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The table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts within the England 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.

LinkVMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank441566
Rank change on same period last yearUp+125
Matching contract IT job ads7859
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.123 %0.063 %
As % of the category below1.311 %0.681 %
Daily rates quoted2911
Average minimum daily rate£358£352
Average daily rate£373£374
% change on same period last year-0.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£388£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£392
% change on same period last year-17.48 %
Hourly rates quoted143
Average minimum hourly rate£42.50£49.33
Average hourly rate£43.00£49.33
% change on same period last year-12.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.50£49.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.42£49.33
% change on same period last year-16.04 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
England
Matching contract IT job ads59498668
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.370 %9.288 %
Daily rates quoted19832872
Average minimum daily rate£338£341
Average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£332£325
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Hourly rates quoted715926
Average minimum hourly rate£23.98£24.30
Average hourly rate£25.42£26.05
% change on same period last year-2.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.86£27.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.56£25.68
% change on same period last year-0.47 %
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) UKVMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Histogram

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 England region.

England VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Hourly Rate Trend

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 England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

England VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Hourly Rate Histogram

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 England 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+10650£383+4.22 %
South EastUp+4917£319-18.61 %
West MidlandsUp+113--
East of EnglandNew entry-2--
North WestUp+112--
South WestUp+261--
East MidlandsUp+71£341-
YorkshireNew entry-1--
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) UKVMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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).

1148 (100.00 %)VMware
2109 (73.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
377 (52.03 %)VMware ESX
463 (42.57 %)SAN
562 (41.89 %)Microsoft Certification
658 (39.19 %)MCSE
755 (37.16 %)Windows
850 (33.78 %)Microsoft
945 (30.41 %)Citrix
1042 (28.38 %)HP
1141 (27.70 %)Windows Server 2003
1240 (27.03 %)Linux
1332 (21.62 %)Citrix Certification
1430 (20.27 %)Active Directory
1529 (19.59 %)EMC
1628 (18.92 %)TCP/IP
1725 (16.89 %)CCEA
1725 (16.89 %)Clustering
1725 (16.89 %)PlateSpin
1822 (14.86 %)CCA
1921 (14.19 %)IBM
2020 (13.51 %)CLARiiON
2117 (11.49 %)Red Hat
2117 (11.49 %)Red Hat Linux
2216 (10.81 %)MS Exchange
2315 (10.14 %)Dell
2315 (10.14 %)iSCSI
2315 (10.14 %)VLAN
2414 (9.459 %)SQL
2513 (8.784 %)VBScript

