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

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 485 466 536
Rank change year-on-year -19 +70 -171
Permanent jobs citing vSphere 294 305 347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.52% 0.48%
As % of the System Software category 3.34% 3.27% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 255 227 268
10th Percentile £27,750 £26,250 £29,550
25th Percentile £36,875 £31,125 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -
75th Percentile £56,250 £53,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £71,500 £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 8,793 9,314 12,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 12.27% 15.75% 17.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,022 5,785 8,388
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,750
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 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,700 £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 20 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 20 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 +28 77 £52,500 +56.72% 10
South East -3 66 £48,500 +38.57% 22
Midlands -4 53 £50,000 +53.85% 16
East of England +4 43 £32,000 -36.00% 6
North of England -7 40 £43,000 -4.44% 12
West Midlands +12 32 £51,250 +61.42% 11
East Midlands -14 21 £50,000 - 5
Yorkshire +58 17 £42,500 +6.25% 3
North West -28 14 £52,500 - 8
Scotland -67 12 £47,000 -6.00% 1
North East +6 9 £27,500 - 1
Northern Ireland +30 2 £34,628 +6.55%
Wales +5 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 56 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 49 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 22 (7.48%) IIS
4 6 (2.04%) Confluence
4 6 (2.04%) Skype for Business
5 4 (1.36%) WordPress
6 1 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 13 (4.42%) 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 (44.56%) Microsoft 365
2 127 (43.20%) Azure
3 35 (11.90%) Entra ID
4 29 (9.86%) OneDrive
5 24 (8.16%) AWS
6 19 (6.46%) IaaS
7 18 (6.12%) PaaS
8 12 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (4.08%) SaaS
9 7 (2.38%) GCP
10 3 (1.02%) Nutanix
11 2 (0.68%) Mimecast
11 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.68%) Power Platform
11 2 (0.68%) Zapier
12 1 (0.34%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 79 (26.87%) Firewall
2 62 (21.09%) LAN
3 58 (19.73%) SAN
4 56 (19.05%) DNS
5 55 (18.71%) WAN
6 50 (17.01%) VSAN
7 47 (15.99%) DHCP
7 47 (15.99%) VPN
8 30 (10.20%) Internet
9 20 (6.80%) VLAN
10 18 (6.12%) NAS
10 18 (6.12%) TCP/IP
11 17 (5.78%) VoIP
11 17 (5.78%) Wireless
12 15 (5.10%) Wi-Fi
13 14 (4.76%) WLAN
14 11 (3.74%) Network Security
15 9 (3.06%) NGFW
15 9 (3.06%) Unified Communications
16 8 (2.72%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (13.61%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.02%) Ingres
2 3 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
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
Development Applications
1 8 (2.72%) JIRA
2 3 (1.02%) Git
3 2 (0.68%) GitLab
General
1 50 (17.01%) Social Skills
2 37 (12.59%) Analytical Skills
3 29 (9.86%) Finance
4 13 (4.42%) Aerospace
5 11 (3.74%) Documentation Skills
5 11 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.40%) Public Sector
7 8 (2.72%) Advertising
8 6 (2.04%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.36%) Electronics
9 4 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.36%) Police
10 3 (1.02%) Local Government
11 2 (0.68%) Law
11 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.68%) Retail
12 1 (0.34%) Military
Job Titles
1 79 (26.87%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (13.27%) Senior
2 39 (13.27%) Support Engineer
3 30 (10.20%) Administrator
4 29 (9.86%) Lead
5 24 (8.16%) Analyst
6 23 (7.82%) IT Engineer
6 23 (7.82%) Systems Administrator
7 21 (7.14%) 2nd Line Support
8 19 (6.46%) Consultant
8 19 (6.46%) Systems Engineer
9 18 (6.12%) VMWare Administrator
10 17 (5.78%) IT Support
11 16 (5.44%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 14 (4.76%) 3rd Line Support
13 12 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support
13 12 (4.08%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
13 12 (4.08%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
14 11 (3.74%) Lead Consultant
14 11 (3.74%) Lead Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.74%) Elastic Stack
1 11 (3.74%) JSON
2 9 (3.06%) ARM Templates
2 9 (3.06%) YAML
3 7 (2.38%) .NET
4 4 (1.36%) EDI
4 4 (1.36%) LAMP
4 4 (1.36%) XMPP
5 2 (0.68%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (0.68%) REST
5 2 (0.68%) SOAP
