VMS Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for VMS skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VMS over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

VMS UK
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	827	852	924
Rank change year-on-year	+25	+72
Permanent jobs citing VMS	63	80	58
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.071%	0.081%	0.053%
As % of the Operating Systems category	0.28%	0.32%	0.20%
Number of salaries quoted	56	69	43
Median salary	£50,000	£42,500	£55,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+17.64%	-22.72%
90% offered a salary of more than	£35,000	£30,000	£45,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£58,000	£75,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£61,250
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-34.69%

VMS is in the operating system skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Operating System Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills	22431	25066	28996
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	25.16%	25.46%	26.50%
Number of salaries quoted	18472	21445	24289
Median salary	£42,500	£42,500	£40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,500	£25,000	£24,500
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£65,000	£67,500
UK excluding London median salary	£37,500	£37,500	£37,500

VMS
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing VMS as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Operating Systems category.

VMS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMS.

VMS
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing VMS over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

VMS
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMS within the UK over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+28	60	£50,000	+17.64%	14
London	+39	42	£55,000	+13.40%	9
City of London	+27	9	£55,000	-4.34%	4
East of England	-5	8	£47,500	-24.00%
Hertfordshire	-2	5	£47,500	-24.00%
St Albans	-	5	£47,500	-
South East	+30	4	£42,500	+6.25%	3
Essex	-	3	£32,159	-
Durham	-	3	£42,500	-
Saffron Walden	-	3	£32,159	-
Stockton-on-Tees	-	3	£42,500	-
Westminster	-	3	£50,000	-
North East	-	3	£42,500	-
South West	-7	2	£45,000	+28.57%
Cardiff	-	2	£35,000	-
High Wycombe	-	2	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	2	-	-	2
Wales	-	2	£35,000	-
South Wales	-	2	£35,000	-
East Midlands	+12	1	-	-	1
West Sussex	+11	1	£35,000	-5.40%	1
Crawley	+10	1	£35,000	-5.40%	1
Gloucestershire	-6	1	£40,000	+14.28%
Manchester	-35	1	-	-
North West	-42	1	-	-
Somerset	-	1	£50,000	-
Oxfordshire	-	1	£50,000	-
Northamptonshire	-	1	-	-	1
Street	-	1	£50,000	-
Oxford	-	1	£50,000	-

VMS
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT jobs citing VMS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for VMS.

1	52 (42.98%)	Windows
2	48 (39.67%)	Linux
3	46 (38.02%)	Microsoft
4	42 (34.71%)	Python
5	41 (33.88%)	Degree
6	39 (32.23%)	VMware
6	39 (32.23%)	Git (software)
6	39 (32.23%)	Microsoft Azure
7	37 (30.58%)	Amazon AWS
8	36 (29.75%)	VMware Infrastructure
9	35 (28.93%)	Puppet
10	33 (27.27%)	Firewall
11	32 (26.45%)	Computer Science
12	29 (23.97%)	Active Directory
12	29 (23.97%)	Apache

13	28 (23.14%)	SQL
13	28 (23.14%)	Configuration Management
14	27 (22.31%)	Ruby
15	26 (21.49%)	Open Source
16	25 (20.66%)	Virtual Machines
17	24 (19.83%)	JavaScript
17	24 (19.83%)	Perl
17	24 (19.83%)	VoIP
18	22 (18.18%)	MS Exchange
18	22 (18.18%)	VLAN
18	22 (18.18%)	Subversion
18	22 (18.18%)	DevOps
19	21 (17.36%)	Computer Science Degree
20	20 (16.53%)	Opscode Chef
20	20 (16.53%)	VPN

VMS
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	29 (23.97%)	Apache
2	22 (18.18%)	MS Exchange
3	13 (10.74%)	Exchange Server 2007
4	10 (8.26%)	Apache Spark
5	9 (7.44%)	Tomcat
6	8 (6.61%)	Exchange Server 2010
7	5 (4.13%)	CMS
7	5 (4.13%)	Kentico
8	3 (2.48%)	Exchange Server 2013
9	2 (1.65%)	Drupal
10	1 (0.83%)	Cloud Foundry
10	1 (0.83%)	Confluence
10	1 (0.83%)	SharePoint

