Berkshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts within the Berkshire region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Birmingham City of London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Leeds London Manchester Norfolk North West Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	110	140
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	7	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	2.703 %	0.389 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£270	£400
Average daily rate	£270	£450
% change on same period last year	-40.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£270	£500
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£392
% change on same period last year	-17.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£45.00	-
Average hourly rate	£45.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£41.42	£49.33
% change on same period last year	-16.04 %
Qualifications Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	259	514
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.408 %	0.551 %
Daily rates quoted	96	217
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£336
Average daily rate	£376	£354
% change on same period last year	+6.22 %
Average maximum daily rate	£397	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£325
% change on same period last year	+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted	25	42
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.14	£22.64
Average hourly rate	£28.33	£24.48
% change on same period last year	+15.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.52	£26.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.56	£25.68
% change on same period last year	-0.47 %
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Berkshire region.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Berkshire region.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+20	3	£270	-
Slough	-	1	-	-

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) South East

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

1 11 (100.00 %) VMware 2 8 (72.73 %) VMware ESX 3 7 (63.64 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 5 (45.45 %) Windows Server 2003 4 5 (45.45 %) Windows 4 5 (45.45 %) Citrix 5 3 (27.27 %) CCA 5 3 (27.27 %) Citrix Certification 5 3 (27.27 %) CCEA 5 3 (27.27 %) Cisco 5 3 (27.27 %) Microsoft 5 3 (27.27 %) Active Directory 5 3 (27.27 %) EMC 5 3 (27.27 %) Disaster Recovery 5 3 (27.27 %) Security Cleared

5 3 (27.27 %) iSCSI 6 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 6 2 (18.18 %) NetBackup 6 2 (18.18 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 6 2 (18.18 %) Government 6 2 (18.18 %) Clustering 6 2 (18.18 %) NetApp 6 2 (18.18 %) VERITAS 6 2 (18.18 %) SQL 6 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server 6 2 (18.18 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (9.091 %) MCSE 7 1 (9.091 %) MS Exchange 7 1 (9.091 %) NFS 7 1 (9.091 %) Linux

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Exchange 1 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2007	Communications & Networking 1 3 (27.27 %) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (18.18 %) SQL Server	General 1 2 (18.18 %) Government 2 1 (9.091 %) Finance
Job Titles 1 3 (27.27 %) Consultant 2 2 (18.18 %) 3rd Line Support 2 2 (18.18 %) Technical Consultant 2 2 (18.18 %) Technical Analyst 2 2 (18.18 %) Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Citrix Support 3 1 (9.091 %) 3rd Line Support Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Infrastructure Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Support Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Support Specialist	Miscellaneous 1 2 (18.18 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 5 (45.45 %) Windows 1 5 (45.45 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (18.18 %) Windows 2000 3 1 (9.091 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) Disaster Recovery 1 3 (27.27 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (18.18 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (9.091 %) Asset Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Configuration Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 2 (18.18 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 3 (27.27 %) CCA 1 3 (27.27 %) Citrix Certification 1 3 (27.27 %) CCEA 2 2 (18.18 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 3 1 (9.091 %) MCSE 3 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification
System Software 1 8 (72.73 %) VMware ESX 2 7 (63.64 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 3 (27.27 %) Active Directory 4 2 (18.18 %) NetBackup 5 1 (9.091 %) Xen 5 1 (9.091 %) Citrix Presentation Server 5 1 (9.091 %) NFS	Vendors 1 11 (100.00 %) VMware 2 5 (45.45 %) Citrix 3 3 (27.27 %) Cisco 3 3 (27.27 %) Microsoft 3 3 (27.27 %) EMC 4 2 (18.18 %) NetApp 4 2 (18.18 %) VERITAS 5 1 (9.091 %) Intel