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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 77 61 -
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 10 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 0.968% 0.158% -
As % of the Qualifications category 3.096% 0.543% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 1 0
Average salary £48,750 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.63% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +1.17%
All Qualifications
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
323 184 191
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 31.27% 29.02% 23.88%
Number of salaries quoted 266 159 164
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £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)
Oxfordshire

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford 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 Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 15 (93.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (68.75%) MCITP
4 10 (62.50%) Citrix
5 9 (56.25%) vSphere
6 7 (43.75%) XenApp
6 7 (43.75%) CCNP
6 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (43.75%) Windows
6 7 (43.75%) Cisco
7 6 (37.50%) Citrix Certification
7 6 (37.50%) SAN
7 6 (37.50%) NetApp
7 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (37.50%) EMC
7 6 (37.50%) MCTS
7 6 (37.50%) XenServer
7 6 (37.50%) XenDesktop
7 6 (37.50%) CCEE
7 6 (37.50%) CCIA
8 5 (31.25%) CCAA
8 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
8 5 (31.25%) NCDA
8 5 (31.25%) HP
9 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 4 (25.00%) CCEA
9 4 (25.00%) Veeam
9 4 (25.00%) NetScaler
9 4 (25.00%) VCAP
10 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 Development
1 2 (12.50%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) Lync
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (6.250%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (37.50%) SAN
2 4 (25.00%) NetScaler
3 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 2 (12.50%) DHCP
3 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 2 (12.50%) Firewall
3 2 (12.50%) MPLS
3 2 (12.50%) Unified Communications
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (6.250%) VLAN
4 1 (6.250%) VPN
4 1 (6.250%) LAN
4 1 (6.250%) VoIP
Job Titles
1 11 (68.75%) Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Technical Consultant
2 4 (25.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) VMware Consultant
3 3 (18.75%) Citrix Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Principal Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Storage Consultant
4 2 (12.50%) Architect
4 2 (12.50%) Technical Architect
4 2 (12.50%) VMware Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Implementation Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Messaging Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Support Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Celerra
2 1 (6.250%) EqualLogic
2 1 (6.250%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (31.25%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
1 2 (12.50%) PRINCE2
1 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (6.250%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
2 1 (6.250%) BCP
2 1 (6.250%) MOF
2 1 (6.250%) Project Management
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) TOGAF
2 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) MCITP
2 7 (43.75%) CCNP
2 7 (43.75%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (37.50%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (37.50%) MCTS
3 6 (37.50%) CCEE
3 6 (37.50%) CCIA
4 5 (31.25%) CCAA
4 5 (31.25%) NCDA
5 4 (25.00%) CCEA
5 4 (25.00%) VCAP
6 2 (12.50%) MCSE
6 2 (12.50%) CCNA
6 2 (12.50%) CCA
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (12.50%) NCIE
6 2 (12.50%) VCDX
7 1 (6.250%) VCP5
7 1 (6.250%) HP AIS
7 1 (6.250%) HP MASE
System Software
1 15 (93.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (56.25%) vSphere
3 7 (43.75%) XenApp
4 6 (37.50%) XenServer
4 6 (37.50%) XenDesktop
5 3 (18.75%) Hyper-V
5 3 (18.75%) VMware ESX
5 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (6.250%) VMware Server
7 1 (6.250%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCOM
2 1 (6.250%) SCCM
2 1 (6.250%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) VMware
2 10 (62.50%) Citrix
3 7 (43.75%) Cisco
4 6 (37.50%) NetApp
4 6 (37.50%) EMC
5 5 (31.25%) HP
6 4 (25.00%) Microsoft
6 4 (25.00%) Veeam
7 2 (12.50%) Dell
7 2 (12.50%) AppSense
7 2 (12.50%) Huawei
7 2 (12.50%) Barracuda Networks
8 1 (6.250%) MobileIron
8 1 (6.250%) WatchGuard
8 1 (6.250%) Postini
8 1 (6.250%) Sophos
8 1 (6.250%) Symantec
8 1 (6.250%) IBM