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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 50 60 -
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 3 11 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.820% 2.174% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.488% 6.286% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 0
Average salary £32,500 £50,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +1.17%
All Qualifications
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
86 175 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 23.50% 34.58% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 69 136 87
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,000 £25,600
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Merseyside

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 10 (100.00%) VMware
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
3 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 8 (80.00%) MCSE
3 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (80.00%) MCITP
4 7 (70.00%) MS Exchange
5 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
6 5 (50.00%) ITIL
7 4 (40.00%) VPN
7 4 (40.00%) Citrix
7 4 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (40.00%) XenApp
7 4 (40.00%) XenDesktop
7 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
8 3 (30.00%) XenServer
8 3 (30.00%) MCTS
8 3 (30.00%) Cisco
8 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
8 3 (30.00%) MCSA
8 3 (30.00%) vSphere
8 3 (30.00%) CCEE
8 3 (30.00%) CCIA
8 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Management
9 2 (20.00%) NetScaler
9 2 (20.00%) CCAA

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 7 (70.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) VPN
2 2 (20.00%) NetScaler
3 1 (10.00%) SAN
3 1 (10.00%) DNS
3 1 (10.00%) DHCP
3 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Help Desk Manager
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Help Desk Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Celerra
1 1 (10.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (10.00%) Clustering
1 1 (10.00%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (80.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (30.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
2 3 (30.00%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 8 (80.00%) MCSE
1 8 (80.00%) MCITP
2 4 (40.00%) Citrix Certification
3 3 (30.00%) MCTS
3 3 (30.00%) MCSA
3 3 (30.00%) CCEE
3 3 (30.00%) CCIA
4 2 (20.00%) CCAA
4 2 (20.00%) NCDA
4 2 (20.00%) NCIE
4 2 (20.00%) VCAP
4 2 (20.00%) CCNA
4 2 (20.00%) CCA
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (20.00%) VCDX
5 1 (10.00%) HP AIS
5 1 (10.00%) HP ASE
5 1 (10.00%) HP MASE
5 1 (10.00%) CCEA
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (90.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) XenApp
3 4 (40.00%) XenDesktop
4 3 (30.00%) XenServer
4 3 (30.00%) vSphere
5 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
5 1 (10.00%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (10.00%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
1 1 (10.00%) SCOM
1 1 (10.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (40.00%) Citrix
4 3 (30.00%) Cisco
5 2 (20.00%) NetApp
5 2 (20.00%) HP
6 1 (10.00%) Veeam
6 1 (10.00%) Dell
6 1 (10.00%) EMC
6 1 (10.00%) IBM