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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 126 121 142
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +21
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 38 45 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.242% 1.320% 0.828%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.929% 3.954% 2.775%
Number of salaries quoted 33 41 19
Average salary £42,750 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.87% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,950 £28,000 £26,400
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £52,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
771 1138 1081
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 25.20% 33.38% 29.85%
Number of salaries quoted 653 971 888
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Northamptonshire +11 16 £50,000 +38.88%
Nottinghamshire -9 14 £42,750 +22.14%
Leicestershire -6 9 £32,500 -7.14%
Derbyshire -3 8 £42,000 -16.00%
Lincolnshire - 1 £22,500 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 83 (100.00%) VMware
2 58 (69.88%) Windows
3 52 (62.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 50 (60.24%) MCSE
5 44 (53.01%) Active Directory
6 42 (50.60%) HP
7 41 (49.40%) Windows Server 2008
8 40 (48.19%) VMware Infrastructure
9 39 (46.99%) Microsoft
10 38 (45.78%) SAN
11 35 (42.17%) MCITP
12 30 (36.14%) ITIL
12 30 (36.14%) vSphere
13 29 (34.94%) CCNA
13 29 (34.94%) Cisco Certification
14 27 (32.53%) Citrix
15 26 (31.33%) XenApp
16 25 (30.12%) MS Exchange
17 23 (27.71%) Linux
17 23 (27.71%) Citrix Certification
17 23 (27.71%) Windows Server 2003
18 19 (22.89%) CCA
18 19 (22.89%) SQL Server
19 18 (21.69%) XenDesktop
19 18 (21.69%) Hyper-V
20 17 (20.48%) Exchange Server 2010
20 17 (20.48%) SQL
21 16 (19.28%) NetApp
22 13 (15.66%) Dell
22 13 (15.66%) XenServer

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 2 (2.410%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 25 (30.12%) MS Exchange
2 17 (20.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (12.05%) Lync
4 7 (8.434%) Office Communications Server
5 6 (7.229%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (6.024%) SharePoint
7 4 (4.819%) Exchange Server 2007
8 1 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 12 (14.46%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 38 (45.78%) SAN
2 10 (12.05%) WAN
3 9 (10.84%) DNS
3 9 (10.84%) Firewall
3 9 (10.84%) Unified Communications
4 8 (9.639%) NAS
4 8 (9.639%) LAN
5 7 (8.434%) Wireless
6 6 (7.229%) MPLS
7 5 (6.024%) DHCP
8 4 (4.819%) TCP/IP
8 4 (4.819%) iSCSI
9 3 (3.614%) Network Security
9 3 (3.614%) NetScaler
10 2 (2.410%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (2.410%) SSL
10 2 (2.410%) LDAP
10 2 (2.410%) FTP
10 2 (2.410%) HTTP
10 2 (2.410%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (22.89%) SQL Server
2 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (6.024%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 5 (6.024%) Marketing
2 2 (2.410%) Retail
3 1 (1.205%) Finance
Job Titles
1 19 (22.89%) Consultant
2 18 (21.69%) Analyst
3 12 (14.46%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (10.84%) Architect
4 9 (10.84%) Support Analyst
5 7 (8.434%) Network Engineer
5 7 (8.434%) Technical Architect
5 7 (8.434%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 7 (8.434%) Server Analyst
5 7 (8.434%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 7 (8.434%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 6 (7.229%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (7.229%) Support Engineer
7 5 (6.024%) Senior Network Engineer
7 5 (6.024%) Sales Consultant
7 5 (6.024%) VMware Engineer
7 5 (6.024%) Platform Engineer
8 4 (4.819%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (4.819%) Citrix Consultant
8 4 (4.819%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) Clustering
2 7 (8.434%) Enterprise Storage
3 6 (7.229%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.410%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.410%) HP StorageWorks
5 1 (1.205%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.205%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 58 (69.88%) Windows
2 41 (49.40%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (27.71%) Linux
3 23 (27.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (12.05%) Windows 2000
5 7 (8.434%) Windows 2000 Server
6 5 (6.024%) Windows Server 2012
6 5 (6.024%) Windows Vista
7 3 (3.614%) SUSE
8 2 (2.410%) UNIX
8 2 (2.410%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (1.205%) Windows 7
9 1 (1.205%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (36.14%) ITIL
2 9 (10.84%) Business Development
3 8 (9.639%) PRINCE2
3 8 (9.639%) Validation
4 7 (8.434%) Capacity Management
5 6 (7.229%) Load Balancing
5 6 (7.229%) Project Planning
6 5 (6.024%) Product Marketing
6 5 (6.024%) Service Delivery
6 5 (6.024%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.410%) TOGAF
7 2 (2.410%) Time Management
7 2 (2.410%) Technical Architecture
8 1 (1.205%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.205%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (1.205%) Data Management
8 1 (1.205%) MOF
8 1 (1.205%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) SQL
2 1 (1.205%) C
Qualifications
1 52 (62.65%) Microsoft Certification
2 50 (60.24%) MCSE
3 35 (42.17%) MCITP
4 29 (34.94%) CCNA
4 29 (34.94%) Cisco Certification
5 23 (27.71%) Citrix Certification
6 19 (22.89%) CCA
7 12 (14.46%) CCEE
8 9 (10.84%) HP ASE
9 8 (9.639%) Degree
9 8 (9.639%) MCSA
10 7 (8.434%) HP AIS
10 7 (8.434%) CCIA
11 6 (7.229%) MCTS
11 6 (7.229%) VCP4
12 5 (6.024%) CCEA
13 4 (4.819%) MCP
13 4 (4.819%) CCAA
14 2 (2.410%) VCAP
14 2 (2.410%) VCDX
System Software
1 44 (53.01%) Active Directory
2 40 (48.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (36.14%) vSphere
4 26 (31.33%) XenApp
5 18 (21.69%) XenDesktop
5 18 (21.69%) Hyper-V
6 13 (15.66%) XenServer
7 8 (9.639%) VMware ESX
8 6 (7.229%) Microsoft App-V
8 6 (7.229%) ISA Server
8 6 (7.229%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 5 (6.024%) Forefront TMG
10 4 (4.819%) VMware ESXi
11 3 (3.614%) Terminal Services
12 1 (1.205%) MetaFrame
12 1 (1.205%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 8 (9.639%) SCOM
2 7 (8.434%) SCCM
3 5 (6.024%) WSUS
4 1 (1.205%) NetBackup
4 1 (1.205%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.205%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 83 (100.00%) VMware
2 42 (50.60%) HP
3 39 (46.99%) Microsoft
4 27 (32.53%) Citrix
5 16 (19.28%) NetApp
6 13 (15.66%) Dell
7 12 (14.46%) IBM
8 11 (13.25%) Cisco
9 8 (9.639%) Novell
10 7 (8.434%) EMC
11 5 (6.024%) SAP
11 5 (6.024%) AppSense
11 5 (6.024%) PlateSpin
11 5 (6.024%) Vizioncore
12 4 (4.819%) Wyse
13 3 (3.614%) Veeam
13 3 (3.614%) Intel
14 2 (2.410%) Red Hat
14 2 (2.410%) Symantec
15 1 (1.205%) Remedy
Leicester, Leicestershire
Good working knowledge of TCPIP over WAN / LAN network infrastructures is also essential. Technical Skills: Windows 2003 / 2008 Server... Active Directory Administration & Security. Windows XP / Windows 7 Client...
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Salary: £30k - 35k per year
Posted: 13 May 2013