The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 18 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 West Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 88 99 95
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -4
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 7 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.587% 0.309% 0.259%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.497% 2.154% 1.623%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
Average daily rate £175 £264 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.64% +17.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £126 £236 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £300 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £313 £300
% change year-on-year
+4.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £175.00 £12.50 £20.25
% change year-on-year
+1300.00% -38.27%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
286 325 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 16.79% 14.34% 15.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 154 118
Average daily rate £325 £315 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £415 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 24 33
Average hourly rate £28.00 £17.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -27.08%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £13.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £63.50 £27.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £21.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+2.32% -10.41%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham +5 4 £400 +51.65% 1
Coventry - 1 £100 -
Solihull - 1 - -
Staffordshire - 1 £175 - 3
Warwickshire - - - -
Worcestershire - - - -
West Bromwich - - - -
Wolverhampton - - - -
Shropshire - - - -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 9 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (80.00%) Windows
3 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (70.00%) Cisco
4 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
4 7 (70.00%) CCNP
5 6 (60.00%) CCNA
5 6 (60.00%) LAN
5 6 (60.00%) WAN
5 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (60.00%) MPLS
5 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (50.00%) Veeam
6 5 (50.00%) Firewall
6 5 (50.00%) VLAN
6 5 (50.00%) SAN
6 5 (50.00%) HP
7 4 (40.00%) Dell
7 4 (40.00%) S-PLUS
7 4 (40.00%) EqualLogic
7 4 (40.00%) Network Security
7 4 (40.00%) iSCSI
7 4 (40.00%) SonicWALL
8 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
8 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
8 3 (30.00%) VCP4
8 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
9 2 (20.00%) vSphere

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

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 3 (30.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) S-PLUS
2 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) LAN
1 6 (60.00%) WAN
1 6 (60.00%) MPLS
2 5 (50.00%) Firewall
2 5 (50.00%) VLAN
2 5 (50.00%) SAN
3 4 (40.00%) Network Security
3 4 (40.00%) iSCSI
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (10.00%) DHCP
5 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
5 1 (10.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) VMware Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Network Technician
4 1 (10.00%) Server Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Server Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Server Support
4 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) EqualLogic
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (20.00%) Change Management
1 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
1 2 (20.00%) Release Management
1 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Network Management
2 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 6 (60.00%) CCNA
4 3 (30.00%) VCP4
5 2 (20.00%) MCTS
5 2 (20.00%) MCITP
6 1 (10.00%) Degree
6 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (10.00%) CCA
6 1 (10.00%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (10.00%) MCP
System Software
1 9 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (20.00%) vSphere
4 1 (10.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) ARCserve
1 2 (20.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 5 (50.00%) HP
3 5 (50.00%) Veeam
4 4 (40.00%) Dell
4 4 (40.00%) SonicWALL
5 2 (20.00%) WatchGuard
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) CA
5 2 (20.00%) NetApp
6 1 (10.00%) Brocade
Walsall, West Midlands (County)
VMware/vSphere/Windows Server/SQL/Active Directory/VLANs. Roc searches client based in Walsall require a VMware Engineer to join their team on a 6 month initial contract.
Roc Search
Posted: 12 June 2013
Walsall, West Midlands
You will be provided with the training where and when required including VMware for VMware enterprise partner status, Cisco and Microsoft.Experience*The candidate will be capable of...
Hudson
Rate: £140 - £148 per day
Posted: 5 June 2013