The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank - - 70
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire - - 0.206%
As % of the Qualifications category - - 1.242%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £225
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £12.50 £20.25
% change year-on-year
+116.00% -38.27%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
168 159 161
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 23.20% 19.90% 16.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 74 55
Average daily rate £345 £330 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% +24.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £208 £177 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £517 £456 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 5
Average hourly rate £40.00 £29.00 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.93% +127.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £29.00 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £30.60 £22.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) Migration

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCTS
1 2 (100.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) VMware