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 11 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs citing VCAP 5 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.65% - 0.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.31% - 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £573 - -
25th Percentile £597 - £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - £466
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.33%
75th Percentile £611 - £500
90th Percentile £614 - -
South East median daily rate £610 £600 £466
% change year-on-year +1.67% +28.87% +2.33%

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 381 123 195
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 49.80% 45.39% 38.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 92 152
10th Percentile £400 £213 £352
25th Percentile £472 £381 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £496 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.83% -5.48% +14.13%
75th Percentile £610 £588 £612
90th Percentile £640 £630 £755
South East median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 15
10th Percentile £15.25 £13.95 £15.85
25th Percentile - £16.38 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £19.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.95% -5.00% +100.00%
75th Percentile £18.32 £60.63 £25.04
90th Percentile £25.11 £67.50 £27.50
South East median hourly rate £52.50 £56.75 £57.35
% change year-on-year -7.49% -1.05% +4.74%

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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 11 April 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 - 5 £610 -
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 5 (100.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Virtualisation Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) VMware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Broadcom