North West VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts within the North West 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Chelmsford City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Essex London Manchester Milton Keynes North West Oxfordshire Reading Somerset South East South Wales South West Suffolk Swindon Taunton UK Wales West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	142
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.542 %	0.467 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£321	£380
% change on same period last year	-15.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£55.00	£50.00
Average hourly rate	£55.00	£50.00
% change on same period last year	+10.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£55.00	£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.63	£49.25
% change on same period last year	-25.63 %
Qualifications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	369	428
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.499 %	0.422 %
Daily rates quoted	83	95
Average minimum daily rate	£279	£346
Average daily rate	£297	£362
% change on same period last year	-17.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£316	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£331
% change on same period last year	+0.78 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	56
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.30	£21.71
Average hourly rate	£24.44	£23.42
% change on same period last year	+4.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.58	£25.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.62	£25.79
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) England

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

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 North West region.

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 North West region.

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 North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-	2	-	-

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 3 (100.00 %) VMware 2 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows Server 2003 2 2 (66.67 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows 2 2 (66.67 %) MCSE 2 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft 2 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory 2 2 (66.67 %) Citrix 2 2 (66.67 %) Citrix Certification 2 2 (66.67 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 3 1 (33.33 %) CCEA 3 1 (33.33 %) CCA 3 1 (33.33 %) HP

3 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel 3 1 (33.33 %) SharePoint 3 1 (33.33 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (33.33 %) LAN 3 1 (33.33 %) WAN 3 1 (33.33 %) DHCP 3 1 (33.33 %) Ethernet 3 1 (33.33 %) SNMP 3 1 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (33.33 %) DNS 3 1 (33.33 %) MOM 3 1 (33.33 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 3 1 (33.33 %) Migration 3 1 (33.33 %) SAN

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

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 2 (66.67 %) MS Exchange 2 1 (33.33 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (33.33 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 1 (33.33 %) SoftGrid	Communications & Networking 1 1 (33.33 %) LAN 1 1 (33.33 %) WAN 1 1 (33.33 %) DHCP 1 1 (33.33 %) Ethernet 1 1 (33.33 %) SNMP 1 1 (33.33 %) TCP/IP 1 1 (33.33 %) DNS 1 1 (33.33 %) SAN
Job Titles 1 1 (33.33 %) Senior Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Consultant 1 1 (33.33 %) Infrastructure Specialist	Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows Server 2003 2 1 (33.33 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) ITIL 1 1 (33.33 %) PRINCE 1 1 (33.33 %) Project Management 1 1 (33.33 %) Migration 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Management	Qualifications 1 2 (66.67 %) MCSE 1 2 (66.67 %) Citrix Certification 1 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (33.33 %) CCEA 2 1 (33.33 %) CCA
System Software 1 2 (66.67 %) Active Directory 1 2 (66.67 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 1 (33.33 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (33.33 %) VMware Workstation 2 1 (33.33 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 2 1 (33.33 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Systems Management 1 1 (33.33 %) MOM 1 1 (33.33 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) VMware 2 2 (66.67 %) Microsoft 2 2 (66.67 %) Citrix 3 1 (33.33 %) NetApp 3 1 (33.33 %) Lotus 3 1 (33.33 %) HP