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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 243 248 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 5 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.070% 0.043% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.289% 0.169% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 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
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1731 1778 1653
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.28% 25.22% 24.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1417 1517 1425
Average salary £36,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VCAP across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West 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
Manchester -17 4 £37,500 +25.00%
Merseyside +26 1 £37,500 -28.57%
Cheshire - 1 £47,500 -
Lancashire - 1 £37,500 -
VCAP
England

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) XenServer
2 4 (66.67%) VCDX
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (66.67%) NetApp
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
2 4 (66.67%) CCEE
3 3 (50.00%) CCIA
3 3 (50.00%) NCDA
3 3 (50.00%) NCIE
3 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) EMC
3 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (50.00%) XenApp
3 3 (50.00%) MCITP
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 2 (33.33%) Celerra
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (33.33%) MCTS
4 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
4 2 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 1 (16.67%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
1 3 (50.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (33.33%) NetScaler
3 1 (16.67%) FWSM
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) Wireless
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) VoIP
3 1 (16.67%) WLAN
3 1 (16.67%) WAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Design Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Celerra
1 2 (33.33%) EqualLogic
2 1 (16.67%) CLARiiON
2 1 (16.67%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) Network Design
1 1 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (16.67%) Network Management
1 1 (16.67%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (66.67%) VCDX
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (66.67%) CCEE
3 3 (50.00%) CCIA
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (50.00%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) NCDA
3 3 (50.00%) NCIE
3 3 (50.00%) MCITP
4 2 (33.33%) MCTS
4 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (33.33%) CCAA
5 1 (16.67%) CCDE
5 1 (16.67%) HP AIS
5 1 (16.67%) HP ASE
5 1 (16.67%) HP MASE
5 1 (16.67%) CCIE
5 1 (16.67%) CCSP
5 1 (16.67%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 9000
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) XenServer
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
3 3 (50.00%) XenDesktop
3 3 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (50.00%) XenApp
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) CiscoWorks
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
1 1 (16.67%) SCOM
1 1 (16.67%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (66.67%) Cisco
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) NetApp
3 3 (50.00%) EMC
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 2 (33.33%) HP
4 2 (33.33%) Dell
5 1 (16.67%) Novell
5 1 (16.67%) CheckPoint
5 1 (16.67%) AppSense
5 1 (16.67%) PlateSpin