The first table below looks at the demand for VCAP in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 185 174 -
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.098% 0.055% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.378% 0.231% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £37,500 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £31,500
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +66.66%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1058 865 991
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 25.82% 23.76% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 908 722 880
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCAP
North West

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Bolton - 1 £37,500 -
Bury - 1 £37,500 -
Oldham - 1 £37,500 -
Sale - 1 £37,500 -
Salford - 1 £37,500 -
Stockport - 1 £37,500 -
VCAP
North West

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (50.00%) XenServer
3 2 (50.00%) vSphere
3 2 (50.00%) NCDA
3 2 (50.00%) NCIE
3 2 (50.00%) CCEE
3 2 (50.00%) VCDX
4 1 (25.00%) CCAA
4 1 (25.00%) CCIA
4 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
4 1 (25.00%) Network Management
4 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
4 1 (25.00%) FWSM
4 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
4 1 (25.00%) SAN
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) XenApp
4 1 (25.00%) CCSA
4 1 (25.00%) CCVP

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (25.00%) FWSM
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) WLAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Design Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Network Management
1 1 (25.00%) Network Design
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (50.00%) NCDA
3 2 (50.00%) NCIE
3 2 (50.00%) CCEE
3 2 (50.00%) VCDX
4 1 (25.00%) CCAA
4 1 (25.00%) CCIA
4 1 (25.00%) CCSA
4 1 (25.00%) CCVP
4 1 (25.00%) MCITP
4 1 (25.00%) CCDE
4 1 (25.00%) CCIE
4 1 (25.00%) CCSP
4 1 (25.00%) CCNP
4 1 (25.00%) CCIP
4 1 (25.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) XenServer
2 2 (50.00%) vSphere
3 1 (25.00%) XenDesktop
3 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) CiscoWorks
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) NetApp
4 1 (25.00%) Novell
4 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (25.00%) PlateSpin
4 1 (25.00%) EMC