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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 464 518 589
Rank change year-on-year +54 +71 -126
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 129 120 311
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.37% 0.31% 0.42%
As % of the System Software category 3.03% 2.18% 2.16%
Number of salaries quoted 109 95 251
10th Percentile £41,450 £34,193 £31,275
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% -13.04%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £63,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £82,800 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% +5.26%

All System Software Skills
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 4,262 5,512 14,406
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 12.27% 14.33% 19.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,299 4,287 7,753
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £70,199 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%

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 1 June 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 16 (12.40%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (12.40%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.43%) IIS
3 4 (3.10%) Exchange Server 2013
3 4 (3.10%) SAS
3 4 (3.10%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.78%) nginx
4 1 (0.78%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (2.33%) SPSS
2 1 (0.78%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 60 (46.51%) Azure
2 56 (43.41%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (11.63%) Entra ID
4 13 (10.08%) IaaS
4 13 (10.08%) PaaS
5 11 (8.53%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (6.20%) GCP
7 6 (4.65%) AWS
7 6 (4.65%) OneDrive
8 5 (3.88%) SaaS
9 3 (2.33%) Dropbox
9 3 (2.33%) Rubrik
10 2 (1.55%) Cloudflare
10 2 (1.55%) Mimecast
10 2 (1.55%) Power Automate
10 2 (1.55%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.55%) Zapier
11 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.78%) Azure Sentinel
11 1 (0.78%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 31 (24.03%) Firewall
2 30 (23.26%) LAN
3 29 (22.48%) SAN
4 28 (21.71%) WAN
5 27 (20.93%) VSAN
6 23 (17.83%) Internet
7 21 (16.28%) VPN
8 17 (13.18%) DNS
9 12 (9.30%) DHCP
10 8 (6.20%) NGFW
10 8 (6.20%) TCP/IP
10 8 (6.20%) VLAN
11 6 (4.65%) iSCSI
11 6 (4.65%) NAS
12 5 (3.88%) Wireless
13 4 (3.10%) FTP
13 4 (3.10%) WLAN
14 3 (2.33%) Cisco ASA
14 3 (2.33%) Fibre Channel
14 3 (2.33%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (18.60%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.10%) DB2
2 4 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.33%) Big Data
3 3 (2.33%) EDRMS
3 3 (2.33%) Ingres
3 3 (2.33%) MariaDB
3 3 (2.33%) MySQL
4 2 (1.55%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.55%) Power BI
4 2 (1.55%) RDBMS
4 2 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.55%) Tableau
5 1 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.78%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 3 (2.33%) Git
General
1 32 (24.81%) Finance
2 22 (17.05%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.53%) Documentation Skills
4 11 (8.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (6.20%) Advertising
5 8 (6.20%) Public Sector
6 4 (3.10%) Legal
6 4 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (3.10%) Police
7 2 (1.55%) Military
8 1 (0.78%) Back Office
8 1 (0.78%) Electronics
8 1 (0.78%) German Language
8 1 (0.78%) Law
8 1 (0.78%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.78%) Marketing
8 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (32.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 24 (18.60%) Support Engineer
3 20 (15.50%) Senior
4 17 (13.18%) Systems Engineer
5 14 (10.85%) Architect
6 13 (10.08%) Infrastructure Support
6 13 (10.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 13 (10.08%) VMware Engineer
6 13 (10.08%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
7 12 (9.30%) VMware Support Engineer
8 10 (7.75%) IT Engineer
9 8 (6.20%) 3rd Line Support
9 8 (6.20%) Administrator
9 8 (6.20%) Citrix Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Cloud Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
9 8 (6.20%) DevOps Architect
9 8 (6.20%) Systems Administrator
10 7 (5.43%) Analyst
10 7 (5.43%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.75%) JSON
2 8 (6.20%) ARM Templates
2 8 (6.20%) YAML
3 4 (3.10%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (2.33%) EDI
5 2 (1.55%) .NET
5 2 (1.55%) REST
5 2 (1.55%) SOAP
5 2 (1.55%) XML
6 1 (0.78%) OAuth
6 1 (0.78%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 28 (21.71%) Data Centre
