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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 25 12 19
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +7
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 2 33 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.926% 10.54% 6.818%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.279% 24.63% 23.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1 33 11
Average salary £77,500 £60,000 £61,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.16% -1.63%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +1.17%
All Qualifications
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
61 134 90
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 28.24% 42.81% 29.22%
Number of salaries quoted 49 119 68
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands 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 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (60.00%) NetApp
3 3 (60.00%) HP
3 3 (60.00%) EMC
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) EMC Certification
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (40.00%) NCIE
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (40.00%) HP AIS
4 2 (40.00%) HP ASE
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
4 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 2 (40.00%) VCP5
5 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (20.00%) NCDA
5 1 (20.00%) MCTS
5 1 (20.00%) MCITP
5 1 (20.00%) SAP Business One
5 1 (20.00%) Celerra
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
5 1 (20.00%) Symmetrix DMX
5 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
5 1 (20.00%) CCEE
5 1 (20.00%) VCP4
5 1 (20.00%) CLARiiON

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Unified Communications
1 1 (20.00%) Wireless
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (60.00%) Technical Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Architect
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
3 2 (40.00%) Senior Technical Architect
4 1 (20.00%) Storage Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Technical Consultant
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 1 (20.00%) Celerra
1 1 (20.00%) Symmetrix DMX
1 1 (20.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (20.00%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) UNIX
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Solaris
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
1 1 (20.00%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) EMC Certification
1 2 (40.00%) NCIE
1 2 (40.00%) HP AIS
1 2 (40.00%) HP ASE
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) VCP5
2 1 (20.00%) NCDA
2 1 (20.00%) MCTS
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) CCEE
2 1 (20.00%) VCP4
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) CCA
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (20.00%) CCEA
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) MCSA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) NetApp
2 3 (60.00%) HP
2 3 (60.00%) EMC
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) CA
4 1 (20.00%) Symantec
4 1 (20.00%) McAfee
4 1 (20.00%) IBM
4 1 (20.00%) Citrix
4 1 (20.00%) SAP