vSphere Job Trends in Staffordshire

VMware vSphere
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring vSphere skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 - 76
Rank change year-on-year - - -19
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 1 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Staffordshire 0.085% - 1.05%
As % of the System Software category 1.45% - 7.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £53,500
25th Percentile £36,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +69.23%
75th Percentile £38,750 - -
90th Percentile - - £56,500
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +53.85%

All System Software Skills
Staffordshire

vSphere falls under the System Software category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring system software skills in Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 69 61 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 5.87% 8.38% 14.84%
Number of salaries quoted 59 35 95
10th Percentile £28,900 £26,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £29,375 £32,500 £26,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% - -9.97%
75th Percentile £61,875 £48,935 £52,500
90th Percentile £67,750 £53,725 £57,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +5.88%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing vSphere relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

vSphere job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

vSphere
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing vSphere.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing vSphere

vSphere
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 5 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tamworth - 1 £37,500 - 1
vSphere
West Midlands

vSphere
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Security Patching
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Mitel
1 1 (100.00%) Sophos
1 1 (100.00%) VMware