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 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 547 572 700
Rank change year-on-year +25 +128 -207
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 391 428 632
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.44% 0.38%
As % of the System Software category 3.26% 2.81% 2.06%
Number of salaries quoted 330 304 495
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £43,276 £32,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £73,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -

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 11,977 15,223 30,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 11.67% 15.64% 18.41%
Number of salaries quoted 9,369 9,898 15,651
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +5.26%

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 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for vSphere in the UK

vSphere
Top 17 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 28 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
England +68 376 £52,500 +16.67% 83
UK excluding London 0 304 £50,000 +25.00% 70
Work from Home +73 126 £52,500 - 26
London +120 87 £65,000 +8.33% 12
South West +27 80 £52,500 +81.03% 11
South East -8 70 £48,500 +38.57% 25
Midlands +7 56 £50,000 +53.85% 15
East of England -3 43 £32,000 -39.05% 4
North of England +10 40 £42,750 -5.00% 14
West Midlands +13 33 £51,250 +57.69% 13
East Midlands -6 23 £50,000 - 2
Yorkshire +59 17 £42,500 +6.25% 3
North West -18 14 £52,500 - 11
Scotland -60 12 £47,000 -6.00% 1
North East 0 9 £27,500 -
Northern Ireland +19 2 £34,628 +6.55%
Wales -1 1 £50,000 +122.22%

