The first part of the table below looks at the demand for VCP4 in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCP4 over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

VMware Certified Professional 4 (VCP4)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank831851739
Rank change year-on-year
Up+20Down-112
Matching permanent IT job ads441413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.036 %0.011 %0.014 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.131 %0.044 %0.056 %
Number of salaries quoted39126
Average salary£45,000£51,250£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.19 %+36.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,500£35,300£33,750
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£55,000£56,250
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£42,500£35,000
% change year-on-year
-+21.42 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
334753214123123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.76 %26.21 %24.22 %
Number of salaries quoted284762683119147
Average salary£42,500£41,000£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65 %-1.20 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
% change year-on-year
+3.89 %+1.31 %

VCP4
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VCP4 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

VCP4 Demand Trend

VCP4
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VCP4 within the UK.

VCP4 Salary Trend

VCP4
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VCP4 over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

VCP4 Salary Histogram

VCP4
Top 22 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCP4 within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1843£45,000-5.26 %
LondonDown-118£52,500-4.54 %
East of EnglandNew entry-13£45,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-13£45,000-
City of LondonNew entry-12£52,500-
LutonNew entry-8£45,000-
West MidlandsDown-136£34,000-1.44 %
South EastDown-334£40,000-5.88 %
BirminghamNew entry-4£32,500-
SolihullDown-22£35,500+2.89 %
West SussexNew entry-2£37,500-
SurreyDown-181--
ScotlandNew entry-1£39,000-
South WestNew entry-1£40,000-
East MidlandsNew entry-1£40,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1£40,000-
GloucestershireNew entry-1£40,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£40,000-
NottinghamNew entry-1£40,000-
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£40,000-
CamberleyNew entry-1--
BeckenhamNew entry-1£40,000-

VCP4
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing VCP4 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 VCP4.

199 (99.00 %)VMware
199 (99.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
284 (84.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
381 (81.00 %)vSphere
471 (71.00 %)Windows
565 (65.00 %)SAN
659 (59.00 %)Microsoft
659 (59.00 %)Hyper-V
750 (50.00 %)HP
847 (47.00 %)Cisco
945 (45.00 %)Citrix
1044 (44.00 %)Active Directory
1139 (39.00 %)Windows Server 2008
1238 (38.00 %)VCP5
1238 (38.00 %)MS Exchange
1337 (37.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
1436 (36.00 %)Exchange Server 2010
1534 (34.00 %)XenApp
1534 (34.00 %)VMware ESX
1534 (34.00 %)Citrix Certification
1633 (33.00 %)EMC
1731 (31.00 %)CCA
1830 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
1830 (30.00 %)HP AIS
1927 (27.00 %)VMware ESXi
2026 (26.00 %)HP ASE
2125 (25.00 %)MCSE
2125 (25.00 %)CLARiiON
2125 (25.00 %)MCITP
2223 (23.00 %)Capacity Planning

