The first table below looks at the demand for VCAP in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCAP over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 194 183 174
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -9
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 10 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.199% 0.044% 0.048%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.691% 0.178% 0.166%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £46,250 £58,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.27% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +25.00%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1447 1122 1203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.78% 24.62% 28.84%
Number of salaries quoted 1162 951 971
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VCAP
England

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VCAP across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands VCAP Jobs Demand Trend

VCAP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VCAP across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands VCAP Salary Trend

VCAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -10 10 £47,500 -19.14%
Coventry - 3 £45,000 -
VCAP
England

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VCAP 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 VCAP.

1 12 (100.00%) VMware
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (91.67%) vSphere
2 11 (91.67%) Citrix
3 10 (83.33%) VCDX
4 8 (66.67%) CCEE
4 8 (66.67%) XenServer
4 8 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
5 7 (58.33%) XenDesktop
5 7 (58.33%) Hyper-V
5 7 (58.33%) XenApp
6 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
7 5 (41.67%) MCSE
7 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (41.67%) NetApp
8 4 (33.33%) MCITP
8 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
8 4 (33.33%) PlateSpin
8 4 (33.33%) CCIA
8 4 (33.33%) Novell
8 4 (33.33%) Advertising
8 4 (33.33%) Cisco
8 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
9 3 (25.00%) SAN
9 3 (25.00%) HP
9 3 (25.00%) Dell
9 3 (25.00%) EMC
9 3 (25.00%) MCTS
9 3 (25.00%) VMware ESX

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VCAP 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 VCAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) SAN
2 2 (16.67%) Unified Communications
2 2 (16.67%) NetScaler
3 1 (8.333%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 4 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Consultant
2 5 (41.67%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) VMware Consultant
4 3 (25.00%) Architect
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Architect
4 3 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
5 2 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 2 (16.67%) Citrix Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Citrix Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Implementation Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Citrix Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Implementation Consultant
6 1 (8.333%) Senior Implementation Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Virtualisation Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Implementation Engineer
6 1 (8.333%) Technical Design Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) EqualLogic
1 2 (16.67%) Celerra
2 1 (8.333%) CLARiiON
2 1 (8.333%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (8.333%) Operations Management
2 1 (8.333%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 10 (83.33%) VCDX
3 8 (66.67%) CCEE
3 8 (66.67%) Citrix Certification
4 5 (41.67%) MCSE
4 5 (41.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (33.33%) MCITP
5 4 (33.33%) CCIA
6 3 (25.00%) MCTS
6 3 (25.00%) NCDA
6 3 (25.00%) NCIE
6 3 (25.00%) CCAA
7 2 (16.67%) HP AIS
7 2 (16.67%) HP ASE
7 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (16.67%) CCNP
8 1 (8.333%) CCDP
8 1 (8.333%) CCIE
8 1 (8.333%) CCEA
8 1 (8.333%) HP MASE
System Software
1 12 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (91.67%) vSphere
3 8 (66.67%) XenServer
4 7 (58.33%) XenDesktop
4 7 (58.33%) Hyper-V
4 7 (58.33%) XenApp
5 3 (25.00%) VMware ESX
6 2 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
1 1 (8.333%) SCOM
1 1 (8.333%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) VMware
2 11 (91.67%) Citrix
3 5 (41.67%) NetApp
4 4 (33.33%) PlateSpin
4 4 (33.33%) Novell
4 4 (33.33%) Cisco
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) HP
5 3 (25.00%) Dell
5 3 (25.00%) EMC
6 1 (8.333%) AppSense