The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 175 225 224
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -1
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 49 14 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.629% 0.138% 0.280%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.510% 0.640% 1.307%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 9 17
Average daily rate £333 £300 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.83% -17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £223 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £385 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +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
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1952 2186 2219
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 25.04% 21.55% 21.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 950 977 912
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 134 203
Average hourly rate £21.88 £22.00 £23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.56% -6.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.50 £11.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Oxfordshire - 32 £340 -
Hampshire -10 7 £370 +34.54%
Berkshire +20 6 £350 -17.64%
Surrey +14 2 £319 +6.25%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 73 (100.00%) VMware
2 54 (73.97%) vSphere
3 42 (57.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 40 (54.79%) Microsoft
5 37 (50.68%) MS Exchange
5 37 (50.68%) Exchange Server 2010
6 36 (49.32%) MCSE
7 33 (45.21%) Exchange Server 2003
8 31 (42.47%) SCOM
8 31 (42.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 31 (42.47%) Windows
9 30 (41.10%) Data Protection
9 30 (41.10%) MobileIron
10 29 (39.73%) Migration
11 26 (35.62%) VMware Infrastructure
12 25 (34.25%) Postini
12 25 (34.25%) SAN
13 20 (27.40%) Disaster Recovery
14 18 (24.66%) Cisco
15 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (20.55%) VMware ESX
16 13 (17.81%) EMC
16 13 (17.81%) Cisco Certification
16 13 (17.81%) Windows Server 2008
16 13 (17.81%) Lync
17 12 (16.44%) CCNA
17 12 (16.44%) Office Communications Server
18 11 (15.07%) SQL Server
18 11 (15.07%) IIS
18 11 (15.07%) SharePoint

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 Development
1 5 (6.849%) COM+
2 2 (2.740%) ADSI
3 1 (1.370%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 37 (50.68%) MS Exchange
1 37 (50.68%) Exchange Server 2010
2 33 (45.21%) Exchange Server 2003
3 31 (42.47%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 13 (17.81%) Lync
5 12 (16.44%) Office Communications Server
6 11 (15.07%) IIS
6 11 (15.07%) SharePoint
7 9 (12.33%) SharePoint 2010
8 5 (6.849%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (1.370%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (1.370%) Apache
9 1 (1.370%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (8.219%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.370%) Office 365
2 1 (1.370%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 25 (34.25%) SAN
2 10 (13.70%) LAN
2 10 (13.70%) WAN
3 9 (12.33%) NetScreen
3 9 (12.33%) Firewall
4 7 (9.589%) TCP/IP
5 4 (5.479%) NAS
6 3 (4.110%) DNS
7 2 (2.740%) HTTP
8 1 (1.370%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (1.370%) Fibre Channel
8 1 (1.370%) VPN
8 1 (1.370%) Internet
8 1 (1.370%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (15.07%) SQL Server
2 10 (13.70%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (2.740%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.370%) MySQL
General
1 7 (9.589%) Finance
1 7 (9.589%) Publishing
2 2 (2.740%) French Language
3 1 (1.370%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 26 (35.62%) Consultant
2 18 (24.66%) Messaging Consultant
3 12 (16.44%) Infrastructure Architect
3 12 (16.44%) Architect
4 8 (10.96%) Administrator
5 7 (9.589%) Systems Administrator
5 7 (9.589%) Messaging Engineer
5 7 (9.589%) Storage Administrator
5 7 (9.589%) Exchange Consultant
6 6 (8.219%) VMware Engineer
6 6 (8.219%) Storage Systems Administrator
7 5 (6.849%) IT Architect
8 4 (5.479%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Support Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Wintel Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (2.740%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.740%) Infrastructure Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.370%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 31 (42.47%) Windows
2 15 (20.55%) Windows Server 2003
3 13 (17.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (10.96%) Linux
4 8 (10.96%) Windows 7
5 7 (9.589%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.740%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.370%) UNIX
7 1 (1.370%) AIX
7 1 (1.370%) HPUX
7 1 (1.370%) Solaris
7 1 (1.370%) FreeBSD
7 1 (1.370%) Debian
7 1 (1.370%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) Data Protection
2 29 (39.73%) Migration
3 20 (27.40%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (5.479%) E-Commerce
5 3 (4.110%) Project Management
6 2 (2.740%) ITIL
6 2 (2.740%) PRINCE2
7 1 (1.370%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (1.370%) Change Control
7 1 (1.370%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.370%) ERP
7 1 (1.370%) Supplier Management
7 1 (1.370%) Operations Management
7 1 (1.370%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.370%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.740%) VBScript
1 2 (2.740%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.370%) C++
2 1 (1.370%) Perl
2 1 (1.370%) PHP
2 1 (1.370%) SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (57.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (49.32%) MCSE
3 13 (17.81%) Cisco Certification
4 12 (16.44%) CCNA
5 10 (13.70%) MCITP
6 9 (12.33%) MCTS
7 3 (4.110%) VCP5
7 3 (4.110%) CCNP
8 2 (2.740%) VCP4
9 1 (1.370%) CCEE
9 1 (1.370%) CCAA
9 1 (1.370%) CCIA
9 1 (1.370%) MCP
9 1 (1.370%) RHCE
9 1 (1.370%) HPUX Certification
9 1 (1.370%) CCA
9 1 (1.370%) Citrix Certification
9 1 (1.370%) CCEA
9 1 (1.370%) SCSA
9 1 (1.370%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 54 (73.97%) vSphere
2 26 (35.62%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (20.55%) VMware ESX
4 9 (12.33%) Active Directory
5 7 (9.589%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (6.849%) XenApp
7 2 (2.740%) Terminal Server
7 2 (2.740%) vCloud
7 2 (2.740%) XenServer
7 2 (2.740%) Hyper-V
8 1 (1.370%) Postfix
8 1 (1.370%) Sendmail
8 1 (1.370%) XenDesktop
8 1 (1.370%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 1 (1.370%) VirtualBox
8 1 (1.370%) VMware Server
8 1 (1.370%) Xen
8 1 (1.370%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 31 (42.47%) SCOM
2 9 (12.33%) EMC NetWorker
3 5 (6.849%) SCCM
4 4 (5.479%) NetBackup
5 1 (1.370%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (1.370%) OpenView
5 1 (1.370%) WSUS
5 1 (1.370%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 73 (100.00%) VMware
2 40 (54.79%) Microsoft
3 30 (41.10%) MobileIron
4 25 (34.25%) Postini
5 18 (24.66%) Cisco
6 13 (17.81%) EMC
7 10 (13.70%) HP
8 9 (12.33%) Mercator
9 8 (10.96%) Red Hat
9 8 (10.96%) IBM
10 5 (6.849%) Citrix
11 4 (5.479%) Symantec
12 3 (4.110%) Intel
13 2 (2.740%) Dell
13 2 (2.740%) NetApp
14 1 (1.370%) Egenera
14 1 (1.370%) SolarWinds
14 1 (1.370%) Oracle
14 1 (1.370%) JBoss
14 1 (1.370%) StorageTek
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