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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 91 67 -
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 4 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.347% 0.992% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.254% 4.094% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 0
Average salary £36,000 £38,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.09% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +1.17%
All Qualifications
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
319 171 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.64% 24.22% 29.27%
Number of salaries quoted 288 159 294
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,780 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £54,400 £42,500
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 Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Kent VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
3 3 (50.00%) VMware ESX
3 3 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (33.33%) NetApp
4 2 (33.33%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (16.67%) Linux
5 1 (16.67%) LAN
5 1 (16.67%) WAN
5 1 (16.67%) MCSA
5 1 (16.67%) Apple
5 1 (16.67%) vSphere
5 1 (16.67%) MCITP
5 1 (16.67%) VLAN

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Server Engineer
1 3 (50.00%) Senior Server Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Implementation Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (66.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) MCITP
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) vSphere
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) NetApp
5 1 (16.67%) Apple
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