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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Rank 145 149 133
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -16
Permanent jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 26 24 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.702% 0.737% 0.342%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.835% 3.004% 1.550%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 3
Average salary £52,500 £47,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.52% +72.72%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
917 799 645
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.76% 24.54% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 686 657 544
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Yorkshire

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds +1 26 £50,000 -
Wakefield -1 7 £55,000 +18.91%
Bradford - 7 £55,000 -
Dewsbury - 5 £55,000 -
Huddersfield - 1 £55,000 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Yorkshire

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 45 (100.00%) VMware
2 37 (82.22%) Citrix
3 35 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (68.89%) XenApp
5 29 (64.44%) XenServer
5 29 (64.44%) HP
5 29 (64.44%) vSphere
6 25 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
6 25 (55.56%) XenDesktop
7 23 (51.11%) Windows
8 22 (48.89%) CCEA
8 22 (48.89%) SAN
9 21 (46.67%) Cisco
10 20 (44.44%) NetApp
11 19 (42.22%) Windows Server 2008
12 18 (40.00%) CCA
12 18 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (40.00%) Microsoft
12 18 (40.00%) CCIA
12 18 (40.00%) CCEE
13 17 (37.78%) MCITP
14 16 (35.56%) CCNP
14 16 (35.56%) MS Excel
15 15 (33.33%) MS Exchange
16 13 (28.89%) MCSE
16 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Certification
16 13 (28.89%) VMware ESX
17 12 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
17 12 (26.67%) Dell
17 12 (26.67%) CCNA

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 1 (2.222%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 15 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 7 (15.56%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 5 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2000
5 3 (6.667%) IIS
5 3 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (4.444%) Lync
6 2 (4.444%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.222%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (2.222%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 16 (35.56%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 22 (48.89%) SAN
2 11 (24.44%) Firewall
3 9 (20.00%) Unified Communications
3 9 (20.00%) NetScaler
4 6 (13.33%) DNS
4 6 (13.33%) DHCP
5 5 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
6 4 (8.889%) TCP/IP
7 3 (6.667%) VoIP
8 2 (4.444%) PBX
9 1 (2.222%) DMZ
9 1 (2.222%) Internet
9 1 (2.222%) LAN
9 1 (2.222%) WAN
9 1 (2.222%) SMTP
9 1 (2.222%) FTP
9 1 (2.222%) HTTP
9 1 (2.222%) VPN
9 1 (2.222%) SSH
9 1 (2.222%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (15.56%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.444%) MySQL
3 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 25 (55.56%) Consultant
2 13 (28.89%) Senior Consultant
2 13 (28.89%) Technical Consultant
3 11 (24.44%) Senior Technical Consultant
4 10 (22.22%) Virtualisation Consultant
5 8 (17.78%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (17.78%) Architect
5 8 (17.78%) VMware Consultant
6 5 (11.11%) Citrix Consultant
6 5 (11.11%) Virtualisation Architect
7 4 (8.889%) Systems Engineer
8 3 (6.667%) Technical Architect
8 3 (6.667%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
8 3 (6.667%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 3 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
9 2 (4.444%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
9 2 (4.444%) VMware Architect
9 2 (4.444%) VMware Technical Consultant
10 1 (2.222%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) SaaS
2 2 (4.444%) EqualLogic
2 2 (4.444%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (4.444%) Celerra
2 2 (4.444%) CLARiiON
2 2 (4.444%) Clustering
3 1 (2.222%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.222%) iPhone
3 1 (2.222%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 23 (51.11%) Windows
2 19 (42.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 12 (26.67%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (13.33%) Windows 2000 Server
5 5 (11.11%) Linux
6 3 (6.667%) UNIX
7 1 (2.222%) AIX
7 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (13.33%) Data Management
2 5 (11.11%) ITIL
2 5 (11.11%) Business Development
3 4 (8.889%) Load Balancing
3 4 (8.889%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (6.667%) Technical Architecture
5 2 (4.444%) High Availability
5 2 (4.444%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (4.444%) Root Cause Analysis
5 2 (4.444%) TOGAF
5 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2
5 2 (4.444%) PRINCE
5 2 (4.444%) MOF
6 1 (2.222%) Benchmarking
6 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (2.222%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.56%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) C
Qualifications
1 25 (55.56%) Citrix Certification
2 22 (48.89%) CCEA
3 18 (40.00%) CCA
3 18 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 18 (40.00%) CCIA
3 18 (40.00%) CCEE
4 17 (37.78%) MCITP
5 16 (35.56%) CCNP
6 13 (28.89%) MCSE
6 13 (28.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (26.67%) CCNA
8 11 (24.44%) VCDX
9 10 (22.22%) MCP
9 10 (22.22%) VCAP
10 9 (20.00%) MCTS
11 8 (17.78%) CCAA
11 8 (17.78%) NCDA
11 8 (17.78%) NCIE
12 7 (15.56%) CCDA
13 6 (13.33%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.222%) SLA
System Software
1 35 (77.78%) VMware Infrastructure
2 31 (68.89%) XenApp
3 29 (64.44%) XenServer
3 29 (64.44%) vSphere
4 25 (55.56%) XenDesktop
5 13 (28.89%) VMware ESX
6 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
6 6 (13.33%) Hyper-V
7 4 (8.889%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (2.222%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (11.11%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 5 (11.11%) NetBackup
1 5 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 5 (11.11%) SCOM
2 4 (8.889%) SCCM
3 2 (4.444%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 45 (100.00%) VMware
2 37 (82.22%) Citrix
3 29 (64.44%) HP
4 21 (46.67%) Cisco
5 20 (44.44%) NetApp
6 18 (40.00%) Microsoft
7 12 (26.67%) Dell
8 11 (24.44%) EMC
8 11 (24.44%) IBM
9 10 (22.22%) Veeam
10 7 (15.56%) Juniper
10 7 (15.56%) CommVault
11 6 (13.33%) PlateSpin
11 6 (13.33%) Kaspersky
11 6 (13.33%) Blue Coat
11 6 (13.33%) Symantec
11 6 (13.33%) DataCore
11 6 (13.33%) FalconStor
12 2 (4.444%) 3PAR
12 2 (4.444%) Remedy
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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