The first table below looks at the demand for VCAP in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCAP over the 3 months to 24 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 138 132 119
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -13
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 10 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 0.385% 0.096% 0.054%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.531% 0.363% 0.260%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 1
Average salary £55,000 £48,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.82% +77.27%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +25.00%
All Qualifications
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
653 551 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 25.13% 26.41% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 495 460 337
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +10.29%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCAP
West Yorkshire

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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%) Citrix
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (100.00%) XenApp
1 11 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 11 (100.00%) vSphere
1 11 (100.00%) VCDX
2 8 (72.73%) CCEE
2 8 (72.73%) CCIA
2 8 (72.73%) XenServer
2 8 (72.73%) NetApp
2 8 (72.73%) Citrix Certification
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) HP
3 7 (63.64%) Dell
3 7 (63.64%) EMC
3 7 (63.64%) VMware ESX
4 6 (54.55%) Blue Coat
4 6 (54.55%) CCNP
4 6 (54.55%) CCDA
4 6 (54.55%) CCEA
4 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (54.55%) CCA
4 6 (54.55%) Juniper
4 6 (54.55%) SaaS
4 6 (54.55%) PlateSpin
4 6 (54.55%) DataCore
4 6 (54.55%) FalconStor
5 4 (36.36%) Technical Architecture

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) Unified Communications
1 1 (9.091%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
1 6 (54.55%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Virtualisation Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
5 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) SaaS
2 1 (9.091%) CLARiiON
2 1 (9.091%) Clustering
2 1 (9.091%) EqualLogic
2 1 (9.091%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (9.091%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 11 (100.00%) VCDX
2 8 (72.73%) CCEE
2 8 (72.73%) CCIA
2 8 (72.73%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (54.55%) CCNP
3 6 (54.55%) CCDA
3 6 (54.55%) CCEA
3 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (54.55%) CCA
4 2 (18.18%) NCDA
4 2 (18.18%) NCIE
4 2 (18.18%) MCITP
5 1 (9.091%) MCSE
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.091%) MCTS
5 1 (9.091%) CCAA
5 1 (9.091%) HP AIS
5 1 (9.091%) HP ASE
5 1 (9.091%) HP MASE
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (100.00%) XenApp
1 11 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 11 (100.00%) vSphere
2 8 (72.73%) XenServer
3 7 (63.64%) VMware ESX
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
1 1 (9.091%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Citrix
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (72.73%) NetApp
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) HP
3 7 (63.64%) Dell
3 7 (63.64%) EMC
4 6 (54.55%) Blue Coat
4 6 (54.55%) Juniper
4 6 (54.55%) PlateSpin
4 6 (54.55%) DataCore
4 6 (54.55%) FalconStor