The first table below looks at the demand for VCP5 in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCP5 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 Professional 5 (VCP5)
Rank 182 182 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Permanent jobs citing VCP5 22 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.438% 0.066% -
As % of the Qualifications category 1.520% 0.267% -
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 0
Average salary £40,000 £35,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.67% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 -
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%
VCP5
England

VCP5
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing VCP5 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Midlands VCP5 Jobs Demand Trend

VCP5
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing VCP5 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands VCP5 Salary Trend

VCP5
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VCP5 across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands VCP5 Salary Histogram

VCP5
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VCP5 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 -9 10 £40,000 -
Solihull -10 6 £35,500 -
Shropshire - 5 £50,000 -
VCP5
England

VCP5
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VCP5 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 VCP5.

1 28 (96.55%) Windows
1 28 (96.55%) Windows Server 2008
2 26 (89.66%) Windows Server 2003
3 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
4 22 (75.86%) VMware
4 22 (75.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 20 (68.97%) VMware Infrastructure
6 19 (65.52%) Hyper-V
7 15 (51.72%) XenApp
7 15 (51.72%) Citrix
8 14 (48.28%) MCITP
9 12 (41.38%) NetApp
10 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
10 11 (37.93%) HP
10 11 (37.93%) MS Exchange
10 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2003
10 11 (37.93%) XenServer
10 11 (37.93%) XenDesktop
10 11 (37.93%) vSphere
10 11 (37.93%) 3PAR
10 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2010
11 10 (34.48%) Veritas
12 8 (27.59%) VCP4
13 7 (24.14%) SharePoint 2010
13 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
13 7 (24.14%) ISA Server
13 7 (24.14%) ARCserve
13 7 (24.14%) SQL
13 7 (24.14%) EMC
13 7 (24.14%) DHCP

VCP5
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing VCP5 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 VCP5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 11 (37.93%) MS Exchange
1 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2003
1 11 (37.93%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (24.14%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (24.14%) SharePoint
3 3 (10.34%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (6.897%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 4 (13.79%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) DHCP
1 7 (24.14%) DNS
2 4 (13.79%) SAN
3 2 (6.897%) Internet
4 1 (3.448%) iSCSI
4 1 (3.448%) LAN
4 1 (3.448%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (20.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (17.24%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (10.34%) SQL Server 2000
Job Titles
1 12 (41.38%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 10 (34.48%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 7 (24.14%) Server Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Support Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Support
4 3 (10.34%) 3rd Line Support
4 3 (10.34%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 3 (10.34%) 3rd Line Technical Support
5 2 (6.897%) 3rd Line Server Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Technical Support
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Support Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Technical Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (6.897%) SaaS
1 2 (6.897%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 28 (96.55%) Windows
1 28 (96.55%) Windows Server 2008
2 26 (89.66%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Business Continuity
2 3 (10.34%) Project Management
2 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
3 2 (6.897%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (3.448%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 7 (24.14%) SQL
2 2 (6.897%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (75.86%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 14 (48.28%) MCITP
3 8 (27.59%) VCP4
4 3 (10.34%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (6.897%) MCSA
5 2 (6.897%) SC Cleared
5 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
6 1 (3.448%) MCSE
System Software
1 20 (68.97%) VMware Infrastructure
2 19 (65.52%) Hyper-V
3 15 (51.72%) XenApp
4 11 (37.93%) Active Directory
4 11 (37.93%) XenServer
4 11 (37.93%) XenDesktop
4 11 (37.93%) vSphere
5 7 (24.14%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 7 (24.14%) ARCserve
1 7 (24.14%) SCCM
1 7 (24.14%) SCOM
2 6 (20.69%) EMC NetWorker
3 4 (13.79%) NetBackup
4 1 (3.448%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 23 (79.31%) Microsoft
2 22 (75.86%) VMware
3 15 (51.72%) Citrix
4 12 (41.38%) NetApp
5 11 (37.93%) HP
5 11 (37.93%) 3PAR
6 10 (34.48%) Veritas
7 7 (24.14%) EMC
8 4 (13.79%) Symantec
8 4 (13.79%) McAfee
8 4 (13.79%) CommVault
9 2 (6.897%) Altiris
Solihull, West Midlands
This will include IT infrastructure support both remotely and on-site, as well as that you will be responsible for design and delivery of small to large scale...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benfits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Solihull, West Midlands
Netbackup, ARCServe, Commvault) Virtualisation technologies (e.g. VMware, Hyper-V) A VCP4/5 certification would be desirable; you would also be required on occasion to travel as per...
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013