The first table below looks at the demand for VCP5 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 VCP5 over the 3 months to 22 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP5)
Rank 110 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VCP5 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.163% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £265 £276 -
% change year-on-year
-4.07% -
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
614 1044 692
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 29.79% 31.61% 25.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 558 314
Average daily rate £381 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.57% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £240 £201
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £545 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 76 53
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £15.00 £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £50.00 £41.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
VCP5
England

VCP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VCP5 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South West VCP5 Jobs Demand Trend

VCP5
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCP5 within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucestershire - 1 - -
VCP5
England

VCP5
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VCP5 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 VCP5.

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%) VCP4

VCP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing VCP5 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 VCP5. 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%) VCP4
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