VCAP Contract Job Trends in Reading

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VCAP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.14% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 256 384 428
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 36.47% 35.49% 40.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 209 287
10th Percentile £255 £327 £210
25th Percentile £359 £488 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -4.17%
75th Percentile £550 £675 £620
90th Percentile £625 £738 £675
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £556 £500
% change year-on-year -12.32% +11.20% -8.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 12
10th Percentile £65.00 £48.18 £58.86
25th Percentile £76.00 £55.17 £60.59
Median hourly rate £90.00 £62.46 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +44.10% -1.32% +5.48%
75th Percentile £95.00 £70.98 £66.77
90th Percentile £98.00 £78.66 £74.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.50 £63.00
% change year-on-year +5.70% -2.39% +168.09%

VCAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

VCAP job vacancy trend in Reading

VCAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Software-Defined Networking
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
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
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize
1 1 (100.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware