The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 188 152 158
Rank change year-on-year
-36 +6
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6 23 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.148% 0.634% 0.380%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.569% 2.647% 1.497%
Number of salaries quoted 5 23 10
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1055 869 1002
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 26.00% 23.97% 25.39%
Number of salaries quoted 903 728 891
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%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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 -8 1 £37,500 +15.38%
Bury - 1 £37,500 -
Oldham - 1 £37,500 -
Sale - 1 £37,500 -
Salford - 1 £37,500 -
Stockport - 1 £37,500 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
North West

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 13 (92.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (85.71%) Cisco
4 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
5 8 (57.14%) NetApp
6 6 (42.86%) Citrix
6 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (42.86%) Windows
6 6 (42.86%) MS Exchange
6 6 (42.86%) MCSE
6 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
7 5 (35.71%) SAN
7 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
7 5 (35.71%) XenServer
7 5 (35.71%) vSphere
7 5 (35.71%) NCDA
7 5 (35.71%) NCIE
8 4 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
8 4 (28.57%) VCAP
8 4 (28.57%) XenApp
8 4 (28.57%) CCEE
8 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
8 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (28.57%) ITIL
9 3 (21.43%) WAN
9 3 (21.43%) LAN
9 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
9 3 (21.43%) EMC
9 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 6 (42.86%) MS Exchange
2 4 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (7.143%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (35.71%) SAN
2 3 (21.43%) LAN
2 3 (21.43%) WAN
3 2 (14.29%) Fibre Channel
3 2 (14.29%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (14.29%) Firewall
3 2 (14.29%) Wireless
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (7.143%) Network Security
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (7.143%) NAS
4 1 (7.143%) Unified Communications
4 1 (7.143%) FWSM
4 1 (7.143%) NetScaler
4 1 (7.143%) VPN
4 1 (7.143%) VoIP
4 1 (7.143%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Ant
General
1 1 (7.143%) Legal
1 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Consultant
2 3 (21.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Storage Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) VMware Engineer
3 2 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Network Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Network Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Storage Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Cisco Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Design Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Support Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (7.143%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 6 (42.86%) Windows
2 5 (35.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.143%) UNIX
5 1 (7.143%) Solaris
5 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 1 (7.143%) Change Management
2 1 (7.143%) Network Design
2 1 (7.143%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (7.143%) Performance Management
2 1 (7.143%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) C
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
1 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) MCSE
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (35.71%) NCDA
2 5 (35.71%) NCIE
3 4 (28.57%) VCAP
3 4 (28.57%) CCEE
3 4 (28.57%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (21.43%) CCIA
5 2 (14.29%) VCDX
6 1 (7.143%) VCP4
6 1 (7.143%) CCSA
6 1 (7.143%) CCVP
6 1 (7.143%) MCITP
6 1 (7.143%) Degree
6 1 (7.143%) CCDE
6 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.143%) CCIE
6 1 (7.143%) CCSP
6 1 (7.143%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO 9000
1 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (92.86%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (35.71%) Hyper-V
2 5 (35.71%) XenServer
2 5 (35.71%) vSphere
3 4 (28.57%) XenApp
4 3 (21.43%) Active Directory
5 2 (14.29%) VMware ESX
5 2 (14.29%) NFS
6 1 (7.143%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (7.143%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) SCVMM
2 1 (7.143%) SolarWinds Orion
2 1 (7.143%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (7.143%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (7.143%) MOM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (85.71%) Cisco
3 9 (64.29%) Microsoft
4 8 (57.14%) NetApp
5 6 (42.86%) Citrix
6 3 (21.43%) EMC
7 2 (14.29%) HP
7 2 (14.29%) Dell
8 1 (7.143%) Sun
8 1 (7.143%) IBM
8 1 (7.143%) Novell
8 1 (7.143%) CheckPoint
8 1 (7.143%) Sophos
8 1 (7.143%) AppSense
8 1 (7.143%) PlateSpin
8 1 (7.143%) SolarWinds
8 1 (7.143%) Twitter
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