VCAP Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

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

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - 65
Rank change year-on-year - - +25
Contract jobs citing VCAP 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% - 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £563 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -6.25% +20.00% -5.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 234 164 222
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 27.05% 24.22% 29.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 78 144
10th Percentile £158 £259 £215
25th Percentile £305 £324 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £417 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -16.60% +4.17%
75th Percentile £506 £588 £588
90th Percentile £625 £687 £682
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 16 13
10th Percentile £17.83 - £17.71
25th Percentile £17.89 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.92 £22.89 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year +0.15% +27.53% +6.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.51
90th Percentile £25.20 £28.97 £23.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +16.67%

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

VCAP job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VCAP
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VCAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VCAP

VCAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) VMware