VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts advertised across the UK. 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 currently tracked.

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 402 439 486
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +47
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 129 139 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.278% 0.239% 0.166%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.543% 1.376% 1.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 84 61
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £402 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £295 £310 £300
% change year-on-year
-4.83% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
Average hourly rate £23.50 £22.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.81% +7.31%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £15.35 £20.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £101.00 £39.85 £32.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.00 £12.50 £20.25
% change year-on-year
+116.00% -38.27%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

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) within the UK.

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) within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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) within the UK.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Hourly Rate Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Hourly Rate Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +32 120 £325 -
South East +51 44 £325 +3.17%
London -7 37 £380 +4.82%
Oxfordshire - 28 £325 -
Oxford - 21 £295 -
East of England +12 14 £225 -25.00%
City of London +10 13 £425 +1.19%
Yorkshire -5 9 £280 -17.03%
Norfolk +10 7 £225 +28.57%
Norwich +6 7 £225 +28.57%
Hampshire -6 7 £370 +34.54%
West Yorkshire +1 6 £250 -25.92%
Scotland -11 6 - -
Edinburgh - 6 - -
Berkshire +20 5 £350 -17.64%
North East +13 5 - -
Tyne and Wear +10 5 - -
South West +21 4 £388 +187.03%
West Midlands +5 4 £175 -33.64%
Bradford - 4 £250 -
Gateshead +6 3 - -
Bedfordshire +2 3 £306 -16.66%
East Midlands +1 3 £260 -25.71%
Reading - 3 £375 -
Surrey +20 2 £319 -1.92%
Derbyshire +14 2 - -
Cambridgeshire +9 2 - -
Bristol +8 2 £388 +187.03%
Newcastle upon Tyne +7 2 - -
Birmingham +6 2 - -

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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).

1 230 (100.00%) VMware
2 155 (67.39%) Windows
3 105 (45.65%) Microsoft
3 105 (45.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 101 (43.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 100 (43.48%) Windows Server 2008
6 98 (42.61%) vSphere
7 94 (40.87%) MS Exchange
8 92 (40.00%) SAN
9 90 (39.13%) MCSE
10 83 (36.09%) Active Directory
11 78 (33.91%) HP
12 75 (32.61%) Windows Server 2003
13 74 (32.17%) Exchange Server 2010
14 72 (31.30%) Cisco
15 66 (28.70%) Citrix
16 51 (22.17%) MCITP
17 48 (20.87%) Exchange Server 2003
18 47 (20.43%) ITIL
19 45 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
19 45 (19.57%) VMware ESX
20 42 (18.26%) Migration
21 40 (17.39%) Linux
21 40 (17.39%) VMware ESXi
22 38 (16.52%) DNS
22 38 (16.52%) CCNA
23 36 (15.65%) Firewall
24 35 (15.22%) EMC
24 35 (15.22%) Hyper-V
25 34 (14.78%) SCOM