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

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (2.027 %)Application Packaging
21 (0.676 %)WebSphere
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (10.81 %)MS Exchange
212 (8.108 %)Exchange Server 2003
37 (4.730 %)SharePoint
46 (4.054 %)IIS
55 (3.378 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (2.027 %)Apache
71 (0.676 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.676 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.676 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
71 (0.676 %)Exchange Server 2000
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (4.054 %)MS Excel
22 (1.351 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.676 %)SoftGrid
11 (0.676 %)assyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
163 (42.57 %)SAN
228 (18.92 %)TCP/IP
315 (10.14 %)VLAN
315 (10.14 %)iSCSI
412 (8.108 %)DNS
59 (6.081 %)DHCP
63 (2.027 %)SNMP
72 (1.351 %)VoIP
72 (1.351 %)VPN
72 (1.351 %)Firewall
81 (0.676 %)Wireless
81 (0.676 %)Cisco PIX
81 (0.676 %)Internet
81 (0.676 %)LAN
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.027 %)SQL Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.351 %)MSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (7.432 %)Finance
29 (6.081 %)Banking
36 (4.054 %)Government
43 (2.027 %)Investment Banking
43 (2.027 %)Insurance
52 (1.351 %)Back Office
61 (0.676 %)Law
61 (0.676 %)Music
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
136 (24.32 %)Consultant
220 (13.51 %)Analyst
311 (7.432 %)Administrator
410 (6.757 %)Technical Consultant
58 (5.405 %)Infrastructure Analyst
67 (4.730 %)Technical Specialist
67 (4.730 %)Storage Engineer
76 (4.054 %)Infrastructure Engineer
76 (4.054 %)Architect
85 (3.378 %)Systems Administrator
85 (3.378 %)3rd Line Support
85 (3.378 %)Technical Lead
85 (3.378 %)Senior Technical Specialist
94 (2.703 %)Support Engineer
103 (2.027 %)Technical Architect
103 (2.027 %)Support Analyst
103 (2.027 %)Systems Engineer
103 (2.027 %)Technical Analyst
103 (2.027 %)Senior Analyst
103 (2.027 %)Citrix Consultant
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (16.89 %)Clustering
220 (13.51 %)CLARiiON
31 (0.676 %)Blackberry
31 (0.676 %)Replication
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
155 (37.16 %)Windows
241 (27.70 %)Windows Server 2003
340 (27.03 %)Linux
417 (11.49 %)Red Hat Linux
512 (8.108 %)Windows 2000
611 (7.432 %)Windows 2000 Server
78 (5.405 %)Solaris
86 (4.054 %)Windows Server 2008
93 (2.027 %)Windows NT
102 (1.351 %)HPUX
111 (0.676 %)UNIX
111 (0.676 %)Windows XP
111 (0.676 %)Ubuntu
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (6.757 %)Disaster Recovery
29 (6.081 %)Migration
29 (6.081 %)ITIL
38 (5.405 %)Security Cleared
46 (4.054 %)Project Management
54 (2.703 %)SC Cleared
63 (2.027 %)Change Management
63 (2.027 %)PRINCE
72 (1.351 %)Network Design
81 (0.676 %)Configuration Management
81 (0.676 %)Service Management
81 (0.676 %)Service Delivery
81 (0.676 %)PRINCE2
81 (0.676 %)RUP
81 (0.676 %)E-Commerce
81 (0.676 %)Regression Testing
81 (0.676 %)Validation
81 (0.676 %)CTC Cleared
81 (0.676 %)Asset Management
81 (0.676 %)Data Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (9.459 %)SQL
213 (8.784 %)VBScript
312 (8.108 %)Perl
44 (2.703 %)C
52 (1.351 %)VB
61 (0.676 %)PowerShell
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
162 (41.89 %)Microsoft Certification
258 (39.19 %)MCSE
332 (21.62 %)Citrix Certification
425 (16.89 %)CCEA
522 (14.86 %)CCA
67 (4.730 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
67 (4.730 %)MCTS
75 (3.378 %)MCITP
84 (2.703 %)CCNA
84 (2.703 %)Cisco Certification
92 (1.351 %)MCP
101 (0.676 %)MCSA
101 (0.676 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1109 (73.65 %)VMware Infrastructure
277 (52.03 %)VMware ESX
330 (20.27 %)Active Directory
413 (8.784 %)NFS
58 (5.405 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (3.378 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
65 (3.378 %)Xen
73 (2.027 %)NetBackup
73 (2.027 %)VMware Server
82 (1.351 %)PowerConvert
82 (1.351 %)ISA Server
82 (1.351 %)VMware Workstation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (8.108 %)Legato
112 (8.108 %)Tivoli
28 (5.405 %)WSUS
33 (2.027 %)MOM
42 (1.351 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (0.676 %)MIMEsweeper
51 (0.676 %)SCCM
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1148 (100.00 %)VMware
250 (33.78 %)Microsoft
345 (30.41 %)Citrix
442 (28.38 %)HP
529 (19.59 %)EMC
625 (16.89 %)PlateSpin
721 (14.19 %)IBM
817 (11.49 %)Red Hat
915 (10.14 %)Dell
1011 (7.432 %)NetApp
1110 (6.757 %)Cisco
127 (4.730 %)VERITAS
127 (4.730 %)Symantec
133 (2.027 %)Hitachi
133 (2.027 %)Altiris
142 (1.351 %)AppSense
142 (1.351 %)Oracle
142 (1.351 %)Sun
151 (0.676 %)Intel
151 (0.676 %)Lotus