The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 97 91 102
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +11
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 7 8 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.452% 0.499% 0.270%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.458% 1.563% 0.940%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 2
Average daily rate £370 £275 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.54% -31.25%
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.83% +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
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
480 512 532
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 31.01% 31.94% 28.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 247 223
Average daily rate £354 £363 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.34% +0.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £495 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 44 70
Average hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.87% -5.88%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.53 £12.35 £13.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Southampton - 2 £338 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (64.29%) SAN
4 6 (42.86%) VMware ESX
4 6 (42.86%) Windows
5 4 (28.57%) MCSE
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (28.57%) XenApp
6 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
6 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (21.43%) NAS
6 3 (21.43%) vSphere
6 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
6 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
6 3 (21.43%) Cisco
6 3 (21.43%) CCNP
6 3 (21.43%) EMC
7 2 (14.29%) Intel
7 2 (14.29%) Citrix
7 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 2 (14.29%) DNS
7 2 (14.29%) CCNA
7 2 (14.29%) HP
7 2 (14.29%) HTTP
7 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
7 2 (14.29%) Symantec
7 2 (14.29%) Project Management

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 3 (21.43%) MS Exchange
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2007
1 3 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 2 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (7.143%) Lync
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (64.29%) SAN
2 3 (21.43%) NAS
3 2 (14.29%) DNS
3 2 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (14.29%) HTTP
4 1 (7.143%) VPN
4 1 (7.143%) LAN
4 1 (7.143%) WAN
General
1 2 (14.29%) French Language
2 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Administrator
1 7 (50.00%) Storage Administrator
2 6 (42.86%) Systems Administrator
2 6 (42.86%) Storage Systems Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Infrastructure Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Architect
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Designer
4 1 (7.143%) SAN Storage Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) SAN Administrator
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Lead Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Systems Designer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (21.43%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
1 2 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (7.143%) Supplier Management
2 1 (7.143%) ERP
Qualifications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (28.57%) MCSE
2 3 (21.43%) CCNP
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (14.29%) CCNA
4 1 (7.143%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
4 1 (7.143%) VCP5
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (42.86%) VMware ESX
3 4 (28.57%) XenApp
4 3 (21.43%) vSphere
5 2 (14.29%) Terminal Server
6 1 (7.143%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (21.43%) EMC
2 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 2 (14.29%) HP
3 2 (14.29%) Symantec
3 2 (14.29%) Intel
3 2 (14.29%) Citrix
4 1 (7.143%) Juniper
4 1 (7.143%) 3Com
4 1 (7.143%) Dell
4 1 (7.143%) IronPort