The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 22 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 45 53 60
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +7
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 4 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.389% 2.254% 1.136%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.634% 7.339% 5.952%
Number of salaries quoted 3 8 5
Average salary £55,000 £47,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.78% +39.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £46,750 £30,100
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £49,750 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
71 109 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 24.65% 30.70% 19.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67 59 68
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £24,600
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hertfordshire

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 7 (100.00%) VMware
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (71.43%) MCTS
2 5 (71.43%) MCITP
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (57.14%) XenApp
3 4 (57.14%) XenServer
3 4 (57.14%) XenDesktop
3 4 (57.14%) vSphere
3 4 (57.14%) CCEE
3 4 (57.14%) CCAA
3 4 (57.14%) CCIA
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
4 3 (42.86%) CCEA
4 3 (42.86%) EMC
4 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
4 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (28.57%) CCA
5 2 (28.57%) SAN
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (28.57%) AppSense
5 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
5 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 2 (28.57%) Application Packaging
5 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (28.57%) Celerra

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 Development
1 2 (28.57%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Lync
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
1 2 (28.57%) NetScaler
2 1 (14.29%) Unified Communications
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Principal Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Implementation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Citrix Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Celerra
2 1 (14.29%) EqualLogic
2 1 (14.29%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
2 3 (42.86%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) MCTS
1 5 (71.43%) MCITP
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (57.14%) CCEE
2 4 (57.14%) CCAA
2 4 (57.14%) CCIA
3 3 (42.86%) CCEA
4 2 (28.57%) CCA
5 1 (14.29%) VCP5
5 1 (14.29%) VCAP
5 1 (14.29%) NCDA
5 1 (14.29%) NCIE
5 1 (14.29%) VCDX
5 1 (14.29%) VCP4
5 1 (14.29%) HP AIS
5 1 (14.29%) HP MASE
5 1 (14.29%) CCNP
5 1 (14.29%) CCNA
5 1 (14.29%) MCSE
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 7 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (57.14%) XenApp
2 4 (57.14%) XenServer
2 4 (57.14%) XenDesktop
2 4 (57.14%) vSphere
3 3 (42.86%) VMware ESX
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
5 1 (14.29%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (71.43%) Citrix
3 3 (42.86%) EMC
4 2 (28.57%) AppSense
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) HP
5 1 (14.29%) Dell
5 1 (14.29%) NetApp