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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 231 197 187
Rank change year-on-year
-34 -10
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 17 54 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.238% 0.766% 0.787%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.982% 3.037% 3.267%
Number of salaries quoted 13 53 40
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +9.33%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
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%
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 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 -36 6 £37,500 -6.25%
Cheshire -8 5 £47,500 +66.66%
Merseyside +13 3 £32,500 -28.96%
Lancashire +1 2 £37,500 -15.73%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 43 (100.00%) VMware
2 34 (79.07%) VMware Infrastructure
3 30 (69.77%) Windows
3 30 (69.77%) Microsoft
4 26 (60.47%) Windows Server 2008
5 25 (58.14%) MCSE
5 25 (58.14%) Citrix
5 25 (58.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 24 (55.81%) Windows Server 2003
7 20 (46.51%) MS Exchange
8 19 (44.19%) Cisco
8 19 (44.19%) Citrix Certification
9 18 (41.86%) MCITP
10 16 (37.21%) Active Directory
10 16 (37.21%) vSphere
11 14 (32.56%) XenApp
11 14 (32.56%) XenServer
11 14 (32.56%) MS Excel
12 13 (30.23%) HP
12 13 (30.23%) NetApp
13 12 (27.91%) SAN
13 12 (27.91%) ITIL
13 12 (27.91%) MCTS
14 11 (25.58%) CCA
14 11 (25.58%) Hyper-V
14 11 (25.58%) Exchange Server 2010
15 10 (23.26%) CCEE
16 9 (20.93%) CCIA
17 8 (18.60%) XenDesktop
17 8 (18.60%) IBM

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 20 (46.51%) MS Exchange
2 11 (25.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (16.28%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (16.28%) Exchange Server 2007
4 4 (9.302%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.326%) IIS
5 1 (2.326%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (32.56%) MS Excel
2 3 (6.977%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 12 (27.91%) SAN
2 8 (18.60%) TCP/IP
3 7 (16.28%) VPN
3 7 (16.28%) Firewall
4 6 (13.95%) DNS
4 6 (13.95%) NetScaler
5 5 (11.63%) Unified Communications
5 5 (11.63%) LAN
5 5 (11.63%) WAN
6 4 (9.302%) DHCP
7 2 (4.651%) Wireless
7 2 (4.651%) Fibre Channel
7 2 (4.651%) Cisco Nexus
8 1 (2.326%) FWSM
8 1 (2.326%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (2.326%) Network Security
8 1 (2.326%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (2.326%) NAS
8 1 (2.326%) VoIP
8 1 (2.326%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.302%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.326%) Ant
General
1 5 (11.63%) Banking
2 3 (6.977%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Legal
3 1 (2.326%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Consultant
2 8 (18.60%) Systems Administrator
2 8 (18.60%) Administrator
3 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 5 (11.63%) Windows Administrator
4 5 (11.63%) Windows Systems Administrator
5 4 (9.302%) Support Engineer
5 4 (9.302%) Technical Consultant
5 4 (9.302%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 4 (9.302%) VMware Consultant
6 3 (6.977%) Help Desk Manager
6 3 (6.977%) Technical Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Senior Technical Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) Citrix Consultant
7 2 (4.651%) Technical Support Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) Storage Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Analyst
7 2 (4.651%) IT Manager
7 2 (4.651%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.977%) Celerra
2 2 (4.651%) CLARiiON
2 2 (4.651%) EqualLogic
2 2 (4.651%) HP StorageWorks
3 1 (2.326%) Symmetrix
3 1 (2.326%) Clustering
3 1 (2.326%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 30 (69.77%) Windows
2 26 (60.47%) Windows Server 2008
3 24 (55.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (13.95%) Windows XP
5 4 (9.302%) Windows 7
5 4 (9.302%) Linux
6 3 (6.977%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.326%) UNIX
7 1 (2.326%) Windows 2000
7 1 (2.326%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.91%) ITIL
2 3 (6.977%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (2.326%) Change Management
3 1 (2.326%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (2.326%) Business Continuity
3 1 (2.326%) Network Design
3 1 (2.326%) Business Analysis
3 1 (2.326%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (2.326%) Business Development
3 1 (2.326%) Load Balancing
3 1 (2.326%) Performance Management
3 1 (2.326%) Network Management
3 1 (2.326%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.95%) SQL
2 1 (2.326%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.326%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (58.14%) MCSE
1 25 (58.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (44.19%) Citrix Certification
3 18 (41.86%) MCITP
4 12 (27.91%) MCTS
5 11 (25.58%) CCA
6 10 (23.26%) CCEE
7 9 (20.93%) CCIA
8 7 (16.28%) CCEA
8 7 (16.28%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (13.95%) MCSA
9 6 (13.95%) NCDA
9 6 (13.95%) NCIE
9 6 (13.95%) VCAP
10 5 (11.63%) CCAA
11 4 (9.302%) VCDX
11 4 (9.302%) CCNA
12 3 (6.977%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (6.977%) Security Cleared
13 2 (4.651%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.326%) ISO 9000
1 1 (2.326%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 34 (79.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (37.21%) Active Directory
2 16 (37.21%) vSphere
3 14 (32.56%) XenApp
3 14 (32.56%) XenServer
4 11 (25.58%) Hyper-V
5 8 (18.60%) XenDesktop
6 5 (11.63%) Terminal Server
6 5 (11.63%) VMware ESX
7 4 (9.302%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (4.651%) NFS
8 2 (4.651%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (4.651%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (2.326%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 4 (9.302%) SCCM
2 2 (4.651%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.326%) SolarWinds Orion
3 1 (2.326%) SCOM
3 1 (2.326%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (2.326%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (2.326%) MOM
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) VMware
2 30 (69.77%) Microsoft
3 25 (58.14%) Citrix
4 19 (44.19%) Cisco
5 13 (30.23%) HP
5 13 (30.23%) NetApp
6 8 (18.60%) IBM
7 6 (13.95%) Dell
7 6 (13.95%) EMC
8 5 (11.63%) AppSense
8 5 (11.63%) SolarWinds
9 4 (9.302%) Veeam
10 2 (4.651%) 3PAR
10 2 (4.651%) Brocade
10 2 (4.651%) CommVault
11 1 (2.326%) Sun
11 1 (2.326%) PlateSpin
11 1 (2.326%) Novell
11 1 (2.326%) CheckPoint
11 1 (2.326%) Sophos
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