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 68 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 63 (16.11%) SharePoint
3 29 (7.42%) IIS
4 9 (2.30%) WordPress
5 8 (2.05%) WebSphere
6 7 (1.79%) Skype for Business
7 6 (1.53%) Confluence
8 4 (1.02%) Exchange Server 2013
8 4 (1.02%) SAS
9 2 (0.51%) nginx
10 1 (0.26%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 17 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.77%) SPSS
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Eikon
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 176 (45.01%) Azure
2 169 (43.22%) Microsoft 365
3 44 (11.25%) Entra ID
4 35 (8.95%) AWS
5 34 (8.70%) OneDrive
6 20 (5.12%) IaaS
7 19 (4.86%) PaaS
8 13 (3.32%) SaaS
9 11 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
10 9 (2.30%) GCP
11 4 (1.02%) Nutanix
12 3 (0.77%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.77%) Mimecast
12 3 (0.77%) Rubrik
13 2 (0.51%) Cloudflare
13 2 (0.51%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.51%) Power Platform
13 2 (0.51%) Slack
13 2 (0.51%) WhatsApp
13 2 (0.51%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 113 (28.90%) Firewall
2 92 (23.53%) SAN
3 82 (20.97%) DNS
4 77 (19.69%) LAN
5 71 (18.16%) WAN
6 69 (17.65%) VPN
7 58 (14.83%) DHCP
8 55 (14.07%) VSAN
9 40 (10.23%) Internet
10 33 (8.44%) NAS
11 32 (8.18%) VLAN
12 31 (7.93%) Wireless
13 29 (7.42%) Network Security
14 22 (5.63%) TCP/IP
15 19 (4.86%) VoIP
16 17 (4.35%) iSCSI
16 17 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
17 16 (4.09%) Fibre Channel
18 15 (3.84%) WLAN
19 10 (2.56%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (15.35%) SQL Server
2 8 (2.05%) DB2
3 5 (1.28%) MySQL
3 5 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.77%) Big Data
5 3 (0.77%) EDRMS
5 3 (0.77%) Ingres
5 3 (0.77%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.51%) Power BI
6 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.51%) Redis
6 2 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.51%) Tableau
7 1 (0.26%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 9 (2.30%) JIRA
2 5 (1.28%) Git
3 4 (1.02%) GitLab
4 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
General
1 77 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 57 (14.58%) Finance
3 41 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (4.09%) Military
5 14 (3.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 13 (3.32%) Aerospace
7 12 (3.07%) Documentation Skills
7 12 (3.07%) Public Sector
8 10 (2.56%) Billing
9 8 (2.05%) Advertising
9 8 (2.05%) Banking
10 7 (1.79%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.28%) Electronics
12 4 (1.02%) Legal
12 4 (1.02%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.02%) Police
13 3 (0.77%) Law
13 3 (0.77%) Local Government
14 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 108 (27.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 54 (13.81%) Senior
3 48 (12.28%) Support Engineer
4 37 (9.46%) Consultant
5 33 (8.44%) Administrator
6 30 (7.67%) Lead
7 29 (7.42%) Architect
8 28 (7.16%) IT Engineer
9 27 (6.91%) Cybersecurity Consultant
9 27 (6.91%) Security Consultant
10 26 (6.65%) Analyst
11 25 (6.39%) Systems Engineer
12 24 (6.14%) Systems Administrator
12 24 (6.14%) VMware Engineer
13 22 (5.63%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 21 (5.37%) 2nd Line Support
14 21 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (5.12%) IT Support
16 18 (4.60%) VMWare Administrator
17 15 (3.84%) 3rd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.91%) Elastic Stack
2 10 (2.56%) JSON
3 9 (2.30%) LAMP
4 8 (2.05%) ARM Templates
4 8 (2.05%) WebSphere MQ
4 8 (2.05%) YAML
5 7 (1.79%) .NET
6 4 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
6 4 (1.02%) REST
6 4 (1.02%) SOAP
6 4 (1.02%) XMPP
7 3 (0.77%) EDI
8 2 (0.51%) XML
8 2 (0.51%) X-Windows
9 1 (0.26%) LDAP
9 1 (0.26%) OAuth
9 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 84 (21.48%) Data Centre
2 42 (10.74%) PKI
3 38 (9.72%) Replication
4 27 (6.91%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 24 (6.14%) Public Cloud
6 20 (5.12%) Management Information System
7 17 (4.35%) Clustering
7 17 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (3.84%) Cyber Defence
8 15 (3.84%) Security Operations Centre
9 13 (3.32%) Private Cloud
10 10 (2.56%) Linux Command Line
11 7 (1.79%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.53%) Onboarding
13 5 (1.28%) Virtual Team
14 4 (1.02%) Enterprise Storage
14 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
14 4 (1.02%) Mobile Computing
14 4 (1.02%) Smartcard
14 4 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 254 (64.96%) Windows
2 202 (51.66%) Windows Server
3 135 (34.53%) Linux
4 62 (15.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 52 (13.30%) Windows 10
6 49 (12.53%) Windows Server 2019
7 48 (12.28%) Windows Server 2012
8 43 (11.00%) Ubuntu
9 23 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 21 (5.37%) CentOS
11 13 (3.32%) SUSE
11 13 (3.32%) Windows 7
12 11 (2.81%) Debian
12 11 (2.81%) VMS
13 8 (2.05%) Apple iOS
14 6 (1.53%) Windows Server 2003
15 4 (1.02%) Unix
16 2 (0.51%) Mac OS X
16 2 (0.51%) Windows Server 2008
17 1 (0.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 93 (23.79%) ITIL
3 62 (15.86%) Agile
4 52 (13.30%) Cybersecurity
5 45 (11.51%) Incident Management
6 42 (10.74%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (10.49%) Customer Service
8 35 (8.95%) SIEM
9 34 (8.70%) Virtual Infrastructure
10 32 (8.18%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (7.93%) Service Delivery
11 31 (7.93%) Vulnerability Management
12 30 (7.67%) Analytics
12 30 (7.67%) Data Analytics
13 26 (6.65%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (6.39%) Project Delivery
15 24 (6.14%) Infrastructure as Code
15 24 (6.14%) Load Balancing
16 23 (5.88%) Information Security
17 22 (5.63%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (31.97%) PowerShell
2 42 (10.74%) SQL
3 27 (6.91%) Python
4 25 (6.39%) Bash
5 13 (3.32%) ActionScript
5 13 (3.32%) VB
6 7 (1.79%) C#
6 7 (1.79%) VB.NET
7 5 (1.28%) JavaScript
8 3 (0.77%) AWK
8 3 (0.77%) sed
9 2 (0.51%) T-SQL
9 2 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.26%) Java
10 1 (0.26%) Perl
Qualifications
1 93 (23.79%) Security Cleared
2 62 (15.86%) Degree
3 53 (13.55%) DV Cleared
4 50 (12.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (8.18%) SC Cleared
6 25 (6.39%) MCSA
7 24 (6.14%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 22 (5.63%) MCSE
9 17 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
10 16 (4.09%) CCNA
11 11 (2.81%) HND
12 9 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
13 8 (2.05%) Citrix Certification
14 7 (1.79%) Azure Certification
14 7 (1.79%) MCP
15 6 (1.53%) CCA
15 6 (1.53%) DBS Check
16 5 (1.28%) CCDA
16 5 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 5 (1.28%) RHCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.16%) NIST
2 23 (5.88%) SLA
3 4 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.77%) GDPR
5 2 (0.51%) NCSC
5 2 (0.51%) QA
6 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
6 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 251 (64.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 212 (54.22%) Active Directory
3 78 (19.95%) VMware ESXi
4 44 (11.25%) Hyper-V
5 28 (7.16%) Virtual Machines
6 22 (5.63%) VMware NSX
7 20 (5.12%) XenApp
8 13 (3.32%) OpenSSH
8 13 (3.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (2.81%) vCloud
10 9 (2.30%) Virtual Servers
11 8 (2.05%) Firmware
12 7 (1.79%) Docker
13 6 (1.53%) Terminal Services
14 4 (1.02%) VMware Server
15 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Virtual Server
15 3 (0.77%) NFS
16 2 (0.51%) Varnish
16 2 (0.51%) VMware Workstation
16 2 (0.51%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 80 (20.46%) vCenter Server
2 42 (10.74%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (10.49%) SCCM
4 22 (5.63%) Kubernetes
5 19 (4.86%) Ansible
5 19 (4.86%) Puppet
5 19 (4.86%) Terraform
6 17 (4.35%) VxRail
7 16 (4.09%) WSUS
8 15 (3.84%) McAfee ePO
9 14 (3.58%) PowerCLI
10 13 (3.32%) IBM BigFix
11 12 (3.07%) FortiGate
12 9 (2.30%) NetCrunch
13 8 (2.05%) Nagios
13 8 (2.05%) SCVMM
14 7 (1.79%) SCOM
14 7 (1.79%) vRealize
15 6 (1.53%) SmoothWall
16 5 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 344 (87.98%) VMware
2 216 (55.24%) Microsoft
3 70 (17.90%) Veeam
4 59 (15.09%) Cisco
5 49 (12.53%) Citrix
5 49 (12.53%) Dell
5 49 (12.53%) HP
6 37 (9.46%) SolarWinds
7 29 (7.42%) Red Hat
8 28 (7.16%) NetApp
9 27 (6.91%) IBM
9 27 (6.91%) Tanium
9 27 (6.91%) Tripwire
10 20 (5.12%) Commvault
11 19 (4.86%) Palo Alto
12 16 (4.09%) McAfee
13 15 (3.84%) Juniper
14 14 (3.58%) Zerto
15 11 (2.81%) Splunk
16 10 (2.56%) Aruba