Applications
1	9 (7.44%)	Microsoft Office
2	1 (0.83%)	Microsoft Excel

Business Applications
1	9 (7.44%)	SAP SCM
1	9 (7.44%)	SAP SD
2	5 (4.13%)	SAP APO
3	1 (0.83%)	Dynamics CRM
3	1 (0.83%)	Misys Midas

Cloud Services
1	39 (32.23%)	Microsoft Azure
2	37 (30.58%)	Amazon AWS
3	15 (12.40%)	Office 365
4	12 (9.92%)	Amazon ELB
4	12 (9.92%)	Amazon S3
4	12 (9.92%)	SaaS
5	10 (8.26%)	Amazon EC2
5	10 (8.26%)	GitHub
6	8 (6.61%)	Mimecast
6	8 (6.61%)	OneDrive
6	8 (6.61%)	OpenDNS
7	7 (5.79%)	IaaS
8	5 (4.13%)	Google Cloud Platform
8	5 (4.13%)	PaaS
9	3 (2.48%)	Akamai
9	3 (2.48%)	Azure Active Directory
9	3 (2.48%)	Virtual Private Cloud
10	2 (1.65%)	Amazon Kinesis
10	2 (1.65%)	G Suite
10	2 (1.65%)	Google App Engine

Communications & Networking
1	33 (27.27%)	Firewall
2	24 (19.83%)	VoIP
3	22 (18.18%)	VLAN
4	20 (16.53%)	VPN
5	17 (14.05%)	BGP
5	17 (14.05%)	OSPF
5	17 (14.05%)	SNMP
5	17 (14.05%)	TCP/IP
6	16 (13.22%)	DNS
7	14 (11.57%)	Network Security
8	12 (9.92%)	LDAP
9	11 (9.09%)	DHCP
9	11 (9.09%)	SAN
10	10 (8.26%)	Kerberos
10	10 (8.26%)	Multicast
10	10 (8.26%)	NAS
10	10 (8.26%)	tcpdump
11	9 (7.44%)	Internet
12	8 (6.61%)	Wireless
12	8 (6.61%)	WLAN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	16 (13.22%)	MySQL
1	16 (13.22%)	Relational Database
2	13 (10.74%)	NoSQL
2	13 (10.74%)	SQL Server
3	12 (9.92%)	MongoDB
4	10 (8.26%)	CouchDB
5	9 (7.44%)	InfluxDB
6	5 (4.13%)	Azure SQL Database
6	5 (4.13%)	PostgreSQL
7	4 (3.31%)	Hadoop
8	3 (2.48%)	Oracle Database
8	3 (2.48%)	RDBMS
9	2 (1.65%)	Amazon DynamoDB
9	2 (1.65%)	Big Data
9	2 (1.65%)	BigQuery
9	2 (1.65%)	SAP HANA
10	1 (0.83%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
10	1 (0.83%)	SQL Server Integration Services
10	1 (0.83%)	SQL Server Reporting Services

Development Applications
1	39 (32.23%)	Git (software)
2	22 (18.18%)	Subversion
3	11 (9.09%)	Jenkins
3	11 (9.09%)	Maven
4	5 (4.13%)	Visual Studio
5	4 (3.31%)	Vagrant
6	2 (1.65%)	JIRA
6	2 (1.65%)	Talend Open Studio
6	2 (1.65%)	Trac
7	1 (0.83%)	Ant
7	1 (0.83%)	Gradle
7	1 (0.83%)	Grunt
7	1 (0.83%)	gulp
7	1 (0.83%)	Jasmine
7	1 (0.83%)	Karma Test Runner
7	1 (0.83%)	Selenium
7	1 (0.83%)	SonarQube
7	1 (0.83%)	Sonatype Nexus
7	1 (0.83%)	webpack

General
1	12 (9.92%)	Finance
2	10 (8.26%)	Telecoms
3	9 (7.44%)	Automotive
3	9 (7.44%)	Manufacturing
4	7 (5.79%)	Electronics
5	4 (3.31%)	Back Office
5	4 (3.31%)	German Language
6	3 (2.48%)	Financial Institution
7	2 (1.65%)	Banking
7	2 (1.65%)	Dutch Language
7	2 (1.65%)	Marketing
7	2 (1.65%)	Military
8	1 (0.83%)	Billing
8	1 (0.83%)	Investment Banking
8	1 (0.83%)	Retail
8	1 (0.83%)	Retail Banking

