VCAP Contracts in the South East

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 195 209 249
Rank change year-on-year +14 +40 -38
Contract jobs citing VCAP 6 12 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.24% 0.55% 0.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 10
10th Percentile - £410 £359
25th Percentile £416 £410 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £455 £455
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% - +30.00%
75th Percentile £500 £455 £459
90th Percentile - £457 £460
England median daily rate £500 £455 £455
% change year-on-year +9.89% - +30.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

VCAP is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,470 2,179 2,474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.75% 37.51% 31.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,400 1,435 1,581
10th Percentile £313 £301 £298
25th Percentile £439 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% +6.67%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £625
90th Percentile £735 £713 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 145 84
10th Percentile £17.52 £21.40 £18.99
25th Percentile £27.50 £42.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £57.35 £57.76 £44.61
Median % change year-on-year -0.71% +29.47% +11.53%
75th Percentile £67.02 £68.75 £56.40
90th Percentile £85.41 £75.00 £67.80
England median hourly rate £40.00 £52.40 £37.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +39.73% -3.75%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VCAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VCAP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VCAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for VCAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VCAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for VCAP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Buckinghamshire +18 4 £466 +2.33%
Thames Valley -3 4 £466 +2.33%
Hampshire - 2 - - 2
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VSAN
2 2 (33.33%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Operations Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Security Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) VMware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior VMware Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Architect
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Release Management
2 4 (66.67%) Virtual Environments
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 6 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 6 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) vRealize
1 2 (33.33%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft