The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 20 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 115 104 97
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -7
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 17 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.281% 0.871% 1.105%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.337% 3.327% 5.678%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 16
Average salary £47,500 £28,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -18.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,100 £26,400 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,500 £42,800 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
374 511 317
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 21.01% 26.18% 19.46%
Number of salaries quoted 272 458 258
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £21,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warrington +15 3 £48,750 +62.50%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (87.50%) vSphere
3 5 (62.50%) MCITP
3 5 (62.50%) HP
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 5 (62.50%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (50.00%) CCEA
4 4 (50.00%) SAN
4 4 (50.00%) Windows
4 4 (50.00%) IBM
4 4 (50.00%) MCTS
4 4 (50.00%) XenApp
4 4 (50.00%) XenServer
4 4 (50.00%) XenDesktop
4 4 (50.00%) CCEE
4 4 (50.00%) CCIA
4 4 (50.00%) NetScaler
5 3 (37.50%) CCAA
5 3 (37.50%) Veeam
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco
5 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (25.00%) NetApp
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (25.00%) CCA
6 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 2 (25.00%) EMC
6 2 (25.00%) MS Office

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Lync
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Office
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
1 4 (50.00%) NetScaler
2 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 2 (25.00%) LAN
2 2 (25.00%) WAN
2 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (12.50%) Unified Communications
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
2 3 (37.50%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) VMware Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Citrix Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Support
3 2 (25.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Engineer
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Celerra
2 1 (12.50%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (12.50%) EqualLogic
2 1 (12.50%) CLARiiON
2 1 (12.50%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
1 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
1 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Citrix Certification
1 5 (62.50%) MCITP
2 4 (50.00%) CCEE
2 4 (50.00%) CCIA
2 4 (50.00%) CCEA
2 4 (50.00%) MCTS
3 3 (37.50%) CCAA
4 2 (25.00%) CCA
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (25.00%) MCSE
5 1 (12.50%) CCNP
5 1 (12.50%) CCNA
5 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (12.50%) EMC Certification
5 1 (12.50%) VCP5
5 1 (12.50%) VCDX
5 1 (12.50%) VCP4
5 1 (12.50%) VCAP
System Software
1 7 (87.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (87.50%) vSphere
2 4 (50.00%) XenApp
2 4 (50.00%) XenServer
2 4 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (25.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
4 1 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (62.50%) HP
2 5 (62.50%) Citrix
3 4 (50.00%) IBM
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Cisco
4 3 (37.50%) Veeam
5 2 (25.00%) EMC
5 2 (25.00%) NetApp
6 1 (12.50%) Dell
6 1 (12.50%) AppSense