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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 596 627 622
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -5
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 11 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.025% 0.020% 0.004%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.099% 0.086% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 2
Average salary £50,000 £48,000 £72,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -33.79%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,900 £70,500
10% offered a salary of more than £71,000 £72,000 £74,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +66.66%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11114 12832 13359
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.28% 23.82% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 9042 11048 11038
Average salary £50,000 £48,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.09% -3.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCAP
England

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VCAP across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London VCAP Salary Histogram

VCAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
Uxbridge - 3 £45,000 -
City of London +7 2 £75,000 +7.14%
VCAP
England

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 28 (100.00%) VMware
1 28 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 26 (92.86%) Cisco
3 16 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (42.86%) EMC
5 11 (39.29%) vSphere
6 10 (35.71%) Citrix
7 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Certification
7 9 (32.14%) NetApp
7 9 (32.14%) MCSE
7 9 (32.14%) VCDX
8 8 (28.57%) Windows
8 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
8 8 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
8 8 (28.57%) CCNP
9 7 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
9 7 (25.00%) NCDA
9 7 (25.00%) NCIE
9 7 (25.00%) Unified Communications
10 6 (21.43%) VCP5
10 6 (21.43%) MCITP
10 6 (21.43%) CCIE
11 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
11 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (17.86%) Firewall
11 5 (17.86%) Wireless
11 5 (17.86%) CCSE
11 5 (17.86%) CCSA
11 5 (17.86%) CCVP
11 5 (17.86%) CCSP

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 7 (25.00%) Unified Communications
2 5 (17.86%) Firewall
2 5 (17.86%) Wireless
2 5 (17.86%) LAN
2 5 (17.86%) VoIP
2 5 (17.86%) WLAN
2 5 (17.86%) WAN
2 5 (17.86%) Cisco PIX
2 5 (17.86%) Network Security
2 5 (17.86%) FWSM
3 4 (14.29%) SAN
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco IOS
4 3 (10.71%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (7.143%) MPLS
6 1 (3.571%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) MySQL
General
1 3 (10.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Consultant
2 6 (21.43%) VMware Consultant
2 6 (21.43%) Architect
3 5 (17.86%) Network Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) Technical Consultant
4 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (7.143%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Technical Architect
5 2 (7.143%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (7.143%) Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.571%) Administrator
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Infrastructure Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.571%) Technical Engineer
6 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Architect
6 1 (3.571%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 1 (3.571%) Linux Systems Administrator
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (17.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (14.29%) CentOS
3 4 (14.29%) Linux
4 3 (10.71%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (3.571%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.86%) ITIL
1 5 (17.86%) Network Design
1 5 (17.86%) Network Management
2 1 (3.571%) Supplier Management
2 1 (3.571%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (3.571%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (32.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (32.14%) MCSE
2 9 (32.14%) VCDX
3 8 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (28.57%) CCNP
4 7 (25.00%) NCDA
4 7 (25.00%) NCIE
5 6 (21.43%) VCP5
5 6 (21.43%) MCITP
5 6 (21.43%) CCIE
6 5 (17.86%) CCSE
6 5 (17.86%) CCSA
6 5 (17.86%) CCVP
6 5 (17.86%) CCSP
6 5 (17.86%) CCIP
6 5 (17.86%) CCDA
6 5 (17.86%) CCDP
6 5 (17.86%) CCDE
7 4 (14.29%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.86%) ISO 9000
1 5 (17.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 16 (57.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (39.29%) vSphere
3 3 (10.71%) VMware ESX
3 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.71%) XenServer
3 3 (10.71%) vCloud
4 2 (7.143%) XenDesktop
4 2 (7.143%) XenApp
4 2 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (3.571%) SCCM
2 1 (3.571%) SCOM
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) VMware
2 26 (92.86%) Cisco
3 12 (42.86%) EMC
4 10 (35.71%) Citrix
5 9 (32.14%) NetApp
6 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
7 5 (17.86%) CheckPoint
7 5 (17.86%) HP
7 5 (17.86%) Twitter
8 4 (14.29%) Red Hat
9 2 (7.143%) Veeam
9 2 (7.143%) Huawei
9 2 (7.143%) Barracuda Networks
10 1 (3.571%) Dell
10 1 (3.571%) Novell
10 1 (3.571%) PlateSpin
London
VCP, VMware, vSphere, VCAP, VCDX, Virtualisation, VMware View, Citrix, Xenapp, Xendesktop, Professional Services, Channel, Desktop Virtualisation, Consultancy, Netapp, Cisco UCS, Flexpod, Windows Server, AD, NCDA, NCIE, Professional Services... -...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £40,000 to £55,000 per annum + bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
ROLE DIMENSIONS Taking escalations from the L1 and L2s... Advanced understanding of operating systems ( Linux, or windows)... MCSE/MCSA/RHCE/RHCSA essential. VCAP4-DCA or equivalent experience required.
Rackspace
Salary: Unspecified
Posted: 13 May 2013