The first table below looks at the demand for VCDX in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCDX over the 3 months to 20 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
Rank 126 134 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing VCDX 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.188% 0.088% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.543% 0.253% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £47,500 £71,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.52%
All Qualifications
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
736 789 516
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 34.64% 34.82% 28.07%
Number of salaries quoted 573 712 388
Average salary £45,000 £43,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.65% -4.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,500 £28,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCDX
Berkshire

VCDX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading VCDX Jobs Demand Trend

VCDX
Salary Trend

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

Reading VCDX Salary Trend

VCDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing VCDX 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 VCDX.

1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
2 5 (83.33%) XenServer
2 5 (83.33%) VCAP
2 5 (83.33%) CCEE
2 5 (83.33%) CCIA
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
2 5 (83.33%) NetApp
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 4 (66.67%) HP
3 4 (66.67%) Dell
3 4 (66.67%) EMC
3 4 (66.67%) VMware ESX
3 4 (66.67%) Celerra
3 4 (66.67%) SAN
3 4 (66.67%) Hyper-V
3 4 (66.67%) Unified Communications
3 4 (66.67%) EqualLogic
3 4 (66.67%) NCDA
3 4 (66.67%) NCIE
4 3 (50.00%) CCAA
4 3 (50.00%) MCTS
4 3 (50.00%) HP MASE
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco

VCDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region citing VCDX 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 VCDX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) Lync
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) SAN
1 4 (66.67%) Unified Communications
2 2 (33.33%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Celerra
1 4 (66.67%) EqualLogic
2 2 (33.33%) CLARiiON
2 2 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (33.33%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix Certification
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
2 5 (83.33%) VCAP
2 5 (83.33%) CCEE
2 5 (83.33%) CCIA
3 4 (66.67%) NCDA
3 4 (66.67%) NCIE
4 3 (50.00%) CCAA
4 3 (50.00%) HP MASE
4 3 (50.00%) CCEA
4 3 (50.00%) MCTS
5 2 (33.33%) HP AIS
5 2 (33.33%) HP ASE
6 1 (16.67%) MCSE
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (100.00%) XenApp
1 6 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
2 5 (83.33%) XenServer
3 4 (66.67%) Hyper-V
3 4 (66.67%) VMware ESX
4 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
1 2 (33.33%) SCOM
1 2 (33.33%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Citrix
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) NetApp
3 4 (66.67%) HP
3 4 (66.67%) Dell
3 4 (66.67%) EMC
4 3 (50.00%) Cisco
5 1 (16.67%) AppSense