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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
Rank 191 188 -
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -
Permanent jobs citing VCDX 8 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.159% 0.043% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.551% 0.176% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £47,500 £58,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.14% -
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +10.52%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1452 1136 1178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 28.87% 24.62% 28.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1169 960 949
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
VCDX
England

VCDX
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands VCDX Jobs Demand Trend

VCDX
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands VCDX Salary Trend

VCDX
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCDX within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 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 -6 8 £47,500 -19.14%
Coventry - 2 - -
VCDX
England

VCDX
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VCDX 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 VCDX.

1 10 (100.00%) Citrix
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (100.00%) vSphere
2 9 (90.00%) VCAP
3 7 (70.00%) CCEE
3 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
3 7 (70.00%) XenServer
3 7 (70.00%) Citrix Certification
3 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
4 6 (60.00%) XenDesktop
4 6 (60.00%) XenApp
5 4 (40.00%) Advertising
5 4 (40.00%) PlateSpin
5 4 (40.00%) MCSE
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (40.00%) Novell
6 3 (30.00%) SAN
6 3 (30.00%) NetApp
6 3 (30.00%) HP
6 3 (30.00%) Dell
6 3 (30.00%) EMC
6 3 (30.00%) Celerra
6 3 (30.00%) MCITP
6 3 (30.00%) Technical Architecture
6 3 (30.00%) VMware ESX
6 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
6 3 (30.00%) EqualLogic

VCDX
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VCDX 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 VCDX. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Lync
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) SAN
1 3 (30.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (10.00%) NetScaler
General
1 4 (40.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Consultant
2 6 (60.00%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Technical Architect
3 3 (30.00%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Design Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Celerra
1 3 (30.00%) EqualLogic
2 2 (20.00%) CLARiiON
2 2 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (20.00%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 9 (90.00%) VCAP
3 7 (70.00%) CCEE
3 7 (70.00%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (40.00%) MCSE
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (30.00%) MCITP
5 3 (30.00%) CCIA
6 2 (20.00%) NCDA
6 2 (20.00%) NCIE
6 2 (20.00%) HP ASE
6 2 (20.00%) HP MASE
6 2 (20.00%) MCTS
6 2 (20.00%) CCEA
7 1 (10.00%) HP AIS
7 1 (10.00%) CCAA
System Software
1 10 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (100.00%) vSphere
2 7 (70.00%) Hyper-V
2 7 (70.00%) XenServer
3 6 (60.00%) XenDesktop
3 6 (60.00%) XenApp
4 3 (30.00%) VMware ESX
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) SCOM
1 2 (20.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Citrix
1 10 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (40.00%) PlateSpin
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Novell
3 3 (30.00%) NetApp
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Dell
3 3 (30.00%) EMC
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco
5 1 (10.00%) AppSense