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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 71 66 54
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -12
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 9 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 1.325% 0.847% 0.746%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.918% 2.643% 3.200%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 0
Average salary £32,500 £41,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.21% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
183 227 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 26.95% 32.06% 23.32%
Number of salaries quoted 159 183 105
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +6.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £24,300 £20,700
10% offered a salary of more than £42,650 £45,125 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
East 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 Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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
Leicester -3 9 £32,500 -38.09%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
East Midlands

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (83.33%) HP
3 12 (66.67%) vSphere
4 11 (61.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (50.00%) Citrix
5 9 (50.00%) XenApp
5 9 (50.00%) XenDesktop
6 8 (44.44%) ITIL
6 8 (44.44%) Windows
7 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
7 7 (38.89%) Dell
7 7 (38.89%) SAN
7 7 (38.89%) NetApp
8 6 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
8 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
8 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 6 (33.33%) MCITP
8 6 (33.33%) Capacity Management
9 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
9 5 (27.78%) Lync
9 5 (27.78%) CCEE
9 5 (27.78%) SAP
9 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
10 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
10 4 (22.22%) MCTS
10 4 (22.22%) XenServer
11 3 (16.67%) VCP4
11 3 (16.67%) iSCSI
11 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 5 (27.78%) SharePoint
1 5 (27.78%) Lync
2 2 (11.11%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.556%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 4 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) SAN
2 3 (16.67%) iSCSI
3 1 (5.556%) Unified Communications
3 1 (5.556%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (5.556%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (5.556%) Firewall
3 1 (5.556%) LAN
3 1 (5.556%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) VMware Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
3 3 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) Virtualisation Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Citrix Engineer
4 2 (11.11%) VMware Specialist
5 1 (5.556%) Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Storage Systems Administrator
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Team Leader
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support
5 1 (5.556%) VMware Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (5.556%) Network Analyst
5 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Technical Support Engineer
5 1 (5.556%) Team Leader
Operating Systems
1 8 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) SUSE
2 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL
2 6 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 2 (11.11%) Time Management
3 2 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (5.556%) Business Development
4 1 (5.556%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Citrix Certification
1 6 (33.33%) MCITP
2 5 (27.78%) CCEE
3 4 (22.22%) MCTS
4 3 (16.67%) VCP4
4 3 (16.67%) CCA
4 3 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (16.67%) CCEA
5 2 (11.11%) MCP
5 2 (11.11%) VCDX
5 2 (11.11%) CCAA
5 2 (11.11%) VCAP
6 1 (5.556%) NCDA
6 1 (5.556%) NCIE
6 1 (5.556%) MCSE
6 1 (5.556%) CCNA
6 1 (5.556%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.556%) Degree
System Software
1 12 (66.67%) vSphere
2 11 (61.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 9 (50.00%) XenApp
4 6 (33.33%) Active Directory
5 5 (27.78%) Hyper-V
6 4 (22.22%) XenServer
7 1 (5.556%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) NetBackup
1 1 (5.556%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.556%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (83.33%) HP
3 9 (50.00%) Citrix
4 7 (38.89%) NetApp
4 7 (38.89%) Dell
4 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
5 5 (27.78%) SAP
6 3 (16.67%) Cisco
6 3 (16.67%) Novell
7 2 (11.11%) Symantec
8 1 (5.556%) CommVault
8 1 (5.556%) WatchGuard
8 1 (5.556%) Veeam