VMware vCenter Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for vCenter Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited vCenter Server over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 615 704 976
Rank change year-on-year +89 +272 -235
Permanent jobs citing vCenter Server 287 280 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.28% 0.17%
As % of the Systems Management category 2.91% 1.92% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 202 163 198
10th Percentile £41,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £36,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +11.11% -23.40%
75th Percentile £69,688 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,750 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.50% +17.65% -7.61%

All Systems Management Skills
UK

vCenter Server is in the Systems Management category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 9,851 14,586 29,467
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 9.86% 14.71% 18.33%
Number of salaries quoted 7,078 9,021 14,016
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,091 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.37% -3.57% +12.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £59,526
% change year-on-year -7.17% -0.46% +8.23%

vCenter Server
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing vCenter Server.

Salary trend for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing vCenter Server over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for vCenter Server in the UK

vCenter Server
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing vCenter Server within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +106 260 £53,000 +6.00% 39
UK excluding London -12 216 £51,750 +3.50% 32
Work from Home +143 148 £60,000 +9.09% 15
South East +18 74 £48,500 -1.02% 12
London +112 69 £82,500 +37.50% 6
South West -1 53 £51,000 +27.50% 8
North of England +65 41 £63,750 +21.43% 6
Yorkshire +99 28 £63,750 +105.65% 5
Midlands -22 17 £54,000 +2.86% 4
Scotland -62 16 £65,000 +22.07% 1
West Midlands +15 12 £54,000 +13.68% 2
North West 0 11 £82,500 +50.00% 1
Northern Ireland +20 6 £51,000 -
Wales +7 5 - -
East of England -21 5 £45,000 -21.74% 1
East Midlands -24 5 - - 2
North East - 2 £37,500 -

