vSphere Jobs with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 465 520 585
Rank change year-on-year +55 +65 -156
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 121 126 271
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.36% 0.31% 0.39%
As % of the System Software category 2.86% 2.10% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 101 100 216
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,600 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £60,918 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £85,500 £75,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for system software skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for system software skills 4,238 6,013 13,286
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.56% 14.78% 19.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3,372 4,457 7,622
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £86,225 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

vSphere
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing vSphere as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

vSphere trend for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing vSphere.

vSphere salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing vSphere over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

vSphere salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

vSphere
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 14 (11.57%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.96%) IIS
3 4 (3.31%) SAS
3 4 (3.31%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.48%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.83%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.83%) CMS
5 1 (0.83%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.48%) SPSS
2 1 (0.83%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.65%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (48.76%) Azure
2 54 (44.63%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (13.22%) IaaS
3 16 (13.22%) PaaS
4 15 (12.40%) Entra ID
5 14 (11.57%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.61%) AWS
7 6 (4.96%) GCP
7 6 (4.96%) OneDrive
8 5 (4.13%) SaaS
9 3 (2.48%) Dropbox
9 3 (2.48%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.65%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.65%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.65%) Zapier
11 1 (0.83%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.83%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 30 (24.79%) Firewall
1 30 (24.79%) LAN
2 28 (23.14%) SAN
2 28 (23.14%) WAN
3 27 (22.31%) VSAN
4 25 (20.66%) VPN
5 20 (16.53%) Internet
6 16 (13.22%) DNS
7 11 (9.09%) DHCP
7 11 (9.09%) NGFW
8 8 (6.61%) VLAN
9 7 (5.79%) TCP/IP
9 7 (5.79%) Wireless
10 6 (4.96%) NAS
11 4 (3.31%) FTP
11 4 (3.31%) iSCSI
11 4 (3.31%) WLAN
12 3 (2.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
12 3 (2.48%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (2.48%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.31%) DB2
2 4 (3.31%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.48%) Big Data
3 3 (2.48%) EDRMS
3 3 (2.48%) Ingres
4 2 (1.65%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.65%) MariaDB
4 2 (1.65%) MySQL
4 2 (1.65%) Power BI
4 2 (1.65%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.65%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.65%) Tableau
5 1 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.83%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Git
General
1 28 (23.14%) Finance
2 22 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 16 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (6.61%) Advertising
6 6 (4.96%) Public Sector
7 4 (3.31%) Legal
7 4 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (3.31%) Police
8 2 (1.65%) Military
9 1 (0.83%) Back Office
9 1 (0.83%) Electronics
9 1 (0.83%) Law
9 1 (0.83%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.83%) Marketing
9 1 (0.83%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (29.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 19 (15.70%) Support Engineer
3 17 (14.05%) Architect
3 17 (14.05%) Senior
4 15 (12.40%) Systems Engineer
5 11 (9.09%) Citrix Architect
5 11 (9.09%) Cloud Architect
5 11 (9.09%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
5 11 (9.09%) DevOps Architect
6 10 (8.26%) Infrastructure Support
6 10 (8.26%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
7 9 (7.44%) Administrator
7 9 (7.44%) Systems Administrator
7 9 (7.44%) VMware Engineer
7 9 (7.44%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 9 (7.44%) VMware Support Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (6.61%) IT Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (5.79%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.74%) JSON
