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This section looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts within the City of London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank206197
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching contract IT job ads141
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.596 %0.138 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£371-
Average daily rate£389-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£406-
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£380
% change on same period last year-15.84 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.63£49.00
% change on same period last year-25.25 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads877727
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.169 %0.725 %
Daily rates quoted434324
Average minimum daily rate£365£384
Average daily rate£391£408
% change on same period last year-4.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£418£432
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£330
% change on same period last year+0.64 %
Hourly rates quoted4719
Average minimum hourly rate£21.77£20.37
Average hourly rate£23.46£21.08
% change on same period last year+11.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.15£21.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.62£25.85
% change on same period last year-4.74 %
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) LondonVMware Certified Professional (VCP)
London

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 City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Demand Trend

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 City of London region.

City of London VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the City of London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

City of London VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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).

130 (100.00 %)VMware
225 (83.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
317 (56.67 %)VMware ESX
414 (46.67 %)SAN
511 (36.67 %)Windows
68 (26.67 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (26.67 %)Finance
68 (26.67 %)MCSE
68 (26.67 %)HP
77 (23.33 %)Microsoft
86 (20.00 %)Citrix Certification
86 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
86 (20.00 %)EMC
86 (20.00 %)Citrix
86 (20.00 %)Linux
86 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
95 (16.67 %)VLAN
95 (16.67 %)iSCSI
95 (16.67 %)Solaris
104 (13.33 %)Active Directory
104 (13.33 %)Altiris
104 (13.33 %)PlateSpin
113 (10.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
113 (10.00 %)Banking
113 (10.00 %)Validation
113 (10.00 %)CCEA
113 (10.00 %)NFS
113 (10.00 %)CCA
113 (10.00 %)Dell

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

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (3.333 %)Application Packaging
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.667 %)IIS
21 (3.333 %)MS Exchange
21 (3.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (6.667 %)MS Project
12 (6.667 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (46.67 %)SAN
26 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
35 (16.67 %)VLAN
35 (16.67 %)iSCSI
42 (6.667 %)DNS
42 (6.667 %)DHCP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.333 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (26.67 %)Finance
23 (10.00 %)Banking
32 (6.667 %)Police
32 (6.667 %)Financial Institution
41 (3.333 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (36.67 %)Consultant
27 (23.33 %)Technical Consultant
34 (13.33 %)Server Engineer
34 (13.33 %)Senior Server Engineer
43 (10.00 %)Windows Server Engineer
43 (10.00 %)Senior Windows Server Engineer
52 (6.667 %)Virtualisation Consultant
52 (6.667 %)Infrastructure Consultant
52 (6.667 %)Analyst
61 (3.333 %)Technical Architect
61 (3.333 %)Architect
61 (3.333 %)Project Manager
61 (3.333 %)Administrator
61 (3.333 %)Senior Analyst
61 (3.333 %)Citrix Consultant
61 (3.333 %)Wintel Support
61 (3.333 %)Citrix Specialist
61 (3.333 %)Technical Designer
61 (3.333 %)Citrix Engineer
61 (3.333 %)Systems Designer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.667 %)CLARiiON
12 (6.667 %)Clustering
21 (3.333 %)Fat Client
21 (3.333 %)Thin Client
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (36.67 %)Windows
26 (20.00 %)Linux
26 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (16.67 %)Solaris
42 (6.667 %)Windows 2000
51 (3.333 %)Windows XP
51 (3.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (3.333 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (3.333 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
23 (10.00 %)Validation
32 (6.667 %)ITIL
32 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
32 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
32 (6.667 %)Project Management
41 (3.333 %)PRINCE2
41 (3.333 %)PRINCE
41 (3.333 %)Asset Management
41 (3.333 %)Investment Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (6.667 %)SQL
12 (6.667 %)JCL
21 (3.333 %)C
21 (3.333 %)VBScript
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (26.67 %)MCSE
18 (26.67 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (20.00 %)Citrix Certification
33 (10.00 %)CCEA
33 (10.00 %)MCSA
33 (10.00 %)CCA
42 (6.667 %)MCTS
42 (6.667 %)MCITP
51 (3.333 %)Cisco Certification
51 (3.333 %)MCP
51 (3.333 %)CCNA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
125 (83.33 %)VMware Infrastructure
217 (56.67 %)VMware ESX
34 (13.33 %)Active Directory
43 (10.00 %)NFS
43 (10.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (6.667 %)VMware Workstation
61 (3.333 %)Xen
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.333 %)Legato
11 (3.333 %)Tivoli
11 (3.333 %)WSUS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
130 (100.00 %)VMware
28 (26.67 %)HP
37 (23.33 %)Microsoft
46 (20.00 %)EMC
46 (20.00 %)Citrix
54 (13.33 %)Altiris
54 (13.33 %)PlateSpin
63 (10.00 %)Dell
72 (6.667 %)Sun
72 (6.667 %)Cisco
72 (6.667 %)IBM
81 (3.333 %)NetApp
81 (3.333 %)Red Hat