%) CCNA
10 35 (4.436%) CCNP
11 32 (4.056%) MCSA
12 26 (3.295%) Degree
12 26 (3.295%) MCTS
13 25 (3.169%) CCEA
14 22 (2.788%) Security Cleared
14 22 (2.788%) CCIA
15 20 (2.535%) CCEE
16 15 (1.901%) SC Cleared
17 12 (1.521%) VCDX
17 12 (1.521%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (6.844%) SLA
2 20 (2.535%) PCI DSS
3 10 (1.267%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.253%) QA
5 1 (0.127%) COBIT
System Software
1 472 (59.82%) VMware Infrastructure
2 361 (45.75%) Active Directory
3 125 (15.84%) XenApp
4 120 (15.21%) vSphere
5 112 (14.20%) Hyper-V
6 100 (12.67%) VMware ESXi
7 96 (12.17%) XenServer
8 75 (9.506%) VMware ESX
9 74 (9.379%) XenDesktop
10 29 (3.676%) Terminal Services
10 29 (3.676%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 14 (1.774%) Microsoft App-V
12 12 (1.521%) VMware Server
13 11 (1.394%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 8 (1.014%) NFS
15 7 (0.887%) Novell eDirectory
16 6 (0.760%) Forefront TMG
17 5 (0.634%) ProxySG
18 4 (0.507%) Terminal Server
18 4 (0.507%) Xen
Systems Management
1 53 (6.717%) WSUS
2 51 (6.464%) Backup Exec
3 46 (5.830%) SCCM
4 40 (5.070%) Norton AntiVirus
5 38 (4.816%) SCOM
6 24 (3.042%) NetBackup
7 14 (1.774%) HP SIM
8 11 (1.394%) Puppet
9 10 (1.267%) Nagios
9 10 (1.267%) OpenView
9 10 (1.267%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
10 9 (1.141%) HP NNM
11 7 (0.887%) SCVMM
12 5 (0.634%) Sysprep
12 5 (0.634%) OSSEC
12 5 (0.634%) ZABBIX
12 5 (0.634%) Cacti
12 5 (0.634%) Tivoli Storage Manager
12 5 (0.634%) MOM
12 5 (0.634%) Foglight
Vendors
1 406 (51.46%) Microsoft
2 232 (29.40%) Citrix
3 202 (25.60%) HP
4 153 (19.39%) Cisco
5 86 (10.90%) NetApp
6 71 (8.999%) Symantec
7 70 (8.872%) EMC
8 49 (6.210%) Red Hat
9 44 (5.577%) Dell
10 43 (5.450%) IBM
11 40 (5.070%) McAfee
12 33 (4.183%) Veritas
12 33 (4.183%) Juniper
13 31 (3.929%) CommVault
13 31 (3.929%) Veeam
14 30 (3.802%) CheckPoint
15 28 (3.549%) ProCurve
16 26 (3.295%) Oracle
17 23 (2.915%) Apple
18 22 (2.788%) LANDesk
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Salary: £35000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Salary Negotiable on Experience
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Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum
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Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
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EasyWebRecruitment.com
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Salary: £40000 - £41000 per annum + benefits
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
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