VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire 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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 80 93
Rank change year-on-year +15 +13 +37
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 14 10 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.45% 0.73% 0.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.55% 1.22% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 1
10th Percentile £550 £519 -
25th Percentile £584 £534 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile - £673 £588
90th Percentile - £706 -
South East median daily rate £650 £538 £500
% change year-on-year +20.93% +7.50% +11.11%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 548 823 721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 56.91% 60.03% 55.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 403 557 385
10th Percentile £325 £400 £269
25th Percentile £463 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +9.52% -7.08%
75th Percentile £600 £656 £625
90th Percentile £650 £725 £688
South East median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 60 59
10th Percentile - £27.00 £29.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £53.40 £53.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% -4.00%
75th Percentile £50.00 £66.56 £72.49
90th Percentile £71.00 £80.00 £77.60
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.17 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.77% -3.05% +33.33%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Job vacancy trend for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in Hampshire

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in Hampshire over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for VMware Certified Professional (VCP) in Hampshire

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP)

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 18 September 2025. 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
Basingstoke +13 11 £650 -5.45%
Portsmouth +4 2 £538 -4.44%
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) Fibre Channel
1 10 (71.43%) iSCSI
2 2 (14.29%) PCoIP
2 2 (14.29%) Software-Defined Networking
2 2 (14.29%) VSAN
General
1 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Architect
2 12 (85.71%) VMware Architect
3 11 (78.57%) Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Architect
4 1 (7.14%) Virtualisation Specialist
4 1 (7.14%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
1 10 (71.43%) Windows Server
1 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) Edge Virtualization
1 10 (71.43%) Performance Analysis
2 2 (14.29%) Agile
2 2 (14.29%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 10 (71.43%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) PowerShell
2 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 12 (85.71%) DV Cleared
3 10 (71.43%) MCSE
3 10 (71.43%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (71.43%) VCP5
3 10 (71.43%) VCP6
4 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 2 (14.29%) VCAP
System Software
1 14 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 14 (100.00%) vSphere
2 12 (85.71%) VMware ESXi
3 10 (71.43%) NFS
4 2 (14.29%) VMware NSX
5 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) vCenter Server
1 2 (14.29%) vRealize
1 2 (14.29%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) VMware
2 12 (85.71%) Microsoft
3 10 (71.43%) NetApp
3 10 (71.43%) Splunk
3 10 (71.43%) Veeam