VMware vSphere
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for vSphere skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited vSphere over the 6 months to 10 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 477 578 578
Rank change year-on-year +101 0 -182
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 266 586 590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.51% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the System Software category 3.03% 3.13% 2.63%
Number of salaries quoted 233 430 465
10th Percentile £31,150 £31,250 £29,850
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% +14.44% -18.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £72,500 £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +11.76% -5.56%

All System Software Skills
UK

vSphere is in the System Software category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,771 18,701 22,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.78% 15.30% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,001 12,503 15,991
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,557 £49,150 £47,500
% change year-on-year -3.24% +3.47% +4.97%

vSphere
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vSphere.

Salary trend for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing vSphere over the 6 months to 10 December 2023.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vSphere within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 2023. 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
England +126 261 £55,000 +4.76% 78
UK excluding London +29 159 £47,500 - 62
Work from Home +93 114 £54,000 +6.40% 25
London +237 102 £65,000 +8.33% 18
South East +132 52 £53,750 +15.39% 17
South West +77 40 £46,250 +2.78% 7
North of England +98 31 £47,500 -9.52% 17
North West +79 19 £47,500 -10.38% 12
East of England +46 19 £25,000 -54.55% 7
Midlands +48 14 £48,000 +6.67% 13
West Midlands +79 10 £44,250 +30.15% 6
Yorkshire +77 9 £37,000 -7.50% 3
North East +40 4 £50,000 -4.76% 2
East Midlands +15 4 £50,000 -2.91% 7
Wales +2 3 £35,625 -20.83%
Scotland +18 2 £72,500 +41.46% 2

