The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 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 for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 80 67 85
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +18
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 36 25 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.148% 1.721% 0.677%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.831% 6.378% 1.940%
Number of salaries quoted 28 21 4
Average salary £41,250 £52,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +59.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,000 £53,850
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
527 392 464
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 31.44% 26.98% 34.89%
Number of salaries quoted 420 335 386
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 £29,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 59 (100.00%) VMware
2 58 (98.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 51 (86.44%) vSphere
4 46 (77.97%) Citrix
5 41 (69.49%) XenApp
5 41 (69.49%) XenServer
6 40 (67.80%) XenDesktop
7 37 (62.71%) HP
8 32 (54.24%) Windows
8 32 (54.24%) Windows Server 2008
9 29 (49.15%) NetApp
10 28 (47.46%) Microsoft
11 26 (44.07%) Hyper-V
12 25 (42.37%) MCITP
13 24 (40.68%) CCEE
13 24 (40.68%) Windows Server 2003
13 24 (40.68%) Citrix Certification
14 20 (33.90%) MS Excel
15 19 (32.20%) SAN
16 18 (30.51%) Cisco
17 17 (28.81%) MS Exchange
18 16 (27.12%) VMware ESX
18 16 (27.12%) CCAA
18 16 (27.12%) CCIA
19 14 (23.73%) Active Directory
20 13 (22.03%) NCDA
20 13 (22.03%) MCTS
21 12 (20.34%) NCIE
21 12 (20.34%) 3PAR
21 12 (20.34%) CCEA

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 Platforms
1 17 (28.81%) MS Exchange
2 6 (10.17%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (8.475%) Exchange Server 2000
4 4 (6.780%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (6.780%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (5.085%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.695%) Lync
Applications
1 20 (33.90%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.390%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.20%) SAN
2 11 (18.64%) NetScaler
3 9 (15.25%) Unified Communications
4 8 (13.56%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (8.475%) Firewall
6 4 (6.780%) iSCSI
6 4 (6.780%) LAN
6 4 (6.780%) WAN
6 4 (6.780%) Fibre Channel
7 3 (5.085%) NAS
8 2 (3.390%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
9 1 (1.695%) VPN
9 1 (1.695%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.25%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (6.780%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 27 (45.76%) Consultant
2 14 (23.73%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 13 (22.03%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 11 (18.64%) VMware Consultant
5 10 (16.95%) Technical Consultant
6 8 (13.56%) Citrix Consultant
6 8 (13.56%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (8.475%) Architect
7 5 (8.475%) Senior Technical Consultant
8 4 (6.780%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (6.780%) Technical Architect
8 4 (6.780%) VMware Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) VMware Technical Consultant
9 3 (5.085%) VMware Specialist
9 3 (5.085%) Pre Sales Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) Citrix Engineer
9 3 (5.085%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
9 3 (5.085%) Pre Sales Consultant
9 3 (5.085%) Sales Consultant
10 2 (3.390%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.085%) Celerra
1 3 (5.085%) EqualLogic
2 2 (3.390%) CLARiiON
2 2 (3.390%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 32 (54.24%) Windows
1 32 (54.24%) Windows Server 2008
2 24 (40.68%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (6.780%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (3.390%) Windows 7
4 2 (3.390%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (10.17%) Data Management
2 5 (8.475%) Business Development
3 4 (6.780%) ITIL
4 3 (5.085%) Load Balancing
4 3 (5.085%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (3.390%) Resource Management
5 2 (3.390%) High Availability
6 1 (1.695%) Change Control
6 1 (1.695%) Data Protection
6 1 (1.695%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.695%) PRINCE
6 1 (1.695%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.695%) MOF
6 1 (1.695%) Project Management
6 1 (1.695%) Migration
6 1 (1.695%) Operations Management
6 1 (1.695%) TOGAF
6 1 (1.695%) Network Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.17%) SQL
2 3 (5.085%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (42.37%) MCITP
2 24 (40.68%) Citrix Certification
2 24 (40.68%) CCEE
3 16 (27.12%) CCAA
3 16 (27.12%) CCIA
4 13 (22.03%) NCDA
4 13 (22.03%) MCTS
5 12 (20.34%) CCEA
5 12 (20.34%) NCIE
5 12 (20.34%) VCP5
6 11 (18.64%) VCAP
6 11 (18.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (16.95%) VCDX
8 9 (15.25%) MCSE
9 7 (11.86%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (10.17%) CCA
11 4 (6.780%) CCNP
12 3 (5.085%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
12 3 (5.085%) HP ASE
13 2 (3.390%) HP MASE
System Software
1 58 (98.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 51 (86.44%) vSphere
3 41 (69.49%) XenApp
3 41 (69.49%) XenServer
4 40 (67.80%) XenDesktop
5 26 (44.07%) Hyper-V
6 16 (27.12%) VMware ESX
7 14 (23.73%) Active Directory
8 5 (8.475%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (1.695%) PowerConvert
9 1 (1.695%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (11.86%) NetBackup
2 5 (8.475%) Backup Exec
2 5 (8.475%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 3 (5.085%) ARCserve
3 3 (5.085%) Norton AntiVirus
3 3 (5.085%) SCCM
3 3 (5.085%) SCOM
4 2 (3.390%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) VMware
2 46 (77.97%) Citrix
3 37 (62.71%) HP
4 29 (49.15%) NetApp
5 28 (47.46%) Microsoft
6 18 (30.51%) Cisco
7 12 (20.34%) IBM
7 12 (20.34%) 3PAR
8 10 (16.95%) Veeam
9 9 (15.25%) Symantec
10 8 (13.56%) Dell
11 6 (10.17%) EMC
11 6 (10.17%) CommVault
12 5 (8.475%) PlateSpin
13 4 (6.780%) Novell
14 3 (5.085%) Veritas
14 3 (5.085%) McAfee
15 1 (1.695%) AppSense