The first table below looks at the demand for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 154 149 139
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -10
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 53 40 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.067% 0.888% 0.747%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.675% 3.584% 2.605%
Number of salaries quoted 45 34 19
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +53.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1442 1116 1190
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 29.04% 24.78% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1166 937 959
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £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 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Trend

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Salary Histogram

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 -13 36 £41,250 -21.42%
Coventry -6 9 £40,000 -17.94%
Solihull -7 8 £35,500 -
Warwickshire - 6 £41,250 -
Wolverhampton +4 5 £42,500 +10.38%
Worcestershire - 5 £42,500 -
Staffordshire - 4 £35,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £45,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £37,500 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 82 (100.00%) VMware
2 72 (87.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 52 (63.41%) vSphere
4 50 (60.98%) Citrix
5 47 (57.32%) Windows
6 44 (53.66%) Windows Server 2008
7 43 (52.44%) XenApp
8 42 (51.22%) XenServer
8 42 (51.22%) NetApp
9 41 (50.00%) XenDesktop
10 39 (47.56%) MCITP
11 38 (46.34%) HP
12 36 (43.90%) Hyper-V
13 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
14 31 (37.80%) Windows Server 2003
15 26 (31.71%) Cisco
15 26 (31.71%) Citrix Certification
16 25 (30.49%) Active Directory
16 25 (30.49%) MS Exchange
16 25 (30.49%) CCEE
17 24 (29.27%) SAN
18 23 (28.05%) MS Excel
19 20 (24.39%) VCP5
20 19 (23.17%) NCDA
21 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
22 17 (20.73%) CCAA
22 17 (20.73%) CCIA
23 16 (19.51%) VMware ESX
24 15 (18.29%) SQL Server
24 15 (18.29%) NCIE

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

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 Platforms
1 25 (30.49%) MS Exchange
2 12 (14.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (10.98%) Exchange Server 2003
4 8 (9.756%) Exchange Server 2007
5 5 (6.098%) Exchange Server 2000
6 3 (3.659%) SharePoint
7 2 (2.439%) Lync
Applications
1 23 (28.05%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.439%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 24 (29.27%) SAN
2 11 (13.41%) NetScaler
3 9 (10.98%) Unified Communications
3 9 (10.98%) LAN
3 9 (10.98%) WAN
4 8 (9.756%) Cisco Nexus
5 6 (7.317%) Firewall
6 5 (6.098%) iSCSI
7 4 (4.878%) Fibre Channel
8 3 (3.659%) NAS
9 2 (2.439%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (2.439%) Internet
10 1 (1.220%) TCP/IP
10 1 (1.220%) VPN
10 1 (1.220%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (18.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 4 (4.878%) Advertising
2 2 (2.439%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (37.80%) Consultant
2 15 (18.29%) Virtualisation Consultant
3 13 (15.85%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 11 (13.41%) VMware Consultant
5 10 (12.20%) Technical Consultant
6 9 (10.98%) Senior Consultant
7 8 (9.756%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (9.756%) Citrix Consultant
8 6 (7.317%) Technical Specialist
9 5 (6.098%) Senior Technical Consultant
9 5 (6.098%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
9 5 (6.098%) Architect
9 5 (6.098%) Analyst
10 4 (4.878%) Technical Architect
10 4 (4.878%) 3rd Line Support
10 4 (4.878%) Technical Engineer
10 4 (4.878%) VMware Engineer
11 3 (3.659%) VMware Specialist
11 3 (3.659%) Pre Sales Engineer
11 3 (3.659%) Technical Pre Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.659%) Celerra
1 3 (3.659%) EqualLogic
2 2 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.439%) SaaS
2 2 (2.439%) CLARiiON
2 2 (2.439%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 47 (57.32%) Windows
2 44 (53.66%) Windows Server 2008
3 31 (37.80%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (4.878%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (2.439%) Windows 7
5 2 (2.439%) SUSE
5 2 (2.439%) Windows Vista
5 2 (2.439%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (7.317%) Data Management
2 5 (6.098%) Service Delivery
2 5 (6.098%) Business Development
3 4 (4.878%) ITIL
4 3 (3.659%) Project Management
4 3 (3.659%) Technical Architecture
4 3 (3.659%) Load Balancing
5 2 (2.439%) Resource Management
5 2 (2.439%) Integration Testing
5 2 (2.439%) Data Security
5 2 (2.439%) High Availability
5 2 (2.439%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (1.220%) Change Control
6 1 (1.220%) Migration
6 1 (1.220%) TOGAF
6 1 (1.220%) Network Design
6 1 (1.220%) PRINCE2
6 1 (1.220%) PRINCE
6 1 (1.220%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.220%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.41%) SQL
2 3 (3.659%) C
Qualifications
1 39 (47.56%) MCITP
2 26 (31.71%) Citrix Certification
3 25 (30.49%) CCEE
4 20 (24.39%) VCP5
5 19 (23.17%) NCDA
6 18 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (20.73%) CCAA
7 17 (20.73%) CCIA
8 15 (18.29%) NCIE
9 14 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (17.07%) MCTS
9 14 (17.07%) MCSE
10 13 (15.85%) CCEA
11 11 (13.41%) VCAP
12 10 (12.20%) VCDX
13 8 (9.756%) VCP4
13 8 (9.756%) CCA
14 7 (8.537%) CCNP
14 7 (8.537%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
15 5 (6.098%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.439%) SLA
System Software
1 72 (87.80%) VMware Infrastructure
2 52 (63.41%) vSphere
3 43 (52.44%) XenApp
4 42 (51.22%) XenServer
5 41 (50.00%) XenDesktop
6 36 (43.90%) Hyper-V
7 25 (30.49%) Active Directory
8 16 (19.51%) VMware ESX
9 6 (7.317%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (1.220%) PowerConvert
10 1 (1.220%) Terminal Services
10 1 (1.220%) Forefront TMG
10 1 (1.220%) UAG
Systems Management
1 10 (12.20%) NetBackup
1 10 (12.20%) ARCserve
2 6 (7.317%) Norton AntiVirus
3 5 (6.098%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 5 (6.098%) Backup Exec
4 3 (3.659%) SCCM
4 3 (3.659%) SCOM
5 2 (2.439%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 82 (100.00%) VMware
2 50 (60.98%) Citrix
3 42 (51.22%) NetApp
4 38 (46.34%) HP
5 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
6 26 (31.71%) Cisco
7 14 (17.07%) Symantec
8 12 (14.63%) IBM
8 12 (14.63%) 3PAR
9 10 (12.20%) Veeam
9 10 (12.20%) EMC
10 9 (10.98%) CommVault
11 8 (9.756%) Dell
11 8 (9.756%) McAfee
12 7 (8.537%) Veritas
13 5 (6.098%) PlateSpin
14 4 (4.878%) Novell
15 1 (1.220%) CheckPoint
15 1 (1.220%) AppSense
Tamworth, Staffordshire
The successful candidate will have strong technical skills for the role with good knowledge of Windows Servers; VMware; Exchange; Active Directory; Cisco; WAN/LAN; NetApp SAN and SQL...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Car/Allowance & Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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
Posted: 16 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 (County)
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...
QUANTICA
Salary: £32000 - £39000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013