VCAP Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 127 133
Rank change year-on-year -36 +6 +63
Contract jobs citing VCAP 1 5 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.032% 0.20% 0.037%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.093% 0.70% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
England median daily rate £575 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -5.25%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 Midlands.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,081 715 803
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.97% 28.50% 29.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 432 502
10th Percentile £258 £263 £271
25th Percentile £400 £391 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £612 £600
90th Percentile £663 £720 £687
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 31 42
10th Percentile £17.02 £17.00 £17.71
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.15 £18.31
Median hourly rate £22.92 £24.18 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +5.13% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £35.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £68.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -49.70% -4.76% +16.67%

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

VCAP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

VCAP
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

VCAP
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 December 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
East Midlands - 1 £550 -
VCAP
England

VCAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the 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