The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 21 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 9.502% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 30.88% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 21 0 0
Average daily rate £295 - -
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
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
68 66 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 30.77% 19.08% 17.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 21 11
Average daily rate £320 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.03% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £252 £225 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £498 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 6
Average hourly rate £15.00 £20.06 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.22% +8.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.95 £18.75 £12.48
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Oxfordshire

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxford VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Daily Rate Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 21 (100.00%) MCSE
1 21 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 21 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 21 (100.00%) VMware
1 21 (100.00%) SCOM
1 21 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 21 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 21 (100.00%) vSphere
1 21 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 21 (100.00%) MobileIron
2 19 (90.48%) Migration
3 18 (85.71%) Postini
4 14 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (38.10%) Lync
5 8 (38.10%) Office Communications Server
6 7 (33.33%) Mercator
7 6 (28.57%) Publishing
8 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 21 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 21 (100.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 21 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 21 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 8 (38.10%) Office Communications Server
2 8 (38.10%) Lync
General
1 6 (28.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (76.19%) Consultant
2 13 (61.90%) Messaging Consultant
3 5 (23.81%) Exchange Consultant
4 4 (19.05%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Migration Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 19 (90.48%) Migration
3 14 (66.67%) Disaster Recovery
Qualifications
1 21 (100.00%) MCSE
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 21 (100.00%) vSphere
2 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 21 (100.00%) VMware
1 21 (100.00%) MobileIron
2 18 (85.71%) Postini
3 7 (33.33%) Mercator
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