The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 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 Professional (VCP)
Rank 181 178 146
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -32
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 36 49 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.690% 0.798% 0.999%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.962% 2.517% 3.666%
Number of salaries quoted 29 47 43
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% -19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £40,000 £41,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £83,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +1.17%
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%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Jobs Demand Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 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 +11 31 £50,000 -4.76%
Slough +11 6 £45,000 +63.63%
Newbury - 4 £45,000 -
Maidenhead - 2 £50,000 -
Wokingham - 1 £60,000 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

1 70 (100.00%) VMware
2 63 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 40 (57.14%) vSphere
4 38 (54.29%) MCITP
5 35 (50.00%) Citrix
6 34 (48.57%) HP
7 31 (44.29%) XenApp
8 30 (42.86%) XenDesktop
8 30 (42.86%) Windows
9 28 (40.00%) Cisco
9 28 (40.00%) XenServer
10 27 (38.57%) MCTS
11 25 (35.71%) Citrix Certification
12 24 (34.29%) Microsoft
13 23 (32.86%) Windows Server 2008
13 23 (32.86%) CCEE
13 23 (32.86%) CCIA
14 21 (30.00%) IBM
15 20 (28.57%) NetApp
16 19 (27.14%) Windows Server 2003
16 19 (27.14%) Active Directory
16 19 (27.14%) CCAA
17 18 (25.71%) NetScaler
17 18 (25.71%) CCEA
18 17 (24.29%) Cisco Certification
18 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Certification
18 17 (24.29%) EMC
18 17 (24.29%) SAN
18 17 (24.29%) VMware ESX
18 17 (24.29%) Hyper-V

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (7.143%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.429%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.14%) MS Exchange
2 8 (11.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (4.286%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.286%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (2.857%) IIS
5 2 (2.857%) SharePoint
5 2 (2.857%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 18 (25.71%) NetScaler
2 17 (24.29%) SAN
3 10 (14.29%) Unified Communications
4 9 (12.86%) DHCP
4 9 (12.86%) DNS
5 8 (11.43%) LAN
6 7 (10.00%) WAN
7 5 (7.143%) Cisco Nexus
8 2 (2.857%) MPLS
8 2 (2.857%) HTTP
8 2 (2.857%) TCP/IP
8 2 (2.857%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (1.429%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.429%) VLAN
9 1 (1.429%) Network Security
9 1 (1.429%) FTP
9 1 (1.429%) SSL
9 1 (1.429%) LDAP
9 1 (1.429%) SMTP
9 1 (1.429%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.43%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.286%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (4.286%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (2.857%) Ant
General
1 3 (4.286%) Finance
2 1 (1.429%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 40 (57.14%) Consultant
2 17 (24.29%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 13 (18.57%) VMware Consultant
3 13 (18.57%) Citrix Consultant
4 11 (15.71%) Technical Consultant
5 8 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
7 6 (8.571%) Architect
8 5 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.714%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 4 (5.714%) Technical Engineer
9 4 (5.714%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 3 (4.286%) Implementation Engineer
10 3 (4.286%) VMware Engineer
10 3 (4.286%) Principal Consultant
10 3 (4.286%) Implementation Consultant
10 3 (4.286%) Infrastructure Manager
10 3 (4.286%) Storage Consultant
10 3 (4.286%) Citrix Engineer
10 3 (4.286%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (11.43%) Celerra
2 7 (10.00%) Blackberry
3 6 (8.571%) CLARiiON
4 5 (7.143%) EqualLogic
5 4 (5.714%) Clustering
6 1 (1.429%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.429%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (42.86%) Windows
2 23 (32.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 19 (27.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.857%) Linux
5 1 (1.429%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.429%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (8.571%) Data Management
2 4 (5.714%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (5.714%) Data Protection
3 3 (4.286%) Capacity Planning
3 3 (4.286%) Business Development
3 3 (4.286%) TOGAF
3 3 (4.286%) Load Balancing
3 3 (4.286%) ITIL
3 3 (4.286%) PRINCE2
3 3 (4.286%) PRINCE
3 3 (4.286%) MOF
4 2 (2.857%) Project Management
4 2 (2.857%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (2.857%) Validation
4 2 (2.857%) Migration
4 2 (2.857%) High Availability
5 1 (1.429%) Business Continuity
5 1 (1.429%) Asset Management
5 1 (1.429%) Operations Management
5 1 (1.429%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (5.714%) C
Qualifications
1 38 (54.29%) MCITP
2 27 (38.57%) MCTS
3 25 (35.71%) Citrix Certification
4 23 (32.86%) CCEE
4 23 (32.86%) CCIA
5 19 (27.14%) CCAA
6 18 (25.71%) CCEA
7 17 (24.29%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (24.29%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (21.43%) NCIE
9 14 (20.00%) MCSE
9 14 (20.00%) NCDA
10 13 (18.57%) CCNA
11 12 (17.14%) CCA
12 11 (15.71%) Degree
13 9 (12.86%) VCAP
13 9 (12.86%) MCSA
14 7 (10.00%) CCNP
15 6 (8.571%) VCDX
16 5 (7.143%) VCP4
System Software
1 63 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 40 (57.14%) vSphere
3 31 (44.29%) XenApp
4 30 (42.86%) XenDesktop
5 28 (40.00%) XenServer
6 19 (27.14%) Active Directory
7 17 (24.29%) VMware ESX
7 17 (24.29%) Hyper-V
8 15 (21.43%) Microsoft App-V
9 5 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (2.857%) Terminal Services
10 2 (2.857%) Xen
10 2 (2.857%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 2 (2.857%) Forefront TMG
10 2 (2.857%) UAG
Systems Management
1 8 (11.43%) SCCM
2 5 (7.143%) Backup Exec
2 5 (7.143%) SCOM
3 3 (4.286%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (4.286%) NetBackup
3 3 (4.286%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.429%) AppDNA
4 1 (1.429%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 70 (100.00%) VMware
2 35 (50.00%) Citrix
3 34 (48.57%) HP
4 28 (40.00%) Cisco
5 24 (34.29%) Microsoft
6 21 (30.00%) IBM
7 20 (28.57%) NetApp
8 17 (24.29%) EMC
9 15 (21.43%) Veeam
10 8 (11.43%) AppSense
11 7 (10.00%) Dell
12 4 (5.714%) Symantec
12 4 (5.714%) CommVault
12 4 (5.714%) Brocade
13 2 (2.857%) Novell
13 2 (2.857%) PlateSpin
13 2 (2.857%) Huawei
13 2 (2.857%) Wyse
13 2 (2.857%) Twitter
13 2 (2.857%) Isilon
Reading, Berkshire
You will also hold some virtualisation/clustering knowledge with VMWare and Hyper-V alongside any exposure to SharePoint administration/support... It will be desirable to hold relevant certifications...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 25-35k plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client a market leading organisation is currently in the market for a Pre-Sales Consultant - EMC - VNX - Recover Point - VMware -VCP to join their team. This opportunity...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client a market leading organisation is currently in the market for a Pre-Sales Consultant - EMC - VNX - Recover Point - VMware -VCP to join their team. This opportunity...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
My client a market leading organisation is currently in the market for a Pre-Sales Consultant - EMC - VNX - Recover Point - VMware -VCP to join their team. This opportunity...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013