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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 40 33 32
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -1
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 8 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 3.390% 1.316% 1.000%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.511% 4.000% 2.667%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 2
Average salary £35,500 £35,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.89%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
94 50 75
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 39.83% 32.89% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 54 37 42
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% +11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £17,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,800 £35,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
West Midlands

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
1 9 (100.00%) MCITP
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 8 (88.89%) Hyper-V
2 8 (88.89%) ARCserve
3 7 (77.78%) MS Exchange
4 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 6 (66.67%) Veritas
4 6 (66.67%) Symantec
4 6 (66.67%) McAfee
4 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (66.67%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
5 5 (55.56%) Norton AntiVirus
6 4 (44.44%) SAN
6 4 (44.44%) VCP4
6 4 (44.44%) VCP5
7 3 (33.33%) vSphere
7 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
7 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
8 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
8 2 (22.22%) Project Management
8 2 (22.22%) MCSE
8 2 (22.22%) CommVault
8 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
8 2 (22.22%) Citrix

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 7 (77.78%) MS Exchange
2 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2007
2 6 (66.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) iSCSI
2 2 (22.22%) NAS
3 1 (11.11%) Fibre Channel
3 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Technical Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Technical Support
2 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Support
2 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Support
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 9 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Project Management
1 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) MCITP
2 6 (66.67%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (44.44%) VCP5
3 4 (44.44%) VCP4
4 2 (22.22%) CCEE
4 2 (22.22%) CCAA
4 2 (22.22%) MCSE
4 2 (22.22%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (22.22%) MCTS
5 1 (11.11%) CCA
5 1 (11.11%) CCIA
System Software
1 9 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (88.89%) Hyper-V
3 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 3 (33.33%) VMware ESX
4 3 (33.33%) vSphere
5 2 (22.22%) XenApp
5 2 (22.22%) XenServer
5 2 (22.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 8 (88.89%) ARCserve
2 5 (55.56%) Norton AntiVirus
3 2 (22.22%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) VMware
2 6 (66.67%) Veritas
2 6 (66.67%) Symantec
2 6 (66.67%) McAfee
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) CommVault
4 1 (11.11%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) Dell
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
Solihull, West Midlands
This will include IT infrastructure support both remotely and on-site, as well as that you will be responsible for design and delivery of small to large scale...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benfits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands (County)
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
QUANTICA
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013