Scotland VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs within the Scotland region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Crawley Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Gatwick Glasgow Halesowen Hampshire Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Kent Kingston Upon Thames Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle North East North West North Yorkshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Southampton Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wallington Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wetherby Wiltshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	140	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	17	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	2.211 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	17	0
Average minimum salary	£45,882	-
Average salary	£51,912	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£57,941	-
UK excluding London average salary	£44,160	£41,338
% change on same period last year	+6.82 %
Qualifications Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads	769	1198
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.447 %	0.516 %
Salaries quoted	558	807
Average minimum salary	£34,897	£30,847
Average salary	£38,279	£33,491
% change on same period last year	+14.29 %
Average maximum salary	£41,661	£36,135
UK excluding London average salary	£37,875	£38,396
% change on same period last year	-1.35 %
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Scotland region.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Glasgow	-	4	£45,000	-

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 31 (100.00 %) Citrix 1 31 (100.00 %) VMware 2 25 (80.65 %) Windows 3 23 (74.19 %) Active Directory 3 23 (74.19 %) VMware Infrastructure 4 20 (64.52 %) Microsoft 4 20 (64.52 %) CCA 4 20 (64.52 %) Citrix Certification 5 18 (58.06 %) Windows Server 2003 6 16 (51.61 %) MS Exchange 6 16 (51.61 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 16 (51.61 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 14 (45.16 %) MCSE 7 14 (45.16 %) Microsoft Certification 8 12 (38.71 %) CCEA

9 11 (35.48 %) Cisco Certification 10 10 (32.26 %) Windows Vista 11 9 (29.03 %) NetApp 11 9 (29.03 %) HP 11 9 (29.03 %) IBM 11 9 (29.03 %) MS Excel 12 8 (25.81 %) MCP 12 8 (25.81 %) CCSP 12 8 (25.81 %) Exchange Server 2000 12 8 (25.81 %) Windows 2000 Server 13 6 (19.35 %) Windows Server 2008 13 6 (19.35 %) VMware Server 13 6 (19.35 %) Symantec 13 6 (19.35 %) SAN 13 6 (19.35 %) SharePoint

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, 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 16 (51.61 %) MS Exchange 1 16 (51.61 %) Exchange Server 2003 1 16 (51.61 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 8 (25.81 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 6 (19.35 %) SharePoint	Applications 1 9 (29.03 %) MS Excel
Business Applications 1 2 (6.452 %) SoftGrid	Communications & Networking 1 6 (19.35 %) SAN
General 1 3 (9.677 %) Health 1 3 (9.677 %) Insurance 1 3 (9.677 %) Pensions	Job Titles 1 12 (38.71 %) Consultant 2 11 (35.48 %) Account Manager 2 11 (35.48 %) Technical Account Manager 2 11 (35.48 %) Technical Manager 3 8 (25.81 %) Network Engineer 4 6 (19.35 %) Technical Consultant 4 6 (19.35 %) Presales Consultant 5 5 (16.13 %) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (9.677 %) Thin Client 1 3 (9.677 %) Fat Client	Operating Systems 1 25 (80.65 %) Windows 2 18 (58.06 %) Windows Server 2003 3 10 (32.26 %) Windows Vista 4 8 (25.81 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 6 (19.35 %) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages 1 4 (12.90 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 20 (64.52 %) CCA 1 20 (64.52 %) Citrix Certification 2 14 (45.16 %) MCSE 2 14 (45.16 %) Microsoft Certification 3 12 (38.71 %) CCEA 4 11 (35.48 %) Cisco Certification 5 8 (25.81 %) CCSP 5 8 (25.81 %) MCP 6 3 (9.677 %) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP) 6 3 (9.677 %) Degree 6 3 (9.677 %) CCNA 6 3 (9.677 %) MCSA
System Software 1 23 (74.19 %) Active Directory 1 23 (74.19 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 6 (19.35 %) VMware Server 3 2 (6.452 %) VMware ESX 3 2 (6.452 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Vendors 1 31 (100.00 %) Citrix 1 31 (100.00 %) VMware 2 20 (64.52 %) Microsoft 3 9 (29.03 %) HP 3 9 (29.03 %) NetApp 3 9 (29.03 %) IBM 4 6 (19.35 %) Symantec 5 3 (9.677 %) VERITAS 6 2 (6.452 %) PlateSpin