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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 102 109 103
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 31 23 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 1.429% 1.016% 0.955%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.010% 2.882% 3.309%
Number of salaries quoted 24 22 13
Average salary £50,000 £51,250 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% -26.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £30,100 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £75,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £43,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+4.65% +1.17%
All Qualifications
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
773 798 544
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 35.64% 35.25% 28.86%
Number of salaries quoted 599 720 413
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £27,500 £27,500
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%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

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

Reading 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 Reading 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 50 (100.00%) VMware
2 45 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (66.00%) Citrix
4 32 (64.00%) vSphere
5 29 (58.00%) XenApp
5 29 (58.00%) MCITP
6 28 (56.00%) XenDesktop
7 27 (54.00%) XenServer
8 24 (48.00%) HP
8 24 (48.00%) Citrix Certification
9 22 (44.00%) CCEE
9 22 (44.00%) CCIA
10 20 (40.00%) MCTS
11 19 (38.00%) CCAA
12 18 (36.00%) NetApp
12 18 (36.00%) Cisco
12 18 (36.00%) Windows
13 17 (34.00%) CCEA
14 16 (32.00%) NetScaler
15 14 (28.00%) NCIE
15 14 (28.00%) SAN
15 14 (28.00%) Microsoft App-V
15 14 (28.00%) Windows Server 2008
16 13 (26.00%) Hyper-V
16 13 (26.00%) Veeam
16 13 (26.00%) EMC
16 13 (26.00%) NCDA
17 12 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
17 12 (24.00%) VMware ESX
17 12 (24.00%) CCA

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

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 5 (10.00%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.000%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.00%) MS Exchange
2 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2000
2 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2007
2 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (4.000%) Lync
3 2 (4.000%) IIS
3 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 11 (22.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 16 (32.00%) NetScaler
2 14 (28.00%) SAN
3 10 (20.00%) Unified Communications
4 5 (10.00%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (4.000%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (4.000%) MPLS
5 2 (4.000%) DHCP
5 2 (4.000%) HTTP
5 2 (4.000%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.000%) DNS
6 1 (2.000%) SSL
6 1 (2.000%) FTP
6 1 (2.000%) LAN
6 1 (2.000%) SMTP
6 1 (2.000%) LDAP
6 1 (2.000%) Firewall
6 1 (2.000%) Network Security
6 1 (2.000%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (6.000%) Ant
Job Titles
1 34 (68.00%) Consultant
2 14 (28.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 12 (24.00%) VMware Consultant
3 12 (24.00%) Citrix Consultant
4 7 (14.00%) Technical Consultant
4 7 (14.00%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (10.00%) Architect
6 4 (8.000%) Senior Technical Consultant
6 4 (8.000%) Technical Engineer
6 4 (8.000%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.000%) Sales Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) Principal Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) Pre Sales Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) Implementation Engineer
7 3 (6.000%) VMware Technical Consultant
7 3 (6.000%) VMware Engineer
8 2 (4.000%) Senior Citrix Consultant
8 2 (4.000%) Citrix Engineer
8 2 (4.000%) Technical Support Engineer
8 2 (4.000%) Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Celerra
2 5 (10.00%) EqualLogic
3 4 (8.000%) CLARiiON
3 4 (8.000%) Clustering
4 1 (2.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (36.00%) Windows
2 14 (28.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (24.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (2.000%) Windows 2000
4 1 (2.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (10.00%) Data Management
2 3 (6.000%) ITIL
2 3 (6.000%) PRINCE2
2 3 (6.000%) MOF
2 3 (6.000%) PRINCE
2 3 (6.000%) Load Balancing
2 3 (6.000%) Business Development
2 3 (6.000%) TOGAF
3 2 (4.000%) High Availability
3 2 (4.000%) Data Protection
3 2 (4.000%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (4.000%) Validation
4 1 (2.000%) DNA
4 1 (2.000%) Project Management
4 1 (2.000%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.000%) Business Continuity
4 1 (2.000%) Operations Management
4 1 (2.000%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) SQL
2 4 (8.000%) C
Qualifications
1 29 (58.00%) MCITP
2 24 (48.00%) Citrix Certification
3 22 (44.00%) CCEE
3 22 (44.00%) CCIA
4 20 (40.00%) MCTS
5 19 (38.00%) CCAA
6 17 (34.00%) CCEA
7 14 (28.00%) NCIE
8 13 (26.00%) NCDA
9 12 (24.00%) CCA
10 9 (18.00%) VCAP
10 9 (18.00%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (12.00%) VCDX
11 6 (12.00%) CCNP
12 5 (10.00%) CCNA
13 4 (8.000%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (8.000%) MCSE
14 3 (6.000%) HP AIS
14 3 (6.000%) HP ASE
14 3 (6.000%) HP MASE
System Software
1 45 (90.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 32 (64.00%) vSphere
3 29 (58.00%) XenApp
4 28 (56.00%) XenDesktop
5 27 (54.00%) XenServer
6 14 (28.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 13 (26.00%) Hyper-V
8 12 (24.00%) VMware ESX
9 7 (14.00%) Active Directory
10 3 (6.000%) EMC RecoverPoint
10 3 (6.000%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (4.000%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 7 (14.00%) SCCM
2 5 (10.00%) SCOM
3 3 (6.000%) NetBackup
3 3 (6.000%) Backup Exec
3 3 (6.000%) SCVMM
3 3 (6.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (2.000%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.000%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) VMware
2 33 (66.00%) Citrix
3 24 (48.00%) HP
4 18 (36.00%) NetApp
4 18 (36.00%) Cisco
5 13 (26.00%) Veeam
5 13 (26.00%) EMC
6 11 (22.00%) IBM
7 9 (18.00%) Microsoft
8 7 (14.00%) Dell
8 7 (14.00%) AppSense
9 4 (8.000%) CommVault
9 4 (8.000%) Symantec
10 2 (4.000%) Vizioncore
10 2 (4.000%) Twitter
10 2 (4.000%) Barracuda Networks
10 2 (4.000%) Huawei
10 2 (4.000%) PlateSpin
10 2 (4.000%) Wyse
10 2 (4.000%) Novell
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Car + Bonus + Pension + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013