VCAP Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Buckinghamshire with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 58 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +26
Contract jobs citing VCAP 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.16% - 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.34% - 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 7
10th Percentile - - £416
25th Percentile - - £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £473
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.85%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - £504
South East median daily rate - - £473
% change year-on-year - - +3.85%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 290 125 216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 47.23% 44.17% 38.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 90 176
10th Percentile £355 £209 £329
25th Percentile £463 £350 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £543 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.37% -9.52% +14.13%
75th Percentile £600 £584 £619
90th Percentile £640 £630 £694
South East median daily rate £515 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -4.63% -1.82% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 6 15
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.75 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% -5.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile £27.43 £55.75 £25.04
90th Percentile £29.61 £67.50 £27.50
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £56.75 £58.00
% change year-on-year -34.80% -2.15% +20.62%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

VCAP job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VCAP

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Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VCAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing VCAP

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Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 9 March 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 1 - - 1
VCAP
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware