The first table below looks at the demand for VCAP in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCAP over the 3 months to 21 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 211 221 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 6 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.115% 0.098% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.327% 0.308% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 0
Average salary £46,250 £57,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.56% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +66.66%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1835 1947 1391
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 35.18% 31.73% 27.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1384 1681 1148
Average salary £42,500 £42,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.59% -6.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,850
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCAP
South East

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VCAP across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire VCAP Jobs Demand Trend

VCAP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VCAP across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Reading +5 6 £47,500 -33.33%
Slough - 4 £46,250 -
Newbury - 3 £45,000 -
VCAP
South East

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing VCAP 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VCAP.

1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) vSphere
2 8 (88.89%) Citrix
3 7 (77.78%) MCITP
4 6 (66.67%) XenApp
4 6 (66.67%) XenDesktop
4 6 (66.67%) HP
4 6 (66.67%) SAN
4 6 (66.67%) NetApp
4 6 (66.67%) Cisco
5 5 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
5 5 (55.56%) EMC
5 5 (55.56%) XenServer
5 5 (55.56%) VCDX
5 5 (55.56%) CCEE
5 5 (55.56%) CCIA
6 4 (44.44%) CCAA
6 4 (44.44%) NCDA
6 4 (44.44%) NCIE
6 4 (44.44%) MCTS
6 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (44.44%) VMware ESX
6 4 (44.44%) Dell
6 4 (44.44%) Windows
7 3 (33.33%) CCNP
7 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
7 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (33.33%) HP AIS

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing VCAP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited VCAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (66.67%) SAN
2 3 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 2 (22.22%) NetScaler
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (22.22%) MPLS
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Consultant
2 5 (55.56%) VMware Consultant
3 4 (44.44%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Citrix Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Implementation Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Implementation Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Celerra
1 3 (33.33%) EqualLogic
2 1 (11.11%) CLARiiON
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Operations Management
2 1 (11.11%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (77.78%) MCITP
3 5 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
3 5 (55.56%) VCDX
3 5 (55.56%) CCEE
3 5 (55.56%) CCIA
4 4 (44.44%) CCAA
4 4 (44.44%) NCDA
4 4 (44.44%) NCIE
4 4 (44.44%) MCTS
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (33.33%) CCNP
5 3 (33.33%) HP AIS
6 2 (22.22%) HP ASE
6 2 (22.22%) HP MASE
6 2 (22.22%) CCEA
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (11.11%) CCNA
7 1 (11.11%) MCSE
7 1 (11.11%) CCIE
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) vSphere
3 6 (66.67%) XenApp
3 6 (66.67%) XenDesktop
4 5 (55.56%) XenServer
5 4 (44.44%) VMware ESX
6 3 (33.33%) Hyper-V
7 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (88.89%) Citrix
3 6 (66.67%) HP
3 6 (66.67%) NetApp
3 6 (66.67%) Cisco
4 5 (55.56%) EMC
5 4 (44.44%) Dell
6 2 (22.22%) Veeam
6 2 (22.22%) Huawei
6 2 (22.22%) Barracuda Networks
7 1 (11.11%) AppSense