VCAP Contract Job Trends in the South East

VMware Certified Advanced Professional (VCAP, VCAP4)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for VCAP qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 180 210
Rank change year-on-year +14 +30 +59
Contract jobs citing VCAP 6 6 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.13% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.44% 0.30% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile - £664 £389
25th Percentile £550 £666 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £688 £455
Median % change year-on-year -16.36% +51.10% -
75th Percentile £650 £716 £483
90th Percentile - £721 £500
England median daily rate £575 £688 £450
% change year-on-year -16.36% +52.78% +0.28%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,349 1,992 2,174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 38.91% 43.13% 38.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 872 1,252 1,340
10th Percentile £222 £335 £270
25th Percentile £413 £425 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £625
90th Percentile £650 £716 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 159 136
10th Percentile - £22.37 £25.29
25th Percentile £18.87 £47.15 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £69.08 £72.11 £73.72
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.46 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £55.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -54.27% - +22.22%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing VCAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for VCAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCAP

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing VCAP

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VCAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Hampshire +13 4 £600 -12.73% 1
Thames Valley - 2 £575 -
Berkshire - 2 £575 -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (16.67%) BGP
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (16.67%) VLAN
2 1 (16.67%) VSAN
2 1 (16.67%) VXLAN
General
1 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Architect
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Specialist
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) Virtualisation Specialist
3 1 (16.67%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (16.67%) Network Virtualisation
3 1 (16.67%) Use Case
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (66.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) VCDX
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) VMware NSX
2 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (83.33%) vSphere
3 1 (16.67%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) vRealize
2 4 (66.67%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (16.67%) PowerCLI
3 1 (16.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Veeam