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The table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs across the UK 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkVMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank458714
Rank change on same period last yearUp+256
Matching permanent IT job ads562287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.325 %0.124 %
As % of the category below1.584 %0.606 %
Salaries quoted516247
Average minimum salary£42,612£40,265
Average salary£45,675£43,024
% change on same period last year+6.16 %
Average maximum salary£48,738£45,784
UK excluding London average salary£44,109£41,276
% change on same period last year+6.86 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3547847367
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.54 %20.38 %
Salaries quoted3012738203
Average minimum salary£37,468£38,544
Average salary£40,945£41,977
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum salary£44,423£45,410
UK excluding London average salary£37,889£38,388
% change on same period last year-1.29 %

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Demand Trend

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Demand Trend

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) within the UK.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 within the UK.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 10 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+241534£45,375+5.64 %
South EastUp+109229£44,376+2.88 %
LondonUp+190177£49,244-0.40 %
BerkshireUp+34103£45,676+7.96 %
East of EnglandUp+5845£41,478-9.69 %
HertfordshireUp+6044£41,341-9.98 %
City of LondonUp+1641£51,375+15.93 %
SurreyUp+5637£47,071+1.77 %
YorkshireUp+3827£38,183-3.02 %
MiddlesexUp+3522£42,727-3.86 %
West MidlandsUp+2820£36,300+34.03 %
ScotlandNew entry-18£51,250-
East MidlandsUp+318£48,100+24.12 %
West YorkshireUp+2318£34,809-11.59 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1917£40,824-4.37 %
ReadingUp+3915£48,611+2.33 %
NottinghamshireDown-214£49,731+8.78 %
North WestUp+3714£41,786+28.57 %
ManchesterUp+4613£43,077+32.54 %
NottinghamUp+313£49,708+24.27 %
BirminghamUp+2212£36,875+24.99 %
SussexUp+1912£42,000+2.43 %
HampshireUp+812£43,182+11.43 %
MidlandsUp+1711£51,750+44.41 %
Docklands, LondonUp+5011£43,773-
SloughUp+811£30,000-40.29 %
Canary WharfNew entry-10£47,438-
WetherbyNew entry-10£31,200-
East SussexNew entry-10£30,667-
West SussexUp+2710£41,100-8.66 %

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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).

11066 (100.00 %)VMware
2837 (78.52 %)VMware Infrastructure
3562 (52.72 %)Microsoft Certification
4541 (50.75 %)MCSE
5511 (47.94 %)Citrix
6499 (46.81 %)Microsoft
7400 (37.52 %)Windows
8382 (35.83 %)HP
9379 (35.55 %)SAN
10304 (28.52 %)Active Directory
11270 (25.33 %)VMware ESX
12237 (22.23 %)Citrix Certification
13233 (21.86 %)MS Excel
14221 (20.73 %)Windows Server 2003
15209 (19.61 %)CCA
16194 (18.20 %)MS Exchange
17183 (17.17 %)IBM
18177 (16.60 %)PlateSpin
19167 (15.67 %)NetApp
20141 (13.23 %)CCEA
21140 (13.13 %)Exchange Server 2003
22138 (12.95 %)Cisco
23131 (12.29 %)Cisco Certification
23131 (12.29 %)Finance
2497 (9.099 %)Disaster Recovery
2595 (8.912 %)EMC
2684 (7.880 %)SQL
2779 (7.411 %)Business Continuity
2875 (7.036 %)Clustering
2974 (6.942 %)Xen

