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January 22, 2007
VMware Administrators Make More Money?
The VMware Blogs just posted an article stating:
“Average VMware salaries for job postings nationwide are 115% higher than average data center salaries for job postings nationwide. (source: Indeed.com)”
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VMware $73,000 |
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system administrator $62,000 |
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IT $48,000 |
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data center $34,000 |
This is interesting, but not very surprising. Specialization always brings a higher paycheck. Just for kicks and giggles I decided to use their source and add a few more search items.
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XenSource $97,000 |
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Virtualization $83,000 |
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Solaris $77,000 |
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Linux $74,000 |
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VMware $73,000 |
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RedHat $71,000 |
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Network Administrator $64,000 |
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System Administrator $62,000 |
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MCSE $61,000 |
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IT $48,000 |
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Microsoft $38,000 |
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data center $34,000 |
XenSource scored higher than VMware! My first impression is that it’s because it’s harder to find someone with a good Xen background than it is to find someone with a good VMware background.
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January 22nd, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Alex, you busted me.
Yes, I think the numbers do have a lot to do with scarcity and specialization, as well as conflating all jobs with “Microsoft” in the description. On the large version of the salary graph, however, notice the little blue bars indicating the number of jobs with each keyword — XenSource is lower than the rest right now. Here’s a graph that shows the rising number of VMware jobs.
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
John, Scarcity is the key word there. It’s extremely hard to find people with experience using Xen, therefore they can ask for more. Specialization my friend. The downside is, if your specialization is no longer needed, neither are you.
It’s a great point that you bring up about the number of jobs in the market place. The graph really illustrates that. I’m going to post about it.