The first table below looks at the demand for VCP4 in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VCP4 over the 3 months to 20 June 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 West 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 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional 4 (VCP4)
Rank - 133 127
Contract jobs citing VCP4 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West - 0.065% 0.033%
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.231% 0.125%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £306 £190 £225
% change year-on-year
+61.18% -15.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Qualifications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
593 866 803
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.11% 28.09% 26.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 456 382
Average daily rate £377 £400 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.87% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £233 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £575 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 60 59
Average hourly rate £29.00 £22.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.88% -30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £13.50 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.50 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -14.00%
VCP4
England

VCP4
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VCP4 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South West VCP4 Jobs Demand Trend

VCP4
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCP4 within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
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VCP4
England

VCP4
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VCP4 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 VCP4.

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%) VCP5

VCP4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VCP4 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 VCP4. 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%) VCP5
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
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