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (11.28%) SharePoint
2 14 (5.26%) IIS
3 11 (4.14%) MS Exchange
4 6 (2.26%) Apache
5 5 (1.88%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.75%) Confluence
6 2 (0.75%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.75%) nginx
6 2 (0.75%) WordPress
7 1 (0.38%) CMS
7 1 (0.38%) Exchange Server 2010
7 1 (0.38%) SAS
7 1 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
7 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 13 (4.89%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 157 (59.02%) Azure
2 138 (51.88%) Microsoft 365
3 48 (18.05%) AWS
4 29 (10.90%) Entra ID
5 28 (10.53%) IaaS
6 26 (9.77%) PaaS
7 25 (9.40%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (4.14%) Nutanix
9 7 (2.63%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.63%) WhatsApp
10 5 (1.88%) Mimecast
10 5 (1.88%) Rubrik
11 3 (1.13%) Cohesity
12 2 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
12 2 (0.75%) GitHub
12 2 (0.75%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (0.75%) OneDrive
13 1 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
13 1 (0.38%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 77 (28.95%) Firewall
2 70 (26.32%) VPN
3 68 (25.56%) SAN
4 53 (19.92%) DNS
5 40 (15.04%) WAN
6 38 (14.29%) LAN
7 35 (13.16%) DHCP
8 31 (11.65%) NAS
9 28 (10.53%) TCP/IP
10 26 (9.77%) Wireless
11 23 (8.65%) NGFW
12 22 (8.27%) VLAN
13 20 (7.52%) Skype
14 16 (6.02%) VSAN
15 11 (4.14%) Structured Cabling
15 11 (4.14%) Wi-Fi
16 10 (3.76%) Cisco ASA
17 8 (3.01%) BGP
17 8 (3.01%) Internet
17 8 (3.01%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (12.78%) SQL Server
2 7 (2.63%) Power BI
3 4 (1.50%) MySQL
4 3 (1.13%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.75%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.38%) DB2
6 1 (0.38%) MySQL Workbench
Development Applications
1 4 (1.50%) Sonatype Nexus
2 3 (1.13%) JIRA
2 3 (1.13%) Octopus Deploy
3 2 (0.75%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.38%) DBeaver
4 1 (0.38%) DbUnit
4 1 (0.38%) Git
4 1 (0.38%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.38%) jMock
4 1 (0.38%) JUnit
4 1 (0.38%) Maven
4 1 (0.38%) Mockito
4 1 (0.38%) SonarQube
General
1 68 (25.56%) Social Skills
2 33 (12.41%) Finance
3 27 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (6.77%) Military
5 15 (5.64%) Billing
5 15 (5.64%) Public Sector
6 13 (4.89%) Banking
6 13 (4.89%) Documentation Skills
7 10 (3.76%) Legal
8 8 (3.01%) Retail
8 8 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (1.88%) Private Banking
11 4 (1.50%) Publishing
12 3 (1.13%) Law
13 2 (0.75%) Investment Banking
13 2 (0.75%) Local Government
14 1 (0.38%) Advertising
14 1 (0.38%) Back Office
14 1 (0.38%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 88 (33.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 56 (21.05%) Senior
3 41 (15.41%) Architect
4 23 (8.65%) Citrix Architect
4 23 (8.65%) Cloud Architect
4 23 (8.65%) Wintel Engineer
5 21 (7.89%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 21 (7.89%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 18 (6.77%) Support Engineer
7 16 (6.02%) Infrastructure Architect
8 14 (5.26%) Senior Wintel Engineer
9 13 (4.89%) Network Engineer
10 12 (4.51%) Analyst
10 12 (4.51%) IT Engineer
10 12 (4.51%) VMware Engineer
11 11 (4.14%) 3rd Line Engineer
11 11 (4.14%) Azure Architect
11 11 (4.14%) Lead
11 11 (4.14%) Wintel Infrastructure Engineer
12 9 (3.38%) Senior VMware Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (9.02%) JSON
1 24 (9.02%) YAML
2 23 (8.65%) ARM Templates
3 8 (3.01%) Kafka
4 6 (2.26%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.13%) 802.1X
6 2 (0.75%) .NET
6 2 (0.75%) EDI
6 2 (0.75%) LAMP
6 2 (0.75%) Node.js
6 2 (0.75%) XML
7 1 (0.38%) HTML
7 1 (0.38%) J2EE
7 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.38%) REST
7 1 (0.38%) SAML
7 1 (0.38%) SOAP
7 1 (0.38%) Spring
7 1 (0.38%) Web Services
7 1 (0.38%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 45 (16.92%) Data Centre
2 43 (16.17%) Public Cloud
3 28 (10.53%) Replication
4 27 (10.15%) Clustering
5 26 (9.77%) Private Cloud
6 25 (9.40%) PKI
7 16 (6.02%) Fat Client
7 16 (6.02%) Thin Client
8 12 (4.51%) Onboarding
9 6 (2.26%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.13%) Life Science
10 3 (1.13%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.75%) CCTV
11 2 (0.75%) Enterprise Storage
11 2 (0.75%) Handset
11 2 (0.75%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.75%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.75%) Video\Live Streaming
12 1 (0.38%) Derivative
12 1 (0.38%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 175 (65.79%) Windows
2 135 (50.75%) Windows Server
3 76 (28.57%) Linux
4 71 (26.69%) Windows Server 2012
5 42 (15.79%) Windows Server 2016
6 37 (13.91%) Windows Server 2019
7 36 (13.53%) Windows 10
8 24 (9.02%) Ubuntu
9 15 (5.64%) SUSE
10 6 (2.26%) Unix
10 6 (2.26%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (1.50%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.13%) VMS
13 2 (0.75%) CentOS
13 2 (0.75%) Windows Server 2008
14 1 (0.38%) Data ONTAP
14 1 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (37.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 42 (15.79%) ITIL
2 42 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 39 (14.66%) Network Design
4 38 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 35 (13.16%) Agile
5 35 (13.16%) DevOps
6 31 (11.65%) Disaster Recovery
7 29 (10.90%) CI/CD
7 29 (10.90%) Patch Management
8 28 (10.53%) Infrastructure as Code
9 27 (10.15%) Network Virtualisation
9 27 (10.15%) SDLC
10 25 (9.40%) Continuous Improvement
10 25 (9.40%) Project Delivery
11 24 (9.02%) Incident Management
12 22 (8.27%) Network Monitoring
13 21 (7.89%) Asset Management
14 17 (6.39%) Virtual Infrastructure
15 16 (6.02%) Key Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (45.49%) PowerShell
2 47 (17.67%) SQL
3 9 (3.38%) Python
4 3 (1.13%) Bash
4 3 (1.13%) Java
5 2 (0.75%) VBScript
6 1 (0.38%) C
6 1 (0.38%) C#
6 1 (0.38%) Go
6 1 (0.38%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 54 (20.30%) Security Cleared
2 49 (18.42%) Degree
3 44 (16.54%) Microsoft Certification
4 35 (13.16%) SC Cleared
5 33 (12.41%) MCSE
6 30 (11.28%) DV Cleared
7 27 (10.15%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 23 (8.65%) MCSA
9 21 (7.89%) Cisco Certification
10 19 (7.14%) CCNP
11 12 (4.51%) CCNA
11 12 (4.51%) MCP
12 8 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
13 6 (2.26%) HNC
14 5 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
15 4 (1.50%) Azure Certification
15 4 (1.50%) CCA
15 4 (1.50%) Citrix Certification
15 4 (1.50%) DBS Check
15 4 (1.50%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (8.27%) SLA
2 20 (7.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 15 (5.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.88%) GDPR
5 4 (1.50%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 174 (65.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 164 (61.65%) Active Directory
3 60 (22.56%) VMware ESXi
4 52 (19.55%) Hyper-V
5 37 (13.91%) Virtual Desktop
5 37 (13.91%) VMware NSX
6 17 (6.39%) vCloud
7 15 (5.64%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (4.89%) XenApp
9 9 (3.38%) Docker
9 9 (3.38%) Firmware
10 6 (2.26%) Virtual Machines
11 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 4 (1.50%) XenDesktop
12 3 (1.13%) BitLocker
12 3 (1.13%) DFS Replication
13 2 (0.75%) pfSense
14 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
14 1 (0.38%) KVM
14 1 (0.38%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 53 (19.92%) SCCM
2 36 (13.53%) Terraform
3 28 (10.53%) Microsoft Intune
4 27 (10.15%) Microsoft Clustering
5 20 (7.52%) Failover Clustering
6 19 (7.14%) Ansible
7 16 (6.02%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 14 (5.26%) vCenter Server
9 12 (4.51%) SCOM
10 11 (4.14%) Nessus
11 10 (3.76%) Kubernetes
12 6 (2.26%) Consul
12 6 (2.26%) WSUS
13 5 (1.88%) FortiGate
13 5 (1.88%) McAfee ePO
13 5 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
14 4 (1.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 4 (1.50%) Prometheus
15 3 (1.13%) Stealthwatch
15 3 (1.13%) WhatsUp Gold
Vendors
1 252 (94.74%) VMware
2 150 (56.39%) Microsoft
3 57 (21.43%) Citrix
4 56 (21.05%) Cisco
5 49 (18.42%) Veeam
6 38 (14.29%) HP
7 20 (7.52%) Dell
7 20 (7.52%) Palo Alto
8 18 (6.77%) Meraki
8 18 (6.77%) Sophos
9 16 (6.02%) Fujitsu
10 15 (5.64%) Aruba
10 15 (5.64%) CheckPoint
11 13 (4.89%) F5
11 13 (4.89%) Juniper
11 13 (4.89%) NetApp
12 12 (4.51%) SolarWinds
13 11 (4.14%) arcserve
13 11 (4.14%) Fortinet
14 8 (3.01%) Red Hat