VCDX Contract Job Trends in London

VMware Certified Design Expert (VCDX)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for VCDX qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 398 356 -
Rank change year-on-year -42 - -
Contract jobs citing VCDX 4 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.024% 0.008% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.081% 0.031% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £525 -
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% - -
England median daily rate £650 £525 -
% change year-on-year +23.81% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

VCDX 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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,920 3,258 4,410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 29.54% 25.38% 24.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,498 2,182 2,964
10th Percentile £363 £350 £325
25th Percentile £431 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £653 £658
90th Percentile £750 £763 £775
England median daily rate £520 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 66 121
10th Percentile £19.54 £21.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.93 £20.98
Median hourly rate £37.00 £37.25 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.67% +4.93% -12.35%
75th Percentile £75.17 £56.19 £61.53
90th Percentile £77.35 £71.13 £83.75
England median hourly rate £29.61 £50.00 £38.75
% change year-on-year -40.78% +29.03% -22.50%

VCDX
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

VCDX job vacancy trend in London

VCDX
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VCDX.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VCDX

VCDX
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VCDX.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing VCDX

VCDX
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) JBoss
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) BGP
1 2 (50.00%) OSPF
1 2 (50.00%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (50.00%) VSAN
1 2 (50.00%) VXLAN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) NetScaler
2 1 (25.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Data Architect
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (25.00%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (25.00%) VxBlock/Vblock
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) High Availability
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (50.00%) Network Design
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (50.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Network Load Balancing
2 1 (25.00%) Observability
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) VCAP
2 2 (50.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (25.00%) CCIE
3 1 (25.00%) CCNP
3 1 (25.00%) CCSM
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) VMware NSX
3 1 (25.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (25.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
1 2 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (50.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) IBM
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) Palo Alto