VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 - 60
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.11% - 0.28%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.38% - 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £325
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.47%
75th Percentile - - £338
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £569 £583 £510
% change year-on-year -2.31% +14.22% +7.37%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
East Midlands

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 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 261 136 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 28.84% 24.07% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 68 146
10th Percentile £165 £225 £206
25th Percentile £333 £335 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £417 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -16.60% -
75th Percentile £532 £591 £573
90th Percentile £613 £715 £664
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 15 17
10th Percentile £16.35 - £17.72
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £17.95
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +20.31% +6.63%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £20.00
90th Percentile £25.43 £29.92 £23.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £51.90
% change year-on-year -45.54% -11.02% +15.33%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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%) VCAP
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