The first table below looks at the demand for VCAP in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 105 98 90
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -8
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 9 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.534% 0.138% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.705% 0.518% 0.220%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £50,000 £58,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +66.66%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
528 386 455
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.32% 26.66% 35.08%
Number of salaries quoted 420 329 376
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCAP
West Midlands

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 11 (100.00%) VMware
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (90.91%) vSphere
2 10 (90.91%) Citrix
3 9 (81.82%) VCDX
4 7 (63.64%) Citrix Certification
4 7 (63.64%) XenServer
4 7 (63.64%) CCEE
4 7 (63.64%) Hyper-V
5 6 (54.55%) XenApp
5 6 (54.55%) XenDesktop
5 6 (54.55%) MS Excel
6 4 (36.36%) PlateSpin
6 4 (36.36%) MCSE
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
6 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (36.36%) NetApp
6 4 (36.36%) Novell
6 4 (36.36%) Advertising
7 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
7 3 (27.27%) SAN
7 3 (27.27%) HP
7 3 (27.27%) Dell
7 3 (27.27%) EMC
7 3 (27.27%) Cisco
7 3 (27.27%) CCIA
7 3 (27.27%) MCTS
7 3 (27.27%) MCITP
7 3 (27.27%) Technical Architecture

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 1 (9.091%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) SAN
2 2 (18.18%) Unified Communications
3 1 (9.091%) NetScaler
3 1 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 4 (36.36%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 4 (36.36%) VMware Consultant
4 3 (27.27%) Architect
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Architect
4 3 (27.27%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Citrix Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Implementation Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Technical Design Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Implementation Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Implementation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Celerra
1 2 (18.18%) EqualLogic
2 1 (9.091%) CLARiiON
2 1 (9.091%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) Windows
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (9.091%) High Availability
2 1 (9.091%) Operations Management
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (81.82%) VCDX
3 7 (63.64%) Citrix Certification
3 7 (63.64%) CCEE
4 4 (36.36%) MCSE
4 4 (36.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (27.27%) CCIA
5 3 (27.27%) MCTS
5 3 (27.27%) MCITP
6 2 (18.18%) HP AIS
6 2 (18.18%) HP ASE
6 2 (18.18%) CCAA
6 2 (18.18%) NCDA
6 2 (18.18%) NCIE
6 2 (18.18%) CCNP
6 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (9.091%) CCDP
7 1 (9.091%) CCIE
7 1 (9.091%) CCEA
7 1 (9.091%) HP MASE
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (90.91%) vSphere
3 7 (63.64%) XenServer
3 7 (63.64%) Hyper-V
4 6 (54.55%) XenApp
4 6 (54.55%) XenDesktop
5 3 (27.27%) VMware ESX
6 1 (9.091%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
1 1 (9.091%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (90.91%) Citrix
3 4 (36.36%) PlateSpin
3 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 4 (36.36%) NetApp
3 4 (36.36%) Novell
4 3 (27.27%) HP
4 3 (27.27%) Dell
4 3 (27.27%) EMC
4 3 (27.27%) Cisco
5 1 (9.091%) AppSense