VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contract Job Trends in Reading

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading 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 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 82 84
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 +19
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 5 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.75% 0.73% 0.096%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.14% 2.03% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £564 - -
25th Percentile £566 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - -
75th Percentile £634 - -
90th Percentile £651 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £606 - £575
% change year-on-year - - +27.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £71.20 - -
25th Percentile £73.00 - -
Median hourly rate £79.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.50 - -
90th Percentile £85.40 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £79.50 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 234 395 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 35.08% 36.01% 41.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 207 293
10th Percentile £255 £350 £210
25th Percentile £354 £500 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £605 £535
Median % change year-on-year -17.29% +12.99% -2.13%
75th Percentile £538 £675 £623
90th Percentile £619 £738 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £492 £575 £517
% change year-on-year -14.43% +11.22% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 21 13
10th Percentile £63.05 £48.18 £58.98
25th Percentile £71.00 £58.49 £60.82
Median hourly rate £90.00 £73.25 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +22.88% +15.73% +15.07%
75th Percentile £95.00 £100.00 £67.75
90th Percentile £98.00 - £75.20
Berkshire median hourly rate £65.00 £61.73 £63.29
% change year-on-year +5.29% -2.46% +181.29%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading.

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend in Reading

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
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 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) AWS CloudFormation
3 1 (20.00%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) DHCP
1 3 (60.00%) DNS
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (20.00%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (20.00%) VSAN
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Architect
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) VMware Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) PKI
2 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) CI/CD
1 3 (60.00%) Containerisation
1 3 (60.00%) Customer Requirements
1 3 (60.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (60.00%) DevSecOps
1 3 (60.00%) Feasibility Study
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 3 (60.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) IT Strategy
1 3 (60.00%) Platform Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) SIEM
1 3 (60.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (80.00%) Python
2 3 (60.00%) Bash
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) AWS Certification
1 3 (60.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Azure Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) VCAP
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Hyper-V
3 3 (60.00%) Docker
4 2 (40.00%) VMware NSX
4 2 (40.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Ansible
1 3 (60.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (60.00%) Terraform
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (20.00%) vRealize
2 1 (20.00%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft