The first table below looks at the demand for VCP5 in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VCP5 over the 3 months to 20 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 Gloucestershire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP5)
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VCP5 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.369% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.714% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £250 £276 -
% change year-on-year
-9.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
140 374 196
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 51.66% 54.76% 46.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 208 86
Average daily rate £450 £475 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% +35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £215 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 24 18
Average hourly rate £39.25 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £25.00 £18.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.70 £50.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
VCP5
South West

VCP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VCP5 across the Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Gloucestershire VCP5 Jobs Demand Trend

VCP5
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing VCP5 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 VCP5.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) VCP4

VCP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing VCP5 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 VCP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (100.00%) IT Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) MCITP
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VCP4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware