The first table below looks at the demand for VCAP in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited VCAP over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Rank 201 204 200
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -4
Permanent jobs citing VCAP 10 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.184% 0.038% 0.020%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.709% 0.161% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 1
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% +63.63%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £52,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +25.00%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1411 1240 1151
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 25.91% 23.79% 22.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1053 1028 954
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
VCAP
England

VCAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire +2 10 £55,000 +12.82%
South Yorkshire - 9 £55,000 -
North Yorkshire +6 6 £55,000 +22.22%
East Yorkshire - 3 £52,500 -
VCAP
England

VCAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 11 (100.00%) Citrix
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (100.00%) XenApp
1 11 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 11 (100.00%) vSphere
1 11 (100.00%) VCDX
2 8 (72.73%) CCEE
2 8 (72.73%) CCIA
2 8 (72.73%) XenServer
2 8 (72.73%) NetApp
2 8 (72.73%) Citrix Certification
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) HP
3 7 (63.64%) Dell
3 7 (63.64%) EMC
3 7 (63.64%) VMware ESX
4 6 (54.55%) Blue Coat
4 6 (54.55%) CCNP
4 6 (54.55%) CCDA
4 6 (54.55%) CCEA
4 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (54.55%) CCA
4 6 (54.55%) Juniper
4 6 (54.55%) SaaS
4 6 (54.55%) PlateSpin
4 6 (54.55%) DataCore
4 6 (54.55%) FalconStor
5 4 (36.36%) Technical Architecture

VCAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 1 (9.091%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) SAN
1 1 (9.091%) Unified Communications
1 1 (9.091%) NetScaler
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Architect
1 6 (54.55%) Solutions Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Virtualisation Consultant
2 4 (36.36%) Virtualisation Architect
2 4 (36.36%) Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) VMware Consultant
4 2 (18.18%) VMware Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Citrix Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) VMware Engineer
5 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Technical Architect
5 1 (9.091%) Virtualisation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) SaaS
2 1 (9.091%) CLARiiON
2 1 (9.091%) Clustering
2 1 (9.091%) EqualLogic
2 1 (9.091%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (9.091%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 11 (100.00%) VCDX
2 8 (72.73%) CCEE
2 8 (72.73%) CCIA
2 8 (72.73%) Citrix Certification
3 6 (54.55%) CCNP
3 6 (54.55%) CCDA
3 6 (54.55%) CCEA
3 6 (54.55%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (54.55%) CCA
4 2 (18.18%) NCDA
4 2 (18.18%) NCIE
4 2 (18.18%) MCITP
5 1 (9.091%) MCSE
5 1 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (9.091%) MCTS
5 1 (9.091%) CCAA
5 1 (9.091%) HP AIS
5 1 (9.091%) HP ASE
5 1 (9.091%) HP MASE
System Software
1 11 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (100.00%) XenApp
1 11 (100.00%) XenDesktop
1 11 (100.00%) vSphere
2 8 (72.73%) XenServer
3 7 (63.64%) VMware ESX
4 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
5 1 (9.091%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) SCCM
1 1 (9.091%) SCOM
1 1 (9.091%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) Citrix
1 11 (100.00%) VMware
2 8 (72.73%) NetApp
2 8 (72.73%) Cisco
3 7 (63.64%) HP
3 7 (63.64%) Dell
3 7 (63.64%) EMC
4 6 (54.55%) Blue Coat
4 6 (54.55%) Juniper
4 6 (54.55%) PlateSpin
4 6 (54.55%) DataCore
4 6 (54.55%) FalconStor