5 2 (0.68%) XML
5 2 (0.68%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 55 (18.71%) Data Centre
2 38 (12.93%) PKI
3 20 (6.80%) Replication
4 15 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 15 (5.10%) Public Cloud
5 13 (4.42%) Self-Motivation
6 12 (4.08%) Clustering
7 11 (3.74%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 9 (3.06%) Private Cloud
9 7 (2.38%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.36%) Enterprise Storage
11 4 (1.36%) Linux Command Line
11 4 (1.36%) Mobile Computing
11 4 (1.36%) Smartcard
12 3 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
12 3 (1.02%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.68%) CMDB
13 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
13 2 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 194 (65.99%) Windows
2 152 (51.70%) Windows Server
3 93 (31.63%) Linux
4 49 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 42 (14.29%) Windows 10
6 37 (12.59%) Windows Server 2019
7 27 (9.18%) Ubuntu
8 23 (7.82%) Windows Server 2012
9 21 (7.14%) CentOS
10 12 (4.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 12 (4.08%) Windows 7
11 10 (3.40%) Debian
12 6 (2.04%) Apple iOS
12 6 (2.04%) VMS
12 6 (2.04%) Windows Server 2003
13 3 (1.02%) SUSE
14 2 (0.68%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.68%) Unix
14 2 (0.68%) Windows Server 2008
15 1 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (30.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 80 (27.21%) ITIL
3 43 (14.63%) Agile
4 38 (12.93%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (12.24%) Customer Service
6 31 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
7 28 (9.52%) Incident Management
8 24 (8.16%) Service Delivery
9 22 (7.48%) Infrastructure as Code
10 21 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
11 20 (6.80%) Virtual Infrastructure
12 19 (6.46%) Disaster Recovery
12 19 (6.46%) Problem Management
13 18 (6.12%) Load Balancing
14 17 (5.78%) Collaborative Working
14 17 (5.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 16 (5.44%) DevOps
15 16 (5.44%) Kalman Filter
16 15 (5.10%) SIEM
16 15 (5.10%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 26 (8.84%) Python
3 25 (8.50%) Bash
4 23 (7.82%) SQL
5 11 (3.74%) ActionScript
5 11 (3.74%) VB
6 7 (2.38%) C#
6 7 (2.38%) VB.NET
7 3 (1.02%) AWK
7 3 (1.02%) 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 74 (25.17%) Security Cleared
2 45 (15.31%) Degree
3 36 (12.24%) DV Cleared
4 34 (11.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (9.86%) SC Cleared
6 15 (5.10%) Cisco Certification
7 14 (4.76%) CCNA
8 11 (3.74%) HND
8 11 (3.74%) MCSA
8 11 (3.74%) MCSE
9 9 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.72%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 7 (2.38%) MCP
12 6 (2.04%) Citrix Certification
13 5 (1.70%) DBS Check
13 5 (1.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 4 (1.36%) CCA
14 4 (1.36%) CCDA
15 3 (1.02%) ITIL Certification
15 3 (1.02%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (7.14%) SLA
2 11 (3.74%) NIST
3 4 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.02%) GDPR
5 2 (0.68%) NCSC
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 193 (65.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 155 (52.72%) Active Directory
3 56 (19.05%) VMware ESXi
4 39 (13.27%) Hyper-V
5 24 (8.16%) Virtual Machines
6 17 (5.78%) VMware NSX
6 17 (5.78%) XenApp
7 11 (3.74%) OpenSSH
8 10 (3.40%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (1.70%) Firmware
9 5 (1.70%) Terminal Services
9 5 (1.70%) Virtual Servers
10 4 (1.36%) Docker
10 4 (1.36%) VMware Server
11 2 (0.68%) VMware Workstation
11 2 (0.68%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.34%) KVM
Systems Management
1 67 (22.79%) vCenter Server
2 32 (10.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (7.14%) SCCM
4 18 (6.12%) Kubernetes
5 17 (5.78%) Ansible
5 17 (5.78%) Puppet
6 16 (5.44%) Terraform
7 13 (4.42%) McAfee ePO
7 13 (4.42%) WSUS
8 12 (4.08%) FortiGate
9 11 (3.74%) IBM BigFix
9 11 (3.74%) PowerCLI
9 11 (3.74%) VxRail
10 9 (3.06%) NetCrunch
11 8 (2.72%) SCVMM
12 6 (2.04%) Nagios
12 6 (2.04%) SmoothWall
13 4 (1.36%) EMC NetWorker
13 4 (1.36%) Nessus
13 4 (1.36%) Podman
Vendors
1 265 (90.14%) VMware
2 164 (55.78%) Microsoft
3 43 (14.63%) Veeam
4 39 (13.27%) Dell
5 37 (12.59%) Cisco
6 34 (11.56%) HP
7 32 (10.88%) Citrix
8 21 (7.14%) IBM
9 19 (6.46%) Red Hat
10 13 (4.42%) McAfee
10 13 (4.42%) Palo Alto
10 13 (4.42%) SolarWinds
11 12 (4.08%) NetApp
12 11 (3.74%) Tanium
12 11 (3.74%) Tripwire
13 10 (3.40%) CheckPoint
13 10 (3.40%) Commvault
13 10 (3.40%) Splunk
14 9 (3.06%) Apple
15 8 (2.72%) Zerto