The first table below looks at the demand for VCP4 in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCP4 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional 4 (VCP4)
Rank 247 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing VCP4 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.014% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.057% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1745 1800 1635
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.16% 25.04% 24.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1435 1543 1411
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
VCP4
England

VCP4
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VCP4 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West VCP4 Jobs Demand Trend

VCP4
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VCP4 across the North West region.

North West VCP4 Salary Trend

VCP4
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCP4 within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire - 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
VCP4
England

VCP4
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing VCP4 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 VCP4.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (100.00%) VCP5
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (50.00%) Celerra
2 1 (50.00%) SCVMM
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) CLARiiON
2 1 (50.00%) Symmetrix
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) EMC Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003

VCP4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing VCP4 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 VCP4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Symmetrix DMX
1 1 (50.00%) Celerra
1 1 (50.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (50.00%) Symmetrix
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 2000
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) VCP5
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) EMC Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
1 2 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) IBM
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) EMC
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) NetApp