vSphere Jobs in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring vSphere skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited vSphere over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 430 432 529
Rank change year-on-year +2 +97 -114
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 294 256 385
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.53% 0.49%
As % of the System Software category 4.23% 3.20% 3.10%
Number of salaries quoted 239 199 283
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £43,227 £31,250 £35,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -5.56% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £60,250 £58,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £46,581 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.34% -6.84% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 6,954 7,997 12,427
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 10.65% 16.61% 15.87%
Number of salaries quoted 5,246 5,183 8,566
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,769 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK excluding London

vSphere
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
South West +56 87 £52,500 +31.25% 7
South East -11 70 £48,500 +29.33% 6
Midlands +1 55 £47,500 +46.15% 7
North of England -19 40 £43,000 -9.47% 6
West Midlands +1 31 £50,000 +53.85% 6
East of England -7 28 £32,000 -41.82% 2
East Midlands -10 24 £45,862 -8.28% 1
North West -27 17 £52,500 - 2
Yorkshire +44 15 £37,500 -6.25% 4
Scotland -38 11 £40,250 - 1
North East -6 8 £30,750 -
Northern Ireland - 2 £34,628 - 3
Wales +28 1 £50,000 +122.22%
vSphere
UK

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 66 (22.45%) SharePoint
2 56 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (6.46%) IIS
4 6 (2.04%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.36%) Exchange Server 2013
5 4 (1.36%) WordPress
6 3 (1.02%) Confluence
6 3 (1.02%) nginx
7 2 (0.68%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 126 (42.86%) Azure
2 119 (40.48%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (11.90%) Entra ID
4 30 (10.20%) AWS
5 19 (6.46%) OneDrive
6 13 (4.42%) GCP
7 7 (2.38%) IaaS
7 7 (2.38%) Nutanix
8 6 (2.04%) Mimecast
8 6 (2.04%) PaaS
9 5 (1.70%) SaaS
10 4 (1.36%) Cloudflare
11 3 (1.02%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.02%) Power Platform
11 3 (1.02%) Zapier
12 2 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
12 2 (0.68%) Rubrik
13 1 (0.34%) Serverless
13 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 76 (25.85%) Firewall
2 57 (19.39%) SAN
3 51 (17.35%) DNS
3 51 (17.35%) LAN
4 47 (15.99%) WAN
5 43 (14.63%) DHCP
6 41 (13.95%) VSAN
7 34 (11.56%) Internet
8 26 (8.84%) VPN
9 23 (7.82%) Network Security
10 20 (6.80%) NAS
11 19 (6.46%) Skype
12 15 (5.10%) VLAN
13 14 (4.76%) VoIP
14 13 (4.42%) iSCSI
14 13 (4.42%) Wi-Fi
14 13 (4.42%) Wireless
15 12 (4.08%) TCP/IP
16 11 (3.74%) WLAN
17 9 (3.06%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.38%) MariaDB
2 7 (2.38%) MySQL
3 3 (1.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (1.02%) Power BI
3 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (1.02%) Tableau
4 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.34%) Event Store
5 1 (0.34%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (1.70%) JIRA
2 2 (0.68%) GitLab
General
1 47 (15.99%) Social Skills
2 38 (12.93%) Finance
3 30 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (5.44%) Aerospace
4 16 (5.44%) Documentation Skills
5 12 (4.08%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.40%) Military
7 9 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (2.72%) Manufacturing
8 8 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.70%) Advertising
9 5 (1.70%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.36%) Electronics
10 4 (1.36%) Police
11 3 (1.02%) Local Government
12 2 (0.68%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Back Office
13 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 109 (37.07%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 48 (16.33%) Senior
3 39 (13.27%) Support Engineer
4 29 (9.86%) Consultant
5 28 (9.52%) Lead
6 24 (8.16%) Administrator
6 24 (8.16%) IT Engineer
7 21 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 21 (7.14%) Security Consultant
7 21 (7.14%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 19 (6.46%) Analyst
8 19 (6.46%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (6.12%) Lead Consultant
9 18 (6.12%) Lead Security Consultant
9 18 (6.12%) VMWare Administrator
10 17 (5.78%) Systems Administrator
11 16 (5.44%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 15 (5.10%) Infrastructure Support
12 15 (5.10%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 15 (5.10%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.14%) Elastic Stack
2 6 (2.04%) REST
3 4 (1.36%) .NET
3 4 (1.36%) JSON
3 4 (1.36%) LAMP
3 4 (1.36%) XMPP
4 3 (1.02%) SOAP
4 3 (1.02%) XML
