VMware Certified Professional (VCP) Contract Job Trends in Scotland

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 17 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.069% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £213 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £238 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £569 £570 £473
% change year-on-year -0.16% +20.63% -0.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 328 369 701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 22.56% 23.05% 30.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 199 216 376
10th Percentile £198 £180 £192
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +10.62%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £600
90th Percentile £653 £644 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 24 38
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.28 £19.25
25th Percentile £19.23 £20.94 £35.36
Median hourly rate £19.38 £23.00 £57.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.74% -60.15% +154.42%
75th Percentile £25.15 £29.91 £62.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.50 £75.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -21.00% +11.11%

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP) job vacancy trend in Scotland

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VMware Certified Professional (VCP) within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 January 2026. 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
West Lothian - 1 £225 -
VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
UK

VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware