VCAP Contract Job Trends in the North West

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 117 143
Rank change year-on-year -15 +26 -
Contract jobs citing VCAP 1 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.045% 0.12% 0.035%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.13% 0.44% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £438
75th Percentile - - £456
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £675 £455
% change year-on-year -14.81% +48.21% +1.49%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 North West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 751 688 845
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 33.81% 28.43% 29.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 350 559
10th Percentile £292 £294 £278
25th Percentile £405 £401 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +2.34%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £638
90th Percentile £717 £675 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 62 71
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.03 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.47 £24.05 £29.15
Median hourly rate £28.32 £42.66 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year -33.61% -7.62% +15.45%
75th Percentile £62.12 £55.79 -
90th Percentile £71.06 £78.73 £57.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.67
% change year-on-year -52.10% -2.17% +19.26%

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

VCAP job vacancy trend in the North West

VCAP
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing VCAP

VCAP
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the North West region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Manchester - 1 - -
VCAP
England

VCAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware NSX
1 1 (100.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware