VCAP Contract Job Trends in Basingstoke

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Basingstoke with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 35 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing VCAP 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Basingstoke 0.66% 0.49% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.74% 0.61% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 £675 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £700 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% - -
75th Percentile £588 £725 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £575 £700 -
% change year-on-year -17.86% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Basingstoke

VCAP falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 270 164 200
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 88.52% 79.61% 79.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 145 41
10th Percentile £489 £407 £394
25th Percentile £500 £481 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £588 £615
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -4.47% +4.46%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £649
90th Percentile £725 £725 £688
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £554 £570
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.76% +0.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 4
10th Percentile - - £24.18
25th Percentile - £34.00 £26.31
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% +12.00% -
75th Percentile - £36.00 £40.00
90th Percentile - - £51.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £23.04 £35.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -34.18% -41.67% -

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VCAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

VCAP job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

VCAP
Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing VCAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Basingstoke citing VCAP

VCAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Software-Defined Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VXLAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Virtualisation Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) VCDX
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) vRealize
1 1 (50.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) VMware