vCenter Server
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 54 (18.82%) Apache
2 51 (17.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (3.48%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.79%) IIS
5 1 (0.35%) CMS
5 1 (0.35%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.70%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 149 (51.92%) Azure
2 97 (33.80%) Microsoft 365
3 76 (26.48%) Entra ID
4 63 (21.95%) Amazon S3
5 43 (14.98%) AWS
6 26 (9.06%) OneDrive
7 17 (5.92%) SaaS
8 15 (5.23%) Nutanix
9 12 (4.18%) OCI
10 9 (3.14%) GCP
10 9 (3.14%) IaaS
11 8 (2.79%) OpenShift
12 6 (2.09%) WhatsApp
13 5 (1.74%) PaaS
14 4 (1.39%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 4 (1.39%) Azure Storage
15 1 (0.35%) Cloudflare
15 1 (0.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 97 (33.80%) Firewall
2 75 (26.13%) Internet
3 72 (25.09%) SNMP
4 64 (22.30%) VPN
5 62 (21.60%) SAN
6 60 (20.91%) DNS
7 54 (18.82%) IPsec
8 45 (15.68%) DHCP
9 26 (9.06%) NAS
10 22 (7.67%) TCP/IP
11 21 (7.32%) VSAN
11 21 (7.32%) WAN
12 20 (6.97%) LAN
13 16 (5.57%) Fibre Channel
14 14 (4.88%) Unified Communications
15 13 (4.53%) NetScaler
16 12 (4.18%) iSCSI
17 11 (3.83%) SMTP
17 11 (3.83%) Wireless
18 10 (3.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (22.30%) Elasticsearch
2 63 (21.95%) MongoDB
3 17 (5.92%) MySQL
4 16 (5.57%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.35%) Big Data
6 1 (0.35%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 20 (6.97%) JIRA
2 9 (3.14%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.05%) GitLab
General
1 74 (25.78%) Finance
2 71 (24.74%) Social Skills
3 23 (8.01%) Law
4 19 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (3.83%) Public Sector
6 10 (3.48%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.79%) Legal
8 7 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (1.05%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.70%) Banking
11 2 (0.70%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.35%) French Language
12 1 (0.35%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.35%) Italian Language
12 1 (0.35%) Marketing
12 1 (0.35%) Police
12 1 (0.35%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 102 (35.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 62 (21.60%) Consultant
3 54 (18.82%) NetApp Consultant
4 50 (17.42%) Senior
5 33 (11.50%) Support Engineer
6 32 (11.15%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
7 26 (9.06%) Infrastructure Support
7 26 (9.06%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
8 22 (7.67%) Lead
8 22 (7.67%) VMware Engineer
9 21 (7.32%) Systems Engineer
10 20 (6.97%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
11 18 (6.27%) Storage Engineer
12 17 (5.92%) Infrastructure Specialist
13 14 (4.88%) Backup Engineer
13 14 (4.88%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
13 14 (4.88%) Storage and Backup Engineer
14 12 (4.18%) Team Leader
15 11 (3.83%) Server Engineer
16 10 (3.48%) Senior Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (21.95%) YAML
2 56 (19.51%) RabbitMQ
3 9 (3.14%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.39%) 802.1X
4 4 (1.39%) ARM Templates
4 4 (1.39%) XMPP
5 2 (0.70%) .NET
6 1 (0.35%) JSON
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth
6 1 (0.35%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 97 (33.80%) Data Centre
2 42 (14.63%) Clustering
3 20 (6.97%) PKI
4 18 (6.27%) Public Cloud
5 17 (5.92%) EMC VNX
6 15 (5.23%) Replication
6 15 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (2.44%) EFT
8 6 (2.09%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.74%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.05%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.05%) Smartcard
11 2 (0.70%) CMDB
11 2 (0.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Storage
12 1 (0.35%) Hedge funds
12 1 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 245 (85.37%) Windows
2 165 (57.49%) Windows Server
3 156 (54.36%) Linux
4 57 (19.86%) Windows Server 2016
5 55 (19.16%) Data ONTAP
6 43 (14.98%) Windows Server 2012
7 41 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
8 23 (8.01%) CentOS
9 21 (7.32%) Ubuntu
9 21 (7.32%) Windows 10
10 14 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (4.18%) Windows XP
12 4 (1.39%) Debian
12 4 (1.39%) Rocky
13 2 (0.70%) Unix
13 2 (0.70%) VMS
14 1 (0.35%) SUSE
14 1 (0.35%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (37.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 91 (31.71%) Problem-Solving
3 73 (25.44%) Project Management
4 68 (23.69%) Storage Management
5 55 (19.16%) Infrastructure Management
5 55 (19.16%) Release Management
6 54 (18.82%) Actionable Insight
6 54 (18.82%) Project Planning
7 44 (15.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 36 (12.54%) Mentoring
8 36 (12.54%) Migration
9 33 (11.50%) ITIL
10 31 (10.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 28 (9.76%) Agile
12 26 (9.06%) Cybersecurity
13 23 (8.01%) Incident Management
13 23 (8.01%) Performance Tuning
14 21 (7.32%) Information Security
14 21 (7.32%) Systems Engineering
14 21 (7.32%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 101 (35.19%) PowerShell
2 86 (29.97%) Python
3 30 (10.45%) Bash
4 12 (4.18%) ActionScript
5 11 (3.83%) VB
6 9 (3.14%) Perl
7 6 (2.09%) SQL
8 1 (0.35%) Java
8 1 (0.35%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.35%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 84 (29.27%) Security Cleared
2 58 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.85%) DV Cleared
4 28 (9.76%) Degree
5 21 (7.32%) Cisco Certification
6 19 (6.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 18 (6.27%) CCNA
7 18 (6.27%) CCNP
8 14 (4.88%) Microsoft Certification
9 10 (3.48%) MCSE
10 9 (3.14%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.70%) MCSA
12 1 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Architect
12 1 (0.35%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (6.27%) SLA
2 8 (2.79%) PMO
3 4 (1.39%) GDPR
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.70%) NCSC
4 2 (0.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.35%) GxP
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 1 (0.35%) NIST
System Software
1 199 (69.34%) VMware Infrastructure
2 167 (58.19%) VMware ESXi
3 156 (54.36%) Active Directory
4 77 (26.83%) vSphere
5 75 (26.13%) Docker
6 20 (6.97%) Hyper-V
7 11 (3.83%) OpenSSH
7 11 (3.83%) XenApp
8 8 (2.79%) Firmware
8 8 (2.79%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (2.79%) XenDesktop
9 7 (2.44%) Virtual Servers
9 7 (2.44%) VMware NSX
10 4 (1.39%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.70%) NFS
12 1 (0.35%) KVM
12 1 (0.35%) Samba
12 1 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 93 (32.40%) Ansible
2 80 (27.87%) Kubernetes
3 54 (18.82%) Prometheus
4 41 (14.29%) SCCM
5 38 (13.24%) Microsoft Intune
6 29 (10.10%) EMC NetWorker
7 28 (9.76%) Single Sign-On
8 27 (9.41%) Nagios
8 27 (9.41%) Puppet
9 26 (9.06%) WSUS
10 20 (6.97%) Microsoft Clustering
11 16 (5.57%) PowerCLI
11 16 (5.57%) SCOM
12 15 (5.23%) Terraform
13 14 (4.88%) vRealize
14 13 (4.53%) NetBackup
15 11 (3.83%) HAProxy
15 11 (3.83%) IBM BigFix
16 10 (3.48%) ZABBIX
17 9 (3.14%) Graphite
Vendors
1 277 (96.52%) VMware
2 99 (34.49%) Microsoft
3 79 (27.53%) Red Hat
4 70 (24.39%) NetApp
5 68 (23.69%) Palo Alto
6 57 (19.86%) Veeam
7 54 (18.82%) SolidFire
8 41 (14.29%) Citrix
9 36 (12.54%) Cisco
10 30 (10.45%) EMC
11 28 (9.76%) SolarWinds
12 26 (9.06%) Dell
12 26 (9.06%) ServiceNow
13 24 (8.36%) Commvault
14 22 (7.67%) 3PAR
15 20 (6.97%) Sun
16 19 (6.62%) Brocade
17 17 (5.92%) HP
17 17 (5.92%) Oracle
18 14 (4.88%) Juniper