VCP4
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing VCP4 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 VCP4. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (3.000 %)LAMP
21 (1.000 %)ASP
21 (1.000 %)COM
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
138 (38.00 %)MS Exchange
237 (37.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
336 (36.00 %)Exchange Server 2010
412 (12.00 %)IIS
58 (8.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
65 (5.000 %)SharePoint
72 (2.000 %)Apache
81 (1.000 %)SharePoint 2010
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (14.00 %)MS Excel
23 (3.000 %)MS Office
32 (2.000 %)Office 365
41 (1.000 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
165 (65.00 %)SAN
222 (22.00 %)Wireless
319 (19.00 %)iSCSI
415 (15.00 %)TCP/IP
514 (14.00 %)Firewall
610 (10.00 %)DNS
610 (10.00 %)Fibre Channel
610 (10.00 %)DHCP
78 (8.000 %)LAN
87 (7.000 %)VPN
87 (7.000 %)NAS
95 (5.000 %)DMZ
104 (4.000 %)Internet
104 (4.000 %)Cisco PIX
113 (3.000 %)Ethernet
122 (2.000 %)WAN
122 (2.000 %)FCoE
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (14.00 %)SQL Server
28 (8.000 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (2.000 %)SQL Server 2008
32 (2.000 %)MySQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.000 %)MSI
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (6.000 %)Finance
22 (2.000 %)Telecoms
31 (1.000 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
126 (26.00 %)Analyst
224 (24.00 %)Architect
323 (23.00 %)Consultant
421 (21.00 %)Systems Analyst
421 (21.00 %)Systems Architect
421 (21.00 %)Storage Analyst
514 (14.00 %)Technical Architect
514 (14.00 %)Technical Consultant
613 (13.00 %)Lead Architect
613 (13.00 %)Technical Leader
613 (13.00 %)Technical Analyst
712 (12.00 %)Systems Engineer
712 (12.00 %)Virtualisation Consultant
811 (11.00 %)VMware Engineer
98 (8.000 %)Designer
98 (8.000 %)Systems Designer
107 (7.000 %)Support Engineer
115 (5.000 %)Technical Support
115 (5.000 %)Technical Engineer
115 (5.000 %)Virtualisation Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (25.00 %)CLARiiON
222 (22.00 %)HP StorageWorks
312 (12.00 %)Clustering
46 (6.000 %)SaaS
55 (5.000 %)EqualLogic
64 (4.000 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
171 (71.00 %)Windows
239 (39.00 %)Windows Server 2008
321 (21.00 %)Linux
411 (11.00 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (5.000 %)Windows XP
64 (4.000 %)Windows 7
72 (2.000 %)Windows 2000
81 (1.000 %)UNIX
81 (1.000 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (23.00 %)Capacity Planning
210 (10.00 %)Service Delivery
37 (7.000 %)Project Management
46 (6.000 %)Problem Management
46 (6.000 %)ITIL
55 (5.000 %)Service Management
62 (2.000 %)Change Management
62 (2.000 %)Migration
71 (1.000 %)Incident Management
71 (1.000 %)Technical Architecture
71 (1.000 %)Performance Management
71 (1.000 %)Validation
71 (1.000 %)ITIL V3
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
118 (18.00 %)SQL
25 (5.000 %)PowerShell
32 (2.000 %)VB
41 (1.000 %)Shell Script
41 (1.000 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
199 (99.00 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
238 (38.00 %)VCP5
334 (34.00 %)Citrix Certification
431 (31.00 %)CCA
530 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
530 (30.00 %)HP AIS
626 (26.00 %)HP ASE
725 (25.00 %)MCSE
725 (25.00 %)MCITP
811 (11.00 %)VCDX
99 (9.000 %)MCTS
108 (8.000 %)MCSA
115 (5.000 %)CCNA
115 (5.000 %)Cisco Certification
124 (4.000 %)MCP
124 (4.000 %)NCDA
133 (3.000 %)VCAP
133 (3.000 %)MCDBA
133 (3.000 %)CCEA
133 (3.000 %)Security Cleared
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
184 (84.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
281 (81.00 %)vSphere
359 (59.00 %)Hyper-V
444 (44.00 %)Active Directory
534 (34.00 %)VMware ESX
534 (34.00 %)XenApp
627 (27.00 %)VMware ESXi
722 (22.00 %)XenDesktop
810 (10.00 %)XenServer
95 (5.000 %)VMFS
104 (4.000 %)vCloud
104 (4.000 %)NFS
111 (1.000 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (17.00 %)SCVMM
213 (13.00 %)SCCM
38 (8.000 %)vCenter
47 (7.000 %)HP SIM
56 (6.000 %)Backup Exec
65 (5.000 %)ARCserve
74 (4.000 %)Norton AntiVirus
82 (2.000 %)SCOM
91 (1.000 %)NetBackup
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
199 (99.00 %)VMware
259 (59.00 %)Microsoft
350 (50.00 %)HP
447 (47.00 %)Cisco
545 (45.00 %)Citrix
633 (33.00 %)EMC
722 (22.00 %)Brocade
815 (15.00 %)Dell
913 (13.00 %)Symantec
1011 (11.00 %)NetApp
114 (4.000 %)Nokia
114 (4.000 %)McAfee
114 (4.000 %)CheckPoint
114 (4.000 %)Veritas
114 (4.000 %)Veeam
123 (3.000 %)Google
123 (3.000 %)Juniper
123 (3.000 %)IBM
132 (2.000 %)AppSense
132 (2.000 %)ProCurve