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (0.938 %)COM+
22 (0.188 %)Application Packaging
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1194 (18.20 %)MS Exchange
2140 (13.13 %)Exchange Server 2003
366 (6.191 %)Exchange Server 2007
453 (4.972 %)IIS
528 (2.627 %)SharePoint
625 (2.345 %)Exchange Server 2000
715 (1.407 %)Exchange Server 5.5
814 (1.313 %)Office Communications Server
98 (0.750 %)Lotus Domino
106 (0.563 %)Lotus Notes
113 (0.281 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
113 (0.281 %)SharePoint Server 2007
121 (0.094 %)Apache
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1233 (21.86 %)MS Excel
214 (1.313 %)MS Visio
34 (0.375 %)MS Office
41 (0.094 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (1.595 %)SoftGrid
21 (0.094 %)Dynamics CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1379 (35.55 %)SAN
268 (6.379 %)TCP/IP
361 (5.722 %)LAN
458 (5.441 %)WAN
548 (4.503 %)Firewall
631 (2.908 %)DHCP
727 (2.533 %)iSCSI
823 (2.158 %)VPN
915 (1.407 %)VLAN
1011 (1.032 %)NetScreen
1011 (1.032 %)DNS
1011 (1.032 %)VoIP
1110 (0.938 %)Network Security
126 (0.563 %)Cisco ASA
126 (0.563 %)SMTP
135 (0.469 %)Cisco PIX
135 (0.469 %)IPsec
144 (0.375 %)DMZ
153 (0.281 %)Ethernet
153 (0.281 %)FTP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
142 (3.940 %)SQL Server
211 (1.032 %)SQL Server 2000
211 (1.032 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (0.563 %)OLTP
45 (0.469 %)GIS
51 (0.094 %)MySQL
51 (0.094 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.094 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.094 %)Flash
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1131 (12.29 %)Finance
245 (4.221 %)Manufacturing
343 (4.034 %)Health
441 (3.846 %)Retail
531 (2.908 %)Insurance
628 (2.627 %)Pensions
712 (1.126 %)Banking
810 (0.938 %)Back Office
98 (0.750 %)Telecoms
106 (0.563 %)Government
106 (0.563 %)Financial Institution
114 (0.375 %)Marketing
123 (0.281 %)Local Government
123 (0.281 %)Education
132 (0.188 %)Construction
141 (0.094 %)Home Office
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1762 (71.48 %)Consultant
2314 (29.46 %)Technical Consultant
3234 (21.95 %)Virtualisation Consultant
4118 (11.07 %)Storage Consultant
577 (7.223 %)Presales Consultant
670 (6.567 %)Microsoft Consultant
753 (4.972 %)Sales Consultant
851 (4.784 %)Citrix Consultant
938 (3.565 %)Architect
1037 (3.471 %)Principle Consultant
1135 (3.283 %)IT Consultant
1234 (3.189 %)Account Manager
1234 (3.189 %)Technical Account Manager
1234 (3.189 %)Technical Manager
1333 (3.096 %)Systems Engineer
1432 (3.002 %)Senior Consultant
1432 (3.002 %)Analyst
1432 (3.002 %)Virtualisation Engineer
1530 (2.814 %)Infrastructure Engineer
1628 (2.627 %)Infrastructure Specialist
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
175 (7.036 %)Clustering
219 (1.782 %)Thin Client
219 (1.782 %)Fat Client
310 (0.938 %)CLARiiON
49 (0.844 %)Replication
57 (0.657 %)Blackberry
65 (0.469 %)AS400
72 (0.188 %)Economics
81 (0.094 %)Social Network
81 (0.094 %)Client/Server
81 (0.094 %)PMI
81 (0.094 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1400 (37.52 %)Windows
2221 (20.73 %)Windows Server 2003
366 (6.191 %)Linux
462 (5.816 %)Windows 2000
559 (5.535 %)Windows 2000 Server
654 (5.066 %)Windows Server 2008
737 (3.471 %)UNIX
828 (2.627 %)Windows Vista
912 (1.126 %)Windows XP
1011 (1.032 %)NetWare
1011 (1.032 %)Red Hat Linux
117 (0.657 %)Windows NT
124 (0.375 %)Windows Mobile
133 (0.281 %)Solaris
142 (0.188 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
197 (9.099 %)Disaster Recovery
279 (7.411 %)Business Continuity
353 (4.972 %)Project Management
442 (3.940 %)ITIL
535 (3.283 %)Migration
631 (2.908 %)PRINCE2
722 (2.064 %)Data Management
821 (1.970 %)Stakeholder Management
919 (1.782 %)Load Balancing
1016 (1.501 %)Technical Architecture
117 (0.657 %)Strategic Planning
126 (0.563 %)Asset Management
135 (0.469 %)Service Delivery
135 (0.469 %)B2B
135 (0.469 %)Problem Management
135 (0.469 %)Operations Management
144 (0.375 %)E-Commerce
153 (0.281 %)Benchmarking
153 (0.281 %)Information Security
153 (0.281 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
184 (7.880 %)SQL
214 (1.313 %)C
33 (0.281 %)Perl
42 (0.188 %)VBScript
51 (0.094 %)Shell Script
51 (0.094 %)PHP
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1562 (52.72 %)Microsoft Certification
2541 (50.75 %)MCSE
3237 (22.23 %)Citrix Certification
4209 (19.61 %)CCA
5141 (13.23 %)CCEA
6131 (12.29 %)Cisco Certification
768 (6.379 %)MCP
861 (5.722 %)CCNA
950 (4.690 %)HP ASE
1030 (2.814 %)HP MASE
1030 (2.814 %)CCNP
1129 (2.720 %)VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
1228 (2.627 %)CCSP
1326 (2.439 %)IBM Certification
1422 (2.064 %)MCTS
1422 (2.064 %)CCIE
1422 (2.064 %)MCSA
1512 (1.126 %)MCDBA
1611 (1.032 %)RHCE
178 (0.750 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (0.657 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1837 (78.52 %)VMware Infrastructure
2304 (28.52 %)Active Directory
3270 (25.33 %)VMware ESX
474 (6.942 %)Xen
571 (6.660 %)Citrix Presentation Server
669 (6.473 %)ISA Server
758 (5.441 %)VMware Server
847 (4.409 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
931 (2.908 %)VMware Workstation
931 (2.908 %)Backup Exec
1015 (1.407 %)NetBackup
1110 (0.938 %)VMware GSX
124 (0.375 %)Terminal Services
131 (0.094 %)MetaFrame
131 (0.094 %)Terminal Server
131 (0.094 %)PowerConvert
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
127 (2.533 %)OpenView
223 (2.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
321 (1.970 %)MOM
411 (1.032 %)SCCM
510 (0.938 %)EMC NetWorker
67 (0.657 %)SCOM
75 (0.469 %)HP Data Protector
75 (0.469 %)MIMEsweeper
83 (0.281 %)Tivoli
91 (0.094 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.094 %)Legato
91 (0.094 %)MAILsweeper
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11066 (100.00 %)VMware
2511 (47.94 %)Citrix
3499 (46.81 %)Microsoft
4382 (35.83 %)HP
5183 (17.17 %)IBM
6177 (16.60 %)PlateSpin
7167 (15.67 %)NetApp
8138 (12.95 %)Cisco
995 (8.912 %)EMC
1063 (5.910 %)Symantec
1147 (4.409 %)Altiris
1239 (3.659 %)Hitachi
1329 (2.720 %)VERITAS
1423 (2.158 %)Intel
1519 (1.782 %)Novell
1519 (1.782 %)Red Hat
1617 (1.595 %)Dell
1714 (1.313 %)CommVault
1813 (1.220 %)Lotus
1911 (1.032 %)IronPort