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (2.174%) COM+
2 3 (1.304%) Application Packaging
3 2 (0.870%) ADSI
4 1 (0.435%) LAMP
4 1 (0.435%) SOAP
4 1 (0.435%) Web Services
4 1 (0.435%) XML
4 1 (0.435%) WAP
Application Platforms
1 94 (40.87%) MS Exchange
2 74 (32.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 48 (20.87%) Exchange Server 2003
4 34 (14.78%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 31 (13.48%) Exchange Server 2007
6 29 (12.61%) SharePoint
7 28 (12.17%) IIS
8 16 (6.957%) Lync
9 13 (5.652%) Office Communications Server
10 11 (4.783%) Apache
11 10 (4.348%) SharePoint 2010
12 5 (2.174%) Lotus Domino
13 4 (1.739%) Exchange Server 2000
14 3 (1.304%) Lotus Notes
15 1 (0.435%) Tomcat
15 1 (0.435%) OpenStack
15 1 (0.435%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (7.391%) MS Excel
2 6 (2.609%) Office 365
3 3 (1.304%) MS Office
4 2 (0.870%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.870%) S-PLUS
5 1 (0.435%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.435%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 92 (40.00%) SAN
2 38 (16.52%) DNS
3 36 (15.65%) Firewall
4 23 (10.00%) LAN
5 22 (9.565%) WAN
6 15 (6.522%) TCP/IP
6 15 (6.522%) VPN
6 15 (6.522%) iSCSI
7 14 (6.087%) NAS
8 12 (5.217%) MPLS
8 12 (5.217%) DHCP
8 12 (5.217%) Fibre Channel
9 10 (4.348%) Cisco Nexus
9 10 (4.348%) VoIP
10 9 (3.913%) NetScreen
11 8 (3.478%) Wireless
11 8 (3.478%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (3.043%) BGP
12 7 (3.043%) EIGRP
12 7 (3.043%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (11.30%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.261%) SQL Server 2008
3 9 (3.913%) SQL Server 2005
4 8 (3.478%) MySQL
5 5 (2.174%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (0.435%) GIS
6 1 (0.435%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.435%) MSI
General
1 22 (9.565%) Finance
2 13 (5.652%) Telecoms
3 8 (3.478%) Publishing
4 4 (1.739%) Law
5 2 (0.870%) Banking
5 2 (0.870%) Investment Banking
5 2 (0.870%) French Language
6 1 (0.435%) Marketing
6 1 (0.435%) Legal
6 1 (0.435%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 39 (16.96%) Consultant
2 28 (12.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 23 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
4 21 (9.130%) Architect
5 17 (7.391%) Analyst
5 17 (7.391%) Support Engineer
5 17 (7.391%) Messaging Consultant
6 16 (6.957%) VMware Engineer
7 15 (6.522%) Virtualisation Specialist
7 15 (6.522%) Administrator
8 14 (6.087%) Infrastructure Architect
9 12 (5.217%) Technical Specialist
10 11 (4.783%) Storage Administrator
10 11 (4.783%) Systems Engineer
11 10 (4.348%) Server Engineer
12 9 (3.913%) Systems Administrator
13 7 (3.043%) Server Support
13 7 (3.043%) Support Analyst
13 7 (3.043%) VMware Specialist
14 6 (2.609%) Storage Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.783%) Clustering
2 8 (3.478%) Blackberry
2 8 (3.478%) EqualLogic
3 7 (3.043%) Replication
4 5 (2.174%) CLARiiON
4 5 (2.174%) Statistics
5 3 (1.304%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.870%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (0.870%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.870%) Handset
6 2 (0.870%) NHS
6 2 (0.870%) IaaS
7 1 (0.435%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.435%) PKI
7 1 (0.435%) SaaS
7 1 (0.435%) PaaS
7 1 (0.435%) HP StorageWorks
7 1 (0.435%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.435%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 155 (67.39%) Windows
2 100 (43.48%) Windows Server 2008
3 75 (32.61%) Windows Server 2003
4 40 (17.39%) Linux
5 15 (6.522%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 14 (6.087%) Windows 7
6 14 (6.087%) Windows 2000
6 14 (6.087%) Windows XP
7 11 (4.783%) UNIX
8 10 (4.348%) Windows 2000 Server
9 8 (3.478%) Windows 8
10 7 (3.043%) CentOS
10 7 (3.043%) Debian
10 7 (3.043%) FreeBSD
11 6 (2.609%) Gentoo
11 6 (2.609%) Ubuntu
11 6 (2.609%) Windows Server 2012
12 5 (2.174%) HPUX
13 4 (1.739%) Mac OS X
14 2 (0.870%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (20.43%) ITIL
2 42 (18.26%) Migration
3 29 (12.61%) Disaster Recovery
4 28 (12.17%) Data Protection
5 24 (10.43%) PRINCE2
6 20 (8.696%) Service Delivery
7 14 (6.087%) PRINCE
8 11 (4.783%) Project Management
9 9 (3.913%) Service Management
9 9 (3.913%) Operations Management
10 8 (3.478%) E-Commerce
11 7 (3.043%) Configuration Management
11 7 (3.043%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (3.043%) Software Deployment
12 5 (2.174%) Infrastructure Management
12 5 (2.174%) Capacity Management
12 5 (2.174%) Load Balancing
13 4 (1.739%) Risk Analysis
13 4 (1.739%) ITIL V3
13 4 (1.739%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 34 (14.78%) SQL
2 8 (3.478%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.739%) VBScript
4 3 (1.304%) Perl
5 2 (0.870%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.435%) PHP
6 1 (0.435%) Bash shell
6 1 (0.435%) C++
Qualifications
1 101 (43.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 90 (39.13%) MCSE
3 51 (22.17%) MCITP
4 45 (19.57%) Cisco Certification
5 38 (16.52%) CCNA
6 34 (14.78%) VCP5
7 22 (9.565%) Citrix Certification
8 21 (9.130%) CCA
9 20 (8.696%) VCP4
10 19 (8.261%) MCTS
11 17 (7.391%) MCSA
12 15 (6.522%) CCNP
13 13 (5.652%) MCP
13 13 (5.652%) Degree
14 12 (5.217%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (3.478%) Security Cleared
16 7 (3.043%) RHCE
16 7 (3.043%) CCEA
17 6 (2.609%) DV Cleared
18 4 (1.739%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.348%) SLA
2 1 (0.435%) QA
System Software
1 105 (45.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 98 (42.61%) vSphere
3 83 (36.09%) Active Directory
4 45 (19.57%) VMware ESX
5 40 (17.39%) VMware ESXi
6 35 (15.22%) Hyper-V
7 20 (8.696%) XenApp
8 15 (6.522%) vCloud
9 13 (5.652%) XenDesktop
10 11 (4.783%) Forefront TMG
11 8 (3.478%) UAG
12 7 (3.043%) Postfix
13 6 (2.609%) XenServer
13 6 (2.609%) Microsoft App-V
13 6 (2.609%) NFS
14 5 (2.174%) Citrix Presentation Server
14 5 (2.174%) VMware Server
15 2 (0.870%) Xen
15 2 (0.870%) Terminal Server
15 2 (0.870%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 34 (14.78%) SCOM
2 21 (9.130%) SCCM
3 11 (4.783%) EMC NetWorker
4 9 (3.913%) WSUS
5 8 (3.478%) Backup Exec
5 8 (3.478%) HP SIM
6 6 (2.609%) Cisco CUCM
6 6 (2.609%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 6 (2.609%) Cacti
6 6 (2.609%) Nagios
6 6 (2.609%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.435%) BladeLogic
7 1 (0.435%) OpenView
7 1 (0.435%) Plesk
7 1 (0.435%) McAfee ePO
7 1 (0.435%) SCVMM
7 1 (0.435%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 230 (100.00%) VMware
2 105 (45.65%) Microsoft
3 78 (33.91%) HP
4 72 (31.30%) Cisco
5 66 (28.70%) Citrix
6 35 (15.22%) EMC
7 34 (14.78%) NetApp
8 27 (11.74%) MobileIron
9 23 (10.00%) IBM
10 22 (9.565%) Postini
11 20 (8.696%) Red Hat
12 16 (6.957%) Dell
13 15 (6.522%) Symantec
14 7 (3.043%) Mercator
15 6 (2.609%) F5
15 6 (2.609%) Zeacom
15 6 (2.609%) Altiris
16 5 (2.174%) Lotus
16 5 (2.174%) Veeam
17 4 (1.739%) SolarWinds
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