vSphere Jobs in the UK excluding London

VMware vSphere
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 490 462 527
Rank change year-on-year -28 +65 -160
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 292 317 334
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.53% 0.47%
As % of the System Software category 3.32% 3.41% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 252 229 259
10th Percentile £26,850 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -8.05% -3.33%
75th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 8,784 9,301 12,248
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.40% 15.47% 17.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7,050 5,861 8,396
10th Percentile £25,750 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,500 £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 13 May 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 13 May 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 +30 75 £52,500 +56.72% 12
South East -6 63 £48,500 +38.57% 18
Midlands 0 54 £50,000 +53.85% 13
East of England +14 45 £32,000 -36.00% 6
North of England +7 41 £43,000 -4.44% 7
West Midlands +15 33 £52,500 +61.54% 9
East Midlands -3 21 £50,000 - 4
Yorkshire +58 17 £42,500 +6.25% 1
North West -22 15 £52,500 - 5
Scotland -58 11 £34,000 -32.00% 1
North East +2 9 £27,500 - 1
Northern Ireland +23 2 £34,628 +6.55%
Wales +9 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 55 (18.84%) SharePoint
2 48 (16.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (7.53%) IIS
4 6 (2.05%) Confluence
4 6 (2.05%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.37%) WordPress
6 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (4.45%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 131 (44.86%) Microsoft 365
2 126 (43.15%) Azure
3 35 (11.99%) Entra ID
4 27 (9.25%) OneDrive
5 23 (7.88%) AWS
6 19 (6.51%) IaaS
6 19 (6.51%) PaaS
7 13 (4.45%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.11%) SaaS
9 6 (2.05%) GCP
10 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
10 2 (0.68%) Nutanix
10 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.68%) Zapier
11 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 81 (27.74%) Firewall
2 62 (21.23%) LAN
3 58 (19.86%) SAN
4 55 (18.84%) WAN
5 54 (18.49%) DNS
6 50 (17.12%) VPN
6 50 (17.12%) VSAN
7 45 (15.41%) DHCP
8 29 (9.93%) Internet
9 20 (6.85%) VLAN
10 18 (6.16%) NAS
10 18 (6.16%) TCP/IP
10 18 (6.16%) VoIP
10 18 (6.16%) Wireless
11 15 (5.14%) Wi-Fi
12 14 (4.79%) WLAN
13 10 (3.42%) Network Security
13 10 (3.42%) NGFW
14 9 (3.08%) Unified Communications
15 8 (2.74%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.03%) Ingres
2 3 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (0.68%) MariaDB
3 2 (0.68%) MySQL
3 2 (0.68%) Power BI
3 2 (0.68%) RDBMS
3 2 (0.68%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (0.68%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.68%) Tableau
4 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 8 (2.74%) JIRA
2 3 (1.03%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
General
1 48 (16.44%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
3 27 (9.25%) Finance
4 13 (4.45%) Aerospace
5 11 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (3.77%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (2.74%) Advertising
8 6 (2.05%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.37%) Electronics
9 4 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.37%) Police
10 3 (1.03%) Local Government
11 2 (0.68%) Law
11 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.34%) Military
12 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (26.37%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (13.36%) Senior
3 38 (13.01%) Support Engineer
4 29 (9.93%) Administrator
5 28 (9.59%) Lead
6 24 (8.22%) Analyst
6 24 (8.22%) IT Engineer
7 22 (7.53%) Systems Administrator
8 21 (7.19%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (6.51%) Systems Engineer
10 18 (6.16%) Consultant
10 18 (6.16%) VMWare Administrator
11 17 (5.82%) IT Support
12 16 (5.48%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (4.79%) 3rd Line Support
14 12 (4.11%) Architect
14 12 (4.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 11 (3.77%) Infrastructure Support
15 11 (3.77%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
16 10 (3.42%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.11%) JSON
2 10 (3.42%) ARM Templates
2 10 (3.42%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (3.42%) YAML
3 7 (2.40%) .NET
4 5 (1.71%) EDI
5 4 (1.37%) LAMP
5 4 (1.37%) XMPP
6 2 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.68%) REST
6 2 (0.68%) SOAP
6 2 (0.68%) XML
6 2 (0.68%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 55 (18.84%) Data Centre
2 37 (12.67%) PKI
3 21 (7.19%) Replication