5 2 (0.68%) X-Windows
6 1 (0.34%) ARM Templates
6 1 (0.34%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 51 (17.35%) PKI
2 48 (16.33%) Data Centre
3 23 (7.82%) Replication
4 22 (7.48%) Clustering
5 21 (7.14%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 19 (6.46%) Management Information System
7 14 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.72%) Public Cloud
9 7 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
10 6 (2.04%) Driving Licence
10 6 (2.04%) Enterprise Storage
11 5 (1.70%) Fat Client
11 5 (1.70%) Thin Client
12 4 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
12 4 (1.36%) Virtual Team
13 3 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
13 3 (1.02%) Private Cloud
13 3 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
14 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
14 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 196 (66.67%) Windows
2 147 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 95 (32.31%) Linux
4 51 (17.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 33 (11.22%) Ubuntu
6 32 (10.88%) Windows 10
7 31 (10.54%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (9.18%) Windows Server 2019
9 19 (6.46%) CentOS
10 16 (5.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 11 (3.74%) Debian
12 6 (2.04%) VMS
12 6 (2.04%) Windows 7
12 6 (2.04%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (1.70%) Unix
14 4 (1.36%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.68%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
16 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (41.16%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 72 (24.49%) ITIL
3 41 (13.95%) Customer Service
3 41 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
3 41 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (13.61%) Incident Management
5 39 (13.27%) Agile
6 25 (8.50%) SIEM
7 24 (8.16%) Problem Management
8 22 (7.48%) Vulnerability Management
9 21 (7.14%) Analytics
9 21 (7.14%) Data Analytics
10 20 (6.80%) Collaborative Working
10 20 (6.80%) Service Delivery
10 20 (6.80%) Virtual Infrastructure
11 19 (6.46%) Disaster Recovery
11 19 (6.46%) Project Delivery
11 19 (6.46%) Project Management
12 18 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 17 (5.78%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 80 (27.21%) PowerShell
2 25 (8.50%) SQL
3 24 (8.16%) Python
4 21 (7.14%) Bash
5 17 (5.78%) ActionScript
5 17 (5.78%) VB
6 4 (1.36%) C#
6 4 (1.36%) VB.NET
7 3 (1.02%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 91 (30.95%) Security Cleared
2 53 (18.03%) DV Cleared
3 44 (14.97%) Degree
4 38 (12.93%) Microsoft Certification
4 38 (12.93%) SC Cleared
5 20 (6.80%) CCNA
5 20 (6.80%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (5.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 15 (5.10%) MCSA
8 11 (3.74%) MCSE
9 9 (3.06%) HND
10 7 (2.38%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (2.38%) MCP
11 6 (2.04%) Azure Certification
12 5 (1.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 5 (1.70%) RHCSA
13 4 (1.36%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (1.36%) DBS Check
13 4 (1.36%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.82%) SLA
2 21 (7.14%) NIST
3 6 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.70%) QA
5 3 (1.02%) GDPR
System Software
1 189 (64.29%) VMware Infrastructure
2 154 (52.38%) Active Directory
3 60 (20.41%) Hyper-V
4 55 (18.71%) VMware ESXi
5 25 (8.50%) Virtual Machines
5 25 (8.50%) XenApp
6 24 (8.16%) VMware NSX
7 17 (5.78%) OpenSSH
8 9 (3.06%) Firmware
8 9 (3.06%) XenDesktop
9 8 (2.72%) Docker
10 7 (2.38%) Virtual Desktop
11 4 (1.36%) NFS
11 4 (1.36%) pfSense
11 4 (1.36%) Terminal Services
11 4 (1.36%) VMware Server
12 3 (1.02%) Ceph
12 3 (1.02%) Virtual Servers
13 2 (0.68%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 68 (23.13%) vCenter Server
2 36 (12.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 29 (9.86%) SCCM
4 23 (7.82%) Kubernetes
5 18 (6.12%) Ansible
6 17 (5.78%) IBM BigFix
6 17 (5.78%) PowerCLI
7 16 (5.44%) Puppet
8 14 (4.76%) VxRail
9 8 (2.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 8 (2.72%) Terraform
9 8 (2.72%) WSUS
10 7 (2.38%) EMC NetWorker
10 7 (2.38%) FortiGate
10 7 (2.38%) NetCrunch
11 5 (1.70%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (1.70%) McAfee ePO
11 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Clustering
11 5 (1.70%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 4 (1.36%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 254 (86.39%) VMware
2 170 (57.82%) Microsoft
3 49 (16.67%) Cisco
3 49 (16.67%) Citrix
4 45 (15.31%) Dell
5 37 (12.59%) Veeam
6 31 (10.54%) SolarWinds
7 29 (9.86%) HP
8 21 (7.14%) Red Hat
8 21 (7.14%) Tanium
8 21 (7.14%) Tripwire
9 18 (6.12%) IBM
10 14 (4.76%) Juniper
11 12 (4.08%) NetApp
11 12 (4.08%) Palo Alto
12 11 (3.74%) Fortinet
13 10 (3.40%) Zerto
14 9 (3.06%) Sophos
15 8 (2.72%) Draytek
15 8 (2.72%) Google