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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 145 130 155
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +25
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 12 24 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.383% 0.698% 0.029%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.359% 2.239% 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 9 21 1
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +38.46%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
883 1072 1044
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.21% 31.17% 30.37%
Number of salaries quoted 505 781 777
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland 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
Glasgow -12 9 £35,000 -4.76%
North Lanarkshire +4 2 £45,000 +9.09%
Aberdeen -3 1 £42,500 +41.66%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 27 (100.00%) VMware
2 25 (92.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 18 (66.67%) Windows
4 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
5 13 (48.15%) Cisco
5 13 (48.15%) Citrix
6 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (44.44%) MCSE
6 12 (44.44%) MS Exchange
6 12 (44.44%) MCITP
7 11 (40.74%) SAN
7 11 (40.74%) CCA
7 11 (40.74%) Citrix Certification
8 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
8 10 (37.04%) Exchange Server 2010
9 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
9 9 (33.33%) CCNA
9 9 (33.33%) TCP/IP
9 9 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (33.33%) CommVault
10 8 (29.63%) NetApp
10 8 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2007
10 8 (29.63%) VCP4
11 7 (25.93%) Capacity Planning
11 7 (25.93%) Performance Management
11 7 (25.93%) Capacity Management
11 7 (25.93%) Clustering
11 7 (25.93%) NAS
11 7 (25.93%) DNS

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 12 (44.44%) MS Exchange
2 10 (37.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (29.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
5 1 (3.704%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (18.52%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (40.74%) SAN
2 9 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 7 (25.93%) DNS
3 7 (25.93%) NAS
3 7 (25.93%) DHCP
4 2 (7.407%) LAN
4 2 (7.407%) VoIP
4 2 (7.407%) WLAN
5 1 (3.704%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (37.04%) Consultant
2 8 (29.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 5 (18.52%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Pre Sales Consultant
4 4 (14.81%) Sales Consultant
5 3 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 2 (7.407%) Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Support
6 2 (7.407%) Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Architect
7 1 (3.704%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Data Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Junior
7 1 (3.704%) Data Architect
7 1 (3.704%) 3rd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Clustering
2 2 (7.407%) Fat Client
2 2 (7.407%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 9 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (14.81%) Solaris
3 4 (14.81%) UNIX
4 3 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.704%) Linux
5 1 (3.704%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (3.704%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.93%) ITIL
1 7 (25.93%) Performance Management
1 7 (25.93%) Capacity Planning
1 7 (25.93%) Capacity Management
2 3 (11.11%) Problem Management
3 2 (7.407%) Service Delivery
3 2 (7.407%) Document Management
3 2 (7.407%) Network Management
4 1 (3.704%) Business Transformation
4 1 (3.704%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.407%) SQL
1 2 (7.407%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) MCSE
1 12 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
1 12 (44.44%) MCITP
2 11 (40.74%) CCA
2 11 (40.74%) Citrix Certification
3 9 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (33.33%) CCNA
4 8 (29.63%) VCP4
5 6 (22.22%) VCP5
6 3 (11.11%) Degree
6 3 (11.11%) NCDA
6 3 (11.11%) NCIE
6 3 (11.11%) MCSA
7 2 (7.407%) MCP
7 2 (7.407%) MCTS
7 2 (7.407%) VCDX
8 1 (3.704%) VCAP
System Software
1 25 (92.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (37.04%) Active Directory
3 6 (22.22%) vSphere
4 5 (18.52%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (11.11%) VMware ESX
5 3 (11.11%) Xen
5 3 (11.11%) Hyper-V
6 2 (7.407%) XenApp
7 1 (3.704%) XenServer
7 1 (3.704%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) NetBackup
1 2 (7.407%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.704%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) VMware
2 16 (59.26%) Microsoft
3 13 (48.15%) Cisco
3 13 (48.15%) Citrix
4 9 (33.33%) CommVault
5 8 (29.63%) NetApp
6 5 (18.52%) EMC
7 2 (7.407%) HP
7 2 (7.407%) Dell
8 1 (3.704%) Altiris
8 1 (3.704%) Twitter
8 1 (3.704%) Symantec
8 1 (3.704%) Oracle
8 1 (3.704%) Sun
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