2 22 (17.05%) PKI
3 14 (10.85%) Clustering
4 12 (9.30%) Management Information System
4 12 (9.30%) Private Cloud
5 9 (6.98%) Public Cloud
6 7 (5.43%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.10%) Onboarding
8 3 (2.33%) Cybercrime
8 3 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (1.55%) Fat Client
9 2 (1.55%) Replication
9 2 (1.55%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.78%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.78%) Device Driver
10 1 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 1 (0.78%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 87 (67.44%) Windows
2 64 (49.61%) Windows Server
3 47 (36.43%) Linux
4 20 (15.50%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (13.95%) Windows Server 2016
6 17 (13.18%) Windows Server 2019
7 11 (8.53%) Windows 10
8 8 (6.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 7 (5.43%) Debian
9 7 (5.43%) Windows 7
10 3 (2.33%) CentOS
10 3 (2.33%) SUSE
10 3 (2.33%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.55%) Unix
11 2 (1.55%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.78%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.78%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (37.21%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 36 (27.91%) ITIL
3 25 (19.38%) Customer Service
4 18 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (13.18%) Problem Management
6 15 (11.63%) Agile
6 15 (11.63%) Change Management
7 14 (10.85%) Load Balancing
7 14 (10.85%) Network Design
8 13 (10.08%) Customer Requirements
8 13 (10.08%) DevOps
9 12 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (8.53%) Infrastructure Management
10 11 (8.53%) Root Cause Analysis
10 11 (8.53%) SDLC
11 10 (7.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (7.75%) Line Management
11 10 (7.75%) Network Virtualisation
12 9 (6.98%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (6.98%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 42 (32.56%) PowerShell
2 19 (14.73%) Python
3 17 (13.18%) Bash
4 13 (10.08%) SQL
5 12 (9.30%) ActionScript
5 12 (9.30%) VB
6 3 (2.33%) AWK
6 3 (2.33%) sed
7 2 (1.55%) C#
7 2 (1.55%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.55%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.78%) Perl
Qualifications
1 28 (21.71%) Degree
2 22 (17.05%) Security Cleared
3 13 (10.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.20%) SC Cleared
5 6 (4.65%) Azure Certification
5 6 (4.65%) DBS Check
5 6 (4.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (3.88%) DV Cleared
6 5 (3.88%) HND
6 5 (3.88%) MCSA
7 4 (3.10%) CESG Certified Professional
7 4 (3.10%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.10%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (3.10%) MCITP
7 4 (3.10%) RHCA
7 4 (3.10%) TOGAF Certification
8 3 (2.33%) CCNA
9 2 (1.55%) HNC
10 1 (0.78%) CCNP
10 1 (0.78%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.85%) SLA
2 3 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (0.78%) NIST
System Software
1 106 (82.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 66 (51.16%) Active Directory
3 34 (26.36%) VMware ESXi
4 26 (20.16%) Hyper-V
5 18 (13.95%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (12.40%) XenApp
7 12 (9.30%) OpenSSH
8 9 (6.98%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (3.10%) XenDesktop
10 3 (2.33%) NFS
11 2 (1.55%) Firmware
11 2 (1.55%) VMware NSX
11 2 (1.55%) VMware Workstation
12 1 (0.78%) Docker
12 1 (0.78%) KVM
12 1 (0.78%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.78%) pfSense
12 1 (0.78%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.78%) vCloud
12 1 (0.78%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 31 (24.03%) vCenter Server
2 13 (10.08%) Ansible
2 13 (10.08%) Puppet
3 12 (9.30%) IBM BigFix
3 12 (9.30%) PowerCLI
4 9 (6.98%) FortiGate
4 9 (6.98%) SCCM
4 9 (6.98%) Terraform
5 8 (6.20%) Nagios
6 6 (4.65%) McAfee ePO
6 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (3.88%) SCVMM
8 4 (3.10%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.55%) HAProxy
9 2 (1.55%) Kubernetes
9 2 (1.55%) SCOM
9 2 (1.55%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (1.55%) VxRail
10 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 1 (0.78%) Trend Micro Deep Security
Vendors
1 123 (95.35%) VMware
2 62 (48.06%) Microsoft
3 34 (26.36%) Citrix
4 22 (17.05%) Cisco
4 22 (17.05%) IBM
5 20 (15.50%) Veeam
6 16 (12.40%) Dell
7 14 (10.85%) HP
8 11 (8.53%) Juniper
9 7 (5.43%) 3PAR
9 7 (5.43%) CheckPoint
9 7 (5.43%) Red Hat
9 7 (5.43%) ServiceNow
10 6 (4.65%) EMC
10 6 (4.65%) McAfee
11 5 (3.88%) NetApp
11 5 (3.88%) Oracle
11 5 (3.88%) Palo Alto
11 5 (3.88%) Zerto
12 4 (3.10%) Nimble Storage