Job Titles
1	19 (15.70%)	Developer
2	16 (13.22%)	Consultant
2	16 (13.22%)	DevOps Engineer
2	16 (13.22%)	Senior Developer
3	14 (11.57%)	Systems Engineer
4	10 (8.26%)	Linux Engineer
4	10 (8.26%)	Linux Systems Engineer
4	10 (8.26%)	Senior Software Developer
4	10 (8.26%)	Software Developer
5	9 (7.44%)	SAP Consultant
5	9 (7.44%)	SAP SD Consultant
6	8 (6.61%)	3rd Line Engineer
6	8 (6.61%)	Network Engineer
6	8 (6.61%)	Ubuntu Engineer
6	8 (6.61%)	Unix Engineer
6	8 (6.61%)	Unix Linux Engineer
6	8 (6.61%)	Unix Systems Engineer
7	7 (5.79%)	Network Systems Engineer
7	7 (5.79%)	Support Engineer
8	6 (4.96%)	Administrator

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	12 (9.92%)	CSS
1	12 (9.92%)	HTML
2	11 (9.09%)	Node.js
3	10 (8.26%)	CPAN
3	10 (8.26%)	DBIx::Class
3	10 (8.26%)	Express
3	10 (8.26%)	jQuery
3	10 (8.26%)	Moose
4	9 (7.44%)	LAMP
4	9 (7.44%)	Sensu
5	8 (6.61%)	Web Services
6	7 (5.79%)	Google Maps API
6	7 (5.79%)	HTML5
7	6 (4.96%)	.NET
8	5 (4.13%)	ASP.NET
8	5 (4.13%)	CSS3
8	5 (4.13%)	J2EE
8	5 (4.13%)	JSP
8	5 (4.13%)	Struts
9	4 (3.31%)	FreeSWITCH

Miscellaneous
1	32 (26.45%)	Computer Science
2	13 (10.74%)	Data Centre
3	9 (7.44%)	Analytical Skills
4	8 (6.61%)	Public Cloud
5	6 (4.96%)	Management Information System
6	5 (4.13%)	VxBlock/Vblock
7	4 (3.31%)	PKI
8	3 (2.48%)	Blog
8	3 (2.48%)	Enterprise Software
8	3 (2.48%)	Social Media
9	2 (1.65%)	Hedge funds
9	2 (1.65%)	Replication
9	2 (1.65%)	Virtual Team
10	1 (0.83%)	CCTV
10	1 (0.83%)	Driving Licence
10	1 (0.83%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
10	1 (0.83%)	Mobile App
10	1 (0.83%)	User Experience
10	1 (0.83%)	W3C

Operating Systems
1	52 (42.98%)	Windows
2	48 (39.67%)	Linux
3	15 (12.40%)	Ubuntu
4	13 (10.74%)	Debian
5	11 (9.09%)	Unix
5	11 (9.09%)	Windows Server
5	11 (9.09%)	Windows Server 2012
6	9 (7.44%)	Windows 10
7	8 (6.61%)	Windows 7
7	8 (6.61%)	Windows Server 2008
8	6 (4.96%)	Windows Server 2003
9	5 (4.13%)	Windows 2000
9	5 (4.13%)	Windows NT
10	4 (3.31%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	3 (2.48%)	OpenVMS
12	2 (1.65%)	Android
12	2 (1.65%)	CentOS
12	2 (1.65%)	Fedora

Processes & Methodologies
1	28 (23.14%)	Configuration Management
2	26 (21.49%)	Open Source
3	22 (18.18%)	DevOps
4	19 (15.70%)	Continuous Integration
4	19 (15.70%)	Task Automation
5	16 (13.22%)	Agile Software Development
6	15 (12.40%)	Test Automation
6	15 (12.40%)	Web Development
7	14 (11.57%)	ITIL
7	14 (11.57%)	Migration
8	11 (9.09%)	Mentoring
8	11 (9.09%)	Service Delivery
9	10 (8.26%)	Bioinformatics
9	10 (8.26%)	Informatics
9	10 (8.26%)	Load Balancing
9	10 (8.26%)	Network Monitoring
9	10 (8.26%)	Software Engineering
9	10 (8.26%)	Visualisation
10	9 (7.44%)	Logistics
10	9 (7.44%)	Stakeholder Management