2 11 (9.09%) ARM Templates
2 11 (9.09%) YAML
3 4 (3.31%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (2.48%) EDI
5 2 (1.65%) .NET
5 2 (1.65%) REST
5 2 (1.65%) SOAP
5 2 (1.65%) XML
6 1 (0.83%) OAuth
6 1 (0.83%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 25 (20.66%) Data Centre
2 19 (15.70%) PKI
3 15 (12.40%) Private Cloud
4 14 (11.57%) Public Cloud
5 12 (9.92%) Management Information System
6 11 (9.09%) Clustering
7 7 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (3.31%) Onboarding
9 3 (2.48%) Cybercrime
9 3 (2.48%) Replication
9 3 (2.48%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (1.65%) Fat Client
10 2 (1.65%) Thin Client
11 1 (0.83%) Blackberry
11 1 (0.83%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
11 1 (0.83%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 74 (61.16%) Windows
2 59 (48.76%) Windows Server
3 43 (35.54%) Linux
4 17 (14.05%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (12.40%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (12.40%) Windows Server 2019
6 11 (9.09%) Windows 10
7 7 (5.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (5.79%) Windows 7
8 6 (4.96%) Debian
9 3 (2.48%) CentOS
9 3 (2.48%) SUSE
10 2 (1.65%) Ubuntu
10 2 (1.65%) Unix
10 2 (1.65%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.83%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (33.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 34 (28.10%) ITIL
3 22 (18.18%) Customer Service
4 18 (14.88%) Agile
5 17 (14.05%) Network Design
6 16 (13.22%) Cybersecurity
7 15 (12.40%) DevOps
7 15 (12.40%) Load Balancing
8 14 (11.57%) Change Management
8 14 (11.57%) Problem Management
8 14 (11.57%) SDLC
9 12 (9.92%) Line Management
9 12 (9.92%) Network Virtualisation
9 12 (9.92%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (9.09%) CI/CD
10 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
10 11 (9.09%) Infrastructure Management
10 11 (9.09%) Root Cause Analysis
11 10 (8.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (8.26%) Customer Requirements
Programming Languages
1 41 (33.88%) PowerShell
2 19 (15.70%) Python
3 17 (14.05%) Bash
4 12 (9.92%) SQL
5 9 (7.44%) ActionScript
5 9 (7.44%) VB
6 3 (2.48%) AWK
6 3 (2.48%) sed
7 2 (1.65%) C#
7 2 (1.65%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.65%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.83%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (19.01%) Degree
1 23 (19.01%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.61%) DBS Check
5 5 (4.13%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.13%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.13%) HND
5 5 (4.13%) MCSA
6 4 (3.31%) Azure Certification
6 4 (3.31%) RHCA
6 4 (3.31%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (3.31%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (2.48%) CCNP
8 2 (1.65%) CCNA
8 2 (1.65%) CESG Certified Professional
8 2 (1.65%) Citrix Certification
8 2 (1.65%) HNC
8 2 (1.65%) MCITP
9 1 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.09%) SLA
2 3 (2.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.83%) NIST
System Software
1 98 (80.99%) VMware Infrastructure
2 58 (47.93%) Active Directory
3 33 (27.27%) VMware ESXi
4 18 (14.88%) Hyper-V
5 17 (14.05%) Virtual Machines
6 11 (9.09%) Virtual Desktop
6 11 (9.09%) XenApp
7 9 (7.44%) OpenSSH
8 2 (1.65%) VMware NSX
8 2 (1.65%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (1.65%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.83%) Firmware
9 1 (0.83%) KVM
9 1 (0.83%) NFS
9 1 (0.83%) vCloud
9 1 (0.83%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 26 (21.49%) vCenter Server
2 13 (10.74%) Ansible
2 13 (10.74%) Puppet
3 11 (9.09%) Terraform
4 9 (7.44%) FortiGate
4 9 (7.44%) IBM BigFix
4 9 (7.44%) PowerCLI
5 7 (5.79%) Nagios
5 7 (5.79%) SCCM
6 6 (4.96%) McAfee ePO
6 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (4.13%) SCVMM
8 4 (3.31%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.65%) SCOM
9 2 (1.65%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.65%) WSUS
10 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.83%) OfficeScan
10 1 (0.83%) vRealize
10 1 (0.83%) VxRail
Vendors
1 115 (95.04%) VMware
2 56 (46.28%) Microsoft
3 29 (23.97%) Citrix
4 24 (19.83%) Cisco
5 21 (17.36%) Veeam
6 19 (15.70%) IBM
7 14 (11.57%) Dell
8 13 (10.74%) HP
9 11 (9.09%) Juniper
10 8 (6.61%) CheckPoint
11 7 (5.79%) 3PAR
11 7 (5.79%) Red Hat
11 7 (5.79%) ServiceNow
12 6 (4.96%) EMC
12 6 (4.96%) McAfee
12 6 (4.96%) Palo Alto
13 5 (4.13%) NetApp
13 5 (4.13%) Oracle
13 5 (4.13%) Zerto
14 4 (3.31%) Commvault