4 17 (5.82%) Public Cloud
5 16 (5.48%) Management Information System
6 13 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.77%) Clustering
8 10 (3.42%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (3.42%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.40%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.71%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.37%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.37%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.37%) Mobile Computing
11 4 (1.37%) Smartcard
12 3 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.03%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.68%) Device Driver
13 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
13 2 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 192 (65.75%) Windows
2 152 (52.05%) Windows Server
3 91 (31.16%) Linux
4 48 (16.44%) Windows Server 2016
5 42 (14.38%) Windows 10
6 36 (12.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 27 (9.25%) Ubuntu
8 22 (7.53%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (7.19%) CentOS
10 12 (4.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (4.11%) Windows 7
11 10 (3.42%) Debian
12 6 (2.05%) Apple iOS
12 6 (2.05%) VMS
12 6 (2.05%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.03%) SUSE
14 2 (0.68%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (29.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 78 (26.71%) ITIL
3 43 (14.73%) Agile
4 38 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (12.33%) Customer Service
6 30 (10.27%) Cybersecurity
7 27 (9.25%) Incident Management
8 25 (8.56%) Service Delivery
9 23 (7.88%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (6.85%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 19 (6.51%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (6.51%) Load Balancing
13 18 (6.16%) Problem Management
14 17 (5.82%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (5.82%) DevOps
15 16 (5.48%) Kalman Filter
15 16 (5.48%) Network Design
15 16 (5.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 14 (4.79%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.77%) PowerShell
2 26 (8.90%) Python
3 25 (8.56%) Bash
4 23 (7.88%) SQL
5 10 (3.42%) ActionScript
5 10 (3.42%) VB
6 7 (2.40%) C#
6 7 (2.40%) VB.NET
7 3 (1.03%) AWK
7 3 (1.03%) sed
8 2 (0.68%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) Java
9 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Perl
Qualifications
1 72 (24.66%) Security Cleared
2 45 (15.41%) Degree
3 35 (11.99%) DV Cleared
4 34 (11.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (9.93%) SC Cleared
6 16 (5.48%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.79%) CCNA
8 11 (3.77%) HND
8 11 (3.77%) MCSA
8 11 (3.77%) MCSE
9 9 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.74%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (2.40%) MCP
12 6 (2.05%) Citrix Certification
12 6 (2.05%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.37%) CCA
14 4 (1.37%) CCDA
15 3 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (1.03%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.19%) SLA
2 10 (3.42%) NIST
3 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.03%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.68%) NCSC
System Software
1 192 (65.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 152 (52.05%) Active Directory
3 56 (19.18%) VMware ESXi
4 38 (13.01%) Hyper-V
5 24 (8.22%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (5.48%) VMware NSX
6 16 (5.48%) XenApp
7 11 (3.77%) Virtual Desktop
8 10 (3.42%) OpenSSH
9 5 (1.71%) Firmware
9 5 (1.71%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.71%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.37%) Docker
10 4 (1.37%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.68%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 66 (22.60%) vCenter Server
2 32 (10.96%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (7.19%) SCCM
4 18 (6.16%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.82%) Ansible
5 17 (5.82%) Puppet
5 17 (5.82%) Terraform
6 13 (4.45%) McAfee ePO
6 13 (4.45%) WSUS
7 12 (4.11%) FortiGate
8 10 (3.42%) IBM BigFix
8 10 (3.42%) PowerCLI
8 10 (3.42%) VxRail
9 8 (2.74%) NetCrunch
9 8 (2.74%) SCVMM
10 6 (2.05%) Nagios
10 6 (2.05%) SmoothWall
11 4 (1.37%) EMC NetWorker
11 4 (1.37%) Nessus
11 4 (1.37%) Podman
Vendors
1 264 (90.41%) VMware
2 162 (55.48%) Microsoft
3 44 (15.07%) Veeam
4 38 (13.01%) Dell
5 37 (12.67%) Cisco
6 33 (11.30%) HP
7 32 (10.96%) Citrix
8 21 (7.19%) IBM
9 19 (6.51%) Red Hat
10 13 (4.45%) McAfee
10 13 (4.45%) Palo Alto
11 12 (4.11%) NetApp
12 11 (3.77%) CheckPoint
12 11 (3.77%) SolarWinds
13 10 (3.42%) Commvault
13 10 (3.42%) Tanium
13 10 (3.42%) Tripwire
14 9 (3.08%) Apple
14 9 (3.08%) Splunk
15 8 (2.74%) Zerto