Programming Languages
1	42 (34.71%)	Python
2	28 (23.14%)	SQL
3	27 (22.31%)	Ruby
4	24 (19.83%)	JavaScript
4	24 (19.83%)	Perl
5	17 (14.05%)	PowerShell
6	16 (13.22%)	Java
7	13 (10.74%)	C#
8	11 (9.09%)	C++
9	10 (8.26%)	Shell Script
10	9 (7.44%)	Erlang
11	6 (4.96%)	PHP
11	6 (4.96%)	VB
12	5 (4.13%)	Bash Shell
12	5 (4.13%)	C
13	3 (2.48%)	Pascal
14	2 (1.65%)	AWK
14	2 (1.65%)	sed
14	2 (1.65%)	VBScript
15	1 (0.83%)	CoffeeScript

Qualifications
1	41 (33.88%)	Degree
2	21 (17.36%)	Computer Science Degree
3	15 (12.40%)	Cisco Certification
4	10 (8.26%)	CCNP
4	10 (8.26%)	Postgraduate
5	8 (6.61%)	CCIE
6	7 (5.79%)	CCMSE
6	7 (5.79%)	CCSA
6	7 (5.79%)	CCSE
6	7 (5.79%)	JNCIE
6	7 (5.79%)	Microsoft Certification
6	7 (5.79%)	VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7	6 (4.96%)	CCNA
8	5 (4.13%)	MCTS
9	4 (3.31%)	Master's Degree
9	4 (3.31%)	VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
10	3 (2.48%)	Security Cleared
11	2 (1.65%)	SC Cleared
12	1 (0.83%)	DV Cleared
12	1 (0.83%)	MCSE

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	1 (0.83%)	PCI DSS
1	1 (0.83%)	PMO
1	1 (0.83%)	QA
1	1 (0.83%)	SLA

System Software
1	36 (29.75%)	VMware Infrastructure
2	29 (23.97%)	Active Directory
3	25 (20.66%)	Virtual Machines
4	17 (14.05%)	Hyper-V
5	13 (10.74%)	Docker
6	10 (8.26%)	Ceph
6	10 (8.26%)	LXC
7	9 (7.44%)	VMware ESXi
8	8 (6.61%)	vCloud
8	8 (6.61%)	vSphere
8	8 (6.61%)	XenDesktop
9	5 (4.13%)	NFS
9	5 (4.13%)	Virtual Desktop
10	4 (3.31%)	Forefront TMG
10	4 (3.31%)	ISA Server
10	4 (3.31%)	UAG
10	4 (3.31%)	Veritas Cluster Server
11	2 (1.65%)	iptables
11	2 (1.65%)	KVM
11	2 (1.65%)	Xen

Systems Management
1	35 (28.93%)	Puppet
2	20 (16.53%)	Opscode Chef
3	15 (12.40%)	Salt
4	14 (11.57%)	Nagios
5	10 (8.26%)	Graphite
5	10 (8.26%)	Oracle ZFS
5	10 (8.26%)	Rsyslog
5	10 (8.26%)	Terraform
6	9 (7.44%)	Ansible
6	9 (7.44%)	Cacti
6	9 (7.44%)	Grafana
6	9 (7.44%)	Munin
7	6 (4.96%)	vCenter Server
7	6 (4.96%)	vMotion
8	5 (4.13%)	Microsoft Clustering
9	4 (3.31%)	Kubernetes
9	4 (3.31%)	Mesos
9	4 (3.31%)	WMI
10	3 (2.48%)	Packer
10	3 (2.48%)	SCOM

Vendors
1	46 (38.02%)	Microsoft
2	39 (32.23%)	VMware
3	16 (13.22%)	Cisco
4	15 (12.40%)	SAP
5	12 (9.92%)	HP
6	10 (8.26%)	Google
7	9 (7.44%)	Meraki
7	9 (7.44%)	SonicWALL
8	8 (6.61%)	Citrix
8	8 (6.61%)	F5
8	8 (6.61%)	Qualys
8	8 (6.61%)	Webroot
9	7 (5.79%)	CA
9	7 (5.79%)	CheckPoint
9	7 (5.79%)	Fortinet
9	7 (5.79%)	Juniper
9	7 (5.79%)	Palo Alto
10	4 (3.31%)	Huawei
10	4 (3.31%)	Veritas
11	3 (2.48%)	Oracle