The first table below looks at the demand for VCP4 in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VCP4 over the 3 months to 22 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 East Midlands 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional 4 (VCP4)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing VCP4 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £303 £190 £225
% change year-on-year
+59.21% -15.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 - £20.00
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
175 205 243
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 13.87% 14.66% 17.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 87 91
Average daily rate £340 £350 £371
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -5.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £200 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 35 26
Average hourly rate £15.00 £13.50 £21.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -37.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.30 £8.50 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £56.00 £47.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
VCP4
England

VCP4
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VCP4 across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

East Midlands VCP4 Jobs Demand Trend

VCP4
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VCP4 across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands VCP4 Daily Rate Trend

VCP4
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VCP4 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 VCP4.

1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Novell
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) iSCSI
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere

VCP4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing VCP4 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 VCP4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) iSCSI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Network Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) HP
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) Novell
1